Sufjan, Your Song Will Be Mine!
Composer, Friend to Animals, Superhero - just a few of the things Sufjan Stevens embodies to many. Last year, if you remember, Stevens launched a massive Christmas Box Set into the cosmos comprised of songs he had written mainly for family members as Christmas presents. This year he has an even more outrageous idea - he's pawning his music off in some sort of crazy White Elephant exchange that actually rocks. Here's the skinny from Asthmatic Kitty, his label:
Just like a gift exchange, Sufjan's song becomes your song. You can hoard it for yourself, sell it to a major soft drink corporation, use it in your daughter's first Christmas video, or share it for free on your website. No one except Sufjan and you will hear his song, unless you decide otherwise. You get the song and all legal rights to it. We get the same rights to your song.By submitting your song, you also give us permission to stream it online.
Interested? Click here.
Being something of a songwriter myself, I think this is the perfect time to debut my previously shelved soon-to-be Christmas Music Sensation: "Jesus and Santa Roast The Devil Like A Chestnut Over An Open Fire*".
*Not an actual song. Title chosen to pander to Sufjan's love for Christianity and long song names.
What say you?!