FAWM

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:50 am

Well put, Des - thanks. I'm still going to try all of it from scratch.

P.S. - I hope I'm not coming off as 'snippy' here, as I am nowhere near being so. Peace!

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:28 pm

I'm hoping to create 12 albums this year, so if I'm able to finish an RPM, and FAWM and an AAD, I can knock three of them out in one month.

In other words, I am going for it.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Smalltown Mike · Post by **Smalltown Mike** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:31 pm

jolly roger wrote:I may have to do a FAWM. Not sure if I can pull off the AAD, RPM and a songfight all at once as well

Good choice, JR.

I think the FAWM would be great for encouraging creativity, i.e. get the juices flowing so you're in good shape at the end of February to finish the album you've always wanted to.

I don't think the goal is to just crank out a bunch of crap just to be able to say you cranked out a bunch of crap. I can't believe if you did it all at once that there would be a whole lot of quality. Quantity, yes, but not quality. Unless quantity is all you're after, I'd spend the time on one project. Completely my opinion, of course.

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:47 pm

Hey Glenn, are one of those dozen albums gonna be the one for your SF! Live Boston fund raising effort that was on hold from being neighbour'd with un-fun music-hatin' folks? Here's hoping.....

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:01 am

thehipcola wrote:Hey Glenn, are one of those dozen albums gonna be the one for your SF! Live Boston fund raising effort that was on hold from being neighbour'd with un-fun music-hatin' folks? Here's hoping.....

*nods*

Yes, in fact! I apologize for how late it is too. It seems like I keep getting happy with where I am at musically, only to learn new techniques and look at my back catalog as a bunch of crap. It's like a mental block of some sort, I have no problem cranking out songs when I know that I'll be putting them up for free download, but when it comes to making an album that is worth money? I tend to freeze up, not wanting to release it until it is absolutely perfect. This project has suffered from my own expectations of how good it must be.

I am particularly insecure about my mixdowns, so I've got Puce taking care of the mixing and mastering for this one.

As far as I am concerned, the people who tried to send us to Boston in '05 will have their choice of any of the albums that I create, but this particular 12 song project is going to get a lot of my time and effort. I really want to make this one an album that I won't be embarrased by in a couple of years.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:11 am

1. I love to write lyrics.
2. I hate to produce.
3. FAWM sounds like fun.

Well here's an idea. I'll write lyrics for someone else. Any takers?

Plat · Post by **Plat** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:33 pm

Niveous wrote:Well here's an idea. I'll write lyrics for someone else. Any takers?

Hook me up with a sheet or two...please?

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:04 am

Plat wrote:
Niveous wrote:Well here's an idea. I'll write lyrics for someone else. Any takers?
Hook me up with a sheet or two...please?

Definitely. I'll also be writing for Zipline but I wouldn't want to miss a chance to write for C(x). Hopefully my lyrics won't bring down your stellar stuff.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:05 am

Paco Del Stinko wrote:Can anyone FAWM, RPM, and Songfight in 28 days? That's 14 songs, plus 10 songs (or 35 minutes of material), plus 2-3 SF titles? Just about a song a day for a short month. A sizeable challenge, mustering energetic performances of stripped down songs might be the ticket to any success. I am not afraid to stink on a large scale - why not go big?

Anyone else want to give it a go? Most completed 'wins'. If you can do an album a day, certainly two albums in a month is attainable. Easy math, right?

Convalescence is due 2/1. Ready?
I'm working on a submission, and readying the recording room for the February blitzkrieg. Gonna give it my best shot.

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:33 am

I will have Convalescence mixed and mailed later today. Tomorrow the recording capsule gets a slight re-arrange and we're off. I'm looking forward to all of this insanity very much. I have a rough idea as to how I'm going to approach it all, but nothing pre-packaged. Yee-haw!

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:03 am

Hey, so it's 3am, February 1st in Sydney. Any of you Aussies done your 14 songs yet?

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:48 pm

Guess what. I just signed up.

deshead wrote:Hey, so it's 3am, February 1st in Sydney. Any of you Aussies done your 14 songs yet?

Given his AAD history I'm guessing one Aussie in particular might.

furrypedro · Post by **furrypedro** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:46 am

crap, gotta write a song!

ken · Post by **ken** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:44 pm

Given this week's challenge, I suggest the this title to you:

Blue Lang (He's so gay)

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:33 pm

I'm enjoying the FAWM already. Got on the train this morning and spent the time joyfully writing lyrics. Having to write for others has given me a well needed kick in the ass when it comes to my songwriting.

Nigel (spOOn) Clements · Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:53 pm

I've signed up, I'm half-way through the first track, all the lyrics are written and instrumentation is about there(ish), question though to all you die hard FAWMers, can i also post tracks up on somesongs as I do them or is that taboo? and do i have to send the tracks to the fawm site as they're finished or can i leave them all till nearly the end and send them up en masse? or should i just go and read a faq!

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:17 pm

Ya, you can post them wherever you want, whenever you want. FAWM is about the writing, not the recording ... A lot of people don't bother posting (or even making) recordings at all.

blue · Post by **blue** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:11 pm

ken wrote:Given this week's challenge, I suggest the this title to you:

Blue Lang (He's so gay)

et tu, ken?

j$ · Post by j$ » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:21 pm

No I don't think Ken's gay. Just you. You gay (etc).

j$ · Post by j$ » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:02 am

Hey everyone who is FAWMing - can you post here what your FAWM name is - I want to add all the SF people to my watchlist and so far can only find Cow Exchange and Spoon. Thanks.

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:09 am

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:13 am

I'm FAWMing as Citizen Six. Instrumental stuff using some Tapegerm loops.