A few weeks ago someone on Instagram asked me to write a song for their 10 year old son’s birthday. The brief was simple:
His name is paul and his turning 11.
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His birthday is on the 15th of January,
he is like merman,
Unicorns and color blue. Also, his favorite show is the pj masks but he’s in love with spider-man lol.
he love to eat cake a lot.
You’ll probably wanna mention is puppy Chloe too. They’re best friends. Thanks.
His nickname is muffin,
Brief description about him: would be he’s well articulated, a positive thinker, vibrant and he speak Spanish so well.
Core fan of zayn malik – and his all time favorite is ( Let me )
I would love those things about him mentioned in the song
Upbeat and time frame should be 1:30 secs
I thought this sounded like a fun project so I said I was happy to help out. I agreed to it without asking for payment – writing songs is fun and I wanted Paul to have a nice birthday. As it turned out I was offered $200 for my trouble, but this wasn’t my motivation and I was sceptical that the money would ever arrive.
I sent a quick demo at first to see if my idea was on the right lines:
He seemed pleased with this attempt:
Awwnn – Ben this is awesome I love it. When do I get the mp3 format
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So I decided to do a better recording and really make it into a nice song for Paul’s birthday. This is the finished result:
However once I sent this it soon became clear that this was not a genunie request but an attempt to steal money from me (I won’t go into the details).
Nevertheless I found it hard to believe that someone say things like this if they didn’t mean it:
I appreciate your talent
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I’m a big supporter of talent – I don’t joke with music and writers cause it takes major time and creativity to come up with something
On 15th January (Paul’s alleged birthday) I sent him best wished and asked the user to send me a video of him listening to the song so I could see his reaction. I haven’t heard back…
So instead I’m sharing the song here in case there are any boys called Paul who have a birthday soon! Happy Birthday Paul!
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