February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Scott O. Clamp

progress: 14

winner!
joined: January 2007
location: Minnesota, USA
website: www.autoclamp.com
influences: You.

Bio

Update 2/25:

The bad news-- I haven't had a lot of time for FAWM this year.
The good news-- I've been busy with positive life stuff like raising children and helping my wife finish grad school. I was thinking of you the whole time, though. Honest.

Thank you for all of your wonderful comments and songs!

Pre-FAWM song "Pop Feelings!" - http://tinyurl.com/y9zx69j

2010 Songs

1	A Petition/Gordon and Sally	37 comments // 1 month ago
2	Sort Of Man (with Ben Carroll)	27 comments // 1 month ago
3	Chautauqua! (with Jake - Missile Wings)	30 comments // 1 month ago
4	The Wrong Man	19 comments // 1 month ago
5	I Could Use a Victory	20 comments // 3 weeks ago
6	Atlas' Load (with Eric Distad)	6 comments // 2 weeks ago
7	Come Children, Come Children (with sapient network)	17 comments // 2 weeks ago
8	Wrong Way Up (with Mike Debenham)	12 comments // 2 weeks ago
9	La Sandia (Loteria No. 28)	8 comments // 2 weeks ago
10	My New Friend	7 comments // 2 weeks ago
11	For Some Time Now	6 comments // 2 weeks ago
12	Gravity is Calling	10 comments // 2 weeks ago
13	I Need Pointers	8 comments // 2 weeks ago
14	You Promised	7 comments // 2 weeks ago

Soundboard

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heavyhedonist 1 week ago

holy moley, you DID look it up. in the fiv e years i've had it, only 2 people that say they LOVE me have-- they're also the only 2 who remember what i have. kudos! and gracias!
Elaine DiMasi 1 week ago

I like your comments in the "song potential" thread.
Fine Excuses 1 week ago

Thanks for the mighty nice comment on 'The Heron', Scott! How have I not got you on my watchlist yet?! Well, that is now rectified for next year...
sapient network 1 week ago

Wow... where did all those songs come from??

Well done that man
Ant Lion 1 week ago

Thanks, Scott! Looks like you mounted an even steeper eleventh-hour comeback; congrats on winning!
Todd Norem 1 week ago

Damn...I had to do a double take when I saw all of your songs on my watchlist. Very impressive. Just looking at the posting times for your songs now: "13 hours ago, 11 hours ago, 10 hours ago, 9 hours ago, 8 hours ago, 8 hours ago." I have to catch up on my listening.
Static Captain 2 weeks ago

Holy **** way to pull it out. I've got some listening to do a and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BTW!
Jake - Missile Wings 2 weeks ago

Congrats on completing FAWM!! You came out of nowhere!
devin 2 weeks ago

I was thinking of you (in a fellow-gamer kinda way) when I wrote this chorus:

http://fawm.org/songs/9582/
High Fructose Corn Syrup Girls 2 weeks ago

Hey, cute boy, come take a trip with us! http://fawm.org/songs/9106/
sapient network 2 weeks ago

Got it.

w00t
sapient network 2 weeks ago

PM'd you... I need to have WAVs. Oh pleez oh pleez oh pleez. What is the word that means "more epic than epic"? I need to start work on this ASAP...
Scott McBride 2 weeks ago

Intercom: "Paging Scott O. Clamp. Mr. O. Clamp, please come to fawm.org and post more songs."
t-spoon 2 weeks ago

Where are songs 6 thru 14? Hello, hello, is this thing on? Am I chasing down the wrong man?
Nothing new here for a week.... Saddens me... why?
tigewill 1 month ago

Hey Scott- We really enjoyed your stuff at the Dunn Brother's Wednesday. Jenny said she found herself smiling all the way through your set- well done! These sound really good- I especially like Sort of Man!
Steve Q 1 month ago

Got my hosting figured out
Dan Vaillancourt 1 month ago

Thanks Scott!
Julie 1 month ago

Hey there Scott O
Mike Debenham 1 month ago

Option (e): all of the above? No decent ideas on my side yet, but I'm up for anything. Lyrics tend to be the bottleneck for me, so if you've got some ideas in that direction by all means send them over. If not, perhaps I could send you a shabby musical sketch to kickstart some lyrics?

I think it'd be fun to get us singing harmonies.
Jake - Missile Wings 1 month ago

Nice work on Chautauqua! I'll clean it up later on, but I think the idea is there. Makes me laugh with the very Pixie ending! How'd you learn to scream in the car like that. Oh wait....don't tell me.
Static Captain 1 month ago

Thanks. I had to rig an mp3 hosting provider whose server I'm pretty sure is hosted in some war-torn third-world country. Can't wait to hear more from you.
Static Captain 1 month ago

That's weird. It plays for me... I switched from Boxst to yahoo because boxstr was too slow, yahoo appeared to work great, but that was before you had problems. Please try again??
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Thanks for your comment on "Beware the Age of the Machine" -- the "No Robots" concept was a leap of faith on my part, but then, I've been practicing with metronomes so long I think I've internalized a lot of the rhythm and timing. All I have to do is find the natural groove and it propels itself along. I never would have tried 'flying without a net' if it hadn't been for FAWM.
Linzi 1 month ago

Cheers m'duck (very English), thank you Scott, your comment was really kind.
Potato 1 month ago

im on the atkins... no carbs
Catherine 1 month ago

i'm back and you'd better believe it, let the horns commence!
One of your songs from last year came up on shuffle last week and reminded me that it was nearly fawm time, i've barely been able to wait since then.
Elaine DiMasi 1 month ago

You've got a super-power. You can win best comment even when you put the false modesty *in*.

ps Let me know if you need a third person to enter the triangle playing conflict. I could dig the triangle triangle concept. Especially if it combines the words "menage a trois" with "triage".
lazyafro 1 month ago

thanks for all your positive feedback! And hey, if the kids like it, you know you're doin' something right! btw I just listened to your first song up and I like what I hear, I enjoy slower folk ballads like that. Bravo!
Mike Debenham 1 month ago

Cheers, Scott! If you have any ideas about where you want to go with the collab, or want to start arguing over who gets to play triangle (that would be me, by the way - sorry, it's my triangle and only I may play it), sling an email to <snipped to foil the spambots>.
Steve Q 1 month ago

I think my demo is linking properly now...it does take a few extra seconds (more than most) to load.
Steve Q 1 month ago

Hey there-I was wondering what you use to host your demos. I can't seem to find a way that works...help?
Sir Ralph Hogaboom Rutherford Tuxpin Winchester IV 1 month ago

You are a commenting DEMON! Everywhere I go, you've already been there, said something nice. Maybe that makes you a commenting GOD? No, wait - I prefer thinking of thoughtful, commenting DEMONS.
sapient network 1 month ago

You're on. It's a plan. Let the madness begin...
sapient network 1 month ago

So do you want to do words or music (or a bit of both) for this year's AutoSapient combo?

You have noticed that I have hit FAWM with a hyperactive picking hand, so may need your help slowing it down
Valerie Cox 1 month ago

I'm so glad I could make you shiny and happy. One another note, I just listened "Pop Feelings"~Rock-a-licious!
Jeff Landgraf 1 month ago

Thanks for the comment Scott... I think I know what you mean, as the chords in the verse are kind of modal (at least the bVII is in it), and then the chorus goes to a I - IV -V major feel. I definitely intended a color change in the chorus and am glad you heard something there...
lazyafro 1 month ago

Ha hey thanks! I saved it as an mp3, i didn't know it needed to be saved that way to play in the jukebox since this is my first time doin it, but it works now. Thanks again!
Linzi 1 month ago

Scott - thank you so much. I have such a love/hate thing going on with my voice! Your comment means a lot to me.
Ben Carroll 1 month ago

Scott, thanks for the comments! they're always so positive and energetic, i always end up believing them... 'yeah, he's right, that IS a great lyric!' i think. which is probably not healthy.

i can't wait to hear whatever you come up with. i have Better Year and Less Convinced Of My Own Greatness on my ipod still from last year.

i was thinking, for a collab later in the month, how about i write a lyric and you put it to music and sing it, maybe?
Sensational Alex Salmond Band 1 month ago

Thanks for the kind words about Arnie, Scott. I'll be back!
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Thanks for the comment on "How Many Miles Beyond?"

Believe it or not, that guitar stretch at 1:45 took a lot more time and effort than you'd imagine. I could hear the tonal quality of the synth I wanted -- to suggest time passing between the first version of the town and the return. I just couldn't find the actual sound right away! It took me about 30 minutes to find the right patch, then to tweak it until it fit with the guitar.
Simon Waldram 1 month ago

Thanks for the song comment, Scott. Most appreciated I remember you from last year. I'm looking forward to hearing what you come up with.
Classical Cat 1 month ago

Thanks for the comment! Happy to throw a wrench in the old jukebox.
caterwauler 1 month ago

Hey Scott, thanks a lot for the sweet comment
I'm looking forward to your new songs!
Kenny Hyslop 1 month ago

Hi.Thanks for the comments.
Yeah, I thought it would be cool to have a 'blues' song in a major key.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

SoC, thanks for signing up for Halfpenny Orchestra’s Loteria Challenge. You have been dealt: La Sandia (The Watermelon, No. 28). (Note this is different from “the melon,” which is also a loteria card!) In the description of your song, please include the subject of the card and its number. Also, please include loteria as a tag. Have fun!
Dan Wallbank 1 month ago

Thanks, man, that comment really boosted my spirits today!
oddbod 1 month ago

Hi Scott, glad you like the cover art. It's the second one I've used...just can't make up my mind which one to go with! I get the originals here -
http://lpcoverlover.com/ - and then adapt them slightly.

Good luck
Steve Q 1 month ago

Yes, I'm FAWMin' again-can't wait to hear this year's batch!
Frances 1 month ago

Awesome picture, Scott! What note were you trying to hit? Personally, I find the more extreme my facial expression, the more impressive the vocal performance.
Mike Debenham 1 month ago

Note to self from 2009: "Agree enthusiastically if Scott asks you to collaborate. Don't think too deeply about what 'getting one's oil changed' is a euphemism for."

Done and done!
mikejames 1 month ago

Hey, Hey,
Yes I am and I'm happy to see that you are too...
PQ 1 month ago

"Cherry Oh miss Sophie" same procedure as last year!
Elaine DiMasi 1 month ago

Likewise, I was walking around recently saying to myself, "and that's half your problem right there .. and _that's_ half your problem also .. and *that* ..."

Spontaneously. Hypothetically, in fact. For a friend.
Fifth Key Holder 1 month ago

I get so hungry, i just start to drift...drift mind you...to self cannibalistic behaviors.
John Crossman 1 month ago

There's only one remedy for a moderately severe case of nO'Clamp and here's hoping it will be delivered to our Internet doorsteps this February.
devin 1 month ago

My good dude...thanks for your great comment. Buddha...wow, is like an idol (pun, ha!) for me, as I'm normally "Mr. Aggressive" myself, hehehe.

Maybe I should check my med dosage?

"But tell me this, young gamer....when I hold this controller, how do I tell where my hand ends, and what is not my hand begins?"

*gets smoked by frag grenade while staring at hand*
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Hey, greetings! So far I've made it in 2007, 2009, and hopefully 2010. In 2008, we were in the process of moving from Florida to Virginia -- I was doing home repairs and getting the house ready to sell. Then of course the market crashed :S

But we made it. Last year was a really productive FAWM, with four songs 'sticking with me' up to my 6th Jamendo album. This year my goal is to work on internal rhythm -- "No Robots Allowed", eg, ditch the drum machine and try to create songs that rely on the instruments for the beat. I know I can do it with bass, but the idea is to branch out into strong rhythm guitar and "rhythm piano", if you can call it that.
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

forum posts in numbered point-form are sexy.
Josh Belville 1 month ago

Scott! Hello friend! Nice Weezer reference in your bio too!
devin 1 month ago

You, my good man, have the intellectual capacity to understand what a true gamer goes through. So I thought you may enjoy the stinger in this cue I wrote for Charlie (I mean the second song on the thread I put up...first one I put up is just metal, no humor).

http://fawm.org/forums/thread/38/#c1942

Itchin' to get started on this FAWM!!!!
Scott McBride 1 month ago

Whoa. Random.
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

check out those chops!
Sir Ralph Hogaboom Rutherford Tuxpin Winchester IV 1 month ago

Word.
devin 1 month ago

Whoa...look at the size of the party over here!!!

Nice to be on the same trail again Scott. Let's have some major fun this event...and if you have any marching orders for me, please fire away.

P.S. The flight simulator called. It's been in therapy for a while, and has realized a few things now. I'll tell you more over a beer.
Valerie Cox 2 months ago

Supercalifragilistic, it's the Autoclamp! Ding, ding...we have a winner.
Corinne Curcio 2 months ago

I'm sure you won't call me Connie, Scott!
Jules 2 months ago

Scott O'Clamp!
I cheer at the thought!
YAYYYYYY!
Todd Norem 2 months ago

Collaboration? I'd be up for trying that this year.
Fifth Key Holder 2 months ago

Yo...is your bro posting yet? Get him on that...now!!! do-it do-it!
Ben Carroll 2 months ago

can't wait to hear more of your stuff, last year was great

i'd love to collab also, though i haven't done one before.
Matt Pierce 2 months ago

"My regards to the chief animator of Chicken Sellotape...."
Lol, Thanks Scott that means alot, because a musician I'm not!
Steffan Pitzel 2 months ago

Helluva FAWM indeed. Can't wait to hear what the clamp has in store for us.
Scott McBride 2 months ago

I am so ready for some O. Clamp.
G-slab 2 months ago

Polo
Potato 2 months ago

haha oh i'll be here for sure getting itchy and nervous already...
t-spoon 2 months ago

Clamp, cant wait to taste what you got brewing for us this year.
Jake - Missile Wings 2 months ago

YOU again?!
isaac quatorze 2 months ago

oh? what am i answering for, hockey lover?
sapient network 2 months ago

Ooo yes please
Fifth Key Holder 2 months ago

Marco!
Elaine DiMasi 2 months ago

And what if it's gone way, way beyond wondering? Guess I'll have to wonder.
Fifth Key Holder 2 months ago

You sir have dropped thresher oil in the bisquik! Cad!
Eric Distad 2 months ago

[Nods vigorously] Good Morning to you as well, kind sir! Indeed, the collaboration ceremonies are much desired and shall proceed apace in the nearest possible span.... or even sooner.
Erik Didriksen 2 months ago

Thank you, kind sir! I'm looking forward to diggin' on more Autoclamp jams.