February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Nick Portus

progress: 1

joined: January 2009
location: Sheffield, UK
website: theportusreport.blogspot.com
influences: Pavement, Deerhoof, Pixies, Super Furry Animals, Bearsuit, Animal Collective, Beck, Ash, Blur, Bjork, Broadcast, Urusei Yatsura, etc. etc.

Bio

Hello again. This is my second crack at this.

Last year I limped to a thoroughly unimpressive FIVE (count em) tracks.

This year I hope to make a foray into mini-album territory.

2009 - Supersub EP - http://www.divshare.com/download/10336676-aba

I am also due to get wed on the 20th. I expect I will be manufacturing a brick wall of shit.

So I may be on here far more than I should...

2010 Songs

Twin Receivers

12 comments // 1 month ago

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Tobermory 1 week ago

...And then I opened the zip file all became clear.
Tobermory 1 week ago

Cheers man!! How's the skiing going? And what's this Supersub thing?
Vom Vorton 3 weeks ago

Have a good wedding, Nick! And then get back to songwriting IMMEDIATELY.

Aw alright, you can have the weekend off.
Vom Vorton 1 month ago

a synthpop kick in the balls: http://fawm.org/songs/2756/
expendablefriend 1 month ago

Ha! Is that deer thing a serious challenge? I may have to think about it if so.

Re acoustic question, I have a Freshman jumbo-body - it's a reasonable sound, but still very hard to capture with a mic. I usually mix it with the input from one of these that I got off ebay for £20: http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/504ii/

"Os Cara", which people have commented on the guitar tone of, was done just through the box as the mic didn't record. Recording acoustic guitars is agony.
Waar 1 month ago

Thank you for listening to 'Hans Gruber' and thank you for the comparison with Santana!
Vom Vorton 1 month ago

I've got band practice in Belper tonight!
Vom Vorton 1 month ago

You should totally write 13 songs about Buxton when you get home from Buxton.
Vom Vorton 1 month ago

Song 2 is currently just a concept and a couple of lines. Might try to get the lyrics finished today, but doubt I'll get a chance to record until tomorrow at the earliest.

Hopefully I can produce some kind of magical creativity burst this weekend!
Vom Vorton 1 month ago

Excited to hear your song. Wish bloody work didn't block mp3s, having the FAWM jukebox running in the background would make life much more bearable.
Benjamin Nolan 1 month ago

Have a demo for Wakaranai. http://fawm.org/songs/1900/
Tobermory 1 month ago

Best get some tunes down son. Time's a-pressing. I know this is richly ironic coming from me, but... yeah
drhomd 1 month ago

Shall we just leave this FAWM thing until the stag do, drink our bodyweight then and each write 14 songs in 3 hours?
finalmelancholia 1 month ago

Hello.

That is all.
Vom Vorton 1 month ago

"calypsotic"? I think I like that too. if you can invent words like that at the drop of a hat then I'll be expecting songs SOON!
expendablefriend 1 month ago

Good afternoon, Mr. Portus.
oddbod 1 month ago

Hi Nick,
I remember listening to Fear of the Flock from last year.
Cool pop mixed with gamey riffs - nice stuff
oblivionpersonified 2 months ago

Hi Nick, and thanks. Yes, we have met very briefly but don't worry - it's never a particularly memorable experience for anyone

Hope it all goes well this year, especially the matrimonials. Congratulations!
Vom Vorton 2 months ago

Crikey, sounds good! I hope it also SOUNDS good! I'm sure it does.

I'm considering getting some more memory for my PC before Feb 1st as I seem to keep running out of it mid-song, but I'll have to see what my budget of "nothing" will stretch to.
Vom Vorton 2 months ago

I haven't bought anything specifically for FAWM but I've got a few new things that were either bought for band adventures (big delay pedal, tiny orange amp, electric ukulele) or received for christmas (stylophone beatbox!) that I will definitely attempt to get into some tracks. How about you?
Tobermory 2 months ago

...Goes up on the web for everyone to see?? No wait I know this one, is it:
...Gets entrenched in the annals of history for schoolchildren to gaze at in wonder and fear?
Vom Vorton 2 months ago

Hallo! Good to see you're on board again, despite your other commitments! I've been looking forward to this for AGES, I'm having to hold myself back.
Tobermory 2 months ago

Evening Mr P, clocking in then? Personal challenge, tune about the stag do. Preferably before you get married, but I'm a reasonable man and will accept after...