February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

ballyhoot (@ballyhoot)

progress: 16

winner!
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)	9 comments // 3 months ago
2	I'll Steal Your Dreams (with arthurrossi)	5 comments // 3 months ago
3	This Fire (Falls Over) (with airbagtester)	12 comments // 3 months ago
4	Nobody Gets In	2 comments // 3 months ago
5	Untitled Song #4	3 comments // 3 months ago
6	Shadows	3 comments // 3 months ago
7	New Year s eve (with arthurrossi)	4 comments // 3 months ago
8	Mother Nature Lullaby	4 comments // 3 months ago
9	So Perfect	5 comments // 3 months ago
10	Untouched (with jennsings)	8 comments // 3 months ago
11	Little Bit Broke	2 comments // 3 months ago
12	Ain't	3 comments // 3 months ago
13	The day is coming (with dragondreams)	13 comments // 3 months ago
14	The Ballad of the King's Bastard	2 comments // 3 months ago
15	William Boards	1 comment // 2 months ago
16	Tell Me	4 comments // 2 months ago

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donna 2 months ago

Thank you for your comment on "The Easy Way Out". You're right about it being a little too long. I didn't expect anyone to want to collab on it, and intended to revise/shorten the lyric after FAWM. I still might do that, if Rod is game to re-record.
downburst 2 months ago

Hey Kyle, thanks for the comment on our song. Yeah, I suppose it's a bit long. In the single cut we'll do away with the coda.
ballyhoot 2 months ago

@jennsings, woohoo! Go us!!
jennsings 2 months ago

Hey! The radio station I work with played our song today. I was in the studio giving a FAWM update & the host played our song. Of course, he talked over a bit of it (It is a talk station). But I was still excited to have it on a station other than the FAWM Cast.
sheilerk 3 months ago

Yay You!!! Going to make you my example. I have a guitar that I've never learned to play... next year, hold me to that! For one song anyhow
dragondreams 3 months ago

Demo is posted bud
dragondreams 3 months ago

Part 1 seems fine, Kyle!

Just grabbing the rest now...
dragondreams 3 months ago

Thanks Kyle

I mentioned it just in case. I didn't want you going through loads of aggro only for me to come back to you and moan about timing issues...

Looking forward to pulling this one together!
dragondreams 3 months ago

Hey Kyle

Sorry this has been such a hassle for you!

I'm in the office at the moment, so I won't get chance to grab the files and have a look until this evening. One thing that would make my life a little easier with the final mix is if all the different parts start at the same zero point in the song.

This will mean they will all have silence recorded from the very start of the song, but it's far easier lining them up with the music if it's done that way.
arthurrossi 3 months ago

Hey!!! This is very kind of you, thank you very much for this beautiful interpretation!!! sounds quite dark, but it is what the lyrics called for... I really like it!! And by the way, I could not hear any flaws, not even at the end where you have been that self-critical!!! A truly cool song, thanks a lot!!!
dragondreams 3 months ago

No problem, Kyle.

I'm back at work this week (in the office as I type this) so I won't be able to do anything musical (including listening) until I get home this evening anyway.
dragondreams 3 months ago

Kyle - I LOVE it!

When you're happy, just let me have your vox file and I'll do the final mix once I know what space I've got where.

Ace work, bro!
lowartmusic 3 months ago

Thanks for the feedback on "Tipping the Ashes". I have posted a new version with vocals. Cheers.
dragondreams 3 months ago

That's great news, Kyle!
dragondreams 3 months ago

8-)

Can't wait to hear what you do with it!
dragondreams 3 months ago

Cool.

The link to the wav file is:
http://www.dragondreams.org.uk/fawm2012/dragondreams_kyle.wav

Drop me an email if there's anything you need.
dragondreams 3 months ago

Thanks for taking the listen, Kyle.

And if you're not too rushed, would you be interested in a little something metallic?

Blame that @airbagtester bloke. He's shaken me out of the funky stuff and I now have a spare bed track that needs a home with a good metal singer and some lyrics. Interested?
jennsings 3 months ago

yeah, if you can post it so that it will play, that would be great. i've never used open drive before, so i might be doing something wrong. thanks.
airbagtester 3 months ago

Hey great mix on Dull Surrender! I think you nailed it.
airbagtester 3 months ago

Sorry about that; I forgot that sometimes the links don't show up as links Glad you got it now though.
airbagtester 3 months 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 3 months ago

Sure. What's your email address?
jennsings 3 months 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 3 months 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 months ago

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

Again I would like to thank you for your nice comment! you are very kind!
bong 3 months ago

GL with the guitar.
tiedyehero 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

Sure I'll do a backing track for "Dull Surrender." I really like the song!
acciohaaley 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

Many thanks, Kyle! Glad you stopped by to take a listen.
skipcoble 3 months ago

Hi mate cool to see you've picked up guitar now, looking forward to hearing your musics. First song is really cool.
johncrossman 3 months 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!