Artist Bio
Influences: P J Harvey, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Father John Misty, Bjork, Mica Levi, Leonard Cohen, Motorhead, The Cardigans, Bee Gees, The Beatles, MC Chris, assorted silliness, well-placed fury... and my sole guilty pleasure, Kiss (love the music, but there's SO MUCH misogyny)
He or they
2022 - Year Five
I'm always cool with other composers making parallel songs from other lyricists' material. I encourage anyone to write their own song(s) from my lyrics, independent of my music. If you need to change anything, feel free to run with it. Since I'm a very heavy-handed editor of others' lyrics, it's only fair.
Arm-twisted (not really) into making a FAWM2022 album cover by my friends @ductapeguy and @crutherford. I was especially inspired by Sean's original intent to make a pun for his title... so I made a pun of his ;)
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2021 - Year Four
- fawmed 26 songs
- of those, 10 were solo works, and 1 was an adaptation of a non-FAWM work
- 4 were challenges
Thank you to the creators who collabed with me last year: @cindyrella (4), @kahlo2013 (2), @stephenwordsmith (2), @acousticmaddie (1), @aneil (1), @coolparadiso (1), @hummingbear (1), @kenmattsson (1), @metalfoot (1) and @zecoop (1).
2020 - Year Three
- fawmed 42 song, plus 4 failed attempts
- of those, 10 were solo works
- of the solo works:
--- 3 were based on nursery rhymes
--- 1 was lyrics-only
--- 3 were challenges
- of the 32 collabs:
--- 1 was a challenge
--- 1 was the contribution of a guitar part
--- 1 had public domain lyrics
--- 1 was a translation (German to English)
2019 - Year Two
- fawmed 31 songs.
- of those, 18 were solo works
- 9 were challenges
2018 - Year One
- fawmed 21 songs
- of those, 3 were solo works
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ABOUT ME:
Spent my wee years with AM radio, and my teens with thrash metal and glam rock.
Served time in an industrial metal band in the early aughts, with whom I played 2004 Canadian Music Week.
Worked labour till I retired relatively young due to mental health issues, then I cartooned and wrote short stories for a decade.
Now it's just me and a guitar and an H5 and Google Docs and whatever sensibility I carry in my mind/brain. Like last FAWM, I'll strum for whatever lyrics capture my imagination (with permission, of course), with an amazing partner (Jan 2020 was they last time we shared a physical space), one annoyingly cuddling cat, too much dark chocolate (probably), and many cups of coffee in the car (even in winter).
Songs (25)
| #1 | Civil War for Dummies (revised) |
18 Feb 2022 |
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| #2 | Wheel of Fortune  |
8 Feb 2022 |
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| #3 | Everything About You Is the Thing That I Hate |
9 Feb 2022 |
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| #4 | Cleaning Martyr (w/ kahlo2013 lyrics) @kahlo2013 |
9 Feb 2022 |
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| #5 |  Mixed Pears (w/ cindyrella lyrics) @cindyrella
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14 Feb 2022 |
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| #6 | Last Man Standing (w/ billwhite51 lyrics) @billwhite51 |
6 Feb 2022 |
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| #7 | Initial Thoughts (w/ stephenwordsmith lyrics) @stephenwordsmith |
8 Feb 2022 |
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| #8 | A tomb of moonlit streams. (w/ Acousticmaddie lyrics) @acousticmaddie |
12 Feb 2022 |
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| #9 | Cupids in Jeopardy -or- No More Arrows for Eros @hummingbear |
4 Feb 2022 |
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| #10 | Cupids in Jeopardy -or- No More Arrows for Eros (w/ hummingbear lyrics) @hummingbear |
11 Feb 2022 |
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| #11 | Boogiemen (w/ billwhite51 co-lyrics) @billwhite51 |
10 Feb 2022 |
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| #12 | The Words We Use (morph from kahlo2013) @kahlo2013 |
6 Feb 2022 |
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| #13 | Landscape (w/ nancycunning co-lyrics) @nancycunning
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10 Feb 2022 |
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| #14 | Welp. I'm convinced. (edited) |
7 Feb 2022 |
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| #15 | The Button (w/ stephenwordsmith lyrics, aka Undo) @stephenwordsmith |
6 Feb 2022 |
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| #16 | Engagement |
2 Feb 2022 |
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| #17 | A Little Mindfulness (w/ cindyrella lyrics) @cindyrella |
5 Feb 2022 |
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| #18 | Let That Be Enough (w/ kahlo2013 lyrics) @kahlo2013 |
5 Feb 2022 |
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| #19 | 10x10: 18-Wheeler in an Omicronvoy, Parked and Outta Fuel in a 10x10 Space |
7 Feb 2022 |
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| #20 | More Than Cheese (w/ crutherford co-lyrics) *revised* @crutherford
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8 Feb 2022 |
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| #21 | Announcements (w/ stephenwordsmith lyrics) @stephenwordsmith |
5 Feb 2022 |
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| #22 | Ending |
4 Mar 2022 |
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| #23 | (placeholder 2) |
ZONG Mar 2022 |
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| #24 | (placeholder 3) |
ZONG Mar 2022 |
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| #25 | (placeholder 4) |
ZONG Mar 2022 |
Soundboard
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@bjunker Mar 2022
Thanks for the nice thoughts on Lazy Morning! I agree that the syncopation can make a tune like that sound crooked, even though it's just a straight waltz! Little tunes like that are a lot of fun to do!
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@nadine Mar 2022
Thanks a lot for your comment on "Disco Blues". I did not expect the wah but it works so well! I'm glad you enjoyed.
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@momentegalerie Mar 2022
thanks for your nice comment on my challenge! I like to rhyme, yes. But it's really hard some times. In germany we say "reim dich, oder ich fress dich" that's the thing when a person trys to rhyme TOO HARD. (rhyme or I'll eat you up).
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@highmountain Mar 2022
Howdy, Moon Raccoon! Thanks for Pay Day comments! Appreciate it.
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@kahlo2013 Mar 2022
Thank you again for your comments and collaborations/morphs! I really appreciate it!
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@oswlek Mar 2022
Hi, I'm finally getting around to thank you for your kind comment on "Together". I'm not in a space to listen now, but I'll be back to give a few of your pieces a spin. :)
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@santadharma Mar 2022
Thank you for all of your kind comments. Hello to your cat from us and congratulations on finishing FAWM.
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
No worries!
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Sure
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@robheron1 Feb 2022
Yes I did just about double my catalogue! Realistically there's 3 maybe 4 which I will commit to memory as solo pieces. Thanks for your support. Had a great experience for my 1st FAWM!
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@p3t3h4rv3y Feb 2022
Sarah - records :) (the label) although it's a bit anachronistic with the other memories (the miner's strike was a couple of years before Sarah put out their first duffel coat anthem). Thanks for dropping by, me and the Besson thank you
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@fuzzy Feb 2022
Thanx for your comment on "The Ghost Of Nancy Reagan".
"Reaganitis"...
Sounds like a great song title to me... -
@bjunker Feb 2022
Thanks for the reactions to Second Chance!
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@fuzzy Feb 2022
I gotta say, "Whelp. I'm convinced" really made my day.
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Hi Brian, the other musician who put music to Let That Be Enough is fine with multiple versions if you are still interested.
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@cindyrella Feb 2022
That would be great!
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@acousticmaddie Feb 2022
Thank you so much for your kind comments and for taking time to listen.
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Thanks!! I will leave it up to David to decide as I know some would prefer not to have two versions. If he is fine with it and will still do one, I am fine with it!
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@cindyrella Feb 2022
Good for it!
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@momentegalerie Feb 2022
Heyhey, nice to hear from you, i hope you're doing well! Happy fawming from germany.
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@wylddandelyon Feb 2022
You prompted me to add to the liner notes!
"As to pronunciation, I haven't seen much agreement on how to pronounce "were" once you drop the suffix (wolf, bear, dragon, or whatever), Some rhyme it with "where", some with "fur" and some, like I do in this song, with "fear". I don't find it to be a regional thing even, I think it's just that different people settle on different vowel sounds in their heads while reading silently.
For the challenge, I kind of dodged around the question of whether it's really the same word if it's pronounced differently!" -
@andrea Feb 2022
Thanks for your thoughtful comments on I Wanted to Be a Hero. Much appreciated.
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@beat Feb 2022
Hey, thx for listening and writing.
In the end it’s always the listener who decides what comes in through the ears and evokes which pictures.
Personally, I think in musical feelings. Sounds. Melodies. Instruments playing with and against each other… and, I did not program this track, sorry. I wrote a score within Notion vor iPad.
Edit: the title was actually revering to my day job life and my musical night shifts for FAWM ;]. -
@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
Wow. Much rhyme. Very assonance. How couplet.
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@hummingbear Feb 2022
Thanks, Brian, I love what you did with Cupids!
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@berni1954 Feb 2022
Glad you liked my Collab with Stephen. Those were some very positive and encouraging comments. Thanks!
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@mandolinda Feb 2022
In Six Winds, I did rend to hold notes. I thought it might represent the wind. Thanks for the listen.
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@jerrypettit Feb 2022
Don't know why the "Reply" feature disappeared for Comments, but thanks for your kind review of CHAMPAGNE FOR ONE. I don't use anything fancy for recording--a RODE-NT1 mike (under $200), my interface is a TASCAM 2x2 (around $100, I think) and for "compression", etc. I use--and LOVE--the Izotope plugins. Nectar 3 is what I use on the vocals for compression, de-essing, delay, reverb. I "built" an el-cheapo "vocal booth" out of a couple "Japanese screens" (about $100) which I draped "moving blankets" over, that I got from Amazon. Looks goofy, but does the trick!
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@hummingbear Feb 2022
I'm very flattered - "Cupids" is yours for the taking. Have fun!
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@crisp1 Feb 2022
Remember My Name -- go for it!
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Sure, but I would appreciate minimal changes to the words as words matter to me :) and I thought about what I wanted to convey.
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@acousticmaddie Feb 2022
Yes thank you absolutely
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@robheron1 Feb 2022
Hi. I have cubase for a long time. A lot of people around here use Ableton and it seems to have some better capabilities. My version of cubase has poor timing correction for audio. But who knows -- I think a lot of the deficiencies in my tracks are 'User Error'. Ha!
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@lanasolyluna Feb 2022
So jealous of your annoyingly cuddly cat...my cats are both just annoying, but sans the cuddles lol
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@lanasolyluna Feb 2022
Thanks for your nice comment and for picking up on that vibe. There's a custom here of eating a really long sushi roll while facing a particular direction for good luck, and now they're sold in convenience stores, and it's just I dunno...interesting how we often commodify spiritual experiences. Not good or bad, just fascinating.
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@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
Yes, I believe you could do it justice. The tender is yours.
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@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
It was a kicking rad song and I loved every moment.
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@mikeb Feb 2022
Thanks for the listen and comment on 'Fire Inside'!
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@joefahey Feb 2022
Thanks for the compliment on my guitar tone for Trending On Twitter, hard to go wrong with a Tele!
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@billwhite51 Feb 2022
i woud love to hear what you do with last man standing..thank you for offering.
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@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
You have my blessing to musicify the track and/or surprise me.
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@cindyrella Feb 2022
If course!
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@cleanshoes Feb 2022
Thank you for listening and commenting on What the Body Knows!
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
That would be great, thanks!
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@jorh Feb 2022
Thanks for your kind comments on 'don't touch my skin' - I think your comment was more poetic than my lyric, you can get a song out of that haha
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@wylddandelyon Feb 2022
As to blood being a body "part", you can'tlive without it!
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@mandolinda Feb 2022
Have you ever wondered what a cow thinks about? It can be quite entertaining.
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@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
Funnily enough, a chicken is also more delicious after it is dead.
Provided you cook it properly, of course. -
@robheron1 Feb 2022
I'm in Collingwood -- I think I saw you on the Simcoe County list -- still getting used to navigating FAWM. Great community!
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@robheron1 Jan 2022
Hi! You're an old hand at this! Any tips? This is my first attempt. Good luck to you! I'm not feeling too collaborative at this point but we'll see....
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@hummingbear Jan 2022
Have a marvelous FAWM!
