On a path a Michelle Jones type situation

The Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange

Sufjan Stevens is an interesting artist to say this least. I am fascinated by his latest project The Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange.

Here’s how it works: write an original
Christmas song, record it, and send the song to us (see below for
instructions). Asthmatic Kitty will pick a winner, and that person will
trade rights to their song for rights to Sufjan’s song.

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.

Now maybe he’ll write a crap song that no one would want to buy for commercial purposes, and you have to write a pretty damn good Christmas song to win the contest anyway but the potential in owning all the rights to a Sufjan Stevens song is pretty significant.