February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

lapetitekiwi

progress: 32

winner!
joined: February 2009
location: New Zealand
influences: Anything and everything.

Bio

My second FAWM after completing FAWM and 5090 last year.

As you can see, feel free to use my lyrics, instruments I sadly lack!!

Yay did 2XFAWM for Burr (finished with 16 minutes to go!! - ok it actually wasn't 16 minutes but I thought that it was due to time zone differences!!).

4 of 4 official challenges done!!

2010 Songs

1	Thrown in the job deep end	7 comments // 1 month ago
2	* I'm trying to forgive you (with devin)	24 comments // 1 month ago
3	I want to do it right (with PQ)	6 comments // 1 month ago
4	Thrown in at the deep end (with Helen)	19 comments // 1 month ago
5	Dreaming of each other (with Billy Sea)	6 comments // 1 month ago
6	Longing to go (with Billy Sea)	6 comments // 1 month ago
7	Man of Faith	3 comments // 1 month ago
8	My Mornings (with Roel van Veldt)	11 comments // 1 month ago
9	Gave to you (with Julie)	4 comments // 1 month ago
10	Same Condition (with Roel van Veldt)	10 comments // 1 month ago
11	Looking down	5 comments // 1 month ago
12	The plans you have for me (with Billy Sea)	7 comments // 1 month ago
13	Happy St Valentine's Day	2 comments // 1 month ago
14	Five Bennet sisters	3 comments // 1 month ago
15	ABC for Grown-ups (with Errol)	4 comments // 3 weeks ago
16	Do I show the cross on my forehead?	6 comments // 3 weeks ago
17	Student life	1 comment // 3 weeks ago
18	God, I have issues	3 comments // 3 weeks ago
19	My Mornings (Vocals by Stolie) (with kristian)	2 comments // 3 weeks ago
20	My love for you is unconditional	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
21	Mother please	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
22	Walking in the moonlight (with Billy Sea)	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
23	Two joined by God	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
24	Lille, ma ville	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
25	Hands (El Mano No.21)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
26	Neither major nor minor	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
27	Enchantress of my heart	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
28	Into the war zone	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
29	Father* (with Taylor Tay)	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
30	[Parody] It's all about New Zealand (with Bizarro Errol)	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
31	Sand through the hourglass	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
32	Your humble windowpane	1 comment // 2 weeks ago

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Phil Henry 2 weeks ago

Thanks for your kind words, and identifying the song for Ben... This year was tough. Life got in the way the year- sickness, and events at the school where I teach, gigs, promotion for a CD I just put out... Next year, I'll rock it.

It looks like you did well! I need to catch up and LISTEN the way I did last year. Even that's been a stretch!

P
paulotteson 2 weeks ago

Congrats on finishing yet another FAWM! Looking forward to seeing what you've been up to this past month!
Taylor Tay 2 weeks ago

http://fawm.org/songs/8714/
I ended up getting that version of "Mother please" recorded, I really like how it came out, feel free to let me know what you think. Your lyrics were really natural to sing.
Billy Sea 2 weeks ago

Thanks so much BTW, you have an email
Julie 2 weeks ago

Yeah... it's me!!! I realised today when it happened with nearly all the songs (but not on hubbie's computer). I'm having a heap of trouble with streaming and wireless connections with my supposedly new computer!!! It's already been sent back about the wireless connection. Not happy Jan!
groundhog591 2 weeks ago

of course! we can collaborate in 5090. can't wait! and congratulations! you made it!
Julie 2 weeks ago

CONGRATS lapetitekiwi

I finally got a demo of "Gave to You" up... it only took two weeks!!! Sorry about the delay! (Took me ages to sort out the file hosting situation Plus I have just resigned for the first time ever and it's all been a bit difficult.) I hope you like it at least a little bit.
stolie 3 weeks ago

thanks for the lyrics! it was fun!
kristian 3 weeks ago

hope you like My Mornings version! Thanks for letting me use your lyrics!
Billy Sea 3 weeks ago

Thanks for your comment on my latest effort. It took me a week to get that one done (which is around 6.8 days more than my normal songs

Still need to try something for verses 4-6 (which we went over in yesterday's service. Hope to have that finished in the next couple days
adventuresofmimi 3 weeks ago

but again, I do understand that it hurts. Please don't take what I say as criticism, I'm honestly trying to resolve things. I can't be there for him at the moment (and he's super sick right now!! so not cool), and I know he needs friends because everyone seems to have left, and noone seems to have really listened to his side of it. I guess I'm just really hoping that you can find it in you to try to at least see his side, and that you and Stephen can both try to be there for him just a little bit. I know he did things wrong, we both have made so many mistakes, but there's noone on the planet who hasn't made mistakes, and we're both trying to do the best we can in the situation we're in. Can you find it in yourself to help? To let Stephen at least help? For my part, you should know that I am broken up over the part that I've played in hurting so many people. I am so sorry that you were hurt.

I hope this helps you in your journey to forgiveness.
adventuresofmimi 3 weeks ago

honey, you can't really lose someone who was being paid to be there for you. When a counsellor finds a new job, you get a new counsellor. That's a part of life, the same as when your accountant leaves the accounting firm, you have to get a new accountant. I get that having your counsellor leave is a lot harder, it's happened to me too, and you do feel betrayed. I'm just not sure that you telling his flatmate about the songs you'd written about him constitute you hoping he wouldn't find out about them... and being human too, he left because his life was a complete mess, you must at least see that much. And being human too, he's been hurt by your reaction, which seems from his side to be incredibly self-involved. If you cared about him as much as you claim to, it seems odd that you've not really asked how he's doing, or tried to help him when he's needed help. He's needed a lot of help, it's like he pushed a giant self-destruct button on his life, but all you seem to care about is you.
Lara 3 weeks ago

yeah, well... I called my rose bush a tree...
Errol 3 weeks ago

I was being... sarcastic.
Errol 3 weeks ago

See, it would've been easier for me to figure it out if you put like, some type of kiwi in your icon.
Lara 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the comment
& i didn't *mean* to put myself down
just meant I do like your lyrics & will try to live up to the inadvertent comparison
I am still trying to learn how to NOT cram too much into a line, but I am lazy sometimes. I like the way your lyrics flow.
Errol 3 weeks ago

Oh, btw, everytime I come on FAWM, I have a new song. *LAUGH*

You guys are great. Did you want me to do instrumentation on that song? If you have the singing thing figured out?
Errol 3 weeks ago

AUGH! I'm a moron. Sorry about that. I got icons confused. AAAAUUUUGGGHHH!!

I'm SORRRRYYYYYY.....

Don't worry, I DO know who you are. *sigh*

*weep*
Billy Sea 3 weeks ago

LOL, thanks
Billy Sea 4 weeks ago

Getting Old? My dear young lady, I passed "getting old" many years ago.
LOL
Roel van Veldt 4 weeks ago

Hey Siob (is it ok I call you Siob?),

So you live in New Zealand but you're actually french? Did you know there are 32 other FAWM-Kiwi's?
I live near Antwerp(en), and I work in Brussels. Btw, congrats with being a winner already. I seem to be one too, but I still have many songs to be recorded... Much fun work to be done.

Roel

P.S. If you agree, you can easily make a new demo-page for the "My Mornings" lyrics, so Kristian can take the musical challenge too.
Billy Sea 4 weeks ago

Yay, you win (and I'm late congratulating you.....I'm so bad)

Way to go (and this is with your new job), really great effort
John Crossman 4 weeks ago

You win! 3 days ago! Bravo!
Jen Distad 4 weeks ago

Sorry about the delay - your file hosting info should be in your inbox now. Thanks for keeping me honest on that.
kristian 4 weeks ago

Hi! So I'm currently in love with your My Mornings lyrics so I wanna make a song out of them if you don't mind! Already asked Roel since he's already made a version and he's cool with it, but since you're the genius behind them, its your call!
Brianna Rose 1 month ago

Thanks, you're almost finished as well!
yojayoung 1 month ago

Thank you for your comments, btw.
Roel van Veldt 1 month ago

Hi Siobhan,

I would love to try to put music on some of your lyrics! "My mornings" and "Same condition" inspire me. If you like my style, can you put me as a co-author?

Thanks a lot!

Roel
Brianna Rose 1 month ago

Thanks for the comment Which verses would you recomend cutting out?
Julie 1 month ago

Woah... you go girl
Thanks for adding me ... now I'll have to find time over next few days. I think you'll have done the winner thing by then.
testthebest 1 month ago

It's great to be back! Thanks for your great comments! Wow you've been busy...I'll have to give all your collabs a listen.
groundhog591 1 month ago

Haha. Yeah! I am! We should do a collaboration again this time.
marklberry 1 month ago

Wandered over here from "I'm Not Nancy Rost" on Helen's page. Glad I did. Rock on!
Cheers! MLB
kermy 1 month ago

no worries...after a recording - i'll be asking for a video...and if you give me a video,...I might want a plane ticket to go with it!
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Greetings, then! I've been teaching for six years. The thing I like best about my job is being in the classroom. The think I like least? Being a political piñata every election year. You know, whack us hard enough and prizes fall out. But beyond that, it's an ideal job for a science guy like me.

English ... although I like creative writing, I always hated studying the dusty corners of literature. Utilitarian writing? For crying out loud, we could teach an entire 4 year course on just the 20th century -- without digging up those old tedious nightmares
adventuresofmimi 1 month ago

also, names have clearly been named, and discussions been had, else we wouldn't know about it, now would we??
adventuresofmimi 1 month ago

You should know that everything published on the internet can be found again. And the person now knows that your songs exist. And now -I'm- so angry.
Julie 1 month ago

I didn't know how to save all the stuff on 5090 etc and didn't have time to figure it out - so I appreciate your friend being too busy to do OE spoke word ... I hope I still have my stuff on my digital recorder. Will have to try to find O Te Puke.
Julie 1 month ago

Hi little kiwi
Billy Sea 1 month ago

Great to see you back up in full force I have some ideas for a couple of your songs but need to wait until everyone in the house is awake. See your general invitaiton to use you lyrics under your bio so whatever I come up with I'll post as a new song, and if you hate them, I'll just kill them (and bury them in the lawn) lol.
Enjoy the job. Wow, teenagers? I hope you don't get any students like I was as a teenager
wazanegi 1 month ago

Managing the teaching/writing gig I see! Putting me to shame (only one up) haha. Have fun!!
devin 1 month ago

I accept your invitation without the slightest reservation....I have some ideas, but I wish to practice them some more to provide a better demo. I will update soon!
Helen 1 month ago

Either way is fine. I have an idea for it. I just need to get around to recording, which I may do tonight, or else tomorrow, hopefully.
squirt 1 month ago

I want to do it right is a cool collab. I like the way the music really supports the 'mood' of they lyrics.
Billy Sea 1 month ago

Well I was going to only do 14....then I saw Burr's goal of 14K so figured I better increase it to 100
wazanegi 1 month ago

LaPetite! still massively impressed! I also teach so feel free to vent about how annoying the little beeps can be!! haha. PS sneaky writing once classes are settled in to their work is 1000% acceptable
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

Li’lKiwi, thanks for signing up for Halfpenny Orchestra’s Loteria Challenge. You have been dealt: El Mano (The Hand, No. 21). Use your hand in the recording, sing about hands, whatever! 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!
PQ 1 month ago

Hallo kiwi!
Helen 1 month ago

Coolies. I promise I won't be so crap this year
markvanmusic 1 month ago

Yay FAWM. Hope yours goes well
Leslie 1 month ago

Nice to see you again!
MAX VANREMMERDEN 1 month ago

I'm so sorry for my stupid post in the 'clock' thread.
Call me stupid, yes you may.
Posting before thinking is one of my failures

Happy FAWMing in less then 12 hrs.
lito quez 1 month ago

wishin you heaps of fun and success too! hope this FAWM is good to you.
Debs 1 month ago

Salut!
friendly ghosts have umbrellas 1 month ago

Yup. And it's not their fault they speak it either. Ehrm. : )
friendly ghosts have umbrellas 1 month ago

Haha. I don't despise French speaking people or anything. That would take up too much of my time. ;P
John Crossman 1 month ago

The return of the madness.... welcome back!
friendly ghosts have umbrellas 1 month ago

I took French for three years, but I stopped about three years ago... talking about it makes me feel almost guilty, lol.
friendly ghosts have umbrellas 1 month ago

I wish I knew French well enough to read Sagan in French... it's going to be one of those "I wish I would've" when I'm eighty.
Errol 2 months ago

Hey Lapetite! I used this software for my novel:

http://gimcrackd.com/etc/src/

If anything, I used it more for the outlining than the publishing to HTML.
rahkout 2 months ago

Thanks for the welcome, I can't wait for February!
cts 2 months ago

...two lines!
VikkiFlawith 2 months ago

Ah.... Paris in springtime.... one day!
devin 2 months ago

If you write a follow up "I forgive you", then I'll try and do that too

Nice to have you at this event too...love your writing!
paulotteson 2 months ago

Wouldn't miss this for the world.. feels like 50/90 just ended though, doesn't it?
devin 2 months ago

Hi there! Nice to see you warming up for another frenzied February!!
Sir Ralph Hogaboom Rutherford Tuxpin Winchester IV 2 months ago

Thanks for giving Rahkout a shout out! I'm also quite teeming with excitement for FAWM this year.
VikkiFlawith 2 months ago

Just deaming of Paris at the mo. Once the debts are paid off, I want to go and stay there for a whole month and just be part of it.

Don't speak a word of French.

[ Well, maybe a word or two, but that's all.... lol ]
VikkiFlawith 2 months ago

Hi fellow Paris lover
Billy Sea 2 months ago

BTW, if you want a copy of my Christmas CD, I still have a couple copies left. Just email me with your mailing address
Billy Sea 2 months ago

You keep talking about my songs like that I'm going to get a big head.....and it is going to make my voice sound all funny....lol.
yojayoung 2 months ago

hullo, here i am - Dana.
Billy Sea 2 months ago

Ok, then I'll do 17, lol.

And much congratulations on your 1st class honours, that is awesome
Billy Sea 2 months ago

Hey Looking forward to seeing what you come up with as well. I don't know about the 14K. I was thinking about only doing 14, lol