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marklberry progress: 18 winner! joined: January 2009 location: Missouri, USA website: mark@pushingleavestowardsthesun.com

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2010 Songs

1		My Own Eulogy (with cleveij)	6 comments // 1 month ago
2		Long Live the Pigship (with  Mal)	3 comments // 1 month ago
3		Zak's Attack	6 comments // 1 month ago
4		Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers (with snarfski)	5 comments // 1 month ago
5		Getting It Every Day	1 comment // 1 month ago
6		The Handyman	3 comments // 1 month ago
7		Overseas Customer Care	1 comment // 1 month ago
8		"HeleNanTC"	8 comments // 1 month ago
9		No Santa	2 comments // 4 weeks ago
10		Farewell to the Concorde (with cleveij)	1 comment // 3 weeks ago
11		HeleNanTC (with  Billy Sea)	6 comments // 3 weeks ago
12		Closed (with cleveij)	1 comment // 3 weeks ago
13		The Evil Empires (with  dreamscuba)	5 comments // 3 weeks ago
14		The 13-Year-Old Religious Freedom Fighter (with  dreamscuba)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
15		Street Justice (with  The Das Binky Recording Collective)	5 comments // 2 weeks ago
16		My Shower (with Krista Brindle)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
17		Under the Tiny Bridge (with  Billy Sea)	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
18		How Crazy You Make Me	zong // 2 weeks ago

Soundboard

•  MAX VANREMMERDEN 4 days ago

  The Beatles
  http://www.parool.nl/static/FOTO/pe/17/15/9/art_xlarge_11949.jpg
  
  regular canal boat:
  http://www.amsterdamimage.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1549&g2_serialNumber=2
  
  or view from a boat:
  http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r140/chip54nl/Amsterdam/_DSC1549a.jpg
  
  If you search for " magere brug " you will find a lot of them

• Candle 5 days ago

  Hey Mark,
  
  Thanks for your comment on Edges! I'm not quite sure if I have my own genre, but that's an amazing compliment! Thank you so much.
  
  And I do intend to get back here & listen to more of your wonderful songs!
  
  See You In The Shadows…

•  Billy Sea 6 days ago

  Hey Mark, listened to the song a couple times this morning. It almost feels like I should put some more work in on the music. Right now there doesn't seem to be much difference between the chorus and the verses. I am pretty much taking off the first couple weeks of March with the exception of my song a week project but will go back and see what can be done in the weeks ahead. (and your voice is fine. You just need to own it. I think just gaining confidence with you singing is all that you need

• musicsongwriter 6 days ago

  Hi Mark, thank you so much for your nice comment on "Feeling Fed up".
  
  I'd be very happy to collaborate with you on this song. I'm editing my reply as I've checked now with Scott who originally was interested in collaborating on the song but he is very busy.
  
  Looking forward to hearing your lyrics. Are you planning to record your vocals as well? That would be fantastic
  
  Nadia

•  Mal 1 week ago

  Awesome news! I'm sorry for taking so long on Pigship. I've read your memoirs over and over, and I've been lurking on aviation forums, and the demo is about half there. This is one I want to be just so, but if you need it by a certain time do set me a deadline. I'm going to try to get it finished up in the next few days, but give me a limit all the same if need be.

•  Billy Sea 1 week ago

  Hey Mark, thanks for the kind comments. By all means, take a shot with Weathering Work Days. I haven't been able to come up with anything I like yet

•  Debs 1 week ago

  Thanks for the comment, Mark! Actually though, Kermy did the lyrics on "Piece of Me" and I did the music in its entirety, so that was me harmonizing with myself

•  dreamscuba 1 week ago

  Thank you very much for the invite Mark. I am really honoured that you asked me. It's my daughter's birthday on the 15th and I will have to be home in Thailand to celebrate with her. If I find the money to get the family to come over...you may see me. Have a great time!!

•  Billy Sea 1 week ago

  Thanks so much for the invite Mark. I doubt I could do something like this until I retire but I am honored that you asked

•  The Das Binky Recording Collective 1 week ago

  Thanks for the invite, Mark! Unfortunately, I'll be 800 miles north on a big fishing trip that weekend. Hope it's a good one!

• Deep Sea Cavalry 1 week ago

  Thanks for the nice comment. Where is "best day of my life"? I can't commit to anything but I'd like to check it out.

•  dreamscuba 1 week ago

  Thanks very much for the comments on the composition and recording. I have posted a link directly so it can be heard on the FAWM site.

•  Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 1 week ago

  Thanks for the comment on One Day at a Time. I checked out your website today. I like the concept of the book and music together. This is something I did last year with a non-fiction book and a mini album, but the book wasn't really that great.:)

• Deep Sea Cavalry 2 weeks ago

  Nice album... Great work getting done too. And thanks for spending some time listen to our stuff. Hopefully see you next year on here.

•  Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 2 weeks ago

  Congrats on a great FAWM Mark and some great collabs with my friend Simon too

•  paulotteson 2 weeks ago

  Hey Mark - Sorry I didn't get anything done on your tune.. the second half of this month killed me.. and I am creatively wiped. Congrats on finishing another fawm! Looking forward to catching up with all the tunes in "The Listening March"..

•  dreamscuba 2 weeks ago

  Hi Mark,
  
  I just sent you a link for the demo...I hope you like it...
  
  Thanks for asking me to collab,
  Simon.

•  ellen liss 2 weeks ago

  thanks so much for commenting on my cliche song...just as you suspected, I sat down wanting to write a rock song and thought, "huh, no matter what I say is going to sound cliche..." (<--hey, another rhyme about cliches!!) so why not just jump in and admit it?

• T.C. Elliott 2 weeks ago

  Thanks Mark. I'm not a collaborator. That's changed this past year and a half and in fact you were among my first collaborations. I'm surprised our song turned out so well but am happy it did.
  
  I see you are a winner now as well. Congratz and keep up the good work.

• yeahclickdancehit 2 weeks ago

  http://fawm.org/songs/7465/

•  dreamscuba 2 weeks ago

  Hi Mark,
  
  Cool! Will have a go at the weekend when I get some time. Thanks,
  Simon.

•  The Das Binky Recording Collective 2 weeks ago

  Hi there, Mark! I REALLY like the lyric set for "Street Justice". Do you have a style in mind? (Angry Punk, Driving Acoustic, etc.)
  
  I can't guarantee I'll be able to get to it, and if I do it'll probably be the weekend, but I've got some cool ideas for the melody.

• Krista Brindle 2 weeks ago

  Hey Mark! That's quite the song of yours--I'm not sure I can do it justice, but I think I might have to try!

•  Mal 3 weeks ago

  Just one to go! Do it!

• Candle 3 weeks ago

  Thanks for the great comments! I'm so behind on my watchlist it isn't even funny… And I suddenly realized there's only a week left for FAWMing! ARGHHHH!
  
  Yes, my music is very relaxing (well, some of it at least). You're the first one to suggest sleep CDs, but it's a great thought. Thank you!

•  dreamscuba 3 weeks ago

  Hi Mark, I just posted a demo of your song The Evil Empires....Thanks for asking me to collaborate. ....Only 1 song to go for you now..sweet!

•  Helen 3 weeks ago

  Haha - did you see this one? http://fawm.org/songs/4079/

•  dreamscuba 3 weeks ago

  Hi Mark, Thanks for your comments...now it's the weekend...so FAWM time...I'm working on your words now. Due to time constraints, I'll probably post a rough demo...but we have plenty of time after Feb to work it all out...

•  Debs 3 weeks ago

  Sadly beyond that stage, Mark. Thank you for listening

•  Billy Sea 3 weeks ago

  LOL, actually, I used your lyrics and did it with bongo's and a beatnik, Wm Shatnerish talking thing. A little bit strange to be sure. Let me know if you totally hate it and I'll lock it (or you can since I'll have you listed as a collaborator for the lyrics

• Krista Brindle 3 weeks ago

  Howdy Mark! Just wanted to let you know, I got a demo up for the Valentine song, in case you'd like to hear it. I never thought of it as a "for the troops" kind of song, but now that you mention it, it fits. Who knew?

• T.C. Elliott 3 weeks ago

  It is all good, Mark. Between band duties, FAWM and a sick dog, I've been up to my ears in to do lists.
  Oh I see you have a demo. Let me go listen.

•  dreamscuba 4 weeks ago

  Mark, thanks very much for your comments on my song. I would be honoured to record your song in the flavour of mine...not sure how well I'll do, but very happy to give it a go...Cheers, Simon.

•  Billy Sea 4 weeks ago

  So Mark, would it be ok if I did a version of HeleNanTC? I have something in mind that would likely fail to make it out of the gate. It will likely be horrid and unlistenable to but it will be fun (at least for me)

•  barbara 4 weeks ago

  Thanks for listening and commenting on "I Feel it All Around" -- first official collaboration of adding music to existing lyrics for me!

•  kermy 4 weeks ago

  Quantum Leap is one of those life altering shows that should have never ended!!! k

• toms 4 weeks ago

  Thanks for the listen and kind comments, MLB! Just a few more to go and we're there!

•  G Slade 4 weeks ago

  Homicidal Cats has been updated with a Demo... http://fawm.org/songs/40/

•  dreamscuba 4 weeks ago

  Thanks very much for the comment on my song.

• Happy Atheist 1 month ago

  Happy Darwin Day, marklberry!

•  The Vinyl Flies 1 month ago

  I much appreciated the feedback and ideas; it helps me realize more of the song's potential-potential: Sort of a "when I go back to re-record these particular songs, this is going to be really something interesting."
  
  And for that, thanks!

•  Billy Sea 1 month ago

  Hi Mark, thank you for the offer to collab on your Customer Care song but won't be able to work that one. Sometimes that kind of stuff works out, sometimes not. It is usually easier for me to just read through lyrics and see if the music speaks to me. If it is ok, I will keep an eye on other stuff you put up and if you don't already have music, or a collab partner listed....if I think I can do something with it, I'll let you know. (and can even email an mp3 prior to posting to make sure it is what you were looking for)
  
  Thanks again for the offer.
  
  BTW, on my song "the last song" I seriously debated holding it until the end of the month, but if I hold songs back it seems to stiffle the muse so I try to post whatever I can as soon as I can and wait for the OMG Panic where I have nothing posted and no ideas. Interesting things happen that way

• Kerri Arista 1 month ago

  Hi!
  thanks for the suggestion about the video screen- i've been lazy and not very creative when it comes to the videos. i should spend more time on them.
  anyway, good luck- 6 down, only 8 more to go! you're almost 1/2 way there!!

•  Billy Sea 1 month ago

  Hi, all were written this month. The only thing I brought into Feb was a list of possible song titles that occured to me in months past, of which I've only used 7. For reference, I wrote 14 songs in January as a warm up, I wrote or collabed 121 songs last FAWM (09) & 126 songs last 5090. If you listen to several of my songs you'll see that none of them are especially grand or complicated. An idea, 3 verses a chorus, and my poorly played guitar with 3 or 4 chords.
  
  I'm also 55 years old and my style of music isn't for everyone (by a long shot) but I try to entertain those that enjoy it. I also don't have a lot of outside things to occupy me especially during February when I let me DVR capture anything I want to see on TV and pretty much forget about anything else.
  
  As for the underlying question in your post, no, I am not cheating to get these numbers. Kill the inner critic and your social life during Feb and you could put up the same number of songs.
  
  Cheers

•  paulotteson 1 month ago

  Sounds good! I'll take a look at it this weekend!

•  Helen 1 month ago

  "Can I call you Al?"
  
  Only if you agree to be my bodyguard.

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Mark, I need a favour from you. Tell me about the pigships. Why are they called that ... what's the history ... what's your history with them ... and so on. Thanks.

•  paulotteson 1 month ago

  Hey Mark, lets do it!

• cheerios 1 month ago

  Thanks for the feedback Mark. I'm glad you're enjoying my FAWM output so far. Next time I throw down in a social-media war, you and I will collaborate and really flame them!
  
  Also, in reference to the guitar slaps; I was REALLY punishing my guitar... in the version of that song I hear in my head, there are cymbal crashes right there... but I didn't have cymbals to hit... so I just thumped the body of my jumbo. It really resonates. I kind of dig the percussive sound.

• Happy Atheist 1 month ago

  Hey! Thanks for the kind words, man!

•  Maeflower 1 month ago

  Aww, thanks for the note Mark...and also the invite! Unfortunately my road-trip car just gave up the ghost 2 days ago....it is officially a lawn-ornament now...and until such time as I can get a replacement I'm Cincinnati-bound. (btw....I really love your writing style and your authenticity....was blown away by Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers)

• Candle 1 month ago

  Thanks for the great comments! I'm loving your sound!

• carbonxkiwi 1 month ago

  Your comment was incredibly sweet! Thank you for that! :] It made my day. Keep well!

•  paulotteson 1 month ago

  Man, you are crusin! Looking forward to catching your today!

• cheerios 1 month ago

  thanks for the comments mark. keep your eyes on the redheads... its always the redheads that inspire the best songs for me! haha

• cleveij 1 month ago

  Hey all of Mark's FAWM Friends. I'm a new recruit and I'm more of a guitar player than anything else. I do a lot of audio video shooting and editing as well and recently finished writing a screenplay thanks to Mark. I have a very full plate this month but I'll do my best to post a few pieces of music that need lyrics, vocals, drumtracks etc. I honestly do not expect to get a whole album done by myself. But if you find something of mine that catches your ear, just ask.
  If you google my screen name "cleveij" you may already find some of my stuff.

• cleveij 1 month ago

  OK I'm on now.

•  Debs 1 month ago

  Looks like Mal is game to take the helm on "Pigship" but he spoke to me about it and so I help him with vocals and such if he needs it. What a neat project and thanks for asking us

•  Mal 1 month ago

  O my god, that is so fucking cool! Hell yeah, I'm game!

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Mark, thanks! I believe I owe you a song, so hopefully I can make it up to you this month.

•  Debs 1 month ago

  Enjoy, Mark! I see you did some recruiting - awesome!

• Kim 1 month ago

  Hi Mark! Nope, Dave's not on here, he's busy doing shows and recording other people's music.
  
  Yay! It's Feb 1st! :oDDD

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Mark! Glad to see you're in for another.

•  paulotteson 1 month ago

  Glad you're back Mark! Looking forward to what's in store for FAWM 2010!