February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

joy212 (@joy212)

progress: 6

joined: January 22 2010
location: Michigan, USA
website: www.ataverage.com
influences: Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling, Ani Difranco, Dan Vaillancourt, Bob Dylan, Ellis Paul, Tool, Cake, Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Steely Dan, Existentialism, Christian History and Theology, Neuroscience

Bio

I'm actually a board certified music therapist (MT-BC) now. I spend a lot of time with kids who have autism, adults who have dementia, and coworkers (fellow therapists) who are inhumanly chipper and extroverted.

I'm extremely introverted, I play the violin, I care a lot about eating healthy, and I can't decide whether I'm a socialist or a libertarian. I dislike the public education system immensely, which isn't the same as a personal attack on hard-working, well-intentioned people who work for it, so don't get defensive.

I have a slight stuffed animal problem.

EDIT: I think my working theme for this year is literary devices. For instance, my first song is in third person, which I've never used in lyrics before. Maybe I'll end up attacking the sonnet, the mythic story, foreshadowing.... we'll see. It's kind of a lose theme but it's generating some ideas for me already, and I like that.

EDIT (2/11/12): A lot of people seem to be having trouble loading my demos from the page, but it seems to work just fine to download them. Techie boyfriend says this means that it's a problem with the FAWM site, so I guess there's nothing I can do... just click "download directly" and it just takes to .wav file of the song or something (see how I sounded like I knew what I was talking about there for a second?).

2012 Songs

1	Play Dead	13 comments // 1 week ago
2	Sonnet	10 comments // 1 week ago
3	Villain	11 comments // 1 week ago
4	Moonlight (Vignette)	6 comments // 3 days ago
5	Sestina to J.S. Bach	2 comments // 2 days ago
6	Mr. W(1)	zong // 45 mins ago

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hartvan 1 day ago

Thank you so much for your comments! I'm glad to see you here again as well and am REALLY loving your lyrics. Now I've gotta break out the headphones and hear what this all sounds like.
ange 1 day ago

So frustrated, can see all this wonderful poetry on your pages, yet it won't let me stream any of your songs think i'll have to download them...
ange 1 day ago

Hey, thank you for your comment x
nadia 1 day ago

hey! thanks for your comment! i'm having trouble getting your tracks to load but as soon as that problem passes, i can't wait to listen. just stalked your website--very cool! and i love your awesomely-honest intro. catch you later...
jessicagraae 2 days ago

Thanks for your nice comments on my song. In reading your bio, I can understand how the world can also seem like a mean place to someone like you who works with people whose lives are more difficult than most of us can imagine...
slyswell 2 days ago

Thanks a lot for your comment on my song
aaronnathans 3 days ago

I haven't been able to hear your songs by clicking on the box the normal way. It just spins and spins.
gslade 5 days ago

You up for doing a verse and maybe harmonizing or enhancing on a chorus??? Email if you're down.
thebschip 6 days ago

Haha if you do dubstep, it's gonna have to be dubstep-core. Nathan would love it.
timmyriordan 6 days ago

Thought you'd like to know I did a sestina tonight: *23793. Didn't end up doing in proper iambs, but I think I'm ok with that. Also after making half a go at it I realized that getting the final envoi figured out first was probably the best way to go about it--that and picking fairly flexible words as the ones that would get switched around.

Thanks for inspiring me with your sonnet!
jnatiw 1 week ago

Thanks for taking a listen! Let me know what your schedule is around the D or A2.
gslade 1 week ago

That would be great...if you can get over and lay down some good vocal tracks and send them to me to mix into the song.. Of course..lol..I have nothing to send you yet.. so stay tuned.. glad you're open to the idea .. although I'm not sure how to send you anything. If you want, email me your email. My email is on my profile if you're logged in.
leslie 1 week ago

I am right at home with melancholy. Love it, I really do. But there's nothing about being the way I am that feeds that feeling. It generally comes from inhabiting a paradox, which I love to do, and that space is fulfilled by melancholy. It's like the tune the paradox hums.

And introversion rocks, almost as much as the violin, so I'm glad to meet you. Thanks for your lovely comments on Cloudbreak. I'm happy to know it sang to you.
gslade 1 week ago

Great work so far... good luck the rest of feb..I threw a request for some collaboration on one of you comments. Feel free to say no thanks..but who wants to be a party pooper? not you of course...
debrandio 1 week ago

Hahaha ..as I belie getting old and being creepers. Ha
timmyriordan 1 week ago

Also, my bible for lyrical knowledge and theory is Pat Pattison's writing better lyrics. I've attended a few classes of his over the years too. Very worth it--I think you can find videos of some of his classes online (Berklee's website maybe?) I know he has stuff up on Songwork.com too. Not sure how much it costs for access to that site.
timmyriordan 1 week ago

Had a feeling if I suggested it you might take it on. I think the only one I've actually run into in my life is Neil Gaiman's "Vampire Sestina." Think I did consider giving one a shot at some point but they seem mindbendingly hard. I don't know if I need any side projects this month but it could be fun to try.
brownium 1 week ago

Well, if you need help deciding whether to go down the socialist or libertarian path - choose libertarian (but stay away from the Libertarian party, which is just as bad as the Dems and Repubs).
aaronnathans 1 week ago

Many thanks, Emily.
aaronnathans 2 weeks ago

Hi, Emily! Can't wait to hear your new stuff. I'm glad you're back!
thebschip 2 weeks ago

Looking forward to what you come up with this year!
nathanschleicher 3 weeks ago

Picked a theme for this year's FAWM yet?