Artist Bio
Influences: Folk is my favorite genre followed by celtic and good old rock & roll.
I love it here. I've loved learning new instruments and meeting new people...and of course letting my muse have fun creating. My main 'instrument' is my voice, but I also play guitar, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, autoharp, steel drum, piano, flute, and a very robust cowbell.
A note on comments: I do not intend to make my living with my music, but do want to get better, so gentle constructive comments are very welcome. If there is a certain song I'm thinking I may want to do in public I will ask for serious critique on that song and hope you'll let me have it :-)
Pronouns: her/she
Nicknames because of FAWM: Princess of the Cowbell or just Princess, and Mistress Darci - from one rather suggestive collaboration in 2014.
Happy FAWMing everyone!
Had to look it up since I've seen others marking the years:
FAWM 2011 - 14
FAWM 2012 - 16 (with three collabs)
FAWM 2013 - 16 (with five collabs)
FAWM 2014 - 13 (with one collab)
FAWM 2015 - 19 (with seven collabs)
FAWM 2016 - 18 (with five collabs...including the epic FAWM is Down)
FAWM 2017 - 16 (with one collab)
FAWM 2018 - 17 (with one collab)
FAWM 2019 - 14 (with three collabs including Open Mic at Castle Dragondreams, and one with a shed which was a challenge not a collab)
FAWM 2020 - 14 the final few without music
FAWM 2021 - 15 including the fun collab behind the castle DD
Songs (22)
| #1 | Ear Worm |
28 Feb 2022 |
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| #2 | Song for Groundhog Day |
24 Feb 2022 |
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| #3 |  The Cowbell Was Forgotten |
30 Feb 2022 |
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| #4 | Far Away Family |
6 Feb 2022 |
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| #5 | What? No!!! @kahlo2013 |
20 Feb 2022 |
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| #6 | Balance Practice  |
16 Feb 2022 |
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| #7 | All You Need Is A Cowbell |
18 Feb 2022 |
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| #8 | Ten Flowers |
13 Feb 2022 |
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| #9 | Oh My Love |
9 Feb 2022 |
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| #10 | Armour |
9 Feb 2022 |
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| #11 | LYMY Candy Heart |
9 Feb 2022 |
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| #12 | Trains |
9 Feb 2022 |
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| #13 | Spirit's Gift |
7 Feb 2022 |
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| #14 | Haunted Squeaky Banjo |
10 Feb 2022 |
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| #15 | Love Song for My Ukuleles |
14 Feb 2022 |
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| #16 | So Important |
9 Feb 2022 |
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| #17 | Bye Bye Pluto @dawnsoap |
7 Feb 2022 |
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| #18 | TwosDay |
7 Feb 2022 |
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| #19 | Steadfast Belief @cindyrella |
7 Feb 2022 |
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| #20 | Degrees |
7 Feb 2022 |
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| #21 | My Home, My Ireland (collab with @cindyrella, @kenmattsson, @karlsburg25, @emkaydeebee, @ayehahmur) @metalfoot |
1 Feb 2022 |
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| #22 | Mystical Shaman |
14 Feb 2022 |
Soundboard
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@momentegalerie Mar 2022
Thank you so much for your comment on molly bloom!
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@skibum1066 Mar 2022
Thanks on "extinction looms". Not really a song but rather a poem that sought musical expression.
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@skibum1066 Mar 2022
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@jtsteam Mar 2022
Thanks for your comments! I'm curious now though, maybe venting spleen is one of those lesser known British phrases?
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@leslie333 Mar 2022
Thanks for you comments on my tree song - I did read The Secret Life of Trees too and it changed how I thought about them, even though I already loved and respected them.
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@timfatchen Mar 2022
I'm losing track! Came in to comment on Pluto to discover I'd been in to comment on Pluto. Dog. Gone. I mean... umm...
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@katestantonsings Mar 2022
Thank you so much for your kind message on my collab! You've had a rocking FAWM! Well done!
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@unpronounceable Mar 2022
Hey awesome friend. Thank you for listening to/commenting on "Dance Alone". That one has been sticking with me for some reason and I appreciate your reflection <3
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@momentegalerie Mar 2022
Thank you so much for your comment on my challenge. Ding-dong. Over and out :D
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@kahlo2013 Mar 2022
Dear Darci, Thanks again for the collaboration! I always treasure the songs you bring to life for me! And I truly enjoy your music - I loved the ones that included Asher! Made me smile. I hope we can do some live FOPs in the future.
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@jayjay Mar 2022
Thank you for your feedback. Much appreciated :)
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@sunfire Feb 2022
Hey! Thanks for commenting on "Invisible Course". I'm glad you liked it.
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@nadine Feb 2022
I'm glad you enjoyed "Disco Blues". I like the idea of being in a jazz club and staying too long ^^
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@sherrycanary Feb 2022
Look at you go girl!
I am very late to the party....but made it! -
@metalfoot Feb 2022
The crazy part is that I still have a *lot* of stuff to finish.
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@karlsburg25 Feb 2022
Hey darci .
Have sent over the parts for the harmony challenge . Feel free to do whatever you like . Realise it’s quite hardcore being 5th! Even doubling a part would work and I can mix and match in the mix . Anyway up to you . -
@daveyboy103 Feb 2022
Thanks for the kind words on let that be enough
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@karlsburg25 Feb 2022
Hey there. I got 3 voices so far and am about to add mine but i got few ideas. I am comfy up high as well as low and initially i did a high harmony but thinking about it, it'd probably be best if i stick to lower to give you more options don't you think?
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@jcameron Feb 2022
Indeed I have always had a love for all things spacey. Thanks in turn for your comment and glad you spotted the "tranquility" pun :)
Hmm. Now I want to write a song in which Thorin and company visit Pluto and fight a space dragon ...
... wait, that's not what "dwarf planet" means? -
@cindyrella Feb 2022
Wonderful! Thanks Darci
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@cindyrella Feb 2022
Hey Darci. I wondered if you'd be interested in doing this gospel song I wrote? https://fawm.org/songs/133832/
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@greengrassgirl Feb 2022
Darci, Thank you for your comment on Father Mike. Seems I replied ON MY OWN PAGE, not yours! Sorry! Rookie Mistake! I didn't want you to think I was ignoring you. I see that I did that on several others posts, too, so I have some explaining to do! Thanks for stopping by my page.
@greengrassgirl 2 weeks
@darcistrutt Glad you liked the "collar" line. That's how this man's story struck me, so I wanted to use it. -
@cblack Feb 2022
You're welcome to make music for Erosion if you like. Just be aware someone else is also doing Erosion. I'm fine with 2 versions if you are. They're bound to be wildly different!
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@mandolinda Feb 2022
Thanks for the nice comment on my Sad Banjo song. minor keys win.
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@opossum Feb 2022
Howdy Miss Darci! I reckon I done joined yer cowbell challenge with this one, https://fawm.org/songs/132887/ . Thanks for the inspiration!
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@gm7 Feb 2022
Glad to see at the cocktail party looking forward to your banjo crazy noise song
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@apolez3 Feb 2022
Thanks for your comment on 'To blossom over night' :)
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@jtsteam Feb 2022
Thanks for the comment on my cowcore effort! Putting that together was the most fun I've had in FAWM so far. Should have got myself a cowbell ages ago.
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@mandolinda Feb 2022
Thanks for the listen to my Snow song. And yes, the guy that blows snow gets my newspaper before I get out to find it, too many times. in the spring when snow melts is a messy mess to clean up.
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@arthurrossi Feb 2022
Darci, please, accept my condolences... and thank you for your kind and thoughtful comment...
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@feb21sundari Feb 2022
Thanks for your comments
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@xfloorpunchx Feb 2022
Thanks for your comment! Have a nice FAWM!
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@cindyrella Feb 2022
Thanks for your comment ony house song!
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@daveyboy103 Feb 2022
I love it here too. Thanks for the kind feedback
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@scubed Feb 2022
Thanks for the kind comment on “Left Ankle Blues”!
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@musicsongwriter Feb 2022
Thank you Darci.
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@jaegerin Feb 2022
Thanks Darci! Don't tell anyone, but I can do 5.5 now :-) :-)
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@beat Feb 2022
Thx for writing.
Silence is a very important part of music. I must confess that I don’t use it enough. -
@nadine Feb 2022
Thanks for your comment on the fake band impersonation. Its been fun to combine opposites. This name made me create some weirdo stuff! I hate Volksmusik and cowbell but somehow rather work together...
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@metalfoot Feb 2022
I know one other FAWMer whom I've collabed with in the past noted that somehow their watchlisting of me had undone itself. Maybe same thing happened with you?
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@emkaydeebee Feb 2022
Hey thanks for your reply re cowbell (and also comment on my Welsh song). I’ve included some cowbell in an exquisite corpse, (FLORIDA) so will try and remember to let you know when it goes live!
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@scubed Feb 2022
Thank you for the lovely comment on “Shadows and Signs” and thanks for the Groundhog Day/ukulele challenge!
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@mandolinda Feb 2022
Thanks for listening to my cow song Green Fields. Loved having the cow as a narrator for my story. Can’t imagine what a cow thinks of it all.
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@liz561 Feb 2022
Glad you got the "fluke" joke!
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Hi Darci, a few others have also asked to put music to What? No! - one is acapella and one is wanting to do a heavy metal punk song. I think both would be very different than your version. Would you be okay with alternate versions?
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@mikeb Feb 2022
Thanks for the listen and comments on my uke song!
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@berni1954 Feb 2022
Thanks for giving my "Cosmic Dance" a listen and for your positive comments on it.
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@vegansongs Feb 2022
Thank you, Princess of the Cowbell! Square One- It will be upcycled and the layers restitched after FAWM!
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@marklberry Feb 2022
Thanks for your comment on "Girl with the Puppy-Saving Heart." @dreamsvuba just recorded and posted a demo version for it, the the lyrics have become a song :)
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Yes! I actually wrote it thinking of you!!! Thank you!
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@paulotteson Feb 2022
Jiminy Crickets! 2 songs already!!! I might have to retire just to keep up :P
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@analogj Feb 2022
Thank you for your comment. I'm about to have dinner, but I'll embark on listening to your first two songs afterward. I'm looking forward to listening!
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@cindyrella Feb 2022
Thanks Darci. I feel honored to be with those at the end of their journey.
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@andygetch Jan 2022
Hey Darcy, great to see you here!
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@cblack Jan 2022
Avatar snap! Have you seen the double avatar challenge thread? It's about collabing with someone who shares your avatar (the instrument, not the colour).
I'm doing lyrics only this year. And obviously no pressure! But if that sounds fun, hit me up. :) -
@nancyrost Jan 2022
"three collabs including ... one with a shed"
I wonder what inanimate object you'll collab with this year? -
@tamsnumber4 Jan 2022
HEY DARCI!! Hope you have a great FAWM and break out that cowbell!!
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@scubed Jan 2022
Darci, it’s lovely to see you here again. I look forward to hearing your songs. Happy FAWMing!
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@writeandwrong Jan 2022
Mistress Darci!!! We're both tamborining it this year! Happy FAWM 2022!! Do your thing!