OK, this might be sinful but... Discord for FAWMers?
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@rkeeling75 Feb 2022
I've read a few threads and I've heard similar thoughts in a few posts:
'I'm never as productive as I am during FAWM.'
'Yeah, group X is ok but it isn't as social as FAWM.'
I love this community. I'm not as active as I want to be but damn it I'm trying lol. And I love that this site is only open during the challenge. But I would also love to see a place that is open year round, that has the culture of FAWM. A place to post our successes, cheer others on, swap four track tapes (I'm getting ready to drop way too much money on a 464 just so I can try the challenge next year), share ideas and just be in a group of positive, awesome, groovy people.
I'm not a fan of FB (lots of toxic stuff on there) but I love Discord servers; they can be focused, closed groups, without the ads and distractions.
So... is there a FAWM discord server? Or a reason there isn't? Or a place like that? -
@katestantonsings Feb 2022
"I'm not a fan of FB (lots of toxic stuff on there) but I love Discord servers; they can be focused, closed groups, without the ads and distractions." I second this 100%. I don't believe there is one atm (correct me if I am wrong), but it would be neat to have several hashtags and servers for collabs, educational growth, lyrics, or just feel-good music chats.
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@whispermouse Feb 2022
There IS a FAWM Discord, don't know how active it is, but it exists. I haven't seen anyone post about it this year...
There's also a Slack: https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12031/ -
@metalfoot Feb 2022
Yes, there are both FAWM slack and discords; the Slack is probably busier than the Discord but in full disclosure, I spend more time at the Slack so that colours my view.
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@jayjay Feb 2022
Does anyone use Line? I get so confused by Discord. I don’t open it much as I haven’t figured out how to leave any group I’ve joined for gaming in last 3 years lol.
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
@jayjay Yes, I am active on LINE. I love that app.
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@jayjay Feb 2022
Me too @katestantonsings So easy to use. Wish there was a similar group as this there.
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
@Jayjay Reddit has some songwriting groups, but nothing I've found has been as positive and encouraging for creativity as FAWM.
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@rkeeling75 Feb 2022
I've used Slack and Discord and Teams for years now. Of all of them I like Discord much better. Adding channels, moderating user rights, file sharing, and the terms of use are all much nicer in my opinion. But to each their own.
I saw the Slack server but didn't see much by way of channels.
(For @jayjay Open discord.com in a web browser, log in, and right click on the server you want to leave) -
@katestantonsings Feb 2022
I'd also recommend turning off all notifications for Discord, as they can get disruptive and quite annoying.
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@andygetch Feb 2022
+1 on the FAWM slack although activity level falls off outside of FAWM and 5090. The NaNoWriMo region I am in and NaSoAlMo uses two separate Discords. Both have little activity from December to mid-October.
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@nadine Feb 2022
I'd join a Discord group, cause I don't have Slack and I don't wanna open another account. I'm also active on Facebook.
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@rkeeling75 Feb 2022
Does someone have the link to the Discord group @metalfoot mentioned?
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@jayjay Feb 2022
@rkeeling75 I’m only on ipad. Probably why Discord has me prisoner lol
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
Berklee's Coursera courses usually have Discord groups which are organized by instruments (i.e. #piano #guitars) DAWs, and other topics to help one's growth in songwriting. I've met some really cool folks through this avenue.
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@whispermouse Feb 2022
https://discord.gg/qbWKQDxu is the FAWM Discord I'm in - it's very quiet.
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
@jayjay it particularly holds you prisoner on a smartphone or tablet because of the notifications. I joined a Shakespeare server for school and people were chatting about food. Stay on topic!!! LOL. I don't want to be notified about spaghetti.
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@jayjay Feb 2022
@katestantonsings I want to be notified about spagbol. Join me up lol
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
@jayjay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAR9mfHkEZU
I had to! -
@metalfoot Feb 2022
https://discord.gg/Tmhzj7BF is the FAWM server I'm aware of
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@jayjay Feb 2022
@katestantonsings lol. I had to click it. Now do I need to a pasta pattacake song? XD
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
@jayjay New FAWM Challenge--shitty 80's cartoon songs!!! YES!
I'll do Link's Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me princess!!! -
@jayjay Feb 2022
@katestantonsings carebears ftw. Creepy little gits
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@phenola Feb 2022
sure, let's all sit on a Big Tech platform and share songs about how bad capitalism is
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
@phenola but if we don't share the songs on social media, it means they don't truly exist. ;p we are bought and sold to the highest bidders.
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@rkeeling75 Feb 2022
Big tech is bad and it can (and does) hurt us; just like any tool. I try to interact with it safely, on my terms and in as positive of a way as I can. That includes looking on the bright side of it. Without social media/big tech I wouldn't have met so many kindred souls who share this mad hobby of ours. And I'm in the camp that art needs to be seen (or heard). I don't need the likes; I need to put my attempt at art out into the universe to prove to myself that I will not shy away from the challenge; that I can measure my progress against myself. If I hide my music away, I will make excuses. Social media is the new town square. I just try to pick the town(s) I live in lol.
Which is why I dig a space for FAWM in my life all year round. :-)
Thanks for pointing to the discord server! -
@outinpublicdrummer Feb 2022
Joined the discord link @whispermouse posted. I installed Slack a few weeks ago but haven't had the chance to try it out yet. I'll join that too!
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@andygetch Feb 2022
ok I'm in! With notifications disabled of course LOL.
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
@andygetch I'll join NaNoWriMo, too! I want to practice lyrics, poetry, and prose more.
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@andygetch Feb 2022
@katestantonsings I must confess that after a couple of legitimate 50k wordage outputs and a few wordy camp NaNoWriMo's, I gravitated first towards having more fun writing the soundtrack to my stories than writing the story itself. The last few years I have just done a bunch of free-writing to generate song ideas and use NaNo as my social outlet since NaSoAlMo has almost none LOL.
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@katestantonsings Feb 2022
@andygetch writing is a ton of work to get it right. I get so lazy! Maybe it will discipline me to work on it each day…
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@robynmackenzie Feb 2022
@whispermouse I tried joining but it says the invite link is invalid or expired. :(
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@andygetch Feb 2022
here ya go @robynmackenzie https://discord.gg/Yc5Uy3fA apparently links are only good for 7 days.
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@robynmackenzie Feb 2022
Thanks @andygetch!
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@tjeff May 2022
Can someone post the link once again for the FAWM Discord group? Thx.
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@andygetch May 2022
@tjeff here you go. https://discord.gg/fD5g9z9C
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@mahtowin May 2022
I will try discord, too. And I hope I will check it out … but the idea to stay in contact this way seems attractive to me.
@katestantonsings what is NaNoWriMo? Can you post the link? -
@ambroise May 2022
@mahtowin NAtional NOvember WRIting MOnth is a creative challenge similar to FAWM. They write a book (50 000 words) in 30 days. The most obvious link is https://nanowrimo.org/
But you could also check the Nanowrimo forum (https://forums.nanowrimo.org) to find out if and where and when writers living in your neighborough gather and talk about their writing projects, complain about their writing issues and try to help each other. -
