February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

bmullany (@bmullany)

progress: 14

winner!
joined: 3 months ago
location: Illinois, USA
influences: Bob Dylan, John Prine, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Lucinda Williams, Conor Oberst, Tori Amos

Bio

Grew uup in Berkshire Hills (western Massachusets), Umass Amherst , Lived in south Florida, Naperville IL . Played guitar, banjo, hammered dulcimer, mandolin.

Started writing at 23, have no formal training and can't read music.

2012 Songs

1	First Time	9 comments // 3 months ago
2	PD Blues	5 comments // 3 months ago
3	Waiting On Epiphany	11 comments // 3 months ago
4	No More	5 comments // 3 months ago
5	Bella Roma	1 comment // 3 months ago
6	Lie With Me	3 comments // 3 months ago
7	Guardian Angel	3 comments // 3 months ago
8	Red Giant	3 comments // 3 months ago
9	He's Gonna Hurt You	7 comments // 3 months ago
10	Do the Nothing	2 comments // 3 months ago
11	Texas Is Burning	4 comments // 3 months ago
12	All I Need	2 comments // 3 months ago
13	Lucky	3 comments // 3 months ago
14	C'est La Mystique (Ooh la la )	4 comments // 3 months ago

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iocanepower 2 months ago

Thanks for listening!
hamiltonpoolhall 2 months ago

Thanks so much for all your comments! As to your question, one thing I've discovered during this FAWM is that I like to have enough peace and quiet to overwrite, so that when I do finally figure out what the song's about I've got lots of spare parts to dig through to find the best lines, and then go in and build off of that (online thesaurus and rhyming dictionary are your friends!). Hoping to catch my breath a little this final weekend to spend more time looking and listening to more people's stuff (like yours!)
gordon 2 months ago

Hi Bob, thanks again for your encouraging words. As for the songs, I think they will stay accessible via the site. I upload mine to dropbox and link to that. My plan is to actually develop some of the songs once FAWM is over but you know what they say about good intentions...
acciohaaley 2 months ago

Thank you so much
keithwiseman 2 months ago

Thanks for stopping by and the comment.... really appreciate it!
roydesmet 2 months ago

Hey, thanks for your comment. It's right that you hear buzz.
Started off as something not really serious. Recorded through a low-fi mic.
Then I started adding things.
gordon 2 months ago

Hi Bob, thanks again for the kind words. Yes, sometimes repetition of a simple idea makes more of a point than complicated lyrics. Cheers!
dragondreams 2 months ago

Hi Bob.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to listen and comment.

Reading my liner notes again, I realise that I probably came across as quite arrogant. However, the track was born out of my frustration with a particular individual who utterly refutes any suggestion that even a little knowledge would be of any benefit.

It's that argument that drives me to distraction! If he would only admit that he's wrong, I could forgive him, hoping that he will eventually decide to give theory a go...
dragondreams 2 months ago

Hey, Bob!

I just wanted to say thank you loads for your marathon listening stint. I appreciate it greatly, and it's a huge honour for me when someone spends the time to listen and comment to so many tracks in a single sitting.

It's a quiet Sunday here, the Sun is shining, and I'm in the mood to sit here and return the favour.
gordon 2 months ago

Thanks so much for your kind comments on my songs. Yes, it's all me and this is also my first FAWM. I'm having a real blast and like the very positive vibe from the community. As you can probably gather I'm not much of a guitar player, but I do enough to get my songs out with the intention of going back and finishing them later, hopefully with someone who can play. Congrats on being a winner as well
cheekmeat 3 months ago

I never have played at the Gallery Cabaret. I think it's on the list of places my band ElvisBride is trying to get into. If it weren't for the gumption of certain motivated people in the band, I wouldn't hardly play out at all.
goodgina 3 months ago

Thanks for the comments! You hit luck 13, just 1 & 1/2 more to go!!!! Good job!
marklberry 3 months ago

Thanks for the Feedback. I became the 2,453,437
viewer of "Bright Eyes - At The Bottom Of Everything" and I definitely see the connection, at least in genre and topic.
Cheers, marklberry
toms 3 months ago

Thank you so much for the rec on the rec thread!!!
max 3 months ago

Bob, regarding your question, if I were you I would stick to posting your YouTube videos here.
It's the easiest option if you don't have your own space on the web to upload your MP3's.
The link to itunes will not work here in the player. Do you still use your myspace? In case you upload to myspace it's possible to link to the mp3 on myspace from your songpage. Still it won't play in the jukebox then, it will only redirect the listener. So best option is keep posting your songs like you have done. Only then it takes just one click to reach the song.
More info on demo upload is here: http://fawm.org/wiki/demo_hosting

Keep 'em coming Sir, I'm sure you will reach 14.
cloudboy 3 months ago

We both started writing at 23! You inspire me. Thank you.
erikdidriksen 3 months ago

FAWM is great for putting yourself out of your normal process; and, from what I've heard of yours so far, it's achieving incredible results. Your obsessing about getting your lyrics to flow really pays off; I'm still in awe of your tunes so far. (I listened to "First Time," too; I'll leave a comment later as I'm off to work, but suffice to say I thought it was brilliant.)

Sorry to hear about your PD. I'm sure you've thought about ways to facilitate guitar playing plenty, but it occurred to me that you might get some mileage out of using an open tuning so that you just have to get the strings down to get a few primary chords going if the mood struck you.

Guitar or not, I think you're a fantastic songwriter. Excited to hear more of your stuff this February!
calumcarlyle 3 months ago

hi Bob, sorry to hear that, but anyway, the song works great as a capella.