February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Kessel (@kessel)

progress: 15

winner!
joined: February 1 2011
location: Tennessee, USA
influences: Marillion, Blind Guardian, The Fox Hunt, The Darkness, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, Bruce Springsteen, The National

Bio

Whereas last year I worked part-time at a job that was often canceled due to weather, and I therefore had lots of time to make fully-produced-and-arranged demos, this year I have a real job and a real life so I shall be limited to quick versions of simple things played in few takes in the stolen hours of the morning.

Bio: Ex-lead guitarist for CMJ listmaker Talking to Walls and Grammy nom Jana Mashonee. Has also played on records by Beth Hart, Rachel Kiel, and Colombian pop sensation Marre. Has a BA with honors in music from Wesleyan University, not that that counts for much these days.

Current location: Nashville, where music comes from
Current band status: looking, Nashvillains say hi!
Current inspiration: the house painters, schoolteachers, and security guards I meet every day, all of whom are way better musicians than I am

Goals for FAWM 2012
1) Develop a coherent style
2) Succeed at FAWM without losing my job or my girl or my mind
3) More vocal harmonies (as always, but lighter and more complex)
4) Throw out the Christmas tree ACHIEVED FEBRUARY 19TH!

2012 Songs

1	Cold Call Chicago	11 comments // 3 months ago
2	The Sound of the Tide	8 comments // 3 months ago
3	Stayin' In	8 comments // 3 months ago
4	"Harvey Bragg for Dictator," a FAWMcast Stinger	3 comments // 3 months ago
5	Olive Oil and Worcestershire	14 comments // 3 months ago
6	By and By	2 comments // 3 months ago
7	Everything Awesome	2 comments // 3 months ago
8	Waiting for the Sky	3 comments // 3 months ago
9	Hireling!	1 comment // 3 months ago
10	Edge of the World	1 comment // 3 months ago
11	Pistolero	4 comments // 2 months ago
12	Into the Darkness	2 comments // 2 months ago
13	Last Call	1 comment // 2 months ago
14	Personal (with crispy8888)	8 comments // 2 months ago
15	The Story of the Rat	4 comments // 2 months ago

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crispy8888 3 months ago

LOL this should be interesting! You've done mostly organic songs this FAWM, and I've done mostly electronic - and you're the e-head and I'm the GWAG! We need to chat about our forthcoming epic collab...drop me a line at the email on my profile page.
wille 3 months ago

@crispy8888 did a really cool moody version of the EtC challenge http://fawm.org/songs/24351/ which bodes well for some nice folktronica collabing with designated e-head @kessel.
lara 3 months ago

Awesome! Thanks for the heads up!
lara 3 months ago

Official notice- I'm stalking you so I can do the synthesis after your antithesis... Write, Kessel, write!
lonelyrobot 3 months ago

Ah bless ya, I feel genuinely humbled! It's up here: http://www.filefreak.com/thumbs/small/766260_fluj1/02%20-%20Rectrices.mp3 ... I'll be recording a new version for an EP after FAWM's finished though
lonelyrobot 3 months ago

I did yes! Good memory It was called Rectrices
wille 3 months ago

The month didn't run out this time! It's your turn in the auntiesin chain, antithesizing *21598.
kessel 3 months ago

hi.
davieblue 3 months ago

I just put away my Christmas tree this weekend. Usually I still have a wreath on the door until Valentines ... anyway happy fawm