FAWM 2012

[HeuristicsInc]

I'm doing FAWM because a bunch of my friends were doing FAWM. All the cool kids, and whatnot. Also, I may be wrong, but it seems like FAWM expects less of a cohesive body of work than RPM, 14.5 songs instead of "an album"...
-bill

[JonPorobil]

yeah, i'll definitely link when done.

as a sort of general question for you guys, why do you tend to do FAWM over RPM? i don't know much about FAWM and heard about RPM first, which is the only reason i go that route.

Pretty much the same here. Burr Settles, the guy who started FAWM, actually contacted me back when I was doing Marathon Songs (which was the summer before the first February Album Writing Month) to say that he'd heard about my project, and thought that I might be interested in this site he was launching.

I didn't actually participate in a FAWM for another couple of years, and I didn't win one until last year, but I guess the main reason I do FAWM and not RPM is because I heard of FAWM first.

P.S. I'm currently at 13 out of 15. Huzzah!

[Pigfarmer Jr]

This i my fifth FAWM. I should do RPM as I need to work on recording and getting things in a more finished state. But i do FAWM because I always do FAWM. That's where my friends hang out.

[the idiot king]

so probably a silly question. with FAWM, do you post any sort of evidence that you're done? like do they keep an archive of some sort of completed songs?

[Lunkhead]

Yeah, it should all be on their site during and for a while after February:

http://fawm.org/
http://fawm.org/fawmers/
http://fawm.org/fawmers/zinkline/

Maybe we should all put our FAWM links on a wiki page or something? And those of other fighters involved that we know of who aren't posting here on the boards?

[JonPorobil]

so probably a silly question. with FAWM, do you post any sort of evidence that you're done? like do they keep an archive of some sort of completed songs?

http://fawm.org/fawmers/joneric/

I won yesterday.

[j$]

I remember Burr posting on dumbrella about FAWM. Went over there. Eight years on, completed it eight years in a row (though that's neither here nor there, except for people who think the winning line is everything) - I've written more songs for FAWM and 50/90 than I have for SF or anywhere else. More importantly, met a lot more European musicians than I ever done here, and it encouraged me into performing live for the first time in ages, and now I am performing a lot more than I ever did.

I was posting over there about here and descried SF as ying to FAWM yang; both have their advantages and disadvantages but for me at least, they are co-dependant.

So that's a real win for me.

[Caravan Ray]

I like that FAWM has a lot of lyricists posting stuff up who are happy for you to put music to their songs. So I can play with their ideas rather than coming up with my own which is something I find fun to do from time to time (hence the occaisional appearence of the Lyricburglar).

I will do a few songs over the month as the mood takes me. I have a few underway, but I won't "win".

Here is my first entry of the year, where I did some music for another FAWMers lyrics
http://fawm.org/songs/27152/

[nyjm]

This is my third FAWM, and it's shaping up a lot like my first: pretty damn thin. I started off with a bang, and I have a handful of half songs lying about, but I've fallen victim to a hectic work schedule, prioritizing SpinTunes over FAWM and just a plain lack of super motivation. i finished my fourth song this afternoon, and I think I've decided that I like working everything all the way through (drums, bass, guits, etc.) rather than making a simple demo. It feels more rewarding and more complete that way.

[the idiot king]

i may do FAWM instead next year. i don't know, i just like having a finished product on march 1. but i could probably use the time spent on writing alone.

FWIW, i'm finalizing lyrics and vocals for my RPM record. even if i don't mix it quite the way i want it, i'm gonna meet the goal. i'm excited, i haven't really done so since 2007.

[JonPorobil]

I posted 20 song demos for FAWM 2012. That's 20 songs in 29 days. The total length of my material is 66 minutes.

Oddly enough, I still like most of my songs, too. It's been a good month. How did everyone else do?

http://fawm.org/fawmers/joneric/

[HeuristicsInc]

Between the baby and the dodgy computer, I only got 10 songs done this year... but I went in knowing that it was unlikely I'd get to 14.5. I am satisfied. 25 mins of music. I was into short songs this year.
-bill

[the idiot king]

i hit ten songs, seven of which ended up with vocals, for RPM. i posted three in my jukebox:

http://rpmchallenge.com/index.php?optio ... Itemid=296

i very well may do FAWM next year. the idea of being challenged to only write demos may work out better for me...

[j$]

I managed to do 38 beating my record from last year by 2. it's never my aim, but sometimes the cr*p just pours out of me I would have made 40 but my laptop blew up on Tuesday night with two songs trapped on it and not backed up. Yeah, get me, b*tches (or something)

I also did a podcast featuring two SF FAWMers and a bunch who really should come across. (59 minutes)

Niv, can we start SF radio again? I reckon I could do a half an hour podcast once a week/fortnight.

[Niveous]

Niv, can we start SF radio again? I reckon I could do a half an hour podcast once a week/fortnight.

Once I have my computer again, I'll take you up on that.

[Caravan Ray]

I finished with only 2

http://fawm.org/fawmers/caravanray/


Both collaborations with complete strangers (and I am still waiting for the load female vox to be added to one of them by my co-writer)

But I am very please with both of them, and after all, it is all about quality rather than quantity (hello ladies ).

[HeuristicsInc]

i hit ten songs, seven of which ended up with vocals, for RPM. i posted three in my jukebox:

http://rpmchallenge.com/index.php?optio ... Itemid=296

i very well may do FAWM next year. the idea of being challenged to only write demos may work out better for me...

Can't see that link - I think it should be:
http://rpmchallenge.com/index.php?optio ... gallerytab
-bill

[the idiot king]

Can't see that link - I think it should be:
http://rpmchallenge.com/index.php?optio ... gallerytab
-bill

thank you, good sir.

[the idiot king]

for any interested parties, the record i made for RPM can be nabbed here: http://files.me.com/psilosybical/b14yu5

i ended up cutting vocals from a few songs at the eleventh hour. not sure if it was the right thing to do or not, but i was so undecided that i'd rather have just put the songs out there as instrumentals.

[HeuristicsInc]

This is a good album. I especially like "Paste II".
-bill

[the idiot king]

This is a good album. I especially like "Paste II".
-bill

thanks, man! anytime i get to use vocoder and have it fit i'm pretty happy.