The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30365   Message #410909
Posted By: Suffet
04-Mar-01 - 08:12 PM
Thread Name: Collectively written cybersong
Subject: RE: Collectively written cybersong
How to write a cybersong? The two cited above as well as THE FOLKSINGERS' BALL (in the Digital Tradition) all began in the newsgroup. I started each song by suggesting the tune and writing a few verses. Other people took it from there. In each instance I did some editing, so I admit I had more of a hand in each creation than any other individual. But there are other cybersongs as well, ones which other folks started. I presume the initiator of each also acted as editor.

One important aspect of a cybersong is that by mutual consent of the contributors, the song is part of the public domain. No copyrights are to be claimed.

--- Steve