Back in the ’60s and ’70s, ads in the back of magazines beckoned readers to submit their very own “song-poems,” original ditties of often dubious quality. Hopeful songwriters were then given an offer they (thankfully) couldn’t refuse: for a few hundred bucks, creative session musicians would do their best to use the public’s lyrics and churn out an actual, honest-to-goodness recorded album that they could cherish forever. Some of the finest recorded results — not counting those still awaiting to be discovered in thrift store dime bins — can be found on The American Song-Poem Anthology, songs with names like “Do You Know the Difference Between Big Wood and Brush” and “I Lost My Girl to An Argentinean Cowboy”.
We here at Mutable admire this innovative idea, and have decided to begin our own version of this service, but we would do it absolutely FREE. (Of course, we will select only the best among your submissions, based on whatever skewed standards we are using to judge you and your poetic genius.) Just send your poems to us via the internet: submissions@mutablesound.com, and wait to hear back! You too can hear your words captured in song!
If we pick your song it will be made into magical music by our resident music-makers, Normal Feelings (Chicago or Eugene contingent) and posted on the website as the Mutable Sound of the Month! Fun, right?
-Gabriel Boyer