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MAX VANREMMERDEN progress: 36 winner! joined: January 2006 location: Netherlands website: home.tiscali.nl/studio273/media.htm influences: Jonathan Richman Joe Strummer Billy Bragg Evan Dando Ryan Adams Tom Morgan Richard Thompson Vic Chesnutt Ben Kweller Ben Lee Grant McLennan Nick Drake Gram Parsons Steve Forbert Loudon Wainwright III Luka Bloom Richard Hell Ben Deily John Lydon Ian Dury Darren Hanlon Ani Difranco Mike Ness Colin Newman Bob Dylan Howe Gelb Josh Ritter Jesse Malin Johnny Thunders Damien Rice Iggy Pop Neil Young Bert Jansch Jason Merritt Jeff Tweedy Kevin Devine Lou Reed Siouxsie Freedy Johnston Tom Waits Ron Sexsmith Mark Lanegan Shane MacGowan Christy Moore Elvis Costello Tim Rogers Lucky Fonz III Television Personalities Au Pairs Wire Lemonheads Clash Dickies Go Betweens Young Marble Giants Buzzcocks Calexico Giant Sand Ramones New York Dolls Only Ones Velvet Underground gIVEgOOds Timesbold Willard Grant Conspiracy Sneeze Cure Brute Jesus and Marychain Smudge Rancid NOFX Slackers Gadjits Sex Pistols Devo Vandals Television Wilco Stiff Little Fingers Boegies Two Gallants AND the Amsterdam Songwriters Guild

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2010 Songs

1		GOOD TO BE BACK	48 comments // 1 month ago
2		VIDEO: Good To Be Back	7 comments // 1 month ago
3		HEY THAT'S ME	27 comments // 1 month ago
4		VIDEO: Hey That's Me	7 comments // 1 month ago
5		THIS IS THE PLACE	10 comments // 1 month ago
6		VIDEO: This Is The Place	6 comments // 1 month ago
7		CASUAL HERO	15 comments // 1 month ago
8		VIDEO: Casual Hero	11 comments // 1 month ago
9		DADDYSCHU COVER: Prodigal (fawmcover#1)	7 comments // 1 month ago
10		COUNTING SHEEP	11 comments // 1 month ago
11		COTTON BUDS (week2challenge)	9 comments // 1 month ago
12		VIDEO: Counting Sheep	7 comments // 1 month ago
13		EMMA COVER: Sleepless (fawmcover#2)	6 comments // 1 month ago
14		TAKE YOU TO THE DANCE FLOOR	11 comments // 1 month ago
15		VIDEO: Take You To The Dance Floor	6 comments // 1 month ago
16		VIDEO: Cotton Buds (week2challenge)	3 comments // 1 month ago
17		GROW OLD WITH YOU	13 comments // 1 month ago
18		VIDEO: Grow Old With You	4 comments // 4 weeks ago
19		HERE WE GO AGAIN (5-second-song)	3 comments // 4 weeks ago
20		IT'S A COLD DAY (5-second-song)	3 comments // 4 weeks ago
21		DON'T LEAVE ME HERE BOYS (5-second-song)	6 comments // 4 weeks ago
22		COMING HOME	4 comments // 4 weeks ago
23		VIDEO: Coming Home	2 comments // 4 weeks ago
24		DON'T WANT TO WAIT	9 comments // 3 weeks ago
25		VIDEO: Don't Want To Wait	2 comments // 3 weeks ago
26		COPY CAT (mojo-tribute)	7 comments // 3 weeks ago
27		ORINOCO COVER: Done With You (fawmcover#3)	2 comments // 3 weeks ago
28		*FAN THE FLAME	3 comments // 3 weeks ago
29		VIDEO: Fan The Flame	3 comments // 3 weeks ago
30		WHATEVER YOU DO	2 comments // 3 weeks ago
31		[Parody] 't Is Me Wat Moois (with Bizarro Errol)	5 comments // 3 weeks ago
32		VIDEO: Whatever You Do	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
33		I HATE IT WHEN MACHINES BREAK DOWN	4 comments // 2 weeks ago
34		Interview With MAX VANREMMERDEN (with Echo Hall Studios)	6 comments // 2 weeks ago
35		ZONG-BUSTING	9 comments // 2 weeks ago
36		YOUR WORLD	20 comments // 2 weeks ago

Soundboard

•  hbusse 16 hours ago

  hey Max, thanks for the comment on our song Gravity! much appreciated.

•  Ross Durand 3 days ago

  Hey Max - thanks for the VERY kind comments on my song "Pellets of Poison" - too kind and very flattering. I really glad you liked it.

•  marklberry 4 days ago

  Max,
  I just posted an extremely rough cut for "Under the Tiny Bridge" that I made from Billy Sea's instrumental: http://www.pushingleavestowardsthesun.com/tinybridge
  I also checked out your music webpage. You rock. Feel free to make your own song from my lyrics, as Amsterdam is home to you.
  This song in some form or maybe multiple forms will become part of my memoir which is a work in progress. Send me an e-mail and I'll send you the chapter it appears in.
  Cheers! MLB

•  marklberry 4 days ago

  Those are awesome pics. Huge thanks!
  Cheers! MLB

•  marklberry 4 days ago

  Max,
  
  Any chance you could send me a picture of the Tiny Bridge? Bonus points if it has a canal boat underneath it
  
  Cheers! Mark

•  colinward 5 days ago

  Max,
  
  Thanks for checking out my song A Little Too Long. Glad you like it. Yes, it could be done in various styles. I am trying to pitch country songs, hence country!
  
  Colin

• astroboy 5 days ago

  hey thanks for the nice comments! i really have to get around to commenting on fawmers a bit more! i will when i have the chance...march is "work for like hell for the man" month. FAWM was a great challenge and so fun to participate in. I'm just a poor animator living in minnesota who writes songs as a hobby! thanks for listening!

•  Michael Gutierrez-May 5 days ago

  Max, it wasn't intentional on Third Rail and I never would have noticed unless you pointed it out but it is an ironic placement of the beeping sound for sure. I sometimes catch computer noises when I am recording and that is what happened, I think. Thanks for coming by to listen.

•  1B King 5 days ago

  Thank you for your comment on Precipice. It pleases me that you got it. To me, the whole point of recording songs is not so much about perfection as it is capturing the essence. Thanks.

•  orinoco 5 days ago

  Hi Max,
  
  Thanks for your comment on Bad Day At The Office. our EP wasn't strictly co-written - I did three songs and Jacqui did 3. Whilst we often comment on each other's stuff, this was the first time we'd actually sat down together and written a song from scratch. It was fun!

• Dillon Richards 6 days ago

  Yesss we do. Haha. Thanks for the compliments! We're all glad that you like the tunes.

• musicsongwriter 6 days ago

  Hi Max, thank you very much for taking time to listen and post your beautiful comment on "Dancing Snow". Your opinion means a lot to me. I absolutely love your compositions and I'm very grateful to you for the opportunity to know what you think about my music I'm very happy how it turned out thanks to Kristian's magic
  
  Nadia

• lieke 1 week ago

  hee max,
  i don't think i told you.. but i love, i mean i really LOVE your song 'take you to the dancefloor'!!! i put it on everytime i feel like dancing!!! and i have it on repeat for like an hour!!! haha!!! and then i sing along a second melody.. and i just love it!!! thanx for this music! you really lift my mood and make my day!

•  Roel van Veldt 1 week ago

  Hey Max, thanks for the comment!
  
  Well done, you beat me with one more song! To be honest, after number 14 I forgot about the number and I was even more in it for the fun than before. I didn't realize I had 35 songs before I had uploaded the last song! I had only 30 minutes or so a day and believe me, they made my day every time! I had a heavy month emotionally and physically, but once behind my piano, I got into a state of "flow" and 'became' the song I played. I'm sure you know the feeling!
  
  Roel
  
  Roel

•  Chasing Andromeda 1 week ago

  Max, any time my friend. It is always nice to know that someone truly enjoyed your track. BTW, superior job this year. Looking forward to going through all of your tuneage in March.

• Mana Junkie 1 week ago

  Hey Max, glad you like what I've done with "Fan The Flame"... a sort of an anti-pop ambient extended mix. I just want to thank you for letting me into your world and messing it up some. ~ Tim

•  caterwauler 1 week ago

  Et un gros bisou à Foppe et toi

•  sapient network 2 weeks ago

  Hey Max - thanks for giving Tick Tick Boom a listen
  
  Yeah, I'd love to have a stand-up bass on that tune. I sooo wish I could play it. I tried once and could barely get it to make a sound. I'm so in awe of people who know how to get the best out of that instrument...

•  Greg Lines 2 weeks ago

  nicely done Max. Your work this year has been excellent. Might be over in Amsterdam later this year so maybe we should get together for a beer?

• Ken Ficara 2 weeks ago

  Max -- thank you!!!! I didn't know there was a "Ficara way" but I'm glad you like it. There will be a few more of those, and I know I'm horribly behind on listening, but I'll do it in March after I hit my 14. Can't wait to hear more of yours.

• Laurie Stark 2 weeks ago

  I've re-read the comment you left for me at least sixteen times. That means a lot from you. xo

•  Benjamin Nolan 2 weeks ago

  Lyrics on the hottentotten song are pretty much completed. Demo should arrive tomorrow!

•  Debs 2 weeks ago

  I'd say "Doooooooooooo it!" Butt...hmmmmm

•  Benjamin Nolan 2 weeks ago

  Ik stelte hottentottensoldatenvrachtwagenreservewielventieldopjestentententoonst ellingsterreinentoezichthoudersverenigingsgebouwenliftenonderhoudsmont
  eursgebruikershandleidingindexpaginanummertjes.

• Louie Wire 2 weeks ago

  Hallo,
  Ik ben opgegroeid in nederland vanaf me tiende volgens mijn, in engeland gebore, daar woon ik nu ook, ben hier op dit moment aan het studeren en uiteindelijk een band formen.
  Ik heb naar een paar nummer geluisterd, was goed man en het engels is gewoon perfect hoor.
  Ik spreek je
  Louie

•  The Vinyl Flies 3 weeks ago

  Well, the animation ain't perfect, but it twas fun, eh?
  
  I hope to get some nice editing software soon, cause what I got ain't cutting it. Heh.

•  Jharms 3 weeks ago

  Haha, "Nutella Hash Cake," as in "hashing out a quick song to try to complete fawm on time?" I get it. I was reeeeeaally confused for a couple days there.

• Louie Wire 3 weeks ago

  hey man, wil je ff naar mijn songteksten kijken. even reageren wat er beter kan, zou ik erg waarderen
  vriendelijke groeten Louie

•  The Vinyl Flies 3 weeks ago

  Hey, thanks Max, there are some strange glitches 18 Secs in, you're right. Simple fix!
  
  I'll have a new one up soon.
  
  Soooo close...

• Jodi Arlyn 3 weeks ago

  Hey Max! Thanks for your encouragement...I'm truly hoping to get SOMETHING posted before the end of the month!

•  tinkerbell 3 weeks ago

  Thanks very much for your comment on Lullaby for Lily, Max.

• Mana Junkie 3 weeks ago

  Danke, Max! I'll see what I can do

•  mojo 3 weeks ago

  Mrrreeew awrrrew rrweoow rrrrmrrrwrrr, meeeew rrrweeeeaw eeeow hhwhhew. Ammmeeaw meeew owmeow, mrrrgrkrkrrrrr krrrkrrrrw. Hhhwhwhh : mrrrow Fophpehw rrreeow eeew awew!
  [Mojo is really touched by your tribute. He wants to thank you and Foppe for this wonderful catcore song : you've absolutely captured the true spirit of catcore, and Foppe's performance is awesome. The lyrics are gorgeous too : Mojo is honoured to receive such a tribute!]

• nightengale 3 weeks ago

  Congrats on that number of great songs!

•  The Vinyl Flies 3 weeks ago

  Crazy? Oh, far from it! Far from it!
  
  Well...close to it, close to it.

•  Timothy Chen Allen 3 weeks ago

  Man, you are a machine! I'm going to listen to all your stuff when I get to work, but I'm impressed that you were able to finish and cut videos for everything!

•  katebirdrex 3 weeks ago

  Since I've posted only 2 songs so far (and am fairly happy at that!), my mind is blown that you've already completed so much work--and that you're doing video versions to boot! This is a pretty amazing community of creators.

• Dennis Jernberg 4 weeks ago

  One of the Roxy London recordings that got lost? (checks Wikipedia, drops jaw to floor) You mean I was channelling it without even knowing it?! My first surprise namedrop this FAWM! Last year, New Wave Power Slave reminded Calum Carlyle of New Race and Casee Wilson of Specimen.
  
  This is starting to become a FAWM trend for me...

•  mar_gar_e_t 4 weeks ago

  got it! thanks!!

•  Linzi 4 weeks ago

  19 songs! My goodness, excellent work. I'm about to go listen...
  
  You asked if I perform my music live...I don't. I'm in a band, we do little gigs but only cover songs. The group members are cool but they're much older and not looking to create songs from scratch. I don't think I'd want to either, I quite like working alone < bit of a loner. So, maybe I could start playing my own tunes but the venue would always have to have a clapped out old clanger for a piano...
  
  Thank you for listening to my stuff

•  The Vinyl Flies 1 month ago

  Wow! Man, I gotta take some time and catch up on these! Nice work!

•  Tim Fatchen 1 month ago

  Thank you Max. And congrats on getting past the magic 14!

•  Frances 1 month ago

  Hey, that's so exciting to think of me popping up on the your music player of choice! Thanks!

• Dennis Jernberg 1 month ago

  So you're hearing a Madness-type ska-punk version of Going Rouge? If you can pull it off, go for it! Or find someone who can. It would be interesting to hear a remake in a completely different style. In fact, that's what I'm doing right now...

•  mar_gar_e_t 1 month ago

  thanks for the comment on be my valentine... the (very bad) demo is up now!

•  ellen liss 1 month ago

  Hi Max! Thanks for commenting on my couch song....I am glad it moved you so deeply that you will no longer take your furniture for granted I can now leave this Earth knowing I have made a positive impact...my life has meaning! I now represent the thousands of poor, taken-advantage-of furniture pieces that cannot speak on their own behalf. .....OK, forget it, I'm gonna go back to writing sappy love songs...I look forward to watching and listening to your setlist here - off I go! Ellen

• Sean_T_Wright 1 month ago

  Congrats on reaching 14+

• Kenny Hyslop 1 month ago

  Composting toilets. That's a load of shit!!! haha. Yeah John Lydon. It's too painfull to talk about, watch it for yourself.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mSE-Iy_tFY

• Sean_T_Wright 1 month ago

  thanks for the kind comment. The punk band was called a charming little name THE STAB! Didn't amount to much. lol. But we did gigs with The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers, and Eddie and Hot Rods and got gobbed on a lot!! lol.

•  Roel van Veldt 1 month ago

  Hallo Max,
  
  You bet I'm having fun! It would be even more fun if I had (much much much) more time, but hey, I'm doing what I can do, and since it's well appreciated by some fellow songwriters, what more can I ask for? I also enjoy the collabs a lot!
  
  Roel

•  Roel van Veldt 1 month ago

  Hey Max, never say of yourself that you are "non pretentious". That sounds rather pretentious. (only joking)
  
  Do you also write &/or sing Dutch songs? I often tried to, but find it harder to do. It feels like I'm more naked in my mother tongue. Singing in English (or whatever it sounds like) gives me a nice cloak to sing about the real me without anyone knowing. Well, psychologically speaking, anyway. How about you?
  
  Roel
  
  Roel

• Angry Plant 1 month ago

  Loved your comments on the chorus song =P

•  MAX VANREMMERDEN 1 month ago

  Thanks for listening my dear fellow FAWMers..
  I mean
  THANKS FOR LISTENING !!!!
  It means a lot to me.

• Nucklehead Neutrino 1 month ago

  No worries. I'm still your biggest fan. I totally understand. Thank you for the consideration and the explanation. Peace be with you.

• Nucklehead Neutrino 1 month ago

  Sir Max, Is there any way you can cover my song entitled "Thinking of you, missing you?" Billy Sea played the music and he did a wonderful job. I'm curious to hear it in your Iggy Pop voice like you did in the Prodigal cover ( My favorite so far). Feel free to change lyrics, chords, etc. Anxiously awaiting your response.

•  Dan Vaillancourt 1 month ago

  Thanks for listening to Blue for You! Glad you like it.

•  heavyhedonist 1 month ago

  hey, man, i bought it yesterday! oklay, i did write a song on it during the second hour of effing around strumming, but i hadn't hit the record button, and i'm pretty sure that A) i couldn't have played the "song" again the same way, and B) it was junk.
  i'm working on it!!! don't pressure the crip chick!

•  Vom Vorton 1 month ago

  Thanks for the mention in the recommended listening thread! I'm really enjoying your songs and videos

• skiff 1 month ago

  Hoi Max, ik weet niet of we elkaar hebben ontmoet, maar ik ken idd Channah, paar keer samen wat dingen georganiseerd en speelde afgelopen donderdag (met een toch behoorlijk ziek hoofd) in fusion u.p., bij het open podium. Het begon weinig hoopgevend maar eindigde met wel een enthousiast lawaai. Ik probeer nl. ook weer elke week wat te spelen. Er was een vriendin van Channah bezig met FAWM die ik sprak, een van de fusion co-organisators, maar ben haar naam kwijt, kort donker haar. Bedankt voor je comments en heb net je 'Good to be back' gehoord, heel leuk! Ik ben de eerste FAWM week ziek geweest. Misschien schrijf ik daar wel een nummer over. Volgende week meer! ;o)

•  Chasing Andromeda 1 month ago

  Max, thanks so much for your positive comments on my first track. So happy you enjoyed it!

•  dylansdemise 1 month ago

  Thank you Mr. Max. Good to be here

• Janus Mask 1 month ago

  I bet that is pretty nice, good sir. Keep up the good work and I see many more mornings like that in your near future!!

• P.M.C.O. 1 month ago

  Thanks again! Me so happy now. En bedankt voor je woorden If a live enterprise occurs, I'll be sure to let you know. Pim

• P.M.C.O. 1 month ago

  thanks for signalling... works fine on mine, but when hosted at FAWM-host.org, I'll replace it... I'll see if others find the same problem w my file. Is it audible through the juke? P

•  Vom Vorton 1 month ago

  Cheers for the comment! That toy guitar sounds great - uke-like but with a slightly different sound of its own.

•  sapient network 1 month ago

  Hey Max - our cat didn't like my first song much either. He woke up, then ran away. Honestly, some people have no taste...

• Louis Gray 1 month ago

  Heyo, thank-you very much for your comment. I'm truly glad you liked the song.

• Ant Lion 1 month ago

  dank u, Max!

•  lapetitekiwi 1 month ago

  You're not stupid, you are just not as aware about when the world changes the date as I am, due to the fact that I live almost on the date line. Believe me it is hard sometimes to be always ahead of everyone else!!

•  Dusty Mason 1 month ago

  Max your new album art is both brilliant *and frightening in its economy. Somehow even in the dinky thumbnail the impressiion is something akin to the "great and powerful Wizard Of Oz".

• seeso 1 month ago

  Thanks, Max!

• P.M.C.O. 1 month ago

  Bedankt Max! Tipped by a music-buddy in Utrecht; with 2 days to go, I better get my stuff together I will check out your vast work later today... Groet van Pim

•  PlushBaby 1 month ago

  Who's There?
  Oh it's you Mr Vanremmerden, come on in, you here for songs?
  You're very popular huh? As ever we shall be side by side for February!

•  Frances 1 month ago

  Hey Max! Here comes FAWM again!

• opabobby 1 month ago

  Thanks for the welcome. And, yes, a grandpa 13 times over.

• wazanegi 1 month ago

  Max! Thanks for the welcome. New to all this but I'm sure it will be a fun time! ps nothing more to say just wanted to add !!!! so I can beat Jodi in the number of !'s used stakes!
  
  PS Hi to anyone else checking out your profile!

•  Xnah 1 month ago

  succes!

• lito quez 1 month ago

  hey max! thanx for the well wishes!! looking forward to hearing your tracks!!!

• Jodi Arlyn 1 month ago

  Hey Max!!! Thanks so much!! Glad you liked the cover.

• thenarrows 1 month ago

  Thanks! U too my fellow KD fan :]

• Kevin Edward Rose 1 month ago

  Thank you for the welcome, Max. You have a pretty impressive list of influences yourself, including several I that I could add to my own list! Ryan Adams, Richard Thompson (the best guitarist ever!), Gram Parsons, Dylan (of course), Luka Bloom, MacGowen (A Pair of Brown Eyes may be my favorite song ever), Costello.... and you may be the first person I've communicated with who has even heard of the Dickies, let alone include them as an influence.
  
  I believe we may be kindred spirits!

•  Wynia.Smith 1 month ago

  Dank U Wel, LOVED that song! Glad to hear that it still has life . If you want to do any collabs this year we're up for it!

•  Chasing Andromeda 1 month ago

  Thanks for stopping by. Looking forward to listening to your work! Have a great event!

•  Errol 1 month ago

  Well, I'd rather see 14k comments on people's songs. But yea... I'm verbose. You should see me in chat. Pretty pathetic... *laugh*

•  Greg Lines 1 month ago

  Max - thanks for remembering! Good to see you mate - I shall be listening to your work with every upload!

•  Echo Voodoo 1 month ago

  I googled you. Seemed appropriate.
  
  Thanks for the welcome.

•  AquaMunkee 1 month ago

  Good to see you back too Max, looking forward to hearing what you come up with this year!

•  devin 1 month ago

  I really liked your video posted on the "showcase" thread...great tune for an accordian solo too!

•  expendablefriend 1 month ago

  Ahah! It works! I like what I hear so far, nice arrangements, especially the layers of guitars and percussion. I'm always impressed when people record albums with large numbers of tracks - I only had the patience to record 5!

•  expendablefriend 1 month ago

  Thanks Max, I've just been trying to download yours from Bandcamp, but the site seems to be having a silly fit. I'll try again later. (I'm getting the good old "Ooo! How exciting!" message...)

•  Nam June Robot 1 month ago

  Devo-tion !!!

•  Charlie's Daily FAWMcast 1 month ago

  Thank you Max! Excited to hear your songs this year. -Charlie

•  Dick Clark 1 month ago

  Part of our stellar lineup this year, Ladies and Gentlemen, Max Vanremmerden.
  
  Max, the view from up here is SPECTACULAR, isn't it?
  And what a GREAT CROWD! Thanks for stopping by buddy, we'll catch up with you later.

•  Donna 1 month ago

  Max, I tried to send you a message via Myspace, but to no avail. Is there some way I can contact you? I have a question. (Or you could send me a message via the address beside my avatar.) Thanks!

•  mojo 2 months ago

  eew mreow amrmmrrr

•  Dusty Mason 2 months ago

  M.V. ROCKS!!! Good to see you here again.