February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

brownium (@brownium)

progress: 18

winner!
joined: January 24 2010
location: Texas, USA
influences: Bach, Beethoven, Beatles, Bela Fleck, Bruce Cockburn, Jethro Tull, Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett, Laurie Anderson, T Bone Burnett

Bio

2012 is FAWM #3 for me.

2010 - 4 songs
2011 - 14 songs
2012 - goal: 14.5 polished songs

Please don't be shy about constructive criticism regarding the writing, performance, recording, lyrics, chords, instrumentation, balance or any other such thing. I would prefer to have my feelings hurt today and write a better song tomorrow, rather than get flattering words today and write more crap tomorrow.

2012 Songs

1	[FAWMCast] #1 Prima FAWMa (with dailyfawmcast)	1 comment // 3 months ago
2	Psalm 23	14 comments // 3 months ago
3	I've Decided	12 comments // 3 months ago
4	I Have A Sword	10 comments // 3 months ago
5	After The Party	9 comments // 3 months ago
6	Rumors	16 comments // 3 months ago
7	[FAWMCast] #8 - Unusual Instruments with Brownium (with dailyfawmcast)	1 comment // 3 months ago
8	[FAWMCast] #15 - The Foreign FAWMer (with dailyfawmcast)	7 comments // 3 months ago
9	There's Never Enough	6 comments // 2 months ago
10	Crescent Moon	7 comments // 2 months ago
11	Behind The Door	9 comments // 2 months ago
12	Tell	3 comments // 2 months ago
13	Ain't Got No (Ain't No) Got No Singalong Remix (with flowtheory)	9 comments // 2 months ago
14	Lazy Morning	3 comments // 2 months ago
15	My Better Half	2 comments // 2 months ago
16	Atlantic	3 comments // 2 months ago
17	Can't Let You Go	2 comments // 2 months ago
18	Blindsided	zong // 2 months ago

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nuerdetjuligen 1 month ago

Thanks so much for letting me know about the fawmcast. I just saw this now and I'm flattered to the max.
iocanepower 2 months ago

Thanks for the listen!
deedee 2 months ago

thanks for the heads up on the fawmcast- cheers
toms 2 months ago

Thanks, Brownium -- no particular Waits song, but I was trying to sing like him. Must have failed!
roddy 2 months ago

Thanks for using my half a song on the fawmcast - very pleased that you liked it.
majormajormajormajor 2 months ago

Thanks for the spin! I guess I owe you some crit.
downburst 2 months ago

Thanks for playing my songs. Two of them! Wow.

And (edit) thanks for saying such kind things.
francesriley 2 months ago

Thank you! Next year I may resort to singing the phone book to get to my quota.
jennsings 2 months ago

Congrats on being a winner! Thanks for coming on our radio show this month!!
downburst 2 months ago

Thanks for the comment on "Six Bar Blues." Boy, that seems so long ago now. What a month this has been.
flowtheory 2 months ago

Ain't Got No (Aint No) Got No singalong remix is up (#13 in your playlist). Thanks for singing along!
izaakalexander 2 months ago

Thanks for playing my track on the odd meter podcast! You were really quite flattering, I'm a music teacher, and my internship was in Middle School and Beginning band so I'm supposed to know enough about clarinet to teach your children.
froley 2 months ago

Hey, thanks for the heads up about playing my song, and cheers for using it!
jcameron 2 months ago

Thanks for playing my song! I hope your own hospital experience was as pleasant and successful as can be. Our musical director has been known to tell the bass section off for being too "heavy metal" but we haven't yet tried that particular style in choir!
debs 2 months ago

Awesome - thanks for playing it!
How are you doing?!
sentense 2 months ago

Wow, thank you for playing "coming home" - i feel honoured!
plainwhitetoast 2 months ago

Howdy! Thanks for playing Strange Skies on the FAWMcast!
mikedebenham 2 months ago

Thanks for that, brownium. Much appreciated.
echovoodoo 2 months ago

Hope you're feeling better soon!
oneslowtyper 2 months ago

Hi Brownie, missed you on the show. Hope you get well soon, hospitals are not fun places to "hang out"... not even for DJ's. lol
jennsings 2 months ago

GET WELL SOON!
carpeliam 2 months ago

Hey, thanks for playing my collab on the fawmcast! You guessed right, my name is a play on "seize the liam", but the flute part in *26079 was actually played on a synthesizer. I wish I had those kind of fluting skills...
philhenry 2 months ago

Thanks for playing "Hometown" on your fawmcast! That's awesome!
styopquoons 2 months ago

Thank you for including me on the compilation.
arthurrossi 2 months ago

Thank you for this honor!
roddy 2 months ago

Thanks for playing my French Lessons song in your Fawmcast - much appreciated.
karan 2 months ago

Thank you!
grahamjohn 2 months ago

i can't believe bock west made any mix ever! that song was a audio invite for a party that was last saturday. it was mostly replied with "wow. just wow." thx again!
loljosh0106 2 months ago

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.
philnorman 2 months ago

Thanks for the kindness.
axl 2 months ago

Hey Brownium, thanks a lot for playing my stuff on the podcast. I feel honored
brzan 2 months ago

Thanks Brownium!
djsmit 2 months ago

Thanks so much for playing *24469 at FAWMCast #19! I was flabbergasted! I already changed the linernote for the song after your interesting discussion about Holland .
skullcrush 2 months ago

I did know, and thanks again for playing *25430!
scooterpicnic 2 months ago

Thanks for playing "SPF" on the podcast!

-II
mikeskliar 2 months ago

thanks for playing that winter song on the fawmcast!
nancyrost 2 months ago

Merci beaucoup!
flowtheory 2 months ago

Hey there. Just saw your message in the forum that you sent in a contribution to Ain't Got No (Ain't No) Got No. Thanks for doing that - can't wait to hear it! Unfortunately I can't find it. Did you send it to my email or somewhere else?

- Never mind. Got 'em! Sounds great - thanks!
stewbalm 2 months ago

I'll be recording my part over the weekend. I'm in no hurry...so don't worry! Thanks!!!
roelvanveldt 3 months ago

Thank you for your nice comment on "Winter Morning Sun". Just wanted to let you know that I uploaded a new version which hasn't the distortion in it.

Roel
wolfkier 3 months ago

great job on the foreign fawmcast.
really enjoyed listening!
wolf
max 3 months ago

Thanks for asking me.
It's now open for free download. http://studio273.bandcamp.com/track/valentijntje
In case you think it's too long for broadcasting it, you may end it anywhere you like. It's podsafe.
Thanks for listening,
Max
gummunq 3 months ago

yep mandarin chinese. can't wait for totalpolyglotalfest!
brzan 3 months ago

Thanks!
brzan 3 months ago

Brownium, moja zena's up (the pre-accordian one for now).
imustbenuts 3 months ago

I would like to record this after I get the 14 songs done, as a FAWM collab, if that is ok with you. If for some reason i see i will not make 14 i will do it before. Thanks 4 sharing!
bunnyhero 3 months ago

thank you very much for the kind comment! and yes, the last time i toyed with songwriting was in my high school years, 25 years ago.
mattblick 3 months ago

Totally with you on the 3 B's and Tom Waits! Good stuff
imustbenuts 3 months ago

Like what you have done with this. Thanks 4 sharing!
stewbalm 3 months ago

Very cool. Let's organize this weekend. P
roddy 3 months ago

French song is here http://fawm.org/songs/24958/
stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

You know have written permission from the songwriter to perform "You Are God Who Loves All The Broken".

I'd love to hear a recording of the service that you used it in if you every record your services.
oneslowtyper 3 months ago

Where's you new stuff man?? I came hear to criticize. LOL
You're still doing your show tonight, right.
stewbalm 3 months ago

@brownium , I've done a bit of research. It looks like I'll be able to email to you, in either GB or MS the raw files. MS will send as either .wav ACC or midi, and in GB, I can email directly to you the .file file for you to open in import into your software.
aaronnathans 3 months ago

Thanks for the tip. I'll try it out.
stewbalm 3 months ago

@brownium ... great! I've got the piece I'm working on now that I'll post, then the next one I'll put together and send to you. I've been really wanting to do something with some cooler sounding chords...jazzier (but not swing...) Like 7's and minor 7's...I've got an intro that works its way into my warmups that may be alright. Anyways...really, really looking forward to this!! Thanks!
brallan 3 months ago

Thanks for your kind words... Looks like we share similar influences, but where are your songs??
deafsteever 3 months ago

Hey, thanks for listening to and commenting on "Blind Dog Brown". Now that you mention it, I can totally hear a bass line going on in there too, and a second guitar also. Good ideas! I might revisit this song during 50/90. Thanks for the suggestions!
thundereggrules 3 months ago

Many thanks for your kind offer. I ended up finding a 424 on craigslist...let the analogness continue! (I still gotta find some tapes.)
thegreatbrandoni 3 months ago

Thanks for the help. I also just tried using GarageBand again and it seems workable. I'll have to try that open recording option you brought up.
hbusse 3 months ago

Thanks! Feeling pretty flattered by your comment about The Purpose... Wow, thats really kind of you to say. Will check back to listen to your stuff as you post. Thanks for the thread recommendation too... I'll check it out!
stewbalm 3 months ago

hey hey! Yeah...ok, so time to think about a collaboration! I've never done one, so I'm open. I don't think I am super strong at lyrics...but am really trying to come into my own on the whole songwriting to begin with. I wouldn't mind getting a piece together, and sending it to you for an arrangement? I'm recording, very elementary style, on an ipad using Music Studio, and while I can hear some additional work that would fit in the couple of songs I've posted already, for example...I don't really know where to start with that. But again...I'm open to anything...looking at this as a learning adventure...and want to get as much as I can from you all with experience!!
axl 3 months ago

Thanks for stopping by. I've updated the song tags. I hope your writing is coming along. Cheers.
middlec 3 months ago

Hi! I just finished up edits on that song. It's really rough, but your arrangement ideas were terrific. Thanks!
brzan 3 months ago

Just added non-english to Moja žena nima čas. I'll post the translation once the music's up. May be a week before this all comes together. Thanks!
dukemeyer 3 months ago

Heya, of course you can take my Song "Safe for work"! Fiddle with it and fade it out in any way you want - it will make me proud when the song material is useful to you. Of course, I would really like to hear the result, so please inform me where I can find it when your version is out.
joy212 3 months ago

Bach, Beethoven, Beatles and Bela Fleck... what an awesome assortment. All of whom I happen to love, too. Looking forward to hearing your stuff.
stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

I love Sufjan!
errol 3 months ago

OH! And you updated the wiki. YOU ROCK!
errol 3 months ago

Hey you!

Just listening to the podcast now!

I was totally exhausted last night, went to bed early, sorry!

Sounds great! Good job!
jennsings 3 months ago

Thanks for coming on the show! You rocked! I will post the podcast link once it is up.
oneslowtyper 3 months ago

Hi Brownie,
great talking to you on the show. I listened to countless other BTR shows over the years, but never called in - thanks for being gentle with me. LOL
I just had to call in to see how things are nowadays in Texas. When I lived there, the Fabulous Thunderbirds were just another bar band. LOL I actually moved down there 1 month after the terrible flood that Stevie Ray eventually wrote the song about. We even had our honeymoon in Austin/San Antonio back in 1994 - that's the last time I was there.
Talk to ya down the road,
John
jennsings 3 months ago

Our phones lines are working again, so it should be no problems getting you on the air! I'll be calling around 5:15 EST. Perhaps a few minutes earlier.
trekstein 3 months ago

Apologies! Only just picked up your message! My lyrics vary in terms of subject matter although I do seem to be drawn to writing about relationships in one form or another! Let me know if you want to try collaborating.
mikeskliar 3 months ago

welcome back!
cadams35 3 months ago

Alrighty we can definitely work something out when FAWM begins. Though if you see any of my lyrics that you like, feel free to use them--just let me know first.
jennsings 3 months ago

Ready or not, here we come!
adforperu 4 months ago

Thanks man, I was more after synths and effects but will give those a try too
taylortay 4 months ago

Yet Australia, as a whole, has just 6% of the population of the United States...and coincidentally the population of South Australia (my state) is about 6% of the population of Texas! When Texas is a much smaller area, and the continental US is about the same size as Australia. Oh well. Can't wait to hear your stuff, I like the sound of your influences!