Influences:   I decided not to change this much from last year: Almost everything (OK I love Tom Waits, the Beatles and David Bowie. I have loved Bob Dylan, but confess I haven't listened to a lot of his later years stuff. Love old jazz and folk music, jug band, 50s, 60s, 80s, Patti Smith, the Ramones, and so many others.)

I joined FAWM last year for the first time and challenged myself to actually finish 14 songs since I hadn't written that many previously and surprised myself by actually doing it. I've been playing the ukulele since 2012 and somehow songwriting just happened, starting about 4 years ago. I never thought this was something I was going to do so it's been a treat! This year I want to take more time to see what's going on out there in FAWM world and am not going to force myself to do 14 (but if they come, great!)

#1		Song in His Heart girl-with-ukulele folkish singer-songwriter fuc	9 Feb 2022
#2		Touch a Toe to Moss fuc girl-with-ukulele ukulele pagan w1challenge	6 Feb 2022
#3		Leonora fuc girl-with-ukulele ukulele art	5 Feb 2022
#4		Underworld @janetjulian  music acapella collab oraclechallenge	3 Feb 2022
#5		Gay fuc girl-with-ukulele ukulele gay queer pride ...	9 Feb 2022
#6		Tempt Me paintcardchallenge fuc girl-with-ukulele	8 Feb 2022
#7		Butterscotch girl-with-ukulele cat pet fuc fun	8 Feb 2022
#8		Confessions of a Costume Nerd s021622 skirmish nerdy girl-with-ukulele fuc	12 Feb 2022
#9		Surprise February Day girl-with-ukulele fuc february neighbors neighborhood	4 Feb 2022
#10		Vernal Equinox girl-with-ukulele fuc equinox eostara pagan	5 Feb 2022
#11		The Trees girl-with-ukulele fuc pagan trees	6 Feb 2022
#12		The Mighty Algorithm girl-with-ukulele fuc humorous numbers-and-slashes banjolele	7 Feb 2022
#13		Arrow True fuc girl-with-ukulele oraclechallenge art oraclechallenge2022 thearrow ...	8 Feb 2022
#14		Our Dreams Will Disappear fuc girl-with-ukulele lullaby	6 Feb 2022

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  @mandolinda  Apr 2022

  Thanks Leslie. Will come back for a listen tonight.

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  @liz561  Mar 2022

  Congratulations on hitting the 14! You have a lot of songs that have such good bones-now you have the leisure to play around with them. Now you have to consider trying 50/90 this summer!

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  @davidtaro  Mar 2022

  Thank you so much for the listens/comments, Leslie. Really appreciate it! And congrats on the 14 - yay!

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  @kenmattsson  Feb 2022

  Congrats for winning FAWM for a second year!

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  @mikeb  Feb 2022

  Thanks for the listen and comment on 'A Wish for You'. It's a sad situation.

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  @sunfire Feb 2022

  Thank you so much, for commenting on Invisible Course. I'm glad you liked it! : )

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  @whispermouse  Feb 2022

  Thanks for your kind words on “The Rainmaker!”

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  @analogj Feb 2022

  Thanks, Leslie, for your comment on Mind Rolling. I really wanted to challenge myself to write a lyric which matched the feel of the song. It certainly works either way, with or without the lyric.

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  @kirjis Feb 2022

  Thanks for your comment!

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  @analogj Feb 2022

  Glad you liked my song and playing!

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  @jepist45 Feb 2022

  aww, thank you for taking time out to hear my little tune ," red wine at mine" enjoy your fawm and ill check out your tunes .

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  @analogj Feb 2022

  Hi Leslie!
  
  Yeah, I was initially thinking that what turned out to be "Salem Stomp" was going to be a song with lyrics. But that first part came to my head almost completely fleshed out, and I was thinking that this is really groovy as is. And with the pace of this FAWM project, I didn't want or feel the need to force anything. On the other hand, I now will have the grace, now that it's laid down, to revisit it. But if anyone came up with some killer lyrics to it, I'd be more than thrilled to collaborate.

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  @mikeb  Feb 2022

  Thanks for the listen and comment on 'Emerald Fire'!

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  @analogj Feb 2022

  Thanks Leslie. You put a smile on my face today.

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  @janetjulian  Feb 2022

  Hi Leslie! I’d love to hear what you could do with my Underworld song!

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  @rwhosings  Feb 2022

  Thank you for the comment on Pendulum Path!
  I wanted the piano to be the pendulum during the verses, and be more of a motion generator in the chorus.
  Thanks for listening so deeply!

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  @sorby69  Feb 2022

  Thanks for your kind comments Leslie!

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  @virallode Feb 2022

  It me! Never not musically moody

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  @kenmattsson  Feb 2022

  Superskirmish this weekend! I'll be there!
  
  https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12478/

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  @stuartbenbow  Feb 2022

  Thanks for listening Leslie, and for your thoughts. :)

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  @tan482  Feb 2022

  Thanks for listening Leslie! Glad to hear the banjo sounds "watery".. I think I was going for a flowing sort of sound! ;-)

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  @analogj Feb 2022

  Looking forward to hearing your new stuff, Leslie. I remember you performing one last year in Danno's Online Talent Show from last year's FAWM and I really enjoyed it.

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  @theicylakes  Feb 2022

  Thanks for listening and commenting on my song! Watching you as well!

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  @eas3637  Jan 2022

  Can't wait to hear your songs, Leslie!

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  @liz561  Jan 2022

  Looking forward to hearing some great songs from you!

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  @kenmattsson  Jan 2022

  Welcome back! We'll make some magick this year!