Influences: Humorous anecdotes, quirks, magic, rain, effect knobs, light chasing, dreams, bicycles, hellhounds, turns of phrase, conversations, wanderlust and you.
I released an album with 15 of my 2021 FAWM songs called 'Favorite Imperfections:' https://danvaillancourt.bandcamp.com/album/favorite-imperfections
This is my 15th FAWM. Most of the time, I write stories. Some stories are based in fact, some full of fiction, many are about you, some are about me... or potentially all of the above.
I occasionally post song videos on IG: https://www.instagram.com/funktifiedfolk/
Once upon a time, I traveled around the US and played at all the little coffeehouses and slept on a lot of couches... but that was a long time ago.
Some of my previous FAWM and 50/90 songs:
https://www.reverbnation.com/danvaillancourt
Albums: https://danvaillancourt.bandcamp.com
"Words are... our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it." - Albus Dumbledore
"The sound doesn't matter, it's the sound of the sound that matters." - Del Newman
#1 | A Forgotten Seed |
16 Feb 2022 |
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#2 | Oil and Blood |
16 Feb 2022 |
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#3 | Call Me a Liar |
17 Feb 2022 |
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#4 | The Final Hours - Instrumental |
7 Feb 2022 |
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#5 | Hellhounds on the Horizon |
13 Feb 2022 |
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#6 | Clean Slate |
13 Feb 2022 |
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#7 | Silver Tongue |
17 Feb 2022 |
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#8 | Home Cooking (Hot and Spicy) |
11 Feb 2022 |
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#9 | One Last Time |
8 Feb 2022 |
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#10 | Sheol - Instrumental |
6 Feb 2022 |
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#11 | Coastal Coin Flip |
9 Feb 2022 |
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#12 | Frozen Miracles |
8 Feb 2022 |
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#13 | Finding The Words |
12 Feb 2022 |
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#14 | Roadside Stand |
11 Feb 2022 |
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#15 | A Thousand Ideas |
12 Feb 2022 |
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#16 | Back in 2007 |
9 Feb 2022 |
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#17 | The Timing Was Wrong |
10 Feb 2022 |
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#18 | July 1998 |
13 Feb 2022 |
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#19 | Final Finale |
10 Feb 2022 |
I think it is mid -April....14 or 16th?
Thanks for listening!
Thank you for the kind words about "A Tribute". I appreciate you taking the time to listen and leave such a nice comment.
Thanks for stopping by and listening :-)
Thanks so much for your kind comments regarding "No No."
Luckily, I hear that the rice trick saved the phone, lol. Thanks for listening!
Hello Dan, thanks for the kind words on Perfect and Endless Sorrow. My collaborators really brought them to life! Looks like we both had productive FAWMs. I'll check back for a couple more listens.
I would like to thank you so much for your that generous and kind comments!
Thanks for listening! I'm happy you enjoyed my 2 minutes of guilty pleasure xD
Hi, Dan, So glad you liked A Lover and a Liar. I was delighted with Marieke's treatment of it. Even better than I could have imagined. It just rolls!
Thank you for your wonderful comments and congratulations on beating the fawm challenge! Will be checking out your songs too.
Thank you so much for the kind words about my pieces "Returning Home from Market" and "Freedom". I appreciate them.
Thanks for all your kind words on my songs. I'm loving what I've heard from you and have so many more to listen to!
Thanks for giving "Prayer for Mankind" a listen! Can't wait to dive through some of your tunes throughout the month.
Thanks so much for the comment on "Time." I'm glad you commented for two selfish reasons: 1) It's always nice to get a positive comment 2) I've sampled a bit of your stuff and REALLY enjoy it. Reminds me of early albums from "The Shins." Perhaps you've been told that before? Anyway it's a very high compliment in my view.
Dan! Thanks for checking in - I'm going to be checking out some of the ones I missed along the way over the next couple of days. Hope you had a splendid FAWM :)
Thanks a lot for your comment on "Skyscraper", Dan! Remember, don't joke with me - It may end up in a song! :D
Thanks, Dan!! I've watchlisted you for next year. I'll be looking out for that Stylophone song :) (I have the same Bowie battery-operated one I think you're describing).
Ha! You can blame me for your happiness.
Hey Dan, we did it. Another year, another FAWM, another win.
So cool to hear your tunes this year again. There are so many great Fawmers around the world and Michigan Represents.
Yeah, for a 14 year old that was a mind-blowing concert.
I think I still never fully recovered, ha!
You're welcome Dan. I love listening to your music. You brought the concept of singer-songwriting to me that has been quite unknown to me before FAWM. I am so stuck in my world of full band full drama productions.
I noticed the change in your recording quality. What a bummer your computer broke so I help you can rerecord soon. Fingers crossed fir your back up!
thanks for checking out High Above The Moon, I appreciate the feedback. Glad you've gotten to see the contrast between my heavier and softer stuff. I enjoy doing both.
Thanks for the listen and comment on 'Tired of the Blues'!
Thanks for the lovely comments on "Dance Your Cares Away"! I sent Craig some rough vocals and he created that masterpiece!! What a wizard. Have a great last day of FAWM!
Thanks so much on your comments on my song Photographs. I really appreciate it. I am racing towards the finish line for February, but hope to make next month March Album Listening month! I will be checking back!
Hi, Dan. Thanks for your comments on Somethin' Better. After @metalfoot did his version, @paulharrison asked if he could also post his interpretation. I like them both and continue to be fascinated with how two different artists can interpret the same lyric. What a great place FAWM is!
Thanks for the comments on Hairy Fairy. That was so much fun to create. Glad you enjoyed it.
Your comment on "Love lasts forever" means a lot to me. You know, I'll never call myself a vocalist, I don't have any clue how to play these chords on any instrument (not kidding, what the f*ck is a 7b5?!) but I had some fun acting in a role that is absolutely not me lol. Dan you and your guitar could pull this off a 1000 times better than me! But I wanna see these jazz hands and dancing haha :D
Thanks for checking out Under - I have really loved getting to scream a little more this FAWM - I think I needed it! Glad you enjoyed.
Hi Dan!
Thanks for taking the time to listen to my song “Planet and Moon“ and for kind words you left in the comment.
Thanks for checking out "Under" I'm glad you enjoyed this one as well! Oh yes, @chrismyth02 performance was very intense and I loved it. I hope we get real guitar on this song cause it will be more agressive and fun. Such a pity I can't play guitar good enough >_< Maybe in 5-10 years?!
Thanks for listening, At Your Command was such a fun song to sing on. Glad you dug it.
Thanks for checking out Nearing The Death Star and your thoughtful comments. Much appreciated!
Your comment on "At your command" is well appreciated! Yes the time signatures are complex and I couldn't pull that off intentionally. I loved working on this song with @chrismyth02.
Thanks for stopping by to listen and for your lovely comments :-)
Thanks for the nice comment :) I had fun with that one.
Thanks for the latest comments! Yeah, I was definitely directly inspired by some of those more recent Charlie Hunter records to try it out. The learning curve is *steep*, but it is a very well-thought-out design, so it's definitely me, not the guitar, if I can't get it to do what I want. For what it's worth, a good friend of mine with similar fingerstyle tendencies Frankenstein'd his own solution with a Danelctro baritone and half of a Fender Mustang bass pickup, so...there's that, if you know more about using a soldering iron than I do :-).
Thanks loads for the great feedback! :-)
Dan - Happy 15th Anniversary. This is also @carleybaer's 15th Anniversary. She pointed out that 15 is the Crystal Anniversary, so we collaborated on a song called Cut-Rate Crystal Ball. It's here: https://fawm.org/songs/130728/
Thanks for your comment on "Rendezvous". I'm still stuck... seems like somebody has to inspire me with their guitar licks to finish the piano part. No idea about the genre. As is it closer to jazz?!
Thanks for checking out Sentient Space Dust. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for your comment :)
I look forward to seeing a new Vaillancourt special under the tag "hornsgoingham" very soon!
Just got set up. Working on a Celtic thing! never did that before. Happy FAWMing in the middle of snow days
yes yes Dan, another year, more ideas even less time :))) but: I am in! I am so excited this year - it's my fifth fawm. happy fawming though! Eva
PS how did you manage to put a picture in the bio?
Thank you! Looking forward to your songs as well. Happy FAWMing!
Cheers Dan, likewise, obscenely excited to be hours away from new DV material! Have a splendid FAWM :)
Same! Let's see what the month brings.
Dan! So looking forward to hearing what you’ve got in store for us this year! :D
daaaaaannnnnn!!! omg I need music in my ears from you!!
Welcome back to FAWM my very talented Michigan neighbor!! Looking forward to your new creations! :)
Thank you :) Do you join the avatar challenge?
Hi Dan! Looking forward to whatever you may come up with this year. Here's to a great FAWM2022!
Hi Dan!
Can't wait to hear your Ambient Tuba Tunes!
Hey Dan! I'm looking forward to listen to your stories. Happy FAWMing!