February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

plainwhitetoast (@plainwhitetoast)

progress: 17

winner!
joined: June 25 2009
location: New York, USA
website: plainwhitetoast.info
influences: Gravity. Mortality.

Bio

Everything is open to collaboration and covering. Permission is granted to play any of my songs on radio, podcasts, etc.

2012 will be my fourth FAWM (my 2009 profile: @plaintoast). This year, I will attempt to create a collection of songs that work together as an album.

I am considering a Strangle Disco album. I have started listening to Beethoven's symphonies in anticipation. EDIT: a Strangle Disco album is probably not happening, but I will try to finish one or two tracks that are in progress.

Another consideration is the musical equivalent of the "uncanny valley." I'm not sure how this will manifest musically, but I have some ideas I am eagerly waiting till February to try.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

A third consideration is to do a double-win, with the second being 14 1/2 songskirmish results.

...or I maybe just about done with this all and everything. The darkness encroaches.

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UPDATE: 12th of FAWM

15 songs posted (Win!)
12 are skirmish songs
8 of the skirmish song were from the #12on12 superskirmish
1 is a morph
1 is an explore the core

in-progress:

1. Working on that Strangle Disco fiasco.

still to come:

A. FAWMTRONICA track w/ @theodamus. http://fawm.org/forums/thread/2993/

B. My Common Drums by @hammersmith song. http://fawm.org/forums/thread/3041/

C. Crush sweetness.

D. More Skirmishes!!!

E. Exquisite Corpse?

2012 Songs

1	Midnight	20 comments // 1 week ago
2	Feeling Down	15 comments // 1 week ago
3	Fire and Ice	13 comments // 1 week ago
4	the Forgotten Garden	8 comments // 1 week ago
5	Strange Skies	16 comments // 1 week ago
6	Ketchup	5 comments // 1 week ago
7	What an Odd Thing to Say	9 comments // 4 days ago
8	Non Deus ex Machina	6 comments // 3 days ago
9	Olive Oil And Worcestershire	4 comments // 1 day ago
10	Most Days	10 comments // 1 day ago
11	the Archer	5 comments // 1 day ago
12	I've Decided	3 comments // 1 day ago
13	Headaches and Handshakes	3 comments // 15 hours ago
14	We Need To Talk	4 comments // 13 hours ago
15	Hug the Dark	3 comments // 11 hours ago
16	As I Fall Asleep	5 comments // 9 hours ago
17	the Final Word	zong // 7 hours ago

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echovoodoo 1 day ago

Thanks for calling in to the FAWMcast today! And thanks for mentioning the SuperSkirmish, too - I had intended to do it, but had completely forgotten before you brought it up.
airbagtester 4 days ago

Sent you an email with some sounds; I have no idea what's going on with them though!
theodamus 6 days ago

Ok, so I really really really like what you are putting together this FAWM and can't wait to join in! My email address is theodamus at gmail dot com, shall we confer over FOLKTRONICA?
theodamus 6 days ago

You got it absolutely right - in my head the song started out about my room being the "fishbowl" with a fantastic view and nowhere to go, as it went on I decided to toss it to the wind, commit entirely to the metaphor and be the fish in a fishbowl in my fishbowl of a room, bubbles and all. I love that you picked it! Thanks for the comment
theodamus 6 days ago

I'm so excited! I'll listen to your stuff now
wille 6 days ago

You have been paired with @theodamus in the FOLKTRONICA album project. Next step is deciding how to start - I'll leave that up to you As the co-creator of Strangle Disco, I can only endorse that sort of direction
majidae 1 week ago

That is pretty depressing. I'm sorry for your horse loss. :C
I just use the Deathless Horse mod... and reskinned my horse to be a skeleton... but that's not important right now.
marklberry 1 week ago

Tom,
Love what you've done so far. We should collab again as I see your lyrics are sparse without me Awesome music and a whole menagerie of instruments and implements seem to be under your complete control. Keep rocking, you are on track for 29 songs this FAWM. I'll be listening.
Cheers, marklberry
marklberry 1 week ago

Wow, six songs already. More than a song a day. You are a master. Working my way though listening to them, and of course, enjoying the experience.
Cheers, marklberry
slyswell 1 week ago

thanks for your comment on feeling down.

I uploaded a demo today. When I was wrting the lyrics I had this melody in my head which I thought probably sounded like a song i knew.

Now I think I got it. The chorus reminds me of Mother from Pink Floyd. But it is still different
nadia 1 week ago

hey! thanks for all the comments...i agree about the levels on the FX for my strange skies mix. by the time i got to that i was so tired of staring at/listening to the song that i was about to meltdown right here on the sofa. i may go back and edit levels tomorrow after i've slept and refreshed i had to bring guitar levels way down because the rhythm was off just a half tick...and again...too exhausted to fix it now!!!
oneslowtyper 1 week ago

Thanks for the comments Tom, if you liked the line about the blank canvas and paint, I believe I have an old piece somewhere I have to dig up that expands on that topic. Lots of time after FAWM, you're always welcome to grab a line or a whole song.
adamhill 1 week ago

Join the revolution! *23532
xnonentityy 1 week ago

Your thoughtful comment on my lyrics made me smile. (: thank you!
snoozin 1 week ago

Thanks for your feedback..winter has given us a miss as well, but I remember vividly when it packed a wallop!!!
megengell 1 week ago

Tis okay
I'll shoot any future ideas your way, definitely.
devin 1 week ago

PS For Rockingfeller criteria, I wait a few days and see what's shaking out. It becomes pretty obvious who is participating, behaving, and deserving...while giving folks enough time to pony up if they can.
megengell 1 week ago

*songskirmish title.
megengell 1 week ago

I wasn't sure whether to tell you here or on the forum, so I did both. I am willing to do the songskirmish. If you still need one.
heavyhedonist 1 week ago

Even a FOP of two wouldn't be the same... ah, let's work on it for the next 2 years and see....
oneslowtyper 1 week ago

Hi Tom,
If you're Feeling Down for doing another Feeling Down - I was hoping for a style similar to what you did with Dark Side of the Moon. Naturally, I only have lyrics, but feel free to join in if it inspires you.

Cheers,
John
cheekmeat 1 week ago

Thanks for your comments on my skirmish last night. That is indeed a glockenspiel part.
It's just as well that you were too tired to try to interpret the lyrics. I've never written a song that quickly before, so I focused mainly on meter. The next step will be adjusting the lyrics to try to add "sense".
Or not.
dang 1 week ago

I think I'm in over my head . four first verses.four songs . talked myself out of signing up last night then signed up early this morning half asleep. You are a veteran . How do I prioritize?
candle 1 week ago

LOL, yeah - that's what I love about Jeskola Buzz. You can route anything in just about any way imaginable. Its so versitile that even just playing around with the various machines you can find inspiration. The one draw back is that it's a glorified Tracker on steroids & if your not familiar with Trackers & how they work, the learnign curve can be a bit steep.

Thanks for the great comment!

See You In The Shadows…
$Danielle \'Old Foot Dupree\' Keely - livinginthemusic$ livinginthemusic 1 week ago

I love the effects--very richly discombobulating...
iocanepower 1 week ago
calumcarlyle 1 week ago

yeah, i know what you mean. very frustrating to try and champion a songwriting site like nasoalmo and not only is the site crap but the admin keeps saying either it's fixed or it must be the fault of people's browser software. Anyway, thanks for the kind words, i got my nasoalmo albm onto my site asap, won't be going back there again, the website is as crap as the fawm.org one is excellent.
tcelliott 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I'm definitely up for a halfnhalf. I'd probably be willing to do a couple depending on timing. I'll take first or second.
uvejeff 2 weeks ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714191539.htm
More research into the Uncanny Valley phenomenon.
corinnecurcio 2 weeks ago

Thank you sir!
airbagtester 2 weeks ago

Re: Piano - Not quite "prepared piano" although I might try that; more like "modified" as in I had to align the entire pin block to the left with a steel cable torqued through the side. Modified as in "this piano should be up on concrete blocks in my front yard."
deafsteever 2 weeks ago

Hi, Tom!

Good to see ya. Lookin' forward to whatever you conjure up for FAWM 2012!

Cheers!

Stephen
devin 2 weeks ago

My good dude! Nice to see you again at the mid-winter FAWMstock solstice.

Let me know if you're up for any more nursery rhymes/ hymns like last summer.
airbagtester 2 weeks ago

Looking forward to hearing your stuff again!
ianuarius 3 weeks ago

Uncanny valley of music! That's what I've been creating all these years!

Not so bad that you'd take it lightheartedly, but not so good you'd actually listen it. Haa!

Well, good luck for you this year!
max 3 weeks ago

Just watched your modrock vid. Are you going to do more of those, after this experiment?
Working with a green screen is on one of my many 'one time I do that too' lists. After seeing yours I think I might try it later this year.
gslade 3 weeks ago

Re: Quitting the Circus - humorous lyrics..enjoyed..
johncrossman 3 weeks ago

Not unlike a certain fabled ice cream man, the impending approach of some new music from your direction makes me all giddy and stuff.
sapient 3 weeks ago

\m/ >..< \m/
max 3 weeks ago

Here's hoping you'll have a fantastic, productiveTwentyTwelve FAWM.