Artist Bio
Influences: laura nyro, cassandra wilson,joan armatrading, james blunt, coldplay,joni mitchell, coltrane, marcin waselewski, alan pasqua, Balkan womens choirs, monastic chanting and all back roads folk music from around the globe.
2022 marks my 10th FAWM. Last week of January is always filled with the usual excitement and utter dread of drawing a blank. Happens every year so I just jump in and balls to the wall. My goal is to divide my time between my own solo explorations, the always exciting collaborations, along with a few skirmishes one morph challenge and maybe one random pairing.
Oh, and setting up some new gear! Antelope interface and mic have been added to my arsenal along with a vintage keyboard.
I just got back from a few gigs in California to clear my head, play out, sit in with friends, eat tons of Mexican and shake the covid cobwebs off my soul. :0)
pronouns: she, her
Songs (18)
| #1 |  Are You Listening |
37 Feb 2022 |
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| #2 | Never Surprise Me @donna |
28 Feb 2022 |
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| #3 | Daytime Dreamer  |
22 Feb 2022 |
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| #4 | Timeless Time @wolfkier
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24 Feb 2022 |
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| #5 | Love Through a Broken Heart @davidtaro |
47 Feb 2022 |
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| #6 | The Heartbreaker and the Broken  |
18 Feb 2022 |
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| #7 | No Intention @billwhite51
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16 Feb 2022 |
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| #8 | Get to the Point |
7 Feb 2022 |
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| #9 | Every Shade of You |
17 Feb 2022 |
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| #10 | Don't Tell Me a Story @berni1954
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14 Feb 2022 |
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| #11 | Silencing the Candle @crisp1
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20 Feb 2022 |
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| #12 | Tethered to the Wind @donna
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12 Feb 2022 |
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| #13 | Gimme Shelta |
8 Feb 2022 |
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| #14 | Freedom |
9 Feb 2022 |
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| #15 | 1MORENIGHT @katestantonsings |
23 Feb 2022 |
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| #16 | Sausage Snob |
10 Feb 2022 |
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| #17 | Ghost in the Window |
20 Feb 2022 |
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| #18 | Corpse Havana @corpsecorps |
4 Feb 2022 |
Soundboard
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@gindark Apr 2022
Hey thank you! I hope to be back next year!
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@gm7 Mar 2022
Did you record your guitar using the SM57 setup??
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@metalfoot Mar 2022
There is just *so much* good stuff on FAWM, and you never ever disappoint musically--I feel bad I'm just getting around to more listening now. Thanks for all you add to this community Sonya. I really appreciate you!
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@katestantonsings Mar 2022
I was hoping we would have been in the same breakout room!! WOW, what a small world :) So nice to see you!
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@oswlek Mar 2022
Thank you so much for your generous comment on Tiny Grass, Sonya!
FYI, I initially misread the comment and thought the "gifted" and "innate connection" portions were about me. I was like, "going a bit overboard there, Sonya, but I'll take the compliment!" Then I read it again and realized those lines were about Donna and it made a lot more sense. :-) -
@wolfkier Mar 2022
I'm mortified- check yer email...
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@kahlo2013 Mar 2022
Yep… same chord shapes that you would in normal tuning like the F or Bm shape bar chord shape which would result in a different chord if strings tuned differently.
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@intoyourlight Mar 2022
Thank you so much for your kind words <3 will definately listen to more of your songs
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@wolfkier Mar 2022
??? > https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12954/
I may need a hail mary play before this ends ... I know I can count on you to roll with the punches... stay tuned. -
@wolfkier Mar 2022
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@wolfkier Mar 2022
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@daveyboy103 Mar 2022
Thanks for the kind comments on A World of Quiet Beauty, very happy with how it turned out Doug's words are great.
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@davidtaro Mar 2022
Thank you for the awesome comment on Take It On The Chin! ‘Quit the day job’… the DREAM. One day maybe :)
Need to catch up with the rest of your songs btw! I am most intrigued by ‘Sausage Snob’… -
@katestantonsings Mar 2022
I really like "Songbird Sister". That made me smile pretty big :))))
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@katestantonsings Mar 2022
I've appreciated each and every comment from you Sonya! You've had a magnificent FAWM!! I hope spring inspires even more music from you!!
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@aeye Mar 2022
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it. I’ve been having a lot of fun with it. :) (you’re the 3rd person I’ve now cost money this FAWM lol)
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@simonwaldram Mar 2022
Thanks Sonya, you too! Eighteen songs is a great return!
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@highmountain Mar 2022
Wow! Thanks!!
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@berty38 Mar 2022
Thanks for the comment on The Window is Closing. I really started the song meaning to write a confession song about all of us current adults being guilty of not taking care of the future generations’ planet, but I guess the rock feel moved me toward a more accusatory tone in later verses.
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@oswlek Mar 2022
Wow, Sonya. Thank you for the generous comment on "Together". You are far too kind. :)
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@crisp1 Feb 2022
Thank you so much for all the recent comments, Sonya. I'm glad you got to listen to the collabs I did with Justin and cheslain. I feel truly lucky to be a part of FAWM and to be able to work with musicians like you and them and all the others who have so much talent!
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@fortelmfield Feb 2022
Hey, thanks for the lovely comment on Décortiqué, glad you liked it - really cool to hear that it's a good track for drivin' around to! :)
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@taracraig Feb 2022
Hey Sonya! We met at Jean's a few years ago. I didn't realize you were a fellow FAWMer. How wonderful! Looking forward to checking out your songs.
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Thanks, Sonya! Your comments mean so much to me! I’m am now craving a hot dog…
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@wolfkier Feb 2022
Your havana - way cool! :)
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@kendrakinsey Feb 2022
Thanks so much! I’m also looking forward to listening more! I see you have Balkan singing on your inspo!! I also love that and joined a group for a couple months once!
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@lmr Feb 2022
Sonya, wow, every shade of you is tremendous, what a feat of poetry and musicianship. "...a compass for the dreamers
a beacon for the brave..." You are truly a master of both the magic and the craft. -
@sherrycanary Feb 2022
Sonya...thank you for all of your beautiful and uplifting comments.
Knowing you and others I admire are in the game gives me the impetus and hope to carry on.
You inspire me! xoxo -
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Thanks for all of your thoughtful comments. Especially the last one. Much appreciated. We all had so many losses over the past few years but we also had joys - those just didn’t fit into those lyrics. And the number of families with multiple Covid losses was crazy sad. Life. Through dark times we appreciated the joyous ones even more.
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@oswlek Feb 2022
Thank you so much for your generous comment on "Clear", Sonya. Coming from you, it means a lot. I'll be back in March (or sooner) to dig further into your catalog. :)
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@wolfkier Feb 2022
:)
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@bethdesombre Feb 2022
Congrats on your win! Looking forward to listening to some of the ones I've missed so far.
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@downburst Feb 2022
Geez, how did I misspell your name!? Sorry, I’ll fix.
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@wolfkier Feb 2022
One last fast and furious super GIMME15epsilon is GO! Quick quick turn around before end of FAWM. are you in? https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12764/
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
Thank you, Sonya <3 I have a lot of catching up to do with your music. In the meantime, I wish you a happy final week!
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@piney Feb 2022
Thank you!! I always love hearing what you create too. I will be here all of March to listen to others albums :) I’m trying something new this year. Write in February and listen in March. That seems like a doable balance for me :) Enjoy the rest of your fawm time!
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@geoff61 Feb 2022
Hi Sonya, thanks for your kind words on Dorian Gray :-)
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@wolfkier Feb 2022
:) Thanks, Sonya...
Also: https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12764/ -
@billwhite51 Feb 2022
there used .to be plenty of reporters like me but most of us lost our jobs with .the collapse of .the free press in 2009. when .the seattle pi went under, a bunch of us who could not rein in our .thoughts carried on .without pay by creating our own pos.t-globe and after 2 years could no longer sustain .it......surviving newspapers fired .their best writers and replaced .them with compliant hacks.
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@berni1954 Feb 2022
PS I was playing it again and my partner Carmen shouted through from the kitchen: "Listening to Joni Mitchell at 8am?" :-)
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@berni1954 Feb 2022
Thanks again for your "musication" of my lyrics. I want to learn to play this! What tuning are you using? DADGAD? What key are you in? Have you any idea of the chords you used? Answers on a postcard to.... Er.. No.. answers in an email please. x x x
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@metalfoot Feb 2022
Sorry I hadn't listened to any of your stuff yet!
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@berni1954 Feb 2022
The bad news your computer crash and all the extra work that entails.
The good news? You've set my song to music! Hooray! I can't wait to hear it! :-) -
@sherrycanary Feb 2022
Hi
I sent you a FB message -
@dragondreams Feb 2022
Thank you for such a lovely message! And thank you too for taking a listen and leaving such great feedback on my twiddling. :-)
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@mikeb Feb 2022
Thanks for the listen and comment on my collab with Tams, 'We Don't Have a Clue'!
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@karlsburg25 Feb 2022
Thank you so so much for your comment on shining light lovely. And am more than happy it sounds banjo realistic but sad to say its not me playing. Its simply a loop i found in apple . Banjo is the only string based instrument i have never even had a go at!!!!! would be nice to try though
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@piney Feb 2022
Here I am! :) Big hugs to you!!
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@wolfkier Feb 2022
:)
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@wolfkier Feb 2022
Another corpse starting... join me? https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12399/
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@gm7 Feb 2022
Your welcome..i hope it works out well for you.
Cheers -
@feb21sundari Feb 2022
Thank you for your comment on Humanity. Then my singing bowl hit the right note
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@gm7 Feb 2022
Re: Butterfly Dance
The SM57on the 12th eh?...I'm going to do that very same thing next time!!!
The SM57 was about 6" from the fret board...if I was using my Taylor which had a much brighter sound that the Martin I would point it at the 14/15 fret to pick up a little more low end but not boomy.
I then double the track and offset the delay by 10-14ms then I
pan L-R to about 70% and EQ one bright and the other a little darker but not too much.
I hope this helps...PS I had new stings on and you can here that fuzzy sliding on the strings
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@gm7 Feb 2022
Thx for your kind words on the Butterfly Dance
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@crisp1 Feb 2022
Ha ha! You crack me up! You can't sing like Blondie? I have to tell you that I think about you every day and want to come up with a lyric that is right for you. Still two weeks to go! :)
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@berni1954 Feb 2022
Hi Sonya, could you please take a look at the lyrics in the song in the link below. I never had time to do the music for them in the skirmish and I would be honoured if you took up the challenge. The rhyme schemes is deliberately out of my comfort zone. One of the reasons it took me more than my usual amount of time to write the song.
https://fawm.org/songs/130730/ -
@nahlej381 Feb 2022
I definitely will! Your website is very nice btw! I’ll drop you a line sometime soon!
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@berni1954 Feb 2022
Oh, Sonya, I love your comment on my "Straight Talking" - I feel like you just justified my whole existence. :)
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@nahlej381 Feb 2022
Lou reed and Laurie Anderson are two of my biggest influences! That’s so cool! Well I really dig your musical stylings! Would love to pick your brain some time!
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@lmr Feb 2022
Thanks so much for popping by and for your kind words. Thank you for getting me to do this! Truly an amazing experience despite being virtual!
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@jayjay Feb 2022
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your comments.
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@davidtaro Feb 2022
Thank you for the comment on The Woodsman, Sonya! Made me smile :)
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@nadine Feb 2022
You're welcome! It's hard for me to enjoy folk because I'm a fan of huge arrangements. I love prolific artist. My muse also runs completely wild. Guess I have to catch her! It's a small world...
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@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Got it, thanks!
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@serene123 Feb 2022
Thank you Sonya. I've watchlisted you!!
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@grayland Feb 2022
Hi! I wanted to stop by and tell you how much I appreciated reading your comments on The Meltdown. It's difficult to put into words what that means to me.
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@bradbrubaker Feb 2022
Let me know if you need bpm or chords or anything like that.
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@nahlej381 Feb 2022
Thank you so much for listening!
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@bradbrubaker Feb 2022
Hello! You are up next in the #morph1 !
Here's my tune:
https://fawm.org/songs/129004/ -
@gardeningangel1 Feb 2022
When I saw that forum post my first thought was "Why's she asking, she's old hand at this!" and then re-read it and saw you were asking for the benefit of the fawmlings. You helped me out a lot my first fawm so I was happy to flex my forum muscles. :) I think it was a good idea to try and round up those loose threads into one place.
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@jorh Feb 2022
Thanks Sonya, you too! Yes don’t worry I’m sure there’s lots of naughtiness still to come in my lyrics ;) Have a great FAWM and can’t wait to see what else you create. Have revisited never surprise me a few times now, it’s really great!!
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@jamkar Feb 2022
Wow Sonya! Thank you for the in depth review of my piano dream. Much app!
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@davidtaro Feb 2022
So that dance card ;)… what sort of style would work? In my head I was assuming something pared back and folky, but then I thought maybe you might want to try something totally different? I don’t know. But you have my email so… hit me up, let’s swap some ideas :)
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@wolfkier Feb 2022
:)
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@lmr Feb 2022
Wow, those harmonies are amazing! Fawm theme song?
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
Thank you, Sonya<3 right back at ya!!! I love your vibe. Looking forward to hearing more!!
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@nadine Feb 2022
Thank you Sonya! "Skyscraper" has been a lot of work. And I'm so happy how this little joke became so big after a couple of weeks.
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@mikedebenham Feb 2022
Thanks, Sonya! Always wonderful to see you here.
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@mikegtz Feb 2022
HI Sonya, listening to your first song now. Nice to meet you here and hard to believe we haven't cross paths up until now.
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@writeandwrong Feb 2022
Aww, you're very welcome! Best wishes to you with it! I am certified to do angel card readings and every FAWM I treat myself to a new deck. I love seeing what everyone does with the cards and I learn the new decks better every February :)
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@sherrycanary Feb 2022
Hi sister/girlfriend
Just checking in to let you know that I showed up!!
Can't wait to hear your fabulous songs -
@greengrassgirl Feb 2022
Hi, Sonya,
Looking forward to hearing your songs this month. Sending you an EM.
Patty -
@jorh Jan 2022
Looking forward to listening to your fab songs once again :) was great to collab last year!!
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@billwhite51 Jan 2022
ready, steady ....GO!
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@geoff61 Jan 2022
Thanks Sonya, I have hopes that I can pull a few buckets of water from the well :-)
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@cynthiawolff Jan 2022
Dearest Sonya…
Looking forward to hearing your magical music -
@jwhanberry Jan 2022
On your marks.....Get set.....Watch out, here it comes!
Have a fantastic FAWM my friend. -
@musicsongwriter Jan 2022
Thank you Sonya for your kindness. Looking forward to hearing your songs. Your support is very special!
Nadia -
@lmr Jan 2022
Hey SunnyMae,
I'm doing my homework, like a good l'il Fawnling! -
@donna Jan 2022
Hi Sonya! :)
Let's see what we can get up to this time around. ;) -
@kahlo2013 Jan 2022
Dear Sonya,
Still loving your CDs and looking forward to your FAWM creations - hopefully there may be some opportunities to collaborate! You know I would love that! -
@cloudcolor Jan 2022
Thank you for the kind welcome! :)
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@johncrossman Jan 2022
Sonya! I share in your mix of excitement and dread. I may never be ready. But February doesn't care. I think it's practicing some kind of tough love or something but I can't read February's mind and it's playing it pretty close to the vest. That's ok though, we'll coax its secrets out of it one song at a time. Fawm on!
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@wolfkier Jan 2022
oh, yes, very ready. Bring it on.
Wishing you a happy, creative FabFeb, my friend. I'll email you in the next few days! :)
Hugs! -
@coolparadiso Jan 2022
Good to see you here! Have an excellent Fawm
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@tamsnumber4 Jan 2022
Musical sister with a soul full of song It's been a year, the wait was too long. Create your magic for longing fans. Our ears are ready for your FAWM to begin.
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@mikeskliar Jan 2022
Welcome back!!!
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@crisp1 Jan 2022
Wishing you a wonderful FAWM, Sonya!
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@andygetch Jan 2022
Hey Sonya!
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@davidtaro Jan 2022
Hey Sonya! Happy FAWMing! A collab is definitely high up on my list of goals for the month. You have been warned ;)