Board Thread:Off-topic Discussion/@comment-76.88.34.229-20140708024722/@comment-4565782-20140708104352

No no no it's not a stupid question, I've seen these questions pop up many times!

Yeah, basically if a composer wrote a song and wanted a utaite to sing it they would ask kinda in terms of what you said for that XD. Well to some extent they may know each other somewhat, I mean most producers are pretty well known so that utaite may have covered his/her songs before! And from what I've seen, generally the utaite that get original songs produced for them have often covered that specific producer's songs before.

I don't think a contact is required but I know there are always rules singers and producers always have to abide by.

I'm not sure if the utaite go to any fancy recording studio (I know some do, but not often) but usually some of the more popular and well off utaite already do have some pretty fancy equipment...like a few hundred dollars microphone and a soundproof box...stuff like that.

As for your last question...I've seen this question pop up many times and in each instance no one truly knows....

I'm sure the Japanese fandom could have an idea but the most logical guesses come down to these: Then there's always a possibility of a forum existing where artists may take requests so that they can practice their art/animation. I heard of one existing for mixers at least...
 * Artist & utaite know each other already/are good friends
 * Fan artist that produced enough works/produced a notable work for utaite is asked/commissioned
 * Artist is commissioned (most artists will have have a portfolio and a "work" related email in this case)