Artist Bio
Influences: Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald, Beck, The Beatles, Paul Simon, Carly Simon, Dolly Parton, Beyonce.
Singer/ songwriter/ student studying to become a music teacher. (she/her)
**Ideal mantra for 2022: "What Would Paul McCartney Do?"**
**Actual mantra for 2022: "Try new things!"**
This will be my 15th FAWM!! I'm halfway through my 3rd year of music school, no songwriting festival this time around, so my time management is (maybe?) a little more manageable than it's been in recent years. Time will tell. Apparently the 15-year anniversary gift is crystal, so maybe a crystal ball is in order...
I don't typically splurge on new gear pre-FAWM but this time I'm bringing a new Enya Nova concert uke AND my first-ever ocarina. Debating starting a band called Ukerina. Message me if you want to join.
Instrumentation:
- Guitar
- Tenor/concert ukuleles
- Bari uke
- UBASS
- Accordion
- Mandolin
- Ocarina (!!!)
- Clarinet
- Violin
- aux percussion
- harmonies up the wazoo
- MIDI everything
Songs (36)
Bonne Chance, Petit Avion
Soundboard
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@richaaaay Mar 2022
Thanks for the note. Please feel no pressure time wise. I’ll be hanging around for a bit…
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@richaaaay Mar 2022
Hi Carley…you game for some tit4tat? I’d love to have you listen to my collaborations with Serene (Feeling My Way, Angel, As You Are and I Love Every Minute). I’ve listened and commented on a bunch of yours but it would be pure pleasure to listen to more…
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@keithcuts Mar 2022
I woke up and saw you got 36! Amazing!
Yes thanks for being such a formidable running mate this year! Let’s do it again 2023 -
@dragondreams Mar 2022
Throw in a collab and we have a deal! ;-)
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@dragondreams Mar 2022
Behave! :-D
Okay... maybe next year. ;-) -
@keithcuts Feb 2022
31 okokok
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@keithcuts Feb 2022
Get itttttyttt
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@keithcuts Feb 2022
30. Not bad
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@keithcuts Feb 2022
It’s onnnn
And congrats on hitting 28! -
@keithcuts Feb 2022
If I throw up a skirmish around 9pm est you down?
Triple farm might be a stretch but I think I got a couple more in me at least -
@keithcuts Feb 2022
Lol you think your funny huh
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@pipewrench67 Feb 2022
Yay, that's the kind of stupid i was going for.
With a pinch or 2 of History of the world pt.1 -
@keithcuts Feb 2022
Hey Carly bear psst Carly bear. Five more let’s go
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@jeff9 Feb 2022
I just want to say that your whole collection of works on FAWM this year is about as imaginative and original as anything I've seen anywhere. You've operated in so many different styles and handled them all deftly, from "Round Goes Around", "Train Whistle" to "San Francisco Love Letter", they're all different but they all still have your particular signature. It's quite a pleasure working through your catalogue, so thanks for the entertainment.
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@donna Feb 2022
Here is the demo you indicated you'd like to hear. I hope you enjoy it. (-:
'The Waltz'
https://fawm.org/songs/133228/ -
@quoththellama Feb 2022
Hi! Thanks for checking out the lyrics to Drag Me Down! I really appreciate the time and the comment :) I posted the demo if you're still interested in hearing it. Thanks again!
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@klyma Feb 2022
Just listened to a bunch of your songs and was knocked out by the lot of 'em. So many great lyrics and grooves. Really enjoy your singing, too.
This lyric is all the amazing:
I felt like a desert of myself
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@sorby69 Feb 2022
"Hapless"! Yeah, that's the word! Thanks for giving Valentine a listen and for your kind comments :)
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@boxtape Feb 2022
Thanks for your comments on 'I Like Pink Picks' and congrats on the orange uke! There's a white uke with rainbow cats on in a music shop next to my work and it probably sounds terrible, but I still want it haha.
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@sapient Feb 2022
Thanks so much to listening to the silliness that Jordan and just finished. It was sooooo much fun to make, but such a crazy mix! :O
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@tamsnumber4 Feb 2022
Thanks for your kind comments on "We Don't Have a Clue" and "Be There for Me"!
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@zecoop Feb 2022
I e-mailed it over! :)
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@zecoop Feb 2022
I think I have a song cooking that sounds like something that you could work with. I have to do a bit more recording, but it is a simple acoustic guitar song.
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@mikeb Feb 2022
Thanks for the listen and comment on 'We Don't Have a Clue'!
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@bobjestes Feb 2022
Carley, I fixed it. Thanks
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@splittybooms Feb 2022
Thank you. My memory is trash, but I do remember you always have really cool things to say, always very encouraging and make folks feel good about their stuff.
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@nancycunning Feb 2022
Carley - Wow. Wow. Wow. What a spectacular job with the Crystal Ball Song. Thank you. It's such a great bouncy sad song.
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@greengrassgirl Feb 2022
Carley, thank you for listening to Friendship Hurts (If You Do It Right) and for your positive comments. This song is special to me, and I'm glad you could relate to it. I think Colleen captured what I had in mind, and that is so rewarding.
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@nancycunning Feb 2022
Hooray. Untagged you for now on That Crystal Ball. Look forward to your posting what you come up with. I don't need to hear it first.
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@nancycunning Feb 2022
Hi, Carley - I just posted the lyrics and marked you as a collaborator. (Let me know if I should unmark you until you decide you want to do it, or have done something, or whatever)
My cousin Carol always says, Give a Gift, Not a Burden - in that spirit feel free to alter the song in any way that makes it fit you better. -
@nancycunning Feb 2022
Hmmm.. Crystal Ball. Anniversary Gift.
I just happen to have lyrics for a song called Crystal Ball that I've started. If you happened to like them and want to write music for them and sing and play them, I would love that. (I did put some chords with them, but I think of all my melodies and chords as just provisional...) This is my first FAWM - so I'm not quite sure how you propose a collaboration to someone. I could post them as one of my songs and tag you, unless there's some other process.
No pressure of course, before or after you take a look.
I've enjoyed your songs and your comments on mine and other people's songs. Thanks for being so welcoming. -
@colgoo Feb 2022
I put up a recording of “Holding the Dustpan” if you want to hear it…
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@dasbinky Feb 2022
Major midwest kudos for dropping an Ope in the forums.
I feel like the FUC community needs a primer on the value and uses of Ope, and you're the one to do it. ;) -
@mikeskliar Feb 2022
thanks for the comments on 'words for wordle'-- wow, that's the first time I've been compared to the great Ken Nordine! (and not many know about him, either? I used to have that recording he did with jerry garcia, tho I havent heard it in a million years)
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@pipewrench67 Feb 2022
Rabbit/worm hole, thanks,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerspace -
@davidtaro Feb 2022
Thanks Carley! Tried it. Liked it. Will have to find a song to use it in :)
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@the3queens Feb 2022
Oh and hey, my 15th FAWM too! Congrats!
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@the3queens Feb 2022
Thank you for your kind words on "waiting." Guess we put up with it because we have no other choice.
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@angelinapowersuit Feb 2022
Carley! First - hi hi HI! Didn't know you've been doing this longer than me. Didn't know you were studying to become a music teacher. Didn't know we share a love for Joni Mitchell and Paul McCartney. And I think Ukerina is an awesome band name! If it's a virtual band I'm in ;-) Next - thank you SO much for your comment on "Hate in My Heart," good callout on the thumb, totally forgot that one haha. And you nailed it on the head with the dynamics between the singer and subject, I didn't even think about that, so insightful. Thanks and see you around FAWM!
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@berni1954 Feb 2022
Glad you liked my take on "Together" it is so different from the other version.
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@zecoop Feb 2022
You know, if I wasn't always on the lookout for Spammers I never would have known. ;)
How's the video going? -
@skyezor Feb 2022
Aw thanks so much for the kind words, dearie!! Yes, that is indeed a banjo Uke on Playbill! Glad to be in the FAWM-FUC-Fam!
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@leslie Feb 2022
One day we should be in the same studio with some wine. ;)
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@momentegalerie Feb 2022
I just love your mantra!!!
Happy fawming and greetings from germany! Eva -
@leslie Feb 2022
You're a one woman band! Happy you're back and making more music. Looking forward to it :)
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@kovbleu Jan 2022
Have a wonderful FAWM!!!
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@wacha Jan 2022
Happy FAWM, looking forward to your songs as well!
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@bradbrubaker Jan 2022
Agreed. Boston drivers are THE WORST.
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@lmr Jan 2022
Wow, you are seriously a multi-instrumentalist, very impressive, looking forward to hearing you!
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@tabitha Jan 2022
It was a delight to talk to you, have a great FAWM!
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@mikegtz Jan 2022
Welcome back, Carley and thanks for the nice words about your time with Boston FAWM.
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@nancyrost Jan 2022
Your forum posts are amazing this season!
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@bobjestes Jan 2022
Have a great FAWM! Your dad got me into it last year and I love it. We’re both part of the Portage Road Songwriting Group.
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@tamsnumber4 Jan 2022
Can't wait to hear your Soul Songs, have a great FAWM!
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@cynthiawolff Jan 2022
Hey Carley...Lady of many many hats and they all fit and look so dang good...Thanks again for turning me on to this seven some years ago now...I still plug away and always have an adventure...Hope you have a wonderful enriching time.
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@tabitha Jan 2022
Hello Carley! Thanks for reaching out on my forum post. I'd love to interview you. If it's alright, I'll flick you an email either later tonight or tomorrow with more details so we can arrange a time.
So cool seeing the large array of instruments you play!
Happy FAWM -
@splittybooms Jan 2022
Thanks, Carley! Looking forward to hearing your stuff, too!
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@andygetch Jan 2022
Heya Carley, looking forward to hearing more of your fab music! I think I had an ocarina once......
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@zecoop Jan 2022
Kinda like the band I was in was called Treading Bleu (not Blue as the name said on the venue sign) ;)
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@wolfkier Jan 2022
Wishing you another Happy FabFeb, my friend!
Full of musical magic and surprises!
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@candle Jan 2022
Same to you! Looking forward to hearing your tunes this year. Happy FAWMing!
See You In The Shadows… -
@robynmackenzie Jan 2022
Happy FAWM Carley! Looking forward to hearing some rocking new tunes from you!
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@enzo Jan 2022
Hello Carley- Let’s write
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@bitshred Jan 2022
Yay, CB is here and back. Look forward to hearing it.
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@dragondreams Jan 2022
Hey Carley!
No worries. We kept a drink on ice for you. ;-) -
@mikeb Jan 2022
Happy FAWM 2022 Carley!
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@metalfoot Jan 2022
Have a great FAWM!
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@teebyrd Jan 2022
Yes. I’m here. Now what shall I do?
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@erbaer Jan 2022
hey there cobber-lobby, Let's music!
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@nancyrost Jan 2022
Happy FAWM, Carley!
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@petemurphy Jan 2022
Hey! It's you! You're ace, you are!
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@kenmattsson Jan 2022
Looking forward to hearing great new songs from you!
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@zecoop Jan 2022
Hello hello hello! Can’t wait to be inspired by lots of uke goodness. I want to do more than my normal one uke sing this year… looking forward to hearing your music!
