Influences: They Might Be Giants, Counting Crows, Roger Clyne, Barenaked Ladies, Bon Iver, Ben Folds, Adam Schlesinger, Phil Collins (both in and out of Genesis), Chicago, Nirvana, and most of the rock/pop from the 80s and 90s. Trying to grow that to include more modern stuff.
he / his / him
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Note to friends: I am doing most of my listening on a computer that blocks SoundCloud (and possibly some other streamers). I'll hope to circle back around to you soon.
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2022: It's a wrap! I'm super happy with how it all turned out. A huge thank you to all my collaborators and near-collaborators. I look forward to seeing you next year!
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In 2020 I put out a solo album made up entirely of FAWM songs from many years of writing, check it out here:. https://www.dasbinky.com/when-we-drown/
And I also remixed and remastered an old 2012 EP: https://www.dasbinky.com/hurtful-nothings/
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History:
I've been doing this since 2009*, and hit my 14 for 6 years running. I took 2015 off (minus one song), started 2016 with good intentions but was short circuited, spent 2017 on a solo project (except for one song), and took 2018 off (just one song). 2019 thru 2021 were back in the saddle with collab-heavy FAWMs. So 2021 is my 14th-ish outing. Or 11th in 14 years if you're being technical. Anyway, it's a lot.
And I'm in a band with @johncrossman and @nancyrost. We are more amazing than you can fathom. I was in a band with @tfish77 from like 1992-1995. We redefined rock as you know it, but then it went back. I'm producing an album with @leslie that will set the parameters for piano pop for a new generation. And I jam with @snort sometimes, since he lives down the street. We're not redefining anything.
#1 | Meat Bucket |
25 Feb 2022 |
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#2 | Trapped |
29 Feb 2022 |
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#3 | What? No!!! @kahlo2013 |
32 Feb 2022 |
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#4 | Racing to Fail You |
10 Feb 2022 |
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#5 | Depression @tfish77 |
21 Feb 2022 |
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#6 | Bowl of Soup @tfish77 |
19 Feb 2022 |
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#7 | If this is the end @johncrossman |
23 Feb 2022 |
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#8 | 3.857% @leslie |
22 Feb 2022 |
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#9 | Bowl of Soup (Jelly Factory Edition) @cts |
33 Feb 2022 |
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#10 | Taste of Giving Up @ericdistad |
18 Feb 2022 |
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#11 | I Left at Dawn |
20 Feb 2022 |
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#12 | Pieces of the Whole @johncrossman |
15 Feb 2022 |
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#13 | Don't Know What I'm Doing (Punk Mix) @elltarune |
12 Feb 2022 |
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#14 | My Love For You @sapient |
13 Feb 2022 |
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#15 | Stay Away Closer @bootsylavox |
8 Feb 2022 |
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#16 | Goodbye @sarahk |
14 Feb 2022 |
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#17 | The Decline and Ruin of Billy Shears @nancyrost |
16 Feb 2022 |
Thanks again, John, for your awesome music! I hope to come back and listen to more of your FAWM creations! I appreciate the collaborations and am still smiling about your guitar solos and that rocking children’s song!!! Love your creativity!
Thanks for coming by "Under", glad you dug our collab! @nadine is a mastermind for sure.
I'm glad you enjoyed "Under". Focusing on rhythm has been something different for me and I love how @chrismyth02 delivered the vocals! Hope we get some real guitar shredding to produce it after FAWM.
Thank you for the audiobook help! I'm in business now with a mic that can handle my big girl voice!
L&TC are definitely a spiritual influence, never been able to pull off anything like what they do, bless 'em.
The ball of twine update is a result of this song and my comment
https://fawm.org/songs/131535/
I have both very happy memories of our visit and a tshirt in a very nice shade of green. It is, in fact, the only green tshirt I own. So there you go. Some Sapient trivia for you.
Just posting back so I can also raise my rockhands for Operation Mindcrime lol
Hey! Thanks for all the kind words on my songs. Guitars are all ran direct from my Helix floor. I use the Revv Red amp for my main tone with mesa boogie cab IR’s. Most guitars are tracked in my Gibson LP slash signature.
ICYMI, Billy Shears doc started.
An ode to "ope" on ukulele? You might just be on to something there, sir. I'll see what I can do :)
Hi John,
No need to relinquish, but yeah I get it. Glad you enjoyed the song, and thanks for being so quotable :)
Last year, I searched and searched for an electronic drumkit and it always sounded weird, so I gave up on my industrial metal idea. I never pushed a drumset through a guitar amp. I should try, thanks!
Thanks a lot for your comment!
No need for frets unless you’re a guitar :p. Got your email :)
Thank you for your comments on Girl with Puppy-Saving Heart. Much appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed my cowbell piece! I am self-amused.
In other news, I completed my version of "What? No!!!" It's fun to hear different takes on the same words. :-)
And so the conclusion from today's experiment is that Stutter Edit does indeed work rather well on guitars. And on screams too.
What fun! :D
I just got copies of Breaktweaker and Stutter Edit for pennies in the Izotope sale! Hurrah!
But now I'm staring at the interfaces with a blank, slightly frightened look on my face...
BT I think I sort of understand. You make loops. You make more loops. These loops play in the app. But how do you make one loop play after another, and how do you record to audio in your DAW?
And how in the name of all that's unholy do you get Stutter Edit to do things? I load it as an insert effect. Select a patch. And then... nothing... :(
God, I hate it when an impulse buy requires valuable FAWMing time to be burnt watching endless you tube vids by 17 year old "beat makers"
*rant only temporarily over*
Thanks for your comment on "Dorian Gray". I'm glad you enjoyed. Writing and performing this song has been a heavy load of fun.
Binky! Let me know when you need a crowd for your loud segments! Looking forward to hearing your songs this year. Cheers, Mark
Hey Binky! It is nice to see you here again! Have a wonderful FAWM!
On your marks.....Get set.....Watch out, here it comes!
Have a fantastic FAWM my friend.
I am still wondering how one writes a heavy metal song…. And am still smiling about the wonderful collabs you have done with me! Happy FAWMings! Let me know if you have any collab interest or bandwidth!
Lets. Do. This.
Hi from Milwaukee!
Looking forward to hearing what you come up with.
- Jorge
Hope you have a great FAWM!!
Hello!! Hope you have an amazing FAWMtastic February 2022!!! Looking forward to hearing what you do this year!
Hello friend. Glad to see you again.
I suspect I lack the references for a thing like that. But hey, it's fawm! I'll try anything once!
And once more we tear ourselves away from our daily existence to spend 28 days in our cellars.
Hmm. How to make FAWM sound kinda weird...
Hello, Binky! Glad to see you around.
You are here? You are here! Yay!
Happy FAWM!
(Also - collab? )
Happy FAWM, friend!
Undoubtedly due to our mutual admiration of the seminal works of one Ritchie, Lionel.
Hooray for FAWM-awareness. Glad you're here.