Influences: This is a tough one. My oldest and dearest influence is probably Randy Newman but I’m a big fan of Rex Orange County, Dr Dog, Vampire Weekend and Vulfpeck to name a few others.
Just writing and playing casually. I’ve enjoyed song-writing for a number of years but haven’t done much recently so using FAWM as an opportunity to have some fun and get back into it!
#1 | Damn Fine |
11 Feb 2022 |
|
#2 | Suffering Injustice |
7 Feb 2022 |
|
#3 | Find My Way Back |
9 Feb 2022 |
|
#4 | Cleaning shop |
7 Feb 2022 |
|
#5 | An Ode to Anxiety |
14 Feb 2022 |
|
#6 | Lily |
14 Feb 2022 |
|
#7 | Just a turn of phrase |
7 Feb 2022 |
|
#8 | Winner |
9 Feb 2022 |
|
#9 | Lullaby No More |
9 Feb 2022 |
|
#10 | If Only I Could Love you |
11 Feb 2022 |
|
#11 | Love hurts |
9 Feb 2022 |
|
#12 | Thief @sheslin |
16 Feb 2022 |
|
#13 | Love Lather Rinse Repeat |
8 Feb 2022 |
|
#14 | Follow The Train |
9 Feb 2022 |
Cool. Good luck, God Bless and I hope we cross paths during 5090 . Watch the forums there for things similar it's fun fast and a great way to know each other....
This is our just completed GIMME15. https://fawm.org/songs/137066/
Here are the rules and mayhem that created it:
https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12954/
But the rules may vary slightly to considerably in the one I'm currently plotting.... take a look/listen. and please consider.
if there was just one more GIMME15 would you play? asking for a friend.
Thank you for lovely comments
Thanks a lot for your profile visit and comment, Nate!
Yeah, I sort of turned into a multi-genre songwriter / producer after I started not giving a damn about fitting in. My weakness is singing and instrumental playing, so I team up with plenty of people after FAWM to rerecord this stuff in a better quality and dive deep into production. You won't hear my voice on the final productions, maybe just a bit of basic piano playing or drum programming.
It took me years to write something which is not 4/4. A ballad in 6/8 is a good way to start, but I stuck... and stuck... until my Gordian knot has been solved this FAWM (not kidding) and I got real mad with odd-time signatures ("At your command" is 19/4). Don't count, just feel. Seems like we all have these impendiments to overcome on our musical growth!
So happy to have found you through #tit4tat.
Will be listening to more of your songs this month for sure.
Thanks Nate, Susan dd a greta job adding words to that tune.
Thx for your comments. Well spotted on the line. The whole song was pretty much retro fitted around that line when it came to me.
Nate, Thanks for listening and commenting on both versions of Somethin' Better. I am fascinated by how different musical treatments and vocals can change the listening experience. I like them both and I'm glad you did, too.
Thanks a lot for your comment on "Fit right in". Your words are encouraging and I feel like it's gonna be a good song when finished.
Thanks so much for your comments on Somethin Better! I'm glad you enjoyed it, Nate.
You can harmonize really well. It is very pleasant to your listener's ear.
Nate, Thanks for your comments on Hit Man! I'm really glad you liked it. You probably didn't see my earlier response because I posted my comment ON MY OWN PAGE! Rookie mistake! Right out there for everyone to see! :)
@greengrassgirl 2 weeks
@n24 You picked out my favorite part...Minus one. Thanks!
Oh fantastic! Doing collabs is the best part of FAWM. OK I am going to take a run at it and will be in touch if I need to change anything lyrically. Thanks!!
Hii Nate. Thanks so much for your kind comments on Time and Time Again. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks a lot.
For me it's super hard to write of sing anything cause I don't do neither, but I just decided to give it a go and don't care how that sounds cause in top of that, foreign language pronuncin is there to give more gray hair.
But luckily I'm gray anyway so I don don't mind:)
Hey Nate, I’m no pro at recording but my chops have improved over the past year. I’d be happy to give you my two cents; however, there is someone you know very well who is way more experienced at recording and production than me.
Haha it's totally fine :)
Heyy.. you may be getting me confused with Kate!! Lol
Heard not bear... Darn phone!
Thank you so much for your comment on as you are Nate! And great to be connected on SoundCloud.. I bear your song Lily on Callum's radio show and I loved it! Look forward to listening to more of your music
I just checked out Tennis! Pretty excited to find them. Loving their style, tempo changes and percussion. Thanks so much for the suggestion!
So glad you liked the duet on In Love All Alone! Georgie and Gwyn seemed to know exactly what I had in mind, and they delivered beautifully. Thank you for your enthusiastic comments.
Thanks for the lovely Hit Man comment, Nate! Do you know, I didn’t realise the bridge was in a different signature until I tried to record the thing (natural musician that I am!). Kind of fun when you do these things by accident ;)
Thank you for your generous comments.. Back in the Beatles heyday you didn't mention Elvis - lol!
Nate, Thank you for your compliments on Friendship Hurts (If You Do It Right.) I really wanted a good "friendship" song, and I'm very pleased with Colleen's interpretation of my lyrics. She is a treasure. You're right about the "tenderly executed" vocals. That's one of her specialties.
Thanks for being nice about my songs! Its Spitfire LABS mandolin in the chorus of Let the World Burn Down, which I really like to splash about when I can. I've only listened to a couple of yours, and if I can get a bit of mutual appreciation in here, I thought they were marvelous. There's a directness to them that's really pleasing, and I don't mean they are obvious... I mean a kind of emotional honesty maybe? I don't know, I'm rambling. Nice to meet you anyway! I hope you are enjoying this community - its one of my favourite corners of the internet.
Thanks for your kind and insightful comments on my song. They're really appreciated! And I'd love to hear more from you :)
Love it when that happens - like when somebody says you remind them of somebody but you’ve never heard of them! And then you have to check them out. Thanks so much
Is yours a twin peaks reference too!? Did we just become best friends?
@n24 hey, thanks for the Eddie Vedder recommendation. I'm just listening to it now and already liking it a lot. Great quality sounds. Thinking I must invest in a better quality uke for myself!
@n24 Thanks for your kind comments on My American Hero. I'm glad you thought it felt authentic. Quite a compliment!
Thank you for your kind words on "Time for Talk", I used a glitch plug in and varied the amount it was being used in certain spots for emphasis to get that stuttering effect.
Thanks for the Judy comment, Nate! I think I’ve now used up all my falsetto for February :D
Many, many thanks for the listen and your kind and encouraging words...
Thank you for your kind comment about my lyrics on ‘House Guest’! Clarinet happenstance…I bet you could rock one! They sound so warm and mellow.
Hey man. You should check if there's already a 'word limit challenge' in the Forum Challenges area. If not, I totally think people would do it if you suggested it. Well I'd give it a go anyway :)
Thank you very much, your work for National Ukulele Day was wonderful!
Nate! Welcome to FAWM. You’re going to crush it. Have an awesome & creative February :)
Welcome, and happy FAWMing!