Feb 2022 10x10 life low-fi girls-with-ukuleles
I was delighted that Val wanted to do a 10x10. Our tradition over the past few FAWMs has been to send one another 5 short lyrics that the receiver must put music to. Sometimes there is a theme. Sometimes there is not. These stem very loosely from random bits of conversations.
So lyrics I wrote for Val, Val put to music and sent to me. Lyrics Val wrote for me, I put to music. It is a 10ish by 10ish.
1. Death by Books:
I have more books than a library
The teetering tower is getting kinda scary
Boom!
Book Tower Fail
2. Chocolate Fix:
M & Ms or Snickers
Almond Joy or Twix
it doesn’t really matter
I just need a chocolate fix
3. Weather Advisory:
When the lake is frozen, and the temp is low
Take a word of advice
Long underwear is your friend when it's icy and cold outside
4. Vacation Lament:
I need a vacation
I need to get away
I need a vacation
I need it now!
5. Doodled the Day Away:
I doodled a poodle
and a labradoodle
I doodled oodles of poodles
The whole kit and caboodle
6. Too Much Stuff:
Do you want my junk?
I have too much stuff
Don’t ask why I saved it
Just come and take it
7. All I Need is You is Not True:
All I need in life is you and coffee
And coffee
And more coffee
And coffee
8. Pawn Shop Blues:
Why does my office
look like a pawn shop?
Could it be the guitars
piled up like blocks?
9. Desk Conundrum:
Desktop icons are out of control
There's no more space
Where will new ones go?
I don’t know…
10. Take Out Tonight:
With Chinese food on the corner
a Taqueria right next door
Ice cream down the block
I’ll be rolling on the floor
11. Afterthoughts:
@berni1954 Mar 2022
These were fun and most of them were crying out to be developed into a full length song. Maybe that would be a good challenge next year. Choose a 10x10 submission and select one song from it to develop into a full length song.
@johnpeekstok Feb 2022
These really put a smile on my face.
@karan Feb 2022
I like these shortest of songs, they are like musical Haiku! And the afterthoughts, hahaha! :-)
@bradbrubaker Feb 2022
My favorites were #3 and #6. Fun how you both exchange the lyrics like you do!
@nancyrost Feb 2022
So much fun! I like the sound effects, the impassioned performances of some of the sillier lyrics, and the sheer joy in little mundane details (lol at the desktop icons). And the extra doodles at the end of that song.
@artie Feb 2022
Oh man LOL every song has it's own delightful approach and laugh-out-loud humour. From the tower fall, to the matter-of-factness of Chocolate and Weather, and then erratic tempo change in All I Need is You... wow, well done!! I think I may give the 10x10 a go as well, but then I also get thinking, "A 10 second song is still a legit song!" Hmm... :P
@vegansongs Feb 2022
Great collab and watch out for that tower of books! Yikes!
@moonraccoon Feb 2022
Hahaha - I love this. It all works so well together - topically, stylistically, word sensibility-ably. Speaking of 10ishx10ish.7, I'm off for more coffee more coffee more coffee :D
@bethkille Feb 2022
Ha!! This is super fun! I can relate to the book-boom and coffee lyrics.
@feb21sundari Feb 2022
Great, your voice has so much aspects. The ingle I like the most is N. 4
@roddy Feb 2022
This is great, so very wise and with such musical variety. I liked the sound effects a lot.
@porrectus Feb 2022
Number 7 is truth. Nice work all all of them. Really nice mix of styles. Wicked cool.
@kovbleu Feb 2022
This is so awesome! I came from the forum thread because I really want to try a 10x10 but wanted to hear some examples and you did an amazing job!
@taracraig Feb 2022
I’m so happy you two did this again this year, as I’ve grown to look forward to it. The falling books made me lol especially in #11
@emkaydeebee Feb 2022
4, 5, 8 and 11 - my absolute faves out of a fabulous mix of pieces! Love how you shared this, making each one a collab, and the performances are really fun and on point!
@wolfkier Feb 2022
i LOVE THIS! Well done both of you. It comes together so nicely... It's like the collected condensed letters of two good buddies in song! Enjoyed much.
Liz, PLEASE tell me you'll run a (few) 10x10 corpse thing(s) this month. I had so much fun during 5090 with it.
@readwrite Feb 2022
You had me at Death by Books!
Pure delight all the way through, all the shifts from genre to genre, style to style!
The books and the pawn shop and the plea to take all my junk are so just me, too!
@frey Feb 2022
I remember these 10x10s from last year! Lovely to hear something like this again. Chocolate Fix is my absolute favorite part
@alyxanderjames Feb 2022
Hahahaha these are all excellent! Y’all’s 10x10 is always a FAWM fave. :D
@timfatchen Feb 2022
4 7 A hoot from start to finish! AND, some of these are serious stems for a much longer song eg 4 and (inevitably) 7.
@cts Feb 2022
Hahaha! Love, love, LOVE this! So much fun to listen. And this is inspiring, too! Maybe I'll get around to doing a 10x10. Wonderful work. How come y'all haven't done an album or hit a few open mics? Just sayin'...
@billwhite51 Feb 2022
id hate to have to pick a favorite from these gens, each is unique and a gem in its own right
@gubna Feb 2022
Nice work! My favorite was too much junk. I went through the minimalist challenge a couple times. Still have too much!
@blindkiwi Feb 2022
Hahaha brilliant, not sure doodling poodles is legal in our country but hey, I dont judge :D
Loved it!
@sheilerk Feb 2022
Talk about stream of consciousness!! This is so much fun! So many of them could have been written just for me. Books, coffee, chocolate, tacos!! Not to mention too much stuff (we won't mention that will we?!)
This is Awesome. Think I need to listen to it again!
@dzdandcunfsd Feb 2022
These are all so much fun, but I feel 7 in my soul :D
@klyma Feb 2022
entertainment value turned up to 11
@darcistrutt Feb 2022
Love this idea! Number 5 was maybe my favorite. I identified strongly with 7 and 2 closely followed by 1. Well done you two!
@metalfoot Feb 2022
Too much fun - LOL. My faves were 1, 3, and 4 but they were all fun.