February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Erik Didriksen (@erikdidriksen)

progress: 2

joined: January 29 2007
location: New York, USA
influences: Benjamin Gibbard, Elliott Smith, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Christopher Walla, Andrew Kenny, Sean Lennon, Alan W. Pollack, Geoff Emerick, Jeff Tweedy, Sufjan Stevens, Claude Debussy, W.A. Mozart, et. al.

Bio

Erik Didriksen spends his working days watching President Reagan debark Air Force One on old news feeds. He spends the rest of his time organizing sounds, with occasional breaks to walk around New York, eat burritos, or dream of the upcoming baseball season.

2012 Songs

1		Photographs on Fire	17 comments // 3 months ago
2		In Autumn	11 comments // 3 months ago

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robynmackenzie 2 months ago

I fail at reverse jinx.
gslade 3 months ago

I see we are equally prolific so far this year. lol
maeflower 3 months ago

Moooo.....
caterwauler 3 months ago

Thanks a lot for your very sweet comment on Nebulae, I'm glad you appreciated the ambiguity
I will come back for your stuff.
errol 3 months ago

Hey you. HOw are you?

Whoa, you speak German too? All sorts of coolness...
waltermosch 3 months ago

Hallo, leider kein Song von dir hier. Dann schau ich später nochmal vorbei. Grandioses Foto;-)
maeflower 3 months ago

Hello my friend....I keep checking back here hoping for a new tune, alas! Thanks for giggling at my ridiculousness. I'm glad to know someone else out there shares my warped sense of humor. For reals though, is there a tune coming soon I hope? How the heck are you?
bmullany 3 months ago

Thanks for the tip on open tuning . I came to the same concclusion when I tried playing aan open mic Wednesday. Thank God they had a great house band to cover my butt.
bmullany 3 months ago

Thanks for your encouragement ! I usually just write when something pops into my head but this process makes me actually plan a list of subjects - totally backwards for me.I obsess on lyrics flowiing to th beat. I gave up guitar this year because of Parkinson's Disease (PD) so I just sang them on a flip camera

It'c ccool gettitng feedback from other writers
roydesmet 3 months ago

Hey man, I found you in my watchlist and I remembe me being very impressed by what you did last year.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you again this year!
sheilerk 3 months ago

Hi Erik. So happy to see you back. Your chorale piece was one of the highlights of last fawm for me. Really looking forward to hearing your creations this year
jennsings 3 months ago

Are you going to do another "choral" piece again this year? That was a lot of fun.
mikeskliar 4 months ago

I did see that O. sings Al Green clip before- damm, he can sing, too! thanks!
ianuarius 4 months ago

Haa! Never though of it like that but definately gotta try it!
Cheers!
ianuarius 4 months ago

Thanks for the compliment!

I wish all of the influences came thru in all of my songs but that might be impossible.

I'll be checking out your demos too. Good luck!
ianuarius 4 months ago

Hello there! Are you another one of those Beatles nerds?
I'm gonna wanna hear your materials. Making some demos this year?
debs 4 months ago

Oops! Should I not have posted that on my profile? Allooooo, Erik! We should repeat collab unless you are tired of listening to my voice. I totally wouldn't blame you. And if it's a slow grower like the last time, it is also all goods
robynmackenzie 4 months ago

Ah! I'm not even sure how to respond to a reverse jinx! D: If I say, "I agree," does that render it a double negative and then re-reverse your jinx? Or would that be if I said, "No, I don't agree?"

In any case, looking forward to hearing what you come up with this year! And also what we (((((won't)))) do! (I hope the extra parentheses kept the reverse jinx working)
nicksypniewski 4 months ago

I've got the Lewisohn stuff. It's been some time since I read it though. While I was reading Emerick, I kind of wanted to have the Lewisohn at hand to check some facts - ie. that Lennon didn't appear at all on several songs on... the White Album, I think, but I couldn't be bothered... LOL

I always wanted to get this: http://www.recordingthebeatles.com/ but I can't justify $100+ for it. Although it looks like a great package.
nicksypniewski 4 months ago

Well, I'm not sure the previous goal was quantity over quality, but, on listening back after a decent amount of time, a lot of them felt like they were sort of lacking interesting arrangement ideas and such. A lot of V-V-C-V-V-C-C out... So, the goal is to try to make them more musically interesting. We'll see.

Btw, just finished reading Geoff Emerick's bio. Not sure I learned anything new except for his huge man-love for Paul.
nicksypniewski 4 months ago

Hey Erik,

Looking forward to your productions this time around. Have a good one.
errol 4 months ago

You can check my profile now too.
errol 4 months ago

Hey, if you want to know who's telling people about your master engineering skills, it's @debs. She has it on her profile.
mikeskliar 4 months ago

ha! great message, and looking forward to your songs this fawm ! nice profile update too..(is 'debark' the opposite of 'bark', I wonder?)
dustymason 4 months ago

The man, the jacket...Rock the month.
taylortay 4 months ago

We're going to win the war! 14.5 songs in 29 days is a bit of a war isn't it? Can't wait to hear what you come up with
nancyrost 4 months ago

For culinary and/or travel inspiration: http://www.textubbstacos.com/Portals/21/Menu/TTTPoct2011web.pdf

Yeah, I'm ancient by fawmer standards, but young at heart.
michaelepic 4 months ago

Heard you're a master engineer....got a min to email?
nancyrost 4 months ago

Burritos?