February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

musicsongwriter (@musicsongwriter)

progress: 9

joined: February 10 2010
location: Somewhere, UK
website: nadiacripps.bandcamp.com/
influences: Music, theatre. cinema, life...

Bio

Hello. I would like to join G Slade (@gslade) with the same note as he posted on his profile page:
"If you ended up back here because I commented on your song, please do not feel obliged to reciprocate. Just because I like your music, that does mean you have to like mine. Feel free to like it; but don't feel obliged to comment on songs you don't like because of some strange etiquette."

In case you are happy to listen to my music/co-written compositions and would like to know something about me:
My name is Nadia. This is my third FAWM. I've enjoyed FAWM for two years now and it was fantastic to hear so many great songs and read amazing lyrics here on FAWM and on 50/90.

My music is based on classical traditions and it's romantic, gentle and melodic. I often create piano compositions. My songs and songs with my co-writers are written in different genres including theatre/stage, ballad, country and children's songs. All compositions are © copyright.

My set-up is very simple: I use audacity, mic and I play on my piano/keyboard. I don't sing, well, I do but you don't want to hear it lol.

I have loved fairy-tales since my childhood when my dad shared with me classical tales and his own specially created stories. My dad loved playing the piano and I often tried to dance to his playing. Since I didn't have ballet shoes I was improvising: I'd put on slippers and white socks over my slippers pretending they were my ballet shoes... Often falling as a result of my "ballet shoes" being slippery never put me off so I'd carry on dancing... I think my music is influenced by my love for ballet and fairy-tales.
http://nadiacripps.bandcamp.com/album/piano-fairy-tales-by-nadia-cripps

I'm very grateful to this site for the opportunity to upload my new compositions created during February and to see the comments from other songwriters.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you are interested in performing, recording, including my music in your film/theatre/radio production or collaborating with me. Thank you.
Nadia

I have some albums/individual tracks available from soundclick:
http://www.soundclick.com/paypal/default.cfm?bandID=936270
or bandcamp: http://nadiacripps.bandcamp.com/ in case you are interested
You can also find some of my scores available too:
http://www.truepianotranscriptions.com/content/enchanted-lake-nadia-cripps-piano-sheet-music
http://truepianotranscriptions.com/content/or-it-nadia-cripps-piano-sheet-music
http://truepianotranscriptions.com/content/sunny-day-nadia-cripps-clarinet-piano-sheet-music
http://truepianotranscriptions.com/content/fairground-attractions-nadia-cripps-piano-sheet-music
http://truepianotranscriptions.com/content/lullaby-nadia-cripps-flute-clarinet-piano-ensemble-sheet-music

I love collaborating

2012 Songs

1	'Why Does It Have To Be Cold?'	25 comments // 1 week ago
2	'On Valentine's Day And Always...' (with rittmo)	11 comments // 1 week ago
3	'Together' (with rittmo)	8 comments // 1 week ago
4	Valentine Heart (with oneslowtyper)	8 comments // 6 days ago
5	'Your Lullaby' (with oneslowtyper)	14 comments // 5 days ago
6	'Love' (with rittmo)	6 comments // 4 days ago
7	Forever and Always (with jamkar)	6 comments // 4 days ago
8	We both knew it didn't mean to last...	2 comments // 4 days ago
9	'Feeling Peaceful' (with kristi)	11 comments // 3 days ago

Soundboard

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kristian 7 hours ago

hey! This FAWM is .. hehe.. well, things are going a bit slow for my liking If you have any songs that you thing will be perfect for a collab then let me know!

Looking forward to it!
wolfkier 22 hours ago

Nadia, if you have a minute, check out this talented young lady I discovered on fawm.
http://fawm.org/songs/25749/
You'll be delighted and impressed I'm sure.
wolf.
wolfkier 1 day ago

Thank you, my friend.
wolf.
darcistrutt 1 day ago

Fun to have you share this journey again Nadia! I'm enjoying your offerings too! My voice left me after carnival this year and hasn't come back yet. It makes me sad...but I'm singing through the cold and recording anyway. Glad you are here!
acciohaaley 1 day ago

Thank you so much!
I was super excited about the end. (:
brzan 2 days ago

Thanks for your kind words for Munich, Nadia!
roddy 2 days ago

Thanks for the explanation of the 'one chord' challenge. I understand it better now and have amended my comment. Still not sure if I've got it right with my song but will persevere.
wolfkier 2 days ago
oneslowtyper 3 days ago

I posted the lyrics for Your Lullaby Nadia, I'll try to get to the vocals this weekend, or if you know of someone else for vocals, that's fine to.
johnthomasmumm 4 days ago

Thanks, Nadia. I put your song here: http://johnthomasmumm.com/os/results-home-chord/
wolfkier 4 days ago

Thank you, Nadia
Same to you!
wolf.
heidiwiencko 4 days ago

I really enjoyed the lullaby, too!
gslade 4 days ago

I'm sure if I sent you a beat you could keep up the tempo. You could play in it a headphone with one ear and leave the other ear open so you can hear your piano.
thetau 4 days ago

Thanks I can use all the advice anyone has. When it comes to recording and mixing, I feel like I'm right at the bottom of the Totem pole. I found the source of the clicking (finally). It's a loose connector at the bottom of my SM58. I'll be trying come different chords, see if I can find one with a better connector. (Hmmmm... wonder if I can find one of those Dbmin7b5 microphone chords. Naw... all the ones I have are major microphone chords).
gslade 4 days ago

ha..indeed..feel free to use whatever nonsense of mine you deem fit ... good luck the rest of fawm and we'll see what we do as far as getting you on a G track..
marklberry 5 days ago

Nadia,
As always, thanks for your feedback. Keep rocking' on the keyboard.
Cheers, marklberry
kristi 5 days ago

Thank you Nadia, for your very kind comments on my first two lyrics. Your feedback is very generous and helpful...especially with me wondering about the bridge, etc..
sherrycanary 5 days ago

Nadia...thank you for your kind comment. I will be working on some lyrics for collab!
heavyhedonist 5 days ago

It's better to post it where it's meant to be-- that is what that forum is for. You can always edit the older post-- it's your choice, of course, but why ask a question of the wrong people?
jamkar 5 days ago

Thank you for commenting on the 'pickers'. Always love your impressions.
wyatt 5 days ago

Thanks on Lovin' Up The Dawn, Nadia
Jen must have got it fixed shortly before you tried it
wolfkier 5 days ago

thank you again.
wolf
heavyhedonist 5 days ago

musicsongwriter, i think you want to put this question ,with some useful thread titile, in the Website/tech feedback forum.

"Hello. Just thought I'd ask. I think in the past we were able to click on a box which says "contact" and get in touch that way with our collaborators. I was just wondering whether it possible to have this function this year?"

that way, the techies of this site will find it.
sherrycanary 5 days ago

Hi Nadia. I finally posted a demo. Used my video because studio not set up. A lot different from the one you did on our collab

I want to write another that we can do another. Love your soulful playing!
heidiwiencko 5 days ago

Hello Nadia! Thanks for stopping by my page. I made the links public on my SoundCloud, so you're more than welcome to check out the couple songs I put up there and share your feedback. I'm not an accomplished pianist like you, though. Happy FAWMing to you!
http://soundcloud.com/hwienckowski
mindy29 5 days ago

hey doll I just sent you back another email with a sample
dreamscuba 5 days ago

Hi Nadia, thank you for your lovely comments. It took me some time to learn about the timelines and sections with Logic in Jan/Feb 2010, so when I started to play with GarageBand on my iPad, I already had the concepts. I am not sure I am that skilled to be able to record a whole song end to end. As to my fingers...haha...don't ask me to play the keyboard parts again...it was all guess work. I am okish on a guitar. Thanks again for your comments on my music. I look forward to listening to more of your lovely piano.
mindy29 6 days ago

I sent u back one using the mindy windy email just an FYI to look out for it
dreamscuba 6 days ago

Nadia, thanks very much for your comments on "Remembrance". They are very much appreciated. I cannot lay claim to great keyboard skills. I used a mixture of the smart keyboard and the normal keyboard in scale mode. When in scale mode, any note is in key...nothing like your fantastic skill as a pianist. As to recording long pieces, I tend to record in sections with each broken down to intros, verses, chorus and bridge...
ptr 6 days ago

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ptr 6 days ago

Ooh, direct links I obtained didn't work when I posted them up on here for some reason... will try again soon, sorry!
mindy29 6 days ago

Well I was wondering if you could help me to spruce up a piano part I have with another collab...we could make it a three way collab...I only can do very basic piano...the rest is usually all from a program... If u're up to it I could send you a small recording of what I have or what not...let me know then we could do a full song together as well...it's up to you
valeriecox 6 days ago

A Valentine's album is perfect for you, because what's more beautiful than solo piano?
arthurrossi 6 days ago

Thank you very much for the congrats!
wyatt 6 days ago

Scuse me Nadia on "The Old Books Tell Of Earth
Busy time
I'll E you
oneslowtyper 1 week ago

Hi Nadia,
I had to channel my inner "Shakes - BEER" lol, but it worked - I finished Romeo N Juliet.
I also downloaded your song #2 - but don't but me down as a collaborator. I wanted to run it thru my head a hundred times to see if anything pops. It really is a lovely song.
valeriecox 1 week ago

Thanks for commenting Nadia.
the3queens 1 week ago

I reposted "My wish for you" . I hadn't put into public folder . Good to go now.
wolfkier 1 week ago

I knew there was something different!
I have heard enough of Magic to know the sound by heart.
The different method of recording does not have the same peaks and stabs of the old, which is better, audio wise, especially for someone trying to work with the sound, but also it doesn't have the magic. This one sounds almost like an electric keyboard. If it had midi it would make working with your music so much easier technically.
Uploading your track "together" to the Valentunes album right now. Thanks again for your enthusiasm and contributions. And again for your kind words on my first FAWM entry.
wolf.
wolfkier 1 week ago

Thanks for your encouraging comment on my first song, Nadia.
I appreciate it very much.
your buddy,
wolf.
xnonentityy 1 week ago

I have an idea but I'm not sure if it's fair or not:

I could provide you with a title and chords or something, you could write the rhythm and melody? I feel like that's too much work on you, though. Maybe I could tryyyy to get some sheet music for half the song and you could write the other half. There are a few ways we can deal with our situation.

If you have any other ideas as to how we can approach this, please share!
xnonentityy 1 week ago

First things first: are you alright with singing? Or would you rather just do an instrumental? I can provide some music theory ideas and sheet music and stuff, no recordings or anything, though. /: Or lyrics if you can sing.

I really like your style, I feel that I can relate to it. I think we can pull something really cool together. (:

Let me know what you're thinking!
xnonentityy 1 week ago

Hey! I saw that we were paired for the random collab thing.

I'm Katie, leave me a message on my soundboard when you're interested in writing! I signed up for lyrics only; I hope that's okay with you!

Looking forward to working with you! (:
mindy29 1 week ago

thanks Nadia for the lovely comment you posted! If you ever would like to collab again just let me know!
johncrossman 1 week ago

Hiya, I'm working on pairings for the random collab thread now, stay tuned...
ernie 1 week ago

Hi Nadia I do like your compositions. Maybe we can do something. It would be quite interesting to try. In the meantime I'll go listen some more.
kiwafruit 1 week ago

Hi Nadia! I'm looking forward to hearing your new songs too!
chasingandromeda 1 week ago

Nadia!!!

That is all...
dragondreams 1 week ago

Peewee is my huge, black and white cat, who spends his evenings sat in his very own swivel chair here in my studio. He comments on what I'm doing as well as what I'm listening to.
arthurrossi 1 week ago

Hi musicsongwriter! it' s so nice to see you here again after 50/90! thank you very much for your kind comment!
dragondreams 1 week ago

Glad you liked it!

And it was Peewee that made me dedicate the track to you. He's as big a fan of your music as I am!
roelvanveldt 1 week ago

Hi Nadia,

I'm so happy to find you here! I'm impressed by the ways you have found to make money from your compositions. I truly hope it will make you a nice extra income. If not, I'm developing a business model that I want to share (and test) with a select group of friends. If you're interested, let me know. As long as I'm in testing phase, it's free. (and after that it's meant to at least be recouped by your monthly extra income).

Btw: I'm still in love with your 'enchanted lake' song!

§ Roel
mindy29 1 week ago

Hey Nadia! Excited for FAWM to finally be here?
petra777 1 week ago

*waves to nadia*
sheilerk 1 week ago

Looks like I'm gonna be waiting in a very long line this year, lol Have a wonderful fawm. I can't wait to hear your wonderful compositions!!
barbara 1 week ago

Hi Nadia,
Good to see you're back again! I may be a late arrival this time, just so I can get some things done before the obsession comes on full force! I'm looking forward to hearing your new work as it flows out. And I like the very abundant looking roses on the keyboard!! It's a nice new take on your theme.
groundhog591 1 week ago

I can't wait to hear your wonderful music this year.
max 1 week ago

Put on your slippers! I hope I can make you dance to my songs this February. Have a wonderful FAWM MMXII
colinward 1 week ago

Hi Nadia,

Looks like you are in for another one!!!

Colin
rahkoi 1 week ago

Hi Nadia! Good to see you here. Sorry for kinda bailing on that one collab I sort of think I promised during november. Things
billysea 2 weeks ago

Hi Nadia Wonderful seeing you again. Looking forward to hearing more of your beautiful songs
oneslowtyper 2 weeks ago

OMG Nadia!!
You have wayyyyy too many friends waiting to collab! LOL
I may be forced to wait until 50/90 to get a chance to collab with you again. haha

I'll just pick whichever song nobody else jumps on.
Hope all is well,
John
jnatiw 2 weeks ago

Thanks for stopping by, Nadia! Best of luck for FAWM 2012.
kristi 2 weeks ago

Hey Nadia! Good to see you! Eek! Only 29 days to do something! lol Looking forward to hearing your lovely piano keys playing!
sherrycanary 2 weeks ago

Hi Nadia

Look forward to hearing your music. Mybe another collab?
rosieposy8 2 weeks ago

yay you are back! I still have a song from way back I was meant to be collaborating on with u.. sorry- life got busy!

This is my first fawm seems scary.. I'm used to song binging and then doing none for a while!
jennsings 2 weeks ago

You too! It's good to be back.
tcelliott 2 weeks ago

Heya, Nadia. Good to see you around.
marklberry 2 weeks ago

Welcome back Nadia. Looking forward to listening to you amazing melodies.
Cheers! MLB
nightengale 2 weeks ago

Glad to see you Nadia!
calumcarlyle 2 weeks ago

hi nadia, well, good to see you here. i'm too injured to play instruments but i might manage to sing...

looking forward to your new stuff too, as always.
kristian 2 weeks ago

thought we already had agreed on one? hehe
airbagtester 2 weeks ago

Hello Nadia!
cts 2 weeks ago

Well now...the FAWM lineup is just about complete. Good to see you, Nadia. Jelly time!!
darcistrutt 2 weeks ago

Nearly here! Glad to see you my FAWM-friend!
dawnsoap 2 weeks ago

It is so good hearing from you! I'm getting excited for February!!! I'm glad you like the picture, my mom took it I'm am looking forward to hearing your wonderful piano playing... More collabs would be fun too!!! All the things to look forward to. Life is good.
valeriecox 2 weeks ago

There you are, my favorite piano player.
tinam 2 weeks ago

nadia you are a unstoppable musical force! i think you have a 4 wheel drive piano!
thetau 2 weeks ago

Hi again Nadia!
You're one of those we'll all be watchin. And I have a feeling that some of Nadia's greatest hits will be comin fawm this year's FAWM.
dragondreams 2 weeks ago

Hi back, Nadia!

It's really good to see you too.
wyatt 2 weeks ago

Hey Nadia!!
Looks like it's gonna' be a good one!
brzan 2 weeks ago

Hi Nadia! Glad you're here! I should include my delayed collab with you as the "1/2" song.
blindkiwi 2 weeks ago

Nadia, so glad to see you here. Looking forward to hearing those keys sing
jamkar 2 weeks ago

Hey Nadia, I am anticipating more great songs from your fingers here. So let the artistry begin again! : )))
donna 2 weeks ago

Hi, Nadia. Was waiting for you to show up.
gerrybhoy 2 weeks ago

Hi Nadia, good luck not that you need it, will drop by.
russiasaturn 2 weeks ago

Hi Nadia! Happy new fawm
wolfkier 3 weeks ago

Wishing you a rich, magical, and productive February, Nadia!

wolf.
jamkar 3 weeks ago

Greetings Nadia! Wishing you a productive and enriching FAWM experience!