Need a theme song? Portland man composes ‘Tiny Anthems’ about regular people When Portland songwriter Mike Long begins a new composition, he imagines an audience of one. Under the name Tiny Anthems, he writes and produces elaborate, highly personal custom songs about everyday individuals. But maybe it’s best to let the bard himself describe it: Given that life is something that is so sublime It’s fitting it be made immortal in rhyme ‘Cause a song can live forever But a human being cannot So deliver to us all the rights and the wrongs And we will deliver their story in song “Most artists are like, we want the biggest stage possible, and we want to write these songs that are going to appeal to billions of people,” Long said. “My whole premise is, I want to write songs for one person. And it will explode their mind.” Click the link in our bio to read more.