February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

bongCrescendo (@bong)

progress: 15

winner!
joined: February 1 2011
location: Denmark
website: www.rippler.dk/albums/1.%20fawm%202011.html
influences: A lot, but let's see: Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, J.J. Cale, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Grateful Dead, ABBA ... but I play ragtime and related styles. Moving into blues now. I like SONGS, melodies, stories.

Bio

My English is good, but it is a second language, and any correction is appreciated. Constructive feedback in general is welcome.

If you comment my songs, I will @name you here when I update the demo etc.: http://fawm.org/forums/thread/3005/. I appreciate comments, but I might not reciprocate. I comment whatever, so do not feel obliged to comment.

http://fawm.org/forums/thread/3474/ <= Rank your songs; inspired by:
http://fawm.org/forums/thread/3450/ (your best song)
http://fawm.org/forums/thread/3462/ (your worst song)

TENTATIVE RANKING OF MY OWN SONGS (BEST TO WORST)

********* AAAA (I am very satisfied with these songs) ******************
(*31824) 11. Olive Oil And WorcesterShire (with @nancyrost a.o.) - what, I made this?
(*26885) 7. Greenland (with @johnnycashpoint) - My favorite for a long time.

********* BBBB (I think these songs are OK) ******************
(*31610) 10. Travelling Light (with @petemurphy) - A spur of the moment decision.
(*31987) 12. The End Of Us [I'm Gonna Get Me A Automobile]
- A "feeling bad"-song

********* CCCC (I think these songs are performable) ******************
(*25985) 5. The Final Word - great lyrics, but the melody doesn't work well.

********* DDDD (Under development) ******************
(*25773) 2. (...) Klovnen (The Clown) [in Danish] - Half verse, demo.
(*25785) 3. (...) A Champ With Ambitions - Ready for demo.
(*32719) 14. (%%%) Elephants - I have some notes for this.
(*32878) 15. (%%%) Sliding - awesome spring tune with slide banjo.

********* EEEE (These need a lot of work) ******************
(*25817) 4. Headaches And Handshakes - a bit short.
(*29850) 9. Underground - Instrumental, has some potential.
(*26561) 6. Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road - Stupid funny, read in context.
(*29832) 8. Highly Inappropriate - I can barely listen to this. It was a skirmish.

********* FFFF (Unperformable for some reason) ******************
(*25758) 1. After The Party [incomplete] - Accidents happen.

********* OUTSIDE OF CATEGORIES ******************
(*32585) 13. Just Leave the FAWM Alone (with @mystupidbrother) -
I did not do much for that one, but it made me a WINNER! Yee-haw!

I suggest you rank your songs in your bio, and just copy-paste to the forum thread.

http://fawm.org/forums/thread/2810/ <= Add your Facebook fan page.

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Second year fawmer. I contributed with these to the 2011 fawmpilations: http://fawm.bandcamp.com/track/how-not-to-shower and http://fawm.bandcamp.com/track/squirrels-are-aliens-as-opposed-to-hamsters. These are the original fawm submissions, a goal this year was to produce more final recordings. (Outside Fawm) MOST PROUD OF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZIGCnBDoDw, a melody for a poem by Thøger Larsen (Danish), and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2nJMgiukSE, Danish lyrics to Freight Train. Co-writing with dead people, you might say, if it didn't sound so gross. I used to perform live for some time in Second Life as "Bong Crescendo". My first live performance in real life was May 2011. My stage fright is a bitch. In the spring of 2010 I snatched some texts from a forum and turned them into my first songs. My ambition is to make a number of world hits. And the first commercial music video from the surface of the moon.

2012 Songs

1	After The Party [incomplete]	5 comments // 3 months ago
2	(...) Klovnen (The Clown)	1 comment // 3 months ago
3	(...) A Champ With Ambitions	2 comments // 3 months ago
4	Headaches And Handshakes	6 comments // 3 months ago
5	The Final Word	4 comments // 3 months ago
6	Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road	6 comments // 3 months ago
7	Greenland (with johnnycashpoint)	10 comments // 3 months ago
8	Highly Inappropriate	7 comments // 2 months ago
9	Underground	1 comment // 2 months ago
10	Travelling Light (with petemurphy)	8 comments // 2 months ago
11	Olive Oil And WorcesterShire (with nancyrost)	6 comments // 2 months ago
12	The End Of Us [I'm Gonna Get Me A Automobile]	7 comments // 2 months ago
13	Just Leave the FAWM Alone (with mystupidbrother)	3 comments // 2 months ago
14	(%%%) Elephants	zong // 2 months ago
15	(%%%) Sliding	zong // 2 months ago

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foxis 2 months ago

Hey - thanks for the comment!
petemurphy 2 months ago

Hi @bong - take any lyrics that you need, from Travelling Light or anything else. I'm happy to help
brownium 2 months ago

I grabbed a slot for the 12 on 26.
the3queens 2 months ago

that looks like the right one!
toms 2 months ago

So, which one of us is going to write the song "FAWM is the only thing"? (Thank you for the listen & comments!)
lyrratic 3 months ago

Thanks for the comment! The noises are just because it's a handheld recorder and I'm holding it in one hand while playing the chords with the other, so sometimes I jolt it and it makes noises. Other times I'm accidentally breathing too close to it. I have a condenser, it's just too much of a hassle to set up for a FAWM demo.

Thanks again for the input!
johnnycashpoint 3 months ago

Hey ho, just to say grabbed all the takes and will now start work. Lovely guitaring! Couldn't get the tones file for some reason,but I don't think I'll need it. I am going to add some glacial bvs to this, then, in a day or so once I'm done, I'll send you a link to see if you want to add any words or if you think we're done.
plainwhitetoast 3 months ago

Howdy! Thanks for taking much of the wight of organizing the SuperSkirmish. I think you are right about the start time. If we do this again on the last weekend, we should have it timed so the last skirmishes aren't push into Monday in Wellington. Maybe start the first on in Wellington, sometime on Saturday... noon? thinking about keeping it all in the "global weekend" somehow, so all fall on Saturday or Sunday for everyone... if that makes sense
timfatchen 3 months ago

"Fawn" will do, as long as you're not writing "Beige".
johnnycashpoint 3 months ago

Cool beans. 72bpm (or 144bpm of that's too slow) would work very well with the beats I'm honing - but fairly flexible if neither of those work for you. I can googledocs via johnny_cashpoint at yahoo dot co dot uk. Looking forward to mechanizing your work
arthurrossi 3 months ago

Hey, Bong! Nice to see you here! Thanks a lot for the comment. Me, too, I enjoyed our collab a lot. If you find the time and if you like, please, feel free to drop by whenever you like... I also wish you a happy FAWMing!
madthesinger 3 months ago

Happy Fawming to you as well! (:
dukemeyer 3 months ago

Du kommst zur London FOP? I'll be there! Freu mich drauf!
cts 3 months ago

I'm gonna make it funky to the max, Bong.
toms 3 months ago

Hey, I saw a reference to your book somewhere here, one of these threads...it sounds awesome...never apologize for something like that, that's a serious academic achievement. When I grow up I want to be a serious academic...
johnnycashpoint 3 months ago

No problem - I'll fiddle with drum loops 'til you're ready.
toms 3 months ago

Cool - what is the name of the book?
kidd 3 months ago

Thanks Bong! much appreciated!
chipwithrow 3 months ago

Banjo only a summer instrument? Certainly a campfire instrument.
It's summerlike here pretty much all year, which means I can play banjo outdoors. Which my wife appreciates.
Can't wait to hear some songs from you!
johnnycashpoint 3 months ago

Oooh look at all that danish down there! Hi, Mr Bong, re: folktronica - shall I send you some drum loops to play with, and then once you've G'n'G-ed all over it, I can add some sparse electronic backing? Or would you prefer to play another way? I'm fairly easy.
wille 3 months ago

Du er sat sammen med @johnnycashpoint i FOLKTRONICA. Nu skal I bare aftale, hvordan I starter processen - umiddelbart ville jeg anbefale, at du beder johnny om at levere et eller andet loop til dig, som du kan smide i Garageband og spille guitar henover, hvorefter du kan smide de enkelte spor tilbage i hovedet på ham.
explodingmary 3 months ago

Glad you r back, man... what's the theme this year???
ianuarius 3 months ago

Nice to see you again!
Rock Rock On!
wille 3 months ago

Welcome back!
bong 3 months ago

@gslade, yes, definitely, one can always hope, but the prospects are not too good. So far we had only one hour total this winter, whereas during the past two years the snow stayed on for months. @billysea, yeah, rockabilly. I consider it one of my best.
billysea 3 months ago

Listened to The Snow is Back. Has a strong Jerry Lee Lewis vibe going on with it. Lots of fun there : )
gslade 3 months ago

Re: "My best last year: The Snow Is Back Again" -- I listened and I'm guessing you're hoping for a better year this year.

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