February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Fuzzy (@fuzzy)

progress: 15

winner!
joined: January 21 2011
location: Ontario, Canada
influences: A strange combo of Prog Rock and Old Tyme music, with a little older country and classic rock mixed in. The Beatles, Carter Family, Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, Neil Young, Robert Wilkins, Captain Beefheart, Buck Owens, King Crimson, Memphis Jug Band, Mills Brothers, Robert Wyatt, CAN, and whoever else I can rip off without anyone noticing.

Bio

I'm a supply teacher who lives out in the woods of Southern Ontario, near Peterborough, with my wife and daughter, plus two dogs, six cats, some chickens, four rabbits, and a horse.
All of my songs will be written and played on the ukulele! I've learned to play some basic mandolin since last year, so there will be some of that, as well. I'll try to work in some kazoo, too.
This is my second FAWM. Lots of fun last year!

And finally, a great quotation from Hank Williams that expresses my attitude toward FAWM; “If a song can’t be written in 20 minutes, it ain’t worth writing.”

2012 Songs

1	The Pork Chop of Misery	9 comments // 3 months ago
2	David Bowie Stole My Song Ideas	20 comments // 3 months ago
3	My Goldfish Is A Reincarnation Of William Burroughs	12 comments // 3 months ago
4	The Robots Ate My Brain	7 comments // 3 months ago
5	Uncle Cooter's Good Tyme Jug Band performs "The Drunkest Guy In The Bar"	10 comments // 3 months ago
6	I Heart Alan Turing	8 comments // 3 months ago
7	You're a Colony (The Bacteria Song)	6 comments // 3 months ago
8	Drug of Choice (A Love Song)	2 comments // 3 months ago
9	Dog's Messin' With A Skunk Again (Jug Band Version) (with duaneclancy)	13 comments // 3 months ago
10	Good Eats	4 comments // 3 months ago
11	Spiking the Old Growth (An Ecoterrorism Song)	3 comments // 2 months ago
12	Nonchalant (with ellenpliss)	3 comments // 2 months ago
13	The Drone	2 comments // 2 months ago
14	Restless Leg Syndrome	3 comments // 2 months ago
15	Rockette Leg Syndrome	6 comments // 2 months ago

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robs 2 months ago

Hi Fuzzy, thank you for all your hart warming comments! Good luck with your pets (I only have one cat). I wouldn't mind the company of some chickens and horses, but I don't think my neighbors will be overjoyed.

I guess not all of us posses the immense talents of Hank Williams, but I see his point
flowtheory 2 months ago

You get the "Best Song Titles" award. I had to listen to all 14.5 tunes, sucked in by those crazy titles! The songs are great too - very clever and inventive. This is where I stop listening for now, so I'll be spending the day with Restless Leg Syndrome running though my head.
ellenpliss 2 months ago

thank you, so much, for the kind feedback on my collabs! I really wouldn't be worth my weight around here without y'all.
frenchcricket 2 months ago

Thanks dude, couldn't have done it without the support of the FAWMhive. And well done, as a fellow winner!
nicksypniewski 2 months ago

Hey, thanks for all the comments this morning. Really appreciate your taking the time. I promise to get over here soon and return the favor. And I just might take you up on that sheep baaing effect for Shearin' O' Sheep.
downburst 2 months ago

A solid body electric uke... I had idea such things existed.

Thanks for the comment on my song.
thetau 2 months ago

Thanks for dropping by. I was thinking of a feature film actually. not unlike "Men in black"
nicksypniewski 2 months ago

Rockette Leg Syndrome is all yours sir. Write it as you wish. Thanks for the congrats and back at ya on your win.
nicksypniewski 2 months ago

Thank you sir for the reference. Also, thanks muchly for the review on Alan. I don't have to imagine the neighbors holding their ears. As I alluded to in the liner notes, I've actually seen it with my own eyes when I'd answer the door for the cops... granted, following our 15th straight run through of Sabbath's Paranoid. And I think Alan is a better guitarist than I was at his age! Thanks again.
ellenpliss 2 months ago

ps. I'm not a winner yet -- I have Nonchalant counting twice...I still have work to do! But that's OK, I am heading to the beach for the weekend and am certain to find some pelicans or sandpipers or something worthy of a song
ellenpliss 2 months ago

dear mr. fuzzy -- I would be honored if you wanted to work with any of my lyrics....I have a bunch with no collab -- take a look see. I have full confidence in you -- you can do anything you want...maybe my meltdown song? http://fawm.org/songs/24412/ No pressure, just a thought because I like you so much
nicksypniewski 2 months ago

Not sure if you were gonna see the mention of your name on my song page, so I thought I'd give you a link. Have a laugh...
http://fawm.org/songs/28721/
frenchcricket 2 months ago

Does life count? Just sent off a collab that I've been working on for 5 days. I was (not literally) pulling my hair out! Cheers man!
duaneclancy 2 months ago

and if the truth were told ... the church was indirectly responsible for the plague ... by killing off all the cats at the time in Europe (because they were associated with witches) ... they eliminated the only natural predator for the rats, causing an explosion of the rat population
samsorrow 2 months ago

thanks for the comment. I definitely need to sort out the ending a bit and a fade out is a great suggestion. thanks
ellenpliss 2 months ago

thanks for checking out my lyrics! your comment makes sense (about the ELF anger), though I saw a documentary recently featuring a kid who joined, acted, and got put in jail who was timid and just a regular guy, etc. [http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/movies/if-a-tree-falls-documentary-on-earth-liberation-front.html] I am a big animal-welfare advocate, and know I am on that line sometimes. I'll add to my liner notes a bit to explain where I am coming from...

Mostly, I am glad you posted to me becausen now I see your stuff and am eager to listen....the titles alone are enough for me to rave Anyone with two dogs, six cats, some chickens, four rabbits, and a horse AND likes Neil Young rocks!
candle 3 months ago

Thanks for stopping by & checking me out!

See You In The Shadows…
robs 3 months ago

Thank you for your nice comments! I must check out Peter Seller's albums some day, I know he made several of them.
calumcarlyle 3 months ago

hi, i'm sorry if i came across as though i actually really don't like the song. i usually try to think twice about my comments because peole do do things like locking a song based on something i said! it's something i worry about! I actually think that song has a lot of potential, was more trying to be constructive, sorry if i made your mid FAWM "slump" worse!
nicksypniewski 3 months ago

Thanks for the comment on Explorers. Glad you liked it. Sorry about the lack of cannibalism. I'll try to do better. I have had an idea for a song about the 1% and Republicans... that could include cannibalism.
mattblick 3 months ago

The Nova Scotia thing is a joke in that it's not a tropical getaway. No offence meant!
shutyatrap 3 months ago

Thank you very much for listening to my dental hangover track.
frenchcricket 3 months ago

Thanks man. I don't know any GG but I'll check em out. As for @natchdan. Love you Broseph Stalin.
roydesmet 3 months ago

Thanks for your comment. Maybe I should start smoking and eat glass, to maintain this voice! Haha.
natchdan 3 months ago

@frenchcricket is a king among FAWMers!
toms 3 months ago

Captain Beefheart!!! (Thank you again!!)
candle 3 months ago

Thanks for your great comment on Emergence!

See You In The Shadows…
injerabreath 3 months ago

Awesome! Laughter is the best drug. Absurdist indeed. It's meant to be as deranged, serious, or hilarious as anyone thinks it is. Glad you saw the humor in it. That's usually my angle, with a tinge of darkness.
flv 3 months ago

hey man Bukowski is a legend.. nice to bump into another fan here
chipwithrow 3 months ago

Totally with you on the Hank Williams quote. Man, your influences are more all over the place than mine!
laikynvictoria 3 months ago

Thank you for the message! I hope to record at least a couple of my songs, but we'll see.
My first song is titled 'The Name Is Martha Jones', and it's about halfway done.
dustymason 3 months ago

Yay FUUUUZZY, the substitute "supply teacher"
mattblick 3 months ago

Thanks Fuzzy!
randyxpher 3 months ago

I love that list of influences - maybe after the Carter/Crimson mashup, a litlle Mills Bros./Beefheart would be in order...

Good luck and good writing!
philkmills 3 months ago

Welcome back. I'm definitely interested in that Carter Family/King Crimson crossover.