Some bands and artists like to show up every few years with a new release that blows fans away. Nevertheless, the wait can be excruciating. Just ask fans of bands like Radiohead, who have been teasing a new album for a year with no release date in sight, or Tool, who’s long-awaited fifth album has been constantly delayed by lawsuits and side-projects. But Matt Farley, founder of Motern Media is not that kind of artist.

Farley’s musical career initially started in 2004, but kicked into high gear when he started writing novelty songs in 2008. Between his band Moes Haven and monikers like The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man and Pappa Razzi and the Photogs he has released over 18,000 songs. He explains his process thusly:

“My theory has always been: The more you write, the more good stuff you’ll write. With Moes Haven, I did a 24-hour album in 2002 that was never released. In 2006, we recorded 365 albums (all unreleased, except for a best-of album each month).”

When Farley noticed in 2007 that the best-selling tracks by Moes Haven were the oddly-named ones he decided to change pace; “It dawned on me that I could earn a little money if I churned out lots of weirdly titled songs. I already knew how to quickly make lots of music. So I went for it!” In doing so he created works such as Poop into a Wormhole, Ellen Page, Don’t Juno You Love Me? and I’ve Got You Under My Skin, You Subcutaneous Parasite, You.

The process seems to have paid off for Farley, as he has succeeded in making money from his sillier work. Not only can fans pay to have songs written about them, but many of them also partake in World Motern Day every June 3rd. On this day fans join together and listen to the official Motern Media playlist on Spotify, consisting of 200 of Farley’s songs from his various projects. Each full play of the playlist nets him around $1, while the fans don’t have to spend a penny.

Those who delve into Motern Media’s releases will realise that they bring out more than simply thousands of songs. “Every few years, my friends and I get together to produce a homemade, feature-length movie. They’re fun, old-fashioned, low-budget horror movies (but they’re really comedies disguised as horror).” The results have included the likes of Sammy, Druid Gladiator Clone and Freaky Farley, all of which are available to watch for free on YouTube.

Farley has announced plans to continue his prolific songwriting into at least 2018, at which point he should have released 20,000 songs. For his most recent composition he was kind enough to write a new song just for Impulse Magazine.