February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

dreamscuba

progress: 22

winner!
joined: 2 months ago
location: Thailand
influences: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Niel Finn, James Blunt, Gary Moore, Santana, Joe Satriani, Rush, Pink Floyd, James Taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Yes...and many more great inspiring musicians past and present.

Bio

Got back into playing guitar after a very long hiatus. Never wrote a song before and never sang or wanted to sing...however, I was persuaded by a friend to join FAWM this year. And all I can say is I am eternally grateful!! I have now reached 14 songs (not all written or played by me) by taking the songs one song at a time...just like I have to take one day at a time!

I am away from home on a business trip trying to write some songs in a hotel in the evenings with limited equipment...all good fun.

This is my first FAWM experience and I am totally amazed by all you FAWMers...You all write some fantastic songs of all genres and styles. I could spend the whole month just listening to the wonderful songs you write.
THANK YOU!

THANK YOU ALL for all your comments! You FAWMers really Rock!! I could not have done this without all your support and encouragement.

2010 Songs

1	Tapeworm Blues	17 comments // 1 month ago
2	Hungry For Your Love	9 comments // 1 month ago
3	Living On Life’s Terms	6 comments // 1 month ago
4	Into The Night	8 comments // 1 month ago
5	Writing On The Wall	7 comments // 1 month ago
6	Tapeworm Blues Response (with sandman313)	10 comments // 1 month ago
7	I'm In Love With My Phone	4 comments // 4 weeks ago
8	The Lifeboat	3 comments // 4 weeks ago
9	The Evil Empires (with marklberry)	5 comments // 3 weeks ago
10	Through The Looking Glass	3 comments // 3 weeks ago
11	Don’t Want Your Chuffin Spam No More (with Billy Sea)	1 comment // 3 weeks ago
12	Still Your Mind/The Power Of Now	2 comments // 3 weeks ago
13	The 13th Hour	7 comments // 3 weeks ago
14	Songwriting Blues	3 comments // 3 weeks ago
15	The 13-Year-Old Religious Freedom Fighter (with marklberry)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
16	Close Your Eyes	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
17	Driving Force	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
18	In My Mind	8 comments // 2 weeks ago
19	She Dreams Of Summer Days	4 comments // 2 weeks ago
20	Out Of Exodus	zong // 2 weeks ago
21	Can’t fool me anymore!	zong // 2 weeks ago
22	Waiting on Tomorrow (with Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago

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jamestoffee 3 days ago

Hi Simon,

I came across Rob Cooke's collab with you and noticed another farang in Thailand. I'm in the Bang Na area myself

James
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=896900&content=music

P.S. Update Hi Simon,

I figured you were based somewhere south at the beaches by your sign-in name and I kind of figured Rob must not be based in Bangkok as well since he was referring to it as "paradise" LOL...nice to make your acquaintance.... we get a day off from school this week thanks to the UDD "red shirts".....maybe even more.....we'll just wait and see

James
ellen liss 5 days ago

hey, you don't owe me anything your songs here are are plentiful and beautiful!
musicsongwriter 1 week ago

You are very welcome, I've enjoued listening to"Waiting on Tomorrow" and your other songs

Nadia
marklberry 1 week ago

I'm planning my annual party, the 11th or 12th annual (I lost count). It's going to be big this year, as usual. Can you make it for this one? It will be Saturday, September 18th.

In addition to a rotation of musicians from all over playing on my backyard stage during the big event, there's a new cool wine bar opening on my block next Tuesday. I spoke with the owners about staging a small happy hour the day before my big party and having several out of town artists play originals for a few hours and then the whole group going over to the hot air balloon glow in Forest Park together (that's a cool event that I time my party around). They're up for it. So, your appearance in St. Louis would allow you to play an intimate small venue one night and a few songs for a large crowd the second night. You can perform and sing or we can make you a karaoke version of the songs and you can sing to them, whichever works best for you. I'll videotape them and give you copies for your promotional effor
sandman313 2 weeks ago

Simon

Sorry I never got a collab going with you again! February totally got away from me and I only had time to finalize 2 of my song ideas. We can still continue to Collab throughout the year though. If you want I have a shared Google Doc folder that I could set you up on. Let me know your Gmail account and I'll share with you.
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 2 weeks ago

Hi simon. I just saw your song post. It's an honour mate. Couldn't be happier about that. Drop me a line later when you've got some time. That's a great gesture! Thanks.
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 2 weeks ago

Hi Simon. I had 2 ideas that I had started on in week 1 or 2, which I thought was worth pushing myself to do and one spontaneous one when I got inspiration from seeing Lilla smiling at me when she heard me talking to Kan.
marklberry 2 weeks ago

Simon,
I love your recording of "The 13 Year Old Religious Freedom Fighter!" You set the right mood and the music is great.
I'm building the page on my website and making the link on our FAWM page now.
Cheers! MLB
ellen liss 2 weeks ago

you are much too kind, dreamscuba. I have been extra fortunate as a new fawmer to have had the amazing collaborations I did...they each seemed to take my sketch of a song into something real and meaningful -- far beyond my expectations. I almost feel guilty about it, because I just throw something on the paper/screen and they put such effort and emotion into it....I need to "up" my game. Seeing as I am your #1 fan, I'll hold the aspiration to collab with you some day
Dillon Nickerson 2 weeks ago

congratulations on completing man some really good stuff here
yeahclickdancehit 2 weeks ago

http://fawm.org/songs/7465/
marklberry 2 weeks ago

Cool, cool, cool!
Cheers! MLB
marklberry 2 weeks ago

Simon,
Feel like giving "The Thirteen-Year-Old Religious Freedom Fighter" a shot?
Cheers! MLB
marklberry 2 weeks ago

Simon,
I built you an artist page on my website. It's just a start and I'm happy to add any info such as your website, e-mail, short musical biography, etc... that you'd like. It also links to "The Evil Empires" where I posted the rough draft of our song. You also have a thumbnail link on my Music Artists page. All three pages are linked together.

http://www.pushingleavestowardsthesun.com/simon

Cheers! MLB
Bruce H. McCosar 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the comment on "Sailing Into Night Time" -- What I learned this year is that arpeggios and riffs like that Latin one work fine for me, but when doing traditional acoustic strumming, I tend to speed up and slow down! Something to work on in the future, for me.
Tom Slatter 2 weeks ago

Thanks for your comment on 'Shaking hand with Death'. Nope, no octaver, I just played the same thing in two different octaves.
Candle 2 weeks ago

Thank you for your wonderful comment on Graceful. I have had other people tell me my music goes well with the sound of waves. In fact, one friend of mine says she does like to listen to my music at the beach.

See You In The Shadows…
dreamscuba 2 weeks ago

The session preamp is in The 13th Hour.
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 2 weeks ago

Now I gotta hear that Session preamp!
sandman313 3 weeks ago

Simon - Absolutely I want to Collab! Let me take a look at some of your tunes and I'll get back to you. This weekend was totally taken up with my kids this weekend and I didn't even have a chance to sit down and record! . I've got a new "Snowball" USB mic by Blue that is totally great and I'll get to put it through the hoops on some of the collab songs!
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 3 weeks ago

Hey thanks for the comments Simon.

Wow you did a collab with Billy Sea. You've joined the FAWM aristocracy! Enjoyed the song too.
Billy Sea 3 weeks ago

Very cool Simon, fun fun lyrics
Billy Sea 3 weeks ago

Hey dreamscuba, if you'll send my your email address I'll forward you an mp3 I'm on gmail as seabilly
Billy Sea 3 weeks ago

It would be great to collaborate, though I must admit, your guitar skills intimidate me so much
Hey, only 4 songs to go, totally on track to beat this thing
ellen liss 3 weeks ago

dream, if you are new at this, I am amazed...I am a huge fan. Remember me when you hit the big time.
musicsongwriter 3 weeks ago

You are very welcome,looking forward to hearing more songs
Nadia
marklberry 3 weeks ago

Simon,
Can't wait to hear your creative spin on my words.
Watching for your other 5 songs to complete the FAWM challenge as well.
Cheers! MLB
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 3 weeks ago

Thanks for your comments and support. I hope you get some time at the weekend to put up some new demos. All the best guvnor!
John Crossman 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the listens and comments!
marklberry 3 weeks ago

I wrote you a note on Hungry for Your Love
Cheers! MLB
bened 4 weeks ago

Thanks!!!!!!!! i like Tapeworm Blues
sandman313 1 month ago

Dream - Glad I could make your day. Let's collab on some other stuff in the future!
dreamscuba 1 month ago

Thanks very much to Sandman for such a great response and for putting me as a collaboration! Go and check out his song, it's great!
sandman313 1 month ago

Hey Dream! I've posted my 12 bar response to your Tape Worm Blues. Visit my profile to check it out!

P.S. I put you as a colab due to your inspiration!
Dan Vaillancourt 1 month ago

Thanks! Glad you like them!
itneverhappened 1 month ago

Hey, thanks for the comments. Haunting is a compliment. Good that it comes through.
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 1 month ago

You're making great progress mate. Liking the songs so far.
heavyhedonist 1 month ago

sounds like you've been playing guitar for a lon ger while than you 'fessed up to. looking forward to the rest of your songs.
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 1 month ago

Hi Simon. Yes the family is doing great. I've beenn having "My Powerbook is getting old and tired" syndrome this last week, which has hampered my FAWMing. I usually write as I record, so with a less inspiring recording system to egg me on I've written less in the way of lyrics although I have many unfinished ideas rattling around in my head.

I've been costing up a new iMac and an Mbox 2 Pro (firewire), which may be imminent. I'll be applying much mind power to pay for that! (you know what I mean by that I'm sure).
Happy Atheist 1 month ago

I'm thrilled with your feedback on my bilingual effort. Thanks a bunch! The French is the original version, and I agree that it does a better job of conveying a fairly complex theme--replete with puns and memes. Thank you for popping in!
Dillon Nickerson 1 month ago

yea man its how i do it too but im actually in the midst of trying to record something with vocals,ill see how it turns out im not much for singing
dreamscuba 1 month ago

Thanks for the messages everyone...
@heavyhedonist - Thanks. The cover art comes from a photograph I took of a local temple near where I live in Phuket. There are some great sculptures at the temples with dragons, 5 headed serpents...really cool.
@katebirdrex - Thanks. I am an instructor but I don't work in that line...I am currently away on a business trip in Europe in the snow, missing my family and Thailand...I guess I should write a song about that.
@Rob - Cheers mate...Logic is cool. I don't know how I managed with Garageband before. I am enjoying playing music after an extremely long hiatus of nearly 20 years...
heavyhedonist 1 month ago

Love the cover art-- welcome to FAWM.
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 1 month ago

Hey Simon.
How you doing? I hope you do get something written this FAWM. I imagine you're getting on well with Logic 9 now.

Looking forward to hearing something
Rob
katebirdrex 2 months ago

Enjoy FAWM!

Are you in Thailand as a DM/SCUBA instructor? I was *thisclose* to chucking everything a few years ago to go do instructor school in Koh Tao or Phuket, but chickened out.
Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 2 months ago

Hey great to see you here Simon.
No pressure, just enjoy it. I have no idea how much time I'm going to get tthis year for FAWMing!