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MAX VANREMMERDEN (@max) progress: 18 winner! joined: January 11 2006 location: Netherlands website: home.tiscali.nl/studio273 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 Case Mayfield Television Personalities Au Pairs Wire Lemonheads Clash Dickies Go Betweens Young Marble Giants Buzzcocks Calexico Giant Sand Joy Division 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 Avett Brothers The Head and the Heart Amsterdam Songwriters Guild FAWMers

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2012 Songs

1		She's Right Again	96 comments // 3 months ago
2		Haven't Been There	14 comments // 3 months ago
3		Keep the Giant Emergency Life Raft Inflated (with  marklberry)	38 comments // 3 months ago
4		Do You Dare?	27 comments // 3 months ago
5		Due To Weather Conditions	22 comments // 3 months ago
6		Expérience Tragique	12 comments // 3 months ago
7		Valentijntje	18 comments // 3 months ago
8		The Final Words	10 comments // 3 months ago
9		It Better Be Good	35 comments // 3 months ago
10		So Close (with thomasaram)	17 comments // 3 months ago
11		Humpy Bumpy Grumpy Slumpy	6 comments // 3 months ago
12		Dog's Messin' With A Skunk Again (with  duaneclancy)	14 comments // 3 months ago
13		He's Doing Swell Now	22 comments // 3 months ago
14		Popularity	11 comments // 3 months ago
15		I Wish I Could Give You A Hug	6 comments // 2 months ago
16		Modern Love Song (with  ofishell)	6 comments // 2 months ago
17		Got To Let It Go	16 comments // 2 months ago
18		Cut, Drilled and Cornered	16 comments // 2 months ago

Soundboard

•  darcistrutt 4 weeks ago

  Enjoyed listening to "She's Right Again" on YouTube! Nicely done!

•  sherrycanary 2 months ago

  Hi Max
  
  Thank you for comments on my songs. Maybe we can collaborate again next FAWM!

•  stewbalm 2 months ago

  Hey...not sure if I'll make the open night because of travel...but will be in town the rest of the week if you're up for a coffee or drink. I've been really loving the Songs for Home ( think that's the title...it's 4 am...minds a little groggy!). Really loving it! Thanks!

• tinam 2 months ago

  thank you max for the compliments i am realy flattered

• arthurrossi 2 months ago

  Max, I would like to thank you very, very much for your kind and thoughtful comments! I appreciate it a lot!

•  downburst 2 months ago

  Adam and the Ants! Interesting. Thanks for showing me a different way to look at that song.

•  gordon 2 months ago

  Max, once more, thanks for the kind words, and also all the great songs you have posted yourself. I like the chameleon-like way you can change from song to song. Really looking forward to April 14th.

•  timfatchen 2 months ago

  I think of us as a pair of bookends, Max, enfolding the world and the songs along the long, long shelf of FAWM between us!

•  ofishell 2 months ago

  MAX IS THE MAN!!!!

•  ofishell 2 months ago

  Max, I adore you! So looking forward to hearing it! I'll go ahead and add the song now, and you can add the .mp3 link when you're ready. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm honored!

•  stewbalm 2 months ago

  I'm listening to Songs to Take Home on band camp right now...very cool!!!!!

• roydesmet 2 months ago

  Re-recorded the solo in 'You Dance While I Serenade You'. Better now? *21488

•  stewbalm 2 months ago

  Hey thanks!! If I can make it, I'll be there for sure.

•  ofishell 2 months ago

  No worries if it's not doable, my friend! Enjoy the songs you're working on!

•  ofishell 2 months ago

  Hey, Max! Yay! Let's see if we can make something stick...so happy to be working with you for the 1/2 song! You rock!!!!!!

•  ofishell 2 months ago

  Thanks, Max!!

•  ofishell 2 months ago

  Or, if you're interested and would like to make it more surreal, send me some lyrics in Dutch (I took two semesters of Dutch in college, and could probably pronounce everything almost correctly)...

•  flowtheory 2 months ago

  Ain't Got No (Aint No) Got No singalong remix is up:
  http://fawm.org/songs/30555/
  
  Thanks for singing along!

•  ofishell 2 months ago

  Hey, Max! You may already have your 1/2 song ready for this Leap Year, but if not, would you like to collaborate? I'd be happy to write and send you some lyrics! Het zou leuk zijn!

•  stewbalm 2 months ago

  I'll be in Amsterdam 12 - 18 of March (for Jam in the Dam - Keller Williams, moe., Mike Gordon, etc.). If there's time for a pint, let me know. Talk FAWM, etc...

• roydesmet 2 months ago

  Thanks, I like it a lot myself too.

• roydesmet 2 months ago

  Hey Max, I re-recorded my song 'Woman', featuring the two replaced sentences you suggested!
  Thanks for the feedback. I figured it was the better choice in the end.

• wander 2 months ago

  Thanks Max, of course we will play our collaboration song the 14th. Did you already listen to(*28736)?

•  sentense 2 months ago

  There are vocals on the dragons now Not by me but by @karan, who actually can sing

•  gordon 2 months ago

  Hi Max, I was thinking more like one or two... As for a collaboration after Fawm, that would be great. Let's keep in touch.

•  gordon 2 months ago

  Hi Max, count me in for Saturday 14th April...

• timothybracken 2 months ago

  Man, you work FAST! Good job.

• keithwiseman 2 months ago

  Thanks for your comment... I really appreciate it. Never heard of that band before.... just finished checking them out on youtube.... excellent, I'm now a fan... thanks for that!!

• roydesmet 3 months ago

  Thanks for your honest comment on my song 'Woman'.
  I think you may be right. But I kind of did it on purpose.
  To start the listener of with a feeling like 'Oh, just another song about a drunk one night stand' (your words, not mine),
  and then at the end, leave them off with the feeling 'Oh, my! He actually does love her!'.
  
  It's sort of 'my thing' to do things like that, but I'll really take it into consideration!
  It may be good to do 'the expected' instead of 'the vague, the interesting' on certain tracks. And I think this one might be one of those songs.

• wander 3 months ago

  I have always loved neighborhood songs like Penny lane and Strawberry fields forever. I also wrote a song about the Amstel river and once I even had a plan for a big project writing hundreds of songs about Amsterdam streets ... must have smoked too much in my youth.

•  darcistrutt 3 months ago

  Thanks Max! It was great fun doing the "skunk" challenge with you all! I feel like a FAWM sister now

•  gslade 3 months ago

  Thanks for the love on "Broken Family".. it seems to get the point across and I'm glad for that

•  timfatchen 3 months ago

  Doppio. Right. THank you. I'm afraid it's just Moccona here. I stopped smoking long ago but still can't totally turn away from Douwe Egberts, even if it is Sara Lee cross-dressed.

•  samsorrow 3 months ago

  Thanks for your comment on my punk song about furniture. It was fun to write/perform so I am glad it was fun to listen to.

•  timfatchen 3 months ago

  Hello Max, thank you for the generosity and care you give the FAWM community not only in the song comments, but also in your gentle steering and opening of new doors in the forums.

•  nicksypniewski 3 months ago

  Hey Max, thanks for the comment on my slump song. It ain't much, but if it got you moving, maybe there's help for it... Thanks again.

•  lara 3 months ago

  thanks, max- I have to take my son to a math tournament this morning. Math at ungodly hours, and on a Saturday, no less, and he likes it.

•  robs 3 months ago

  Dank je ... euh (suppressing the urge to write Dutch) ... Thank you for the nice comment!

• theawkwardsleep 3 months ago

  thanks for the kind words... you are watchlisted

•  headfirstonly 3 months ago

  Thanks for the comment - very flattered by the comparison to Jona Lewie!

• tinam 3 months ago

  how did you find the videos!!? ive not mentioned them here ...theyre a few years old but we are still very proud of them as we made them completely on our own in my lounge.....they were so much fun to do ...so much fun that we gave up music & made videos for over a year

• tinam 3 months ago

  i see your quite a detective & you found a pic of us....i am on the right!
  thanks for comments & listening
  i also see your 1st song has 85 comments ..is that some sort of record?

• wander 3 months ago

  Hey Max
  Just wanted to say I really appreciate you take the time to listen to my songs and leave a comment.

•  valeriecox 3 months ago

  Hi Max. Thanks. Glad you liked it.

• heidiwiencko 3 months ago

  thanks Max!

•  gordon 3 months ago

  Max, sorry for not getting back to you before now, I'm still trying to find my way around the site (being a newbie and all). Anyway, I don't know if we do know each other or not (probably not) but that could easily change. Do you fancy trying a collaboration next week sometime? I live a couple of doors down from Sapient and would love to try and see if we can write something together. (Also, really enjoying your contributions, even although I don't always leave comments. Must try harder...)

• arthurrossi 3 months ago

  Max, thanks a lot for your nice comment!!!

• brandoncook 3 months ago

  Thanks for the comment max. .
  I love'd "she's Right Again".... i"d pay for that dowmload..
  you have a nice punk feel...
  put a little more time into "the Final words"
  i think i could fall in love with that song also...

•  nightengale 3 months ago

  Thank you Max for your nice comments!

• heidiwiencko 3 months ago

  Really enjoying your tunes, Max! Great work.

•  raygungirls 3 months ago

  Thanks for coming by to check out my Untitled #2 song a while ago. It's now called "Raise Your Voices". I've just added vocals to it. So, hope you can come by and check them out - http://fawm.org/songs/22216/

•  helenaustin 3 months ago

  thank you SO much for all your kind comments!!!

•  daddyschu 3 months ago

  I've not been learning any Dutch... It is very interesting to compare the way education works between here and there.

• din 3 months ago

  No. You singled me out as a bad example for everyone to look at. That was unnecessary to get your point across.

•  musicsongwriter 3 months ago

  Thank you very much for your beautiful comment on my collaboration with Richard and Mike. I've enjoyed very much collaborating with them. Congratulations on your amazing songs Max. I absolutely love what I heard and I will listen to more. Amazing work!!!

• jamkar 3 months ago

  Thank you for your kind comment on my collab with Nadia and Richard. I notice some familiar influences, so I will be following your works!

•  thetau 3 months ago

  You really know how to work the crowd. I'm learning by just watching what you're up to

• din 3 months ago

  So if I'm the bad example for people to look at so they don't do the wrong thing, should I just keep things the way they are so everyone can view how not to do this?

•  daddyschu 3 months ago

  Hey Max.... we are hosting a foreign exchange student this school year. She is from Velsen.

•  sentense 3 months ago

  Sorry, there won't be vocals for the dragons. I gave up that idea. It turned out that it's far beyond my abilities:-(

•  ange 3 months ago

  You know I said "there's a song in 'you've got a fan in amsterdam'?" we'll...
  Song #6 'ive got a fan!' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KkGTfa-uYs

• corvidaesue 3 months ago

  Max thank you so much for your feedback!!

•  mojo 3 months ago

  Mrrrrr!

•  ange 3 months ago

  Thank you so much for all your lovely comments. x
  
  ... "I have a fan in amsterdam"...there's a song in that ;P

•  hammersmith 3 months ago

  If you plan to do more reggae, you should check out this thread first... http://fawm.org/forums/thread/3041/#fawmHeader

•  chasingandromeda 3 months ago

  We're clairvoyant...by the way, that next track you write is killer. I've already heard it.

• bmullany 3 months ago

  Question from aa newbie: I've goot a song in a playlist in itune. I converted from youtube to MP3 but I don't know the URL so I can post the song as mp3 on FAWM
  
  Suggestion ?

• jessem131 3 months ago

  Thanks for the nice comment, Max, and as usual, your songs are sounding great!

• wobbiewobbit 3 months ago

  thanks Max

• wander 3 months ago

  Ok max thanks. I already had the feeling you were talking about my daughter. You just stay away from my daughter until she's eighteen!
  You don't fool me saying you're older than me. Everyone knows you are barely in your twenties and dyed your hair gray in order to get some kind of elderly statesman credibility...
  
  (sorry for talking rubbish as usual, look forward to your next songs)

• nadia 3 months ago

  MAX! thanks so much for the comment on my strange skies effort (*23664). your kind words mean a great deal, as i really respect your work!

•  juravial 3 months ago

  HI Max, thanks for the challenge reminder. I was pretty sure I had clicked it.. but apparently not.

• seantwright 3 months ago

  Max, thanks for listening and the really cool comment on the collab song with @dragondreams and @chasingandromeda

•  devin 3 months ago

  Thanks for your commen on "Breeze"...that *is* a Yamaha, entry level C40 nylon. Mic'd with a modded Octava 012 . Good ear my man!

• dftaylor 3 months ago

  I think it was just as simple as I like your sounds, but no harm done. I still love your stuff and I'm glad you enjoyed mine. Now I just need to find the perfect producer for my own solo work.

•  joshbelville 3 months ago

  Max, three things: 1, I thought I had you on my watchlist but I don't. I have rectified this.
  
  2, the opening to "Honesty" comparison to Big Star made me laugh. It's true!
  
  3, thank you for your comments.

• timothybracken 3 months ago

  Hey, Max...Thanks for the comment! So glad you dig the song.

•  sentense 3 months ago

  I'm glad you like my "dragons" - and of course I will let you know when I added the lyrics

• wolfkier 3 months ago

  where's the little blushing embarrassed smilie thing?
  Of course, you're right.
  But if you do 50/90 THIS year, I'll be a fan then too.
  Again, thank you for the feedback on my work, it meant very much to me.
  wolf.

• wolfkier 3 months ago

  Max Thank you for stopping by and listening.... and "liking" it on bandcamp -- the highest praise in this digital age! I'm deeply grateful for your encouragement and support
  wolf.

• plushbaby 3 months ago

  Hello once again Max! Thanks for the lovely comment, we'll be listening to all your tunes as always!

• dftaylor 3 months ago

  Max - do you do much mixing/recording with other people? I'd quite like to do a proper solo album but I don't want to use my limited engineering skills and I love your stuff.
  
  Also, REALLY loving your stuff this year. I've been so insanely busy I keep forgetting to put together some comments, but you will get some!

• therman 3 months ago

  I just discovered that people don't get @messages, so I'm moving my comment here. If you read it already, disregard me now.
  
  Thanks for checking out the bandcamp tracks. Most of them are pretty lo-fi demos at this point, but the band's still in its infancy so things will definitely go uphill from here.

•  livinginthemusic 3 months ago

  Diwa li fanta.

•  aquamunkee 3 months ago

  Hah-ha! Thanks for the best commentary I've ever read, and for the inspiration for my favorite composition of 2012!

• mchater 3 months ago

  Thanks for the shout-out!

•  daddyschu 3 months ago

  Thanks Max-- I definitely will totally revisit that.
  Sometimes ya just gotta get it out regardless.

• fab 3 months ago

  Thanks for the welcome Max. We have finally posted our first fabulous song.

•  kidd 3 months ago

  Thanks Max! you're too kind!

•  ofishell 3 months ago

  Also, Max, just after getting your comment, I received an email from @wurzelfrau, who had added harmonies to "Rushing Out, Rushing In" - what an amazing present to receive! And, it really added depth to the song. I've got my fingers crossed for an excellent FAWM 2012!

•  ofishell 3 months ago

  Thanks so much for your kind comment on my song, @max! I really appreciate it!

•  musicsongwriter 3 months ago

  Hi Max, thank you very much for your beautiful comment on my Valentine's piano piece. Max is my younger son and he is always a great inspiration to me. It is amazing how children can inspire us to create music/lyrics. Thank you for your support

• sexybass 3 months ago

  Hi Max, fixed the URL to my song Fable. Thanks for the heads up.
  Tom

• thomasaram 3 months ago

  I made one for your challenge http://fawm.org/songs/22813/

•  aquamunkee 3 months ago

  By the way, concerning Sunspot - two of their members are on FAWM:
  
  http://fawm.org/fawmers/sunspotmike/
  http://fawm.org/fawmers/sunspotwendy/

•  aquamunkee 3 months ago

  Definitely will plan on some extra time in Amsterdam next time through, this last trip (like most it seems) was a last minute rush. Glad you are enjoying the Sunspot videos, I am a huge fan. Not only are they amazing musicians, they are all fantastic, real people. I keep suggesting a European tour - it may be tough for them to break even on expenses but I know they would have a strong following.

•  aquamunkee 3 months ago

  Hey Max, thanks for the tip on the YouTube link embed - problem solved!

•  marietueje 3 months ago

  thanks for stopping by to listen to my non-playing song. there's a problem with the title because of the space which seems to not want to get fixed, so I've deleted it and I'll try uploading it later.
  
  Happy FAWMing.
  

• willardcody 3 months ago

  wow, nee dat wist ik niet... cool. (Enne, jij bent goed bezig: 3 dagen, 3 nummers - ik moet er zelf nog ff inkomen...)

•  aquamunkee 3 months ago

  Thanks Max, and right back at ya! I'll be stopping by to give a listen soon because I always love your work, but this is going to be a hectic month this year. By the way, I was just in the Amsterdam airport last Sunday - from 5AM to 1PM - en route from Dubai back to Madison, Wisconsin. I always wish I had time to grab a beer with you when I pass through!