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johnthomasmumm (@johnthomasmumm)

progress: 15

winner!
joined: 3 months ago
location: New York, USA
website: www.johnthomasmumm.com
influences: David Bowie, Brian Eno, The Kinks, Scott Walker, The Small Faces, Traffic, Captain Beefheart, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Gentle Giant, Martin Denny, Soundgarden, Echo and the Bunnymen, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Serge Gainsbourg, Baroque period music (particularly with harpsichords)

Bio

I'm an academic philosopher by day, but I've also been writing and studying music since 1997. I've recorded hundreds of songs and five self-produced albums. I also write a blog devoted to songwriting exercises and experiments. You can read it at http://www.organizingsound.com

I thought this would be a fun way to get a productive start on the year. I've already set a goal of mixing one song a month this year and I thought this might be a great way to generate some scratch tracks. With that in mind, I'll try to stick to rough and simple recordings of guitar and vocals for the most part.

Perhaps my half-song will be the mix for this month.

You can listen to my songs on this site, but I'm also hosting the whole playlist on soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/john-thomas-mumm/sets/february-14-song-challenge/

2012 Songs

1	Waiting for the Sun	18 comments // 3 months ago
2	Alien	11 comments // 3 months ago
3	So Close You Can't See It	10 comments // 3 months ago
4	One V6 for Everyone	8 comments // 3 months ago
5	The Patient	7 comments // 3 months ago
6	Riders by Every Road (with kidd)	12 comments // 3 months ago
7	Gasping Reborn	9 comments // 3 months ago
8	Over Your Shoulder	2 comments // 3 months ago
9	Book of Gates - Dusk	1 comment // 2 months ago
10	Book of Gates I	1 comment // 2 months ago
11	Book of Gates II	1 comment // 2 months ago
12	Book of Gates III	1 comment // 2 months ago
13	Book of Gates IV	1 comment // 2 months ago
14	Book of Gates V	1 comment // 2 months ago
15	Book of Gates VI	1 comment // 2 months ago

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mattblick 2 months ago

Just gave you a little plug on Beatles Songwriting Academy http://beatlessongwriting.blogspot.com/2012/03/beatles-refawm.html
$\'Old Foot Dupree\' (Danielle) - livinginthemusic$ livinginthemusic 2 months ago

Hi John Your blog looks really interesting. I'm going to try out an experiment now! Cheers!
mrlaemmle 2 months ago

Addendum - I think the area was actually the size of Deleware.

Your apologetic servant,

Michael Ray Laemmle
mrlaemmle 2 months ago

Hi John Thomas Mumm - thank you kindly, and like Moses led his people through yonder desert to the Land of Milk and Honey (40 years to cross an area the size of Maryland) - I will also lead my peoples across the span of Omega Bridge to yonder Promised Land, and will also hopefully take 40 years to do it.

Very much looking forward to hearing your tracks. Perhaps one day you can describe for us how "Ant Misses His Home" and elucidate on kindred mysteries. May Zerovzero Always Walk With You! Remember when you look back and see only one set of footprints in the sand, it was then that Zerovzero was carrying you in his arms!
kidd 3 months ago

You must thank Mr Duck personally from me, he did a magnificent job!, I'd like to do some more with him
robs 3 months ago

Nice blog! I'll check it out later when I've got some free time on my hands.
mattblick 3 months ago

I am still reading it but it's slow going! Not cos it's bad it's brilliant, but it's so full of brilliant info I have to be fully present when I'm reading it - and like Bob Dylan I'm not always there!
mattblick 3 months ago

Thanks for the props on your blog for Beatles Songwriting Academy hope to give you a shout back midweek. Enjoyed reading your comments on the Indiesongwriter site. You're spot on - what band is considered dangerous 20 years on. Sex Pistols and Ramones shirts are fashion item now for goodness sake!
randyxpher 3 months ago

Not at all, I'd be honored. I've got a bleeped version on my site if you'd rather use that - the URLs posted on the one-chord thread.

Thanks!
cheekmeat 3 months ago

If you would like to post I'm At Ease, that would be great!
kidd 3 months ago

I consider it ready for the masses! Love it!
candle 3 months ago

Thanks for the great comment on Emergence. Yes, it's an odd take on Creation Ex Nihilo, one I don't really subscribe to. But I like the image of it - more as a thought experiment then anything else (as I stated in the liner notes). Its nice to see the interest of a fellow Philosopher in my Music.

See You In The Shadows…
kidd 3 months ago

hey John,how arethe drum tracks going? looking forward to hearing the results!
bradbrubaker 3 months ago

Hi John. Yes, you may link to my song. Thanks! Please send me the link when you do.
I appreciate your highly complimentary comment as well.
shelleymiller 3 months ago

I'd be honored to have you post my song on your blog. If you could put a link to my website (www.shelleymiller.net) , that'd be great.
musicsongwriter 3 months ago

Thank you very much for your nice comments on my music John. So happy you like it
chipwithrow 3 months ago

Very cool blog - thanks for putting my song on it! I plan to study your blog more in depth later tonight, but right now my daughter is blasting Adele and it's very hard to concentrate.
erinkelsey3 3 months ago

Love your songwriting blog! What a great idea
nicksypniewski 3 months ago

Hey, thank for the comment on Signs on the Crows. Much appreciated.
mattblick 3 months ago

Thanks for the comment on my song John!
kidd 3 months ago

John, those verses are outstanding... I think we are on to a winner here.... Im thinking Floyd 'The Wall' era... ive made a wee start on some stuff and I think by Friday night I'll have nailed it. Tomorrow is a 12 hour shift for me so ill be away wi the fairies but hopefully Friday night will be kinder with my time. Your voice by the way.... Jeez.
musicsongwriter 3 months ago

Thank you so much John. Great page. I'll be visiting to hear more music
Just listening to @chipwithrow submission. Fantastic take on a challenge Chip
chipwithrow 3 months ago

You are certainly welcome to put my song on your blog! And I really wanted to listen to your songs, but they weren't working in the player and I couldn't download them. I'll try again, though.
musicsongwriter 3 months ago

"@musicsongwriter Do you mind if I host your song on my blog as an example of how one might build a song over a single chord?"
I'll be delighted John. Thank you very much
samsorrow 3 months ago

Thanks for your comment on art deco dresser. It made me laugh, the power of music indeed. good luck on the goal of mixing a song a month post fawm. Sounds ambitious. The blog is really cool too.
kidd 3 months ago

yeah im in! if you send an mp3 to my email, i can throw it onto cakewalk and overdub. thats the only way i know how to do it, then send you the results back etc. sound good?
kidd 3 months ago

sure did man, I wouldnt know how to do it any other way!!
kidd 3 months ago

Hi John thanks for the nice comments. I love Wild Honey/Smiley Smile albums... my favourite Beach Boys period. I didnt use anything on the voice other than the reverb supplied with cakewalk and a tiny bit of compression.... just double tracked them. Im not that good at the technical bits!!
kingwoodkowboy 3 months ago

Howdy John. "simple recordings of guitar and vocals". Now, that sounds like country to me. Welcome pardner, to FAWM 2012.
explodingmary 3 months ago

i narrowly avoided being an academic philosopher myself; love it, but teaching? not so much. what are your current areas of interest?

oh, and Welcome to FAWM!

nice site, BTW-- you should post a link to it in the shameless self promotion forum.