February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

ballyhoot (@ballyhoot)

progress: 9

joined: January 12 2010
location: Texas, USA

Bio

Resident of Austin, Texas. third-year FAWMer. Last year, I did a lot of collaborations, mostly writing lyrics and providing vocals, because, well, I didn't play an instrument. In April, however, I decided enough's enough, and I started learning how to play guitar. Yay me.

2012 Songs

1	Dull Surrender (with airbagtester)	6 comments // 1 week ago
2	I'll Steal Your Dreams (with arthurrossi)	5 comments // 1 week ago
3	This Fire (Falls Over) (with airbagtester)	9 comments // 1 week ago
4	Untitled Fawm Song #3	2 comments // 1 week ago
5	Nobody Gets In	2 comments // 1 week ago
6	Untitled Song #4	2 comments // 1 week ago
7	Shadows	2 comments // 6 days ago
8	Mother Nature Lullaby	2 comments // 3 days ago
9	So Perfect	2 comments // 1 day ago

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airbagtester 57 mins ago

Hey great mix on Dull Surrender! I think you nailed it.
airbagtester 9 hours ago

Sorry about that; I forgot that sometimes the links don't show up as links Glad you got it now though.
airbagtester 1 day ago

Try right-clicking on the link and "save as" to your computer. If that doesn't work I can either email it to you or start a temporary song page for it like you suggest.
jennsings 2 days ago

Sure. What's your email address?
jennsings 2 days ago

Hey! I've got something for Song #3, but my computer mic is worthless. I've ordered a new one, so I should have a better recording for you on Monday. These lyrics are not possibly what you had in mind when you wrote it, but that's what collabs are about, right?
airbagtester 2 days ago

I made some backing tracks for your song Dull Surrender:
http://airbagtester.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/dull_surrender-backing_music1.mp3

Unfortunately I couldn't get it to fit with the vocals and guitar you had laid down already... but I think it sounds like what you were doing and it would be awesome of you sang over it!

I can give you individual tracks if you need them for mixing; just let me know. I can also make .wav files available too but I thought I'd ask you first since they can be cumbersome to download.

BTW your singing voice is awesome
jennsings 3 days ago

Probably write / sing lyrics. Vocals are really my biggest strength.
arthurrossi 3 days ago

Again I would like to thank you for your nice comment! you are very kind!
bong 5 days ago

GL with the guitar.
tiedyehero 6 days ago

yeah definitely got a little carried away. Should sit further away form my computer. Will do when I polish up the demo a little bit. Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it.
jennsings 6 days ago

I am so delinquent in these things! I am not ignoring you! Just trying to get things in order around here. You'll hopefully hear something productive from me by Wednesday.
airbagtester 6 days ago

Thanks again for your help with "This Fire," it rocks now! I agree that it's a bit sparse during the solo, but I think it's a good break from all the jangly guitars. I'm not sure what else I'd add to it, but I'm not averse to suggestions either.

The vocals sound like they're at a good level in my headphones, but I'll have to listen to it different places to make sure; my headphones have been unreliable for mixing lately. They might need to be louder; I dunno. They make the song so awesome I don't want them to sound buried!
airbagtester 1 week ago

Here's a link to a newer mix where I toned down the guitar solo a bit:
http://airbagtester.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/airbagtester-thisfirefallsover_2.mp3

I think if you repeat the chorus once more to go out it's done!
airbagtester 1 week ago

Re: This Fire..." you're probably right; I've been mixing in my headphones and they haven't been so reliable. I'll dial the guitar solo down a bit. Also working on backing tracks for "Dull Surrender."

And yes by all means I'd greatly appreciate some lyrics to go with my song!
jennsings 1 week ago

At the moment, I don't really have any ideas. email me what you come up with and I'll take a look at it.
arthurrossi 1 week ago

I listened to the song several times and I really like it! Thank you very much for this great track, the music compliments the lyrics very well as it also evokes quite a creepy atmosphere in some ways. Great performance, I also like the repetition of the 1st stanza, as far as I am concerned, I would not change anything about it (of course, unless, you would like to). Thank you very, very much for this beautiful collab!
airbagtester 1 week ago

Sure I'll do a backing track for "Dull Surrender." I really like the song!
acciohaaley 1 week ago

Thaaaanks. There totally are too many words. I just didn't know how to say the same thing with fewer.
And I'm super glad your daughter's still enjoying the song even if she didn't end up singing it. (:
arthurrossi 1 week ago

I would be very happy if you gave it a try! Concerning the line "than a heart, nearly nothing's easier to break", it was supposed to express the fragility of feelings, nothing more... If you like we can change it or replace it as a pure addition of words would destroy the meter... what do you think?
philkmills 1 week ago

Thanks for the Salesman's Suicide comment. Yes, you got the idea of the song...plus he has basically made the business of selling mass produced things obsolete.
dragondreams 1 week ago

Many thanks, Kyle! Glad you stopped by to take a listen.
skipcoble 1 week ago

Hi mate cool to see you've picked up guitar now, looking forward to hearing your musics. First song is really cool.
johncrossman 2 weeks ago

Howdy ballhyoot! You may have noticed this already, but you're on the random collab list: http://fawm.org/forums/thread/2707/

Stay tuned!