Karan

progress: 27 winner!
joined: January 2009
location: Germany
website: www.singvoegel.com

Bio

This is my second year of FAWM. I am a coffee-addicted singer/songwriter, playing and singing in the German band "Singvøgel" (see my website). I joined because February used to be most unfavourite month (dreadful grey weather, sneezing people everywhere and all the beer gardens are closed).

Last year, I wrote all of my songs in German and therefore was able to use a lot of them as raw material for the band. This is likely to happen again. But don't worry, I will provide translations!

Good luck and tons of fun to everyone!

Edit: Oh happy FAWM! This year, my bandmates joined me:
Duke Meyer (http://fawm.org/fawmers/dukemeyer/)
and Sven Scholz (http://fawm.org/fawmers/sentense/) whom I convinced at the very last minute... smile

2010 Songs

1 Zwischen Herz und Verstand 25 comments // 1 month ago
2 Wo gehör' ich hin? 13 comments // 1 month ago
3 Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän (with  Errol) 53 comments // 1 month ago
4 Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz (with  Helen) 40 comments // 1 month ago
5 * Emo (with  Benjamin Nolan) 23 comments // 1 month ago
6 Immer mehr 11 comments // 1 month ago
7 Der Wind macht mich frei 14 comments // 1 month ago
8 Schweinehund 9 comments // 1 month ago
9 Hundert Jahre Wald 18 comments // 1 month ago
10 Schreibblockade 10 comments // 4 weeks ago
11 Meine Muse ist nicht nachtaktiv 8 comments // 4 weeks ago
12 Troll meiner Träume 4 comments // 3 weeks ago
13 Mit sieben Sinnen 5 comments // 3 weeks ago
14 Xenologismen 6 comments // 3 weeks ago
15 Happy Metal (with  sapient network) 17 comments // 3 weeks ago
16 Schnee auf mein Herz 5 comments // 3 weeks ago
17 Perle (with Duke Meyer) 5 comments // 3 weeks ago
18 Ja 21 comments // 2 weeks ago
19 [Parody] All about Troy (Helena's Lament) (with Bizarro Errol) 12 comments // 2 weeks ago
20 Fremdes Land 7 comments // 2 weeks ago
21 Zeit 6 comments // 2 weeks ago
22 Bragis Bande 4 comments // 2 weeks ago
23 Fremdes Land / Strange Land (Late Night Close Mic Version) (with  songsville) 2 comments // 2 weeks ago
24 Zwischenraum (with sentense) 3 comments // 1 week ago
25 Fortsetzung folgt (with sentense) 11 comments // 1 week ago
26 Februar 5 comments // 1 week ago
27 Interview With Karan (with Echo Hall Studios) 1 comment // 1 week ago

Soundboard

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  •  AXL 3 days ago
    Hier sind meine Termine:

    http://fawm.org/forums/thread/650/#c20042
  •  AXL 4 days ago
    Hi Karan, ich bin zurück aus England und hab jetzt wieder ein bisschen Zeit zum Hören und FOP Planen. Ich werde mal in meinen Kalender schauen und ein paar Vorschläge in den entsprechenden Forumsthread schreiben. Und danke nochmal für die tolle Musik.
  •  Benjamin Nolan 5 days ago
    Eeee! big_smile *bounces*
  •  Benjamin Nolan 5 days ago
    http://fawm.org/forums/thread/1075/ yikes
  •  Benjamin Nolan 5 days ago
    Huzzah! big_smile I'll e-mail you the score. big_smile

    (P.S.: Can you bring your 12-string to the FOP? tongue)
  •  Jinx 6 days ago
    Yes, I'm here in Berlin now, and I would love to attend the FOP if possible – please do let me know when the date and place is set! smile
  •  Benjamin Nolan 6 days ago
    Moo. smile I don't suppose I can rope you in to sing backing vocals on 'Til the End of Time at the FOP? smile
  •  Jinx 6 days ago
    Karan! I'm so sorry I never got back to you! I was insanely busy with preparing my trip... but now I'm going to listen to a bunch more of your songs that I missed. smile Prepare for a comment-storm!
  •  Ryan Woodard 1 week ago
    Thanks for the festivals link. I've got my eye on a few. Will you or your band perform at any?
  • shoepixie 1 week ago
    Lovely Karan! I felt so very welcome and happy when I got my first comment from you, and Happy Metal was the first FAWM song I listened to! So thank you for being so kind to a new person (fawmling?) and I enjoy listening to your music so very much! We ought collaborate sometime, I think.
  • Roberta 1 week ago
    Yeah, we made it *high fives*
    Danke auch nochmal für deine Unterstützung und Kommentare. Da fühlt man sich gleich wohl hier smile
  •  Nancy Rost 1 week ago
    Cheers! I look forward to catching up after Helen's visit ... and gotta make it back across the pond to meet you one of these days!
  •  AXL 1 week ago
    Danke, Karan! Du und Duke Meyer, Ihr seit echt "lean and mean songwriting machines". ich freue mich, Eure Band demnächst mal live zu sehen.
  • Ant Lion 1 week ago
    Thanks for your kind comments on my songskirmish lyrics! The mp3 is now being hosted elsewhere, and should work.
  • Dennis Jernberg 1 week ago
    If you're doing 50/90 (which I am), can we do it then? I'll file the idea so I won't forget it. smile
  • Dennis Jernberg 1 week ago
    This might be a little late, but I still want to do a song in German and Titular gave me the perfect title: Schattenbrüder. I realized this could be about two men who are "Busenfeinde" ("bosom enemies" to those who know no German and are reading this), and the word "shadow" (Schatten) could have the meaning Carl Jung gave it as well.

    Please? smile
  •  Roy Estel Hughes 1 week ago
    I assume your goal was to do a double-fawm? How the heck do you do that! Where do you find the time!? I am envious... and very very slow. I have 24 hours to cough up 7 more songs. yikes!

    Seriously... congratulations on completing Fawm again... and as always, your songs are all quite beautiful... some of my favorites from this year for sure. I do hope that if I ever get to Europe, that I get a chance to come see you perform somewhere... I'm sure you are fantastic!
  •  heavyhedonist 2 weeks ago
    Thank you from me also, Karan, for Duke Meyer. I might not have experienced his work had I not seen him commenting on your pages. What a find!
  • Duke Meyer 2 weeks ago
    Lots of thanks for inviting me to this wonderful party...
  •  Casee Wilson 2 weeks ago
    Thank you so much for your comment smile I'm glad it was "magic" for you!
    I will be listening to more songs come March, so I'll be reciprocating!
  • Dennis Jernberg 2 weeks ago
    It took me a little while, but I did a demo. wink
    http://fawm.org/songs/6785/
  •  AXL 2 weeks ago
    Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum "Winnerstatus" smile

    Und vielen Dank für Deine Kommentare. Ich werde mich revanchieren, wenn es mir wieder besser geht (Erkältung) und ich meine Hausaufgaben gemacht habe (drei Songs).

    Gruß!
  •  leavesong 2 weeks ago
    It is a pleasure listening to your voice and your songs. Thanks for your thoughtful comments; you made my day. Best to you.
  •  Roy Estel Hughes 2 weeks ago
    Thanks so much for the kind feedback, Karan. Your wonderous array of songs, and especially your amazing words, inspire me to keep plodding forward and try to make my 14. I am looking forward to listening to your latest creations. Which I will do starting.... now...
  •  Benjamin Nolan 2 weeks ago
    Oh, Karan. smile http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp44H6XMDy8 I love this song. smile
  •  Ryan Woodard 2 weeks ago
    Thanks, Karan. Nice to hear you again. Congratulations on all of your great songs again this year. Know any good upcoming music festivals in Europe in April or May?
  •  Paul Milne 2 weeks ago
    Hi Karan, thanks for your comment on my mime song. I am struggling with a sound for it, but I was listening to some Leonard Cohen over the weekend, and a light bulb came on, so I might be going for that sort of treatment. Exept I can't play the guitar as well as him - never mind, a breakthrough of some sort anyway.
  •  sapient network 2 weeks ago
    Happy Metal is written and posted!! big_smile
  •  Errol 2 weeks ago
    Wow, I don't even know what a russian opera singer sounds like. COOL! big_smile
  •  Errol 3 weeks ago
    Karan! We should really post our song to:
    http://fawm.org/forums/thread/210/
  •  Benjamin Nolan 3 weeks ago
    Yes. Yes you have. wink
  •  Benjamin Nolan 3 weeks ago
    Have some more dodgy German: http://fawm.org/songs/5095/ big_smile
  •  Benjamin Nolan 3 weeks ago
    O.o Do you actually own a nose flute?!
  • Roberta 3 weeks ago
    Komisch, dass das bei dir und einigen anderen nicht geht - bei mir funktioniert's. Welchen Browser benutzt du? Funktioniert wenigstens der Download?
    EDIT: Juhuu, wenigstens das.
    Und nochmal: BTW, ich wollte mich noch ganz herzlich für das "du hast deinen eigenen Stil" bedanken - ich selber sehe das nämlich noch ganz anders. Da ich erst seit... öhm... 15 Tagen überhaupt Lieder schreibe, habe ich das Gefühl ich schwanke unentschlossen hin und her und muss meinen eigenen Stil erst noch finden...
  •  sapient network 3 weeks ago
    Hey Karan... so here is the demo of Viking Biking at last:

    http://fawm.org/songs/2371/
  •  Marie Tueje 3 weeks ago
    Great to see you back here too. I'm gonna try to make it to the London FOP, but it's very much a maybe at the moment.
  •  sapient network 3 weeks ago
    Looks like I might be bale to make it to London after all... will try to confirm it this week.
  •  Potato 4 weeks ago
    booking my tickets for FOP hehe big_smile
  • Captain Vulpine! 4 weeks ago
    Ah, you are too kind! I think the only reason I'm able to produce songs that ride the line of insanity is because I happen to live on that line myself! big_smile And now I'm off to listen to your latest! =]

    -Captain Vulpine!
  • Roberta 1 month ago
    Das liegt wohl an der Seite, ich kann die gerade auch nicht öffnen. Naja, hilft nur abwarten...grrr.
  •  Corinne Curcio 1 month ago
    I enjoyed visiting your websites Karan - even if I couldn't read them. Liked the photos and video and seeing what a versatile and learned musician you are. You're so cool! smile .
  • Roberta 1 month ago
    Danke für deine lieben Kommentare, Karan smile
    Hab jetzt übrigens doch in ein Mikro investiert und schon einige der alten Lieder neu aufgenommen smile
  •  Jinx 1 month ago
    Ooo ja, das wäre echt schön! Bayern ist aber ziemlich weit entfernt von Berlin... wink Ich war nur einmal dort im Süd-Osten, als ich meine Tante in München besuchte. Wohnst Du in München?
  •  Potato 1 month ago
    hey ya.. we should totally make it to the FOP again.... are you going???.. im not 100% yet but seriously getting tempted.... big_smile
  •  willis fireball 1 month ago
    good tag, karan!
    i have been only glancing at the action here, but i will be around more in march, and i'll critique your deutsch. look at all those songs you have! i've written 12, but i'm sending all the lyrics away to be sung by others... i hope i'll have at least 14 done by february 28, but if not, i'll just post the lyrics. i forgot where exactly you're at. i'll be in frankfurt in late june.... happy fawming.

    what's the best german acronym for FAWM, anyway?
  •  Potato 1 month ago
    veilen danke big_smile
  •  Jinx 1 month ago
    Danke, Karan! smile Eigentlich komme ich nach Deutschland sehr bald – vom 1. März bis zum Mittel Julis studiere ich an der Humboldt Uni in Berlin. Ich freue mich schon drauf!
  • Roberta 1 month ago
    Sooo, ist erledigt. Bin zwar überhaupt nicht zufrieden mit den Aufnahmen, aber so bin ich leider nun mal wink
  •  Michael Gutierrez-May 1 month ago
    The videos on your website are very cool and great to see you and the band in performance.
  •  Benjamin Nolan 1 month ago
    Hehe, no rush. smile How goes the latest album? smile
  •  songsville 1 month ago
    Hey Karan, glad I creeped you out. I think. smile

    I took the spririt of your Immer Mehr and just did a poppy one. A break from bass from one day anyway ...
  •  Benjamin Nolan 1 month ago
    Hehe... Can I have another set? big_smile
  •  Benjamin Nolan 1 month ago
    Have a demo. wink
  • Roberta 1 month ago
    Na gut, überzeugt wink
    Morgen versuch ich mal eine Aufnahme, falls meine Stimme wieder da sein sollte. Aber das Rauschen und Piepsen kriegt man mit Audacity zumindest nicht ordentlich weg.
  • Roberta 1 month ago
    Hallo Karan!
    Leider kann ich bei mir wirklich gar nicht aufnehmen - habe nur einen mp3-Player mit ganz schlechter Aufnahmequalität - aber wenn du dich dran versuchen willst, würde ich mich sogar sehr geehrt fühlen smile
  •  Benjamin Nolan 1 month ago
    Oooh, I dunno... Something interesting? smile I tend to work better with more emo lyrics and music, so maybe some emo!Deutsch? tongue
  • panos 1 month ago
    sorry dass ich mich so spaet zureuck melde. Mein erster song ist online - auf griechisch.
  • madamerot 1 month ago
    danke, danke. smile
  • pianoman 1 month ago
    Ah, I was hoping to find some German songs this February. I've studied for just one semester, but I love everything I understand!
  •  Roel van Veldt 1 month ago
    Great song! smile

    Roel
  •  Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago
    Karan, thanks for signing up for Halfpenny Orchestra’s Loteria Challenge. You have been dealt: El Corazon (The Heart, No. 27). Sounds easy, but you could take it in some unexpected directions! In the description of your song, please include the subject of the card and its number. Also, please include loteria as a tag. Have fun!
  •  heavyhedonist 1 month ago
    Ha! you're back! fantastic!
  •  Errol 1 month ago
    Ooooh, now that would be fun. Songs with the longest german words ever... big_smile
  •  Errol 1 month ago
    Darn it, did I promise to sing in German? Uh oh...
  •  Potato 1 month ago
    hey Karan, wie gehts? big_smile i think this year my music will be very strange hehehe might be best avoided... looking forward to your jewels though ....
  •  Frances 1 month ago
    Hi Karan! Only a couple of weeks left to go till the big start! I'm looking forward to this year in a huge way. smile
  •  Errol 1 month ago
    Alllooo Karan! Wait, how come you will collab with everyone except me??

    I'd even sing in German! Of course, you'd have to tell me what to say...
  •  Benjamin Nolan 1 month ago
    Also, yes! You must make it to London again! smile I promise I'll make it with the piano this time... tongue
  •  Benjamin Nolan 1 month ago
    Collab? big_smile
  •  caterwauler 1 month ago
    Hi Karan, nice to see you smile
  •  sapient network 1 month ago
    Exciting, isn't it!!
  •  Maeflower 1 month ago
    If I were a better swimmer, I'd start now and make it to your doorstep before Feb. hits. wink Someday I would love to though.....
  •  Helen 1 month ago
    Hey hey hey - have you checked out the London FOP thread? Would be awesome if you could make it again.
  •  Roy Estel Hughes 1 month ago
    Welcome back, Karan! Looking forward to hearing your marvelous inventions again this year!
  •  Maeflower 1 month ago
    Still breathing out and in and out and in and out (rough translation) here in Cincinnati....and hoping to listen to some more of your truly stunning tunes this year. Welcome back!!!
  •  VikkiFlawith 1 month ago
    Karan! Good to see you again!
  •  Valerie Cox 1 month ago
    Karan! You're awesome. Glad you're here.
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