February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

philkmills (@philkmills)

progress: 20

winner!
joined: February 9 2010
location: Ontario, Canada
website: filk.philmills.ca/
influences: 50s, 60s & 70s folk, country, pop, and rock.

Bio

I was the typical consumer-only music fan until getting involved with the filk* community about eight years ago. Since then, I've spent a lot of time on original music, writing and performing.

*( http://debbieohi.squarespace.com/filkfaq/2007/4/7/what-is-filk.html )

Outside of music, my work and play involves computers, cats, cameras, and science fiction and fantasy literature.

Update for 2012: This will be my third time attempting FAWM. 2010 was a struggle; 2011 was fun; I have no idea how this will turn out.

What I would like to do is write some songs to complete (?) two continuing musical stories that I've been working on. What I'll probably do instead is whatever comes to mind as the month rushes past.

2012 Songs

1	Where'd You Put My Leg?	20 comments // 3 months ago
2	A Salesman's Suicide	9 comments // 3 months ago
3	You Can't Pass Them All	5 comments // 3 months ago
4	Spare Parts	6 comments // 3 months ago
5	Found You In Time	15 comments // 3 months ago
6	Nobody	5 comments // 3 months ago
7	What An Odd Thing To Say	10 comments // 3 months ago
8	On The Stage (A-Side)	5 comments // 3 months ago
9	On The Stage (B-Side)	4 comments // 3 months ago
10	Bad Luck	3 comments // 3 months ago
11	Most Days	12 comments // 3 months ago
12	Icarus Blues	4 comments // 3 months ago
13	Lies My Father Told	7 comments // 3 months ago
14	Planet Goldilocks (with janeg)	6 comments // 3 months ago
15	Joey, On War and Peace (with janeg)	6 comments // 3 months ago
16	The Book Of The Truly Alive	7 comments // 3 months ago
17	Pretending (with janeg)	3 comments // 2 months ago
18	Believe	5 comments // 2 months ago
19	Saurian TLC (with janeg)	4 comments // 2 months ago
20	Broken Pieces	3 comments // 2 months ago

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errol 2 months ago

I'm done all your songs! And cool, I didn't know you did midi stuff as well! NIce
shadywilbury 2 months ago

Thanks for your comment on *29844 - I really appreciate your taking the time to check it out and write a few words.
froley 2 months ago

Cheers for the comment and congrats on winning!
philmcmill 2 months ago

Thanks for your comments. Hey, our user names are pretty similar. We also have similar interests, although I haven't gotten into filk (yet) - thanks for the link.
snoozin 2 months ago

Hi..I posted a demo for' What An Odd Thing To Say' in case you are interested....
arthurrossi 2 months ago

Thank you very, very much for the awesome comment!!
snoozin 3 months ago

Just thought I'd mentioned that I uploaded a demo for 'Most Days' in case you were interested. Cheers!
errol 3 months ago

Loook at you goooo!

First off, thanks for the comments. I am soooo behind on commenting. Ah well! I see you are up on songs! HUZZAH! I still need to leave you a video comment. Unless you veto that.
snoozin 3 months ago

This is my first FAWM...was introduced by friends in NY, Connecticut, and Ohio...then found out it was started in TO...duh!!!!!
johnrickenbach 3 months ago

Phil...thanks for the nice comments on my song...I like that one too...if the vocals sound full, it's only because I have to layer them to hide the deficiencies...thanks again!
toms 3 months ago

The Gretsch is a "chambered' guitar, so it has resonance characteristics not unlike that of a classic Ric. Your ears are dead on, in fact. And, I really love the sound of this sort of guitar.
toms 3 months ago

Hey, Phil - oddly, it's not a Ric, although I actually own 2, it's a Gretsch. Well, OK, that's not all that odd. Thank you for the listen & the comment!
arthurrossi 3 months ago

Thank you very much for your kind comment!
ianuarius 3 months ago

Ohh! I rather enjoyed that SJ Tucker!
The bar raises for you my friend!
ianuarius 3 months ago

Hmmmm... I'm really intrigued by this filking. Gotta check out your work more closely when you get them going.
orinoco 3 months ago

I just this minute realised that your name/pseudonym starts 'Phil K' as in filk. And I've been seeing you on these forums for 2 years. I am officially useless

Welcome back - I hope the gods of FAWM are kind to you.
fuzzy 4 months ago

Thanx for the welcome, Phil. I'll try to work on that Carter Family/King Crimson crossover for you...

That Filk info is interesting. As for a new story, have you read "Dhalgren" by Samuel Delany? There's lots of song ideas in that one.
sexybass 4 months ago

Looking forward to seeing and hearing what you come up with this year Phil
duaneclancy 4 months ago

Thanks Phil, for all the informative filk-formation. I've always been a fan of fantasy science fiction. I even played for a while with the "Society for Creative Anachronism" and ended up being a pretty good fighter in the lists. I'll try to keep an eye on your guys ... let me know if you have a special designation or symbol for songs that would be a good qualifier in inter-group filk competition. I may be able to come up with something that would both "fit the bill" and bring a smile to your collective mandibles.
mneme 4 months ago

Hey, Phil!
errol 4 months ago

Allloooo Phil!!