February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

evelbist (@evelbist)

progress: 14

winner!
joined: 3 months ago
location: New Mexico, USA
influences: jack daniels, cold dos equis (amber), warm bosoms, smoky bars. and tacos.

Bio

it seems that songs are like a row of cabinets with noisy bangers of wood inside. they bang and bang on their doors until you fall prey to them and open their door.

once out, they most times flow osmotically through you, slowly taking control. that slow process explains why they take so damn long to get right. but once they are done with you they leave happily and go their merry way, leaving you with the song that sometimes needs refinement or not. they leave that to you, they're happily off enjoying themselves wherever they go after they do their dirty work.

i find there are enough cabinets with doorbangers inside such that i don't want to force a song out on my own anymore as they just don't have that magic 'it' the doorbangers have. the only problem is that i have a regular life and the doorbangers disrupt it so much so that i have to throttle them. which is why FAWM is great, you have an excuse to let a few more of them out than usual.

i dont have a 'style' as my doorbangers are quite a mob and explains why the tracks are all over the place. pick a song, listen to the first few seconds, and you'll get a good idea where its going. if it doesn't fit your taste, try the next ...

all songs © 2012 Rob Pira/ASCAP

2012 Songs

1	Freight Train ver2	9 comments // 3 months ago
2	Cross the Stars	12 comments // 3 months ago
3	Avenger	4 comments // 3 months ago
4	Denial	8 comments // 3 months ago
5	Slow Motion Train Wreck	5 comments // 3 months ago
6	The Beast Within	2 comments // 3 months ago
7	County Line Road	6 comments // 3 months ago
8	The Beast Within (with solarrainuk)	6 comments // 3 months ago
9	The Knife	3 comments // 2 months ago
10	Silently Crying	5 comments // 2 months ago
11	Not This Time	4 comments // 2 months ago
12	Matt Roberts	1 comment // 2 months ago
13	Push	4 comments // 2 months ago
14	Dark Side of the Night	1 comment // 2 months ago

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robynmackenzie 2 months ago

New Mexico! Yeah!!!
lowartmusic 2 months ago

Thanks for your comment on Lovely Cover Girl....
I will consider your recommendations, they are make sense...but it's one of those songs that I'm not sure where I am going to go with it. It may just die on the vine.
solarrainuk 2 months ago

Thanks man, really appreciate that comment, it means a lot
looprication 2 months ago

Hey there, suggestion noted, I just ground another one out
groundhog591 2 months ago

Thanks for the comment on my song. I did do a different version thanks to your comment. Hope it sounds positive enough!
jnadon 2 months ago

I'm down for that! Email on the way.
jnadon 2 months ago

You are too kind! Thanks for the comment on "Take Back Your Life" - Jae
blueone 2 months ago

Yup, I got it. Could you possibly send the chords you used in the demo thingy? Got some ideas buzzing already, and I like what you've got there.
imustbenuts 2 months ago

Thanks for the listen and the lead volunteer. I will keep you in mind.
oddbod 2 months ago

touché
blueone 2 months ago

Sounds mint, mate. Send some words and I'll get on it as soon as I can. It's going to be a cracker - I can tell!
jessicagraae 2 months ago

Thank you for your suggestion for my song! Very nice comments.
jnadon 2 months ago

Thanks so much for listening! I really appreciate the comment you left, it means a lot to me. I'm looking forward to checking more of your songs out as well!
lowartmusic 2 months ago

Thanks for the feedback on "Tipping the Ashes". I have posted a new version with vocals. Cheers.

I couldn't find any psychotic females to sing it... but hey, if you have one, send her over.

BTW, I'm really digging your sound here!
blueone 2 months ago

Sorry for the late reply - I'm absolutely game for that, and interested to see what you come up with! I won't be able to record anything 'till the middle of next week, but I'll give it my best.
errol 2 months ago

*laugh* Allloo! Thanks for the comment and welcome to fawm!!
taylortay 3 months ago

It's the track called Midnight - or here's the convenient link: *21424. It's shown up at the top of my profile since Negasi (lyricist) uploaded it way back in the early part of FAWM but I've only just gotten to demoing it.
taylortay 3 months ago

New song uploaded, just for you, heh.
blueone 3 months ago

Yup! I'd love to do something with you - do you have anything mind?
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Thanks man, you did the hardest part already, coming up with the structure of the song..it's my biggest weakness! So putting this together was a cinch. Look forward to hearing what you do with it.
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Strange, never had issues with Sendspace like that before. Sent to your email now
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Here it is http://www.sendspace.com/file/177jqt

I kept with my kind of minimal atmospheric style, but also tried to preserve some feel of your original, at least rhythmically. Structure is almost an exact match. Hope you like it
solarrainuk 3 months ago

It's ok, you don't need an account for it and it's much faster both uploading and downloading. I'll have the link for you quite soon!
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Are you ok with me uploading a rar or zipped .wav file to Sendspace that you can download later? I'm almost done, and it's sounding pretty cool..though much softer than your original lol. Just need to tweak it a little first.
radioovermoscow 3 months ago

Chur boss!
darcistrutt 3 months ago

Thanks for the visit.
stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

Thanks for the kind words and comments. It made my night.
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Ohh I see..so you mean that I can come up with a completely alternative version of the song and you can add your vocals/guitar etc back onto my version. That's cool, I meant it would be quite challenging to add to your existing song just because it's already very full sounding. I'll play around with it tomorrow and see what I come up with Thanks for the kind words!
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Woah..a challenge. It's a great song, already sounding quite full though! Wondering how I can add to this..Shall I download the mp3 and work on top of that?
solarrainuk 3 months ago

I'm up for it Have you already written the song?
madthesinger 3 months ago

Thank you for the comment on my song Finally!!! (:
kidd 3 months ago

Thatnks for your most kind words! I LOVE Nilsson
boyatheart 3 months ago

Thanks for the comments and constructive feedback. I have absolutely no problem with comparisons to the Band by the way and yeah, it's an unmixed demo, hence the vocal levels etc. The vocals will be re-recorded if/when I decide to finish the song properly, which from the comments I probably will!
valeriecox 3 months ago

Thanks for the comment.
dreamscuba 3 months ago

Thank you very much for your comments on "Don't want to say it's true". Very much appreciated.
johncrossman 3 months ago

Hey evelbist, thanks for listening to my song and welcome to fawm! Looks like you signed up just in time to get in on the crazyfun. I'll be back to check out your tunes from home...
solarrainuk 3 months ago

He's great, I used to listen to his music alongside old Tangerine Dream stuff when I was in my teens. I've really tried to avoid listening to any 'New Age' music since back then though. As a kid, hearing some of my favourite tunes played in DIY stores etc made it very 'uncool' lol You'll probably love Jon Hopkins by the way!
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Thanks again for the feedback! I actually much prefer doing the more chillout/ambient stuff too. I just can't help to dabble with a bit more of a commercial sound/rhythm now and then
candle 3 months ago

Thank you so much for the comment on my Soundboard!

See You In The Shadows…
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Thanks for the compliment!