February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Dorylini (@gummunq)

progress: 3

joined: January 31 2010
location: China
website: mj.mkwan.com
influences: bach, mozart, chopin, debussy, joplin, pink floyd, david bowie, weezer, ladytron, regina spektor, the social insects (and more)

Bio

Hello. My name is MJ.

This is my FAWM #3! I'm from Austin, Texas but am FAWMing from Beijing again. The Great Firewall of China is giving me hell as I try to upload anything, but hopefully I'll have a chance before the end of February to mass-upload.

Last year was a fail... so this year my strategy is spend no energy writing lyrics. However I'd be personally a little dissatisfied with 14 plain instrumentals, thus, I am extremely available for collab!

I am equipped with piano, guitar, cello, a voice, and a tiny tiny theremin (!).

I like to set music to lyrics that are
nonsense/cryptic
silly
drab
fantastical/allegorical
foreign!
but by no means do I want to limit myself to the above.

My former bandmate is @antlion on FAWM.

I'm counting on yall for lyrics this year!!!!! And any of my lyric-less music is up for grabs.

2012 Songs

1	Preludium	9 comments // 1 week ago
2	Untitled (add lyrics)	4 comments // 6 days ago
3	Untitled (add lyrics) - power cello	4 comments // 16 hours ago

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johnq 6 hours ago

Thanks for stopping by! Love your influences...and your cello playing! Now, if only I could hear some tiny, tiny theremin...
ianuarius 9 hours ago

Awesome! Can't wait to see wht you come up with.
rayboneor 9 hours ago

I feel that it would require a ridiculous amount of presumption for a newbie songwriter like myself to offer up some lyrics--and I have a hard time understanding how to hang words on your lovely piece, but here's my free-association, before my critic kicks in:

Pikes Place Market in the afternoon
if these wall could talk, you'll wish you'd bought the book

nothing tastes like the rain
and the doleful supermodels rest their languorous gaze
on the beaches
where the Pharaohs brook delay

for they know the difference between the ocean and the sea
(between) where we're going and where we need to be

nothing hurts like the rain
and the doleful specters launch their exquisite complaints
into the half-light and
to their mothers explain that
they know the difference between the ocean and the sea
between Bob Marley and the Wailers
between where we are and where we need to be

Pikes Place Market in the afternoon
if these wall could talk you'll wish you'd brought a book
melindadimaio 9 hours ago

Hey MJ
Thanks for your sweet comments. I sent you a link to your Email address for a possible collaboration Melinda
ianuarius 13 hours ago

Hi! You asked in the forum if anyone wanted to collab and I'd love a cello in one of my pieces. I'm doing one just now and it's gonna be a bit crazy proggy track, but if you could play something there, I'd be honored.

I exported the part of the song where I could use some cello. Here's a solo example I played with guitar (just some ideas of my own, if you come up with something more awesome, please change it):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59633503/06%20Ravens%20solo.mp3
And here's the backing track:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59633503/06%20Ravens%20backing.mp3
So it's 124 BPM in 7/8 and in A-minor.

If you feel like this is maybe not your stuff then please just tell me to **** off! If you wanna collab then I might add some other parts in the song too!
wolfkier 14 hours ago

Thank you for your lovely comment on my song.
hee hee.... made my day.
Maybe eventually we will do something together. Let's see.
wolf.
robynmackenzie 3 days ago

Cats and theremins were made for each other.

I think a duet is certainly in order.
robynmackenzie 4 days ago

CELLO???

I'm definitely going to need it at some point. And possibly tiny theremin.
leslie 4 days ago

I agree with @Errol on both counts, except the bit about the wife. The cello is the soul of the orchestra. My favourite instrument. And, to my mind, the most beautiful sound to pair with the piano. I hope you're planning to play it during FAWM. I'd love to hear it!
errol 4 days ago

*LAUGH* No pressure, @gummunq! You will be swamped with requests so I don't want to bother you. I just like cello. So does my wife.
errol 4 days ago

A cellist!!! So awesome. I don't suppose you could write something for me to sing over?

Alllllo! My name is Errol, btw.
nancyrost 4 days ago

Thanks for offering cello! I hope to take you up on that soon.
sophielynette 4 days ago

Thank you for your comment. Yes the song was a single improvised recording. I'd fooled a little with the piano before starting but the words just came on their own. Sometimes it turns out great but a lot of times it's junk
mojo 5 days ago

Mrrooow! *purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
shay 1 week ago

Thank you SO much for your post about my lyrics! I hope you get the chance to 'musicify' something of mine too. (Is that a word? lol)
antlion 2 weeks ago

q-tip k-mart
johncrossman 2 weeks ago

You're on the (random) list!

http://fawm.org/forums/thread/2707/