February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Simon Ashby (@dreamscuba)

progress: 24

winner!
joined: January 13 2010
location: Thailand
website: www.simonashby.com
influences: Anything that inspires me, especially all of you FAWMers.

Bio

My third FAWM. Not sure how this will all go this year as there have been some very major changes in my life in the last 2 months that have completely rocked my world....I guess it could be a month of playing blues music! Maybe write some songs in memory of my mother, who just passed away.

I am away from home so all demos will be made using my iPad until I am back.

Best of luck to you all. May the force be with you.
Simon.

2012 Songs

1	Where The Sun Is Shining	12 comments // 3 months ago
2	Satan's Den (with meadows)	7 comments // 3 months ago
3	Don't Want To Say It's True (with ankara)	10 comments // 3 months ago
4	Something's Gotta Give	8 comments // 3 months ago
5	Remembrance	10 comments // 3 months ago
6	Done Roamin	3 comments // 3 months ago
7	All Out Of Puff	4 comments // 3 months ago
8	Electronica Mexicana	5 comments // 3 months ago
9	What Do You Want From Me	5 comments // 3 months ago
10	Ain't Nobody Home (But Me And My Blues)	6 comments // 3 months ago
11	Jessie's Dance/All Funked Out (with oneslowtyper)	11 comments // 2 months ago
12	Lets Clap Our Hands	zong // 2 months ago
13	Reach For The Skies/Heaven Sent	4 comments // 2 months ago
14	Driving My Life	4 comments // 2 months ago
15	FEAR (with johncrossman)	11 comments // 2 months ago
16	Rocky Road	3 comments // 2 months ago
17	In A Lifetime	2 comments // 2 months ago
18	To The Wire	3 comments // 2 months ago
19	One Afternoon (with boyatheart)	2 comments // 2 months ago
20	Gone Fishin'	zong // 2 months ago
21	Song 21 (no title yet)	1 comment // 2 months ago
22	Home Again	1 comment // 2 months ago
23	Ants In My House	1 comment // 2 months ago
24	Real Mother	3 comments // 2 months ago

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johncrossman 2 months ago

Cool, yeah, you sent me 3 more tracks/stems (#'s 14, 16 and 18 on your list) and I'll be fawming for the next 2 days. I have some loose ends so I won't promise anything, but that was so much fun, I would enjoy doing some more!
oneslowtyper 2 months ago

Way to go Simon - I knew you had way to much music in you to slow down when you hit 14.
boyatheart 2 months ago

Hi Simon. If you want to post the song you are welcome to. I haven't got any further with it yet, but I've just put together my last 2. Just some lyrics need doing (I'll probably write them in the usual way!)

Speak to you soon. I need some sleep! Well done on the late burst of songs too. I'll have a listen when it's quiet.
johncrossman 2 months ago

And with that, you win fawm 2012 - congrats!
boyatheart 2 months ago

Hi Simon, I'm pretty buried in stuff right now, but I should hoppefully be able to get something together for the song by the last day. Have a good weekend.
alyssa2 2 months ago

Thanks for the kind comment! Rockin' songs. Congratulations on winning!!
oneslowtyper 2 months ago

Thanks for having me on board Simon, I'm so glad we changed the name. And don't worry about my vocals being just a placeholder until you get better vocals. The only reason I even started singing was to give the real singers a basic idea of where my words go. That's usually what I do on the other collab site - of the 50 or so songs where I was recruited for lyrics, I think I actually was the singer for 2. LOL
I'm happy to write lyrics for a song - and even happier when we find a singer better than me.

Call on me anytime.
Take care,
John
caseewilson 2 months ago

Dang, I got your message and I'd love to, but I've been drowning in too much Stuff To Do this month which is why I'm behind on FAWM... Are you still looking to collaborate? Congratulations on your victory by the way!
oneslowtyper 2 months ago

Hey Simon,
Here's the first half of the lyrics for all funked out, before I record I thought you might have a name you prefer to replace "Jenny". I just threw it in there to have a name, but any 2-syllable name would work - Gina, Rita, Susie, etc. So if you prefer one name more than another, we can go with that.

(V1) 0:19
She loves to dance when... I play my songs
0:28 - So I like to play... all night long

(Chorus) 0:37
Jenny's so lovely... dancing all round the floor
0:46 - At the end of the song, she's always begging for more

(V2) 0:55
No other music... affects her this way
1:04 - When I get to playin... she starts to sway
oneslowtyper 2 months ago

Downloaded the mp3 Simon, that will be fine to work with.
johncrossman 2 months ago

Hey dreamscuba! I'm interested in some lyrics/vocals. I'm struggling this fawm and your music could help me turn it up a notch. I can't listen right now at work, so I'll check back and see if some words jump into my head later this week.
musicsongwriter 2 months ago

You are very welcome, thank you very much for your nice comment on my music
jennsings 2 months ago

I'm open. My second song is a morph. Just warning ya. Not my typical stuff at all.
boyatheart 2 months ago

Hi Simon, thanks for the comment. The F.E.A.R acronym is a good one. I know another one for that: False Evidence Appearing Real, but I like yours!
oneslowtyper 2 months ago

Sorry to hear about your Mom Simon. My own Mom is 79, and I don't even want to think of the eventuality of that pain and heartbreak. I hope you find peace in your music, and support from your friends. Wishing you well,
John
marklberry 3 months ago

New photo! Cool. Cheers, marklberry
boyatheart 3 months ago

I suppose you'll be nearby very soon Simon. Hope you had a good flight and maybe we'll have a chance before too long to do a live collab.
boyatheart 3 months ago

Hi Simon, I'll comment on more songs soon. For some reason I had trouble playing your other songs, but it might have been my internet connection. I also did a liver flush last night (don't ask I'll tell you later!), so I'm taking it easy today.
jennsings 3 months ago

My family is going to be out of the house tomorrow evening. I'm planning to take that time to FAWM as much as possible without being disturbed!!!
musicsongwriter 3 months ago

Thank you Simon for your beautiful reply. I understand the sections is the way, I suppose I'm used to having the freedom of recording the whole song, not the sections and sections structure is useful too Just need to get used to it And to my fingers getting the right notes too Your music is very beautiful
musicsongwriter 3 months ago

Thank you very much for your beautiful comment on my valentine music Simon. So happy you like it
sandman313 3 months ago

DS! Good to see you back this year man! We need to Collab again!
boyatheart 3 months ago

Thanks for the comment. The vocals are very rough and all I have is my headphones for monitoring, seeing as my Genelecs are out on a job 'til after the weekend. Glad you liked it. I've set myself a big target this year, but not sure if I have the time to meet it.
dragondreams 3 months ago

Hi Simon.

First of all, so sorry for your loss. I lost my mum forty-one years ago this month - and I still think of her every day.

Second, thank you so much for finding the time to pop by and take a listen to my tunes.
jennsings 3 months ago

Hi Simon. Glad to see you back. I lost my dad in late 2006 and figured that FAWM 2007 would certainly produce something for him. It did. I would love to do a duet again with you this year!
dillon 3 months ago

Sorry for your loss Simon, best of luck to you with your FAWM.
boyatheart 3 months ago

Great to see you're here for another FAWM. Where are you at the moment?
ellenpliss 3 months ago

So sorry for your loss, Simon.
We are all here for you, as much as we can be.
Best wishes during this hard time -- Ellen
marklberry 3 months ago

Simon, Extremely sorry to hear about the loss of your mom. Hope you are doing as well as can be.
Peace, MLB
cloudboy 3 months ago

Hey Simon. Sorry to hear about your mom. I lost my mom a couple of years ago and it rocked my world, too. Family, friends and music really helped me through. She'd want you to write!