February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Ross Durand

progress: 15

winner!
joined: January 2008
location: California, USA
website: www.rossdurand.com/
influences: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Camper Van Beethoven, Peter Case, Neil Young, James McMurtry

Bio

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As part of my FAWM I completed a mini album of 9 more "Hard Rain" songs: you can downlad a zip here:

http://www.rossdurandmusic.com/Find_The_Road_Ross_Durand.zip

Or if you prefer to use the in-site player, here's my suggested song order:

1. Where Hunger is Ugly (Where Souls are Forgotten)
2. I Heard the Roar of a Wave (That Could Drown the Whole World)
3. (Where the Executioners Face is) Always Well Hidden
4. I saw a Highway of Diamonds (With Nobody on It)
5. I Heard the Sound of a Clown (Who Cried in the Alley)
6. Iʼve Been 10,000 Miles (in the Mouth of a Graveyard)
7. (I Met Another Man Who Was) Wounded with Hatred
8. (Iʼll Walk to the Depths of the) Deepest Black Forest
9. Pellets of Poison (are Flooding their Waters)

In a 1963 interview quoted in the liner notes to "Freewheelin," Bob Dylan said that every line of his song "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall" was really the first line of a whole other song he feared he'd never get to write, since he had written the song during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I have long been fascinated by the idea of writing such a set of songs. In FAWM 2009 I wrote 14 songs that all begin with lines from that song, and this year I plan to continue that task.

I am not necessarily trying to write the songs dylan would have written or even to write like or in tribute to Dylan, but since he and those who were influenced by him have influenced me, there is a healthy dose of what I call "Post-Dylan Folk" involved, but this is just how I write I guess.
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Lyric-only FAWMers interested in me setting their lyrics - please drop me a note.
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Oh, and check out my 5 second songs here: http://fawm.org/fawmers/ross5/

2010 Songs

1	Where Hunger is Ugly (Where Souls are Forgotten)	21 comments // 1 month ago
2	I Saw a Highway of Diamonds (With Nobody on it)	9 comments // 1 month ago
3	Let's Get Bloody	4 comments // 1 month ago
4	I Heard the Sound of a Clown (Who Cried in the Alley)	7 comments // 4 weeks ago
5	I've Been 10,000 Miles (In the Mouth of a Graveyard)	8 comments // 3 weeks ago
6	Please Stop	7 comments // 3 weeks ago
7	(I'll Walk to the Depths of the) Deepest Black Forest	10 comments // 3 weeks ago
8	Yes	9 comments // 2 weeks ago
9	I Heard the Roar of Wave (That Could Drown the World)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
10	(Where the Executioner's Face is) Always Well Hidden	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
11	Clouds	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
12	Pellets of Poison (are Flooding Their Waters)	7 comments // 2 weeks ago
13	Me in the Mirror (with Joel D Canfield)	2 comments // 1 week ago
14	Interview With Ross Durand (with Echo Hall Studios)	4 comments // 1 week ago
15	(I Met Another Man Who Was) Wounded With Hatred	3 comments // 1 week ago

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Joel D Canfield 1 week ago

H'ray! I'm thinking that's gonna turn into a great song.

One challenge I had with the lyrics was that it's too close, and I'm gonna have to actually say what I mean to get it polished. It's one of the things I have a hard time facing, the huge feeling of inadequacy, but I think if I can dial back on the fear a little bit and just put some real feeling into it, I'll have a more powerful lyric for you.
Nick Sypniewski 1 week ago

Oops... never mind that request Ross. Got it to work. Thanks again.
Nick Sypniewski 1 week ago

Ross,
Thanks for the links. It's taking me to an FTP site and consequently asking for a password (which makes sense for FTP). Not sure if you want to give that out. If you do, and don't want to "advertise it" here, my email is n.syp@verizon.net. Thanks

Btw, haven't had a chance to get back over to listen to the rest of your output this year, but hopefully in the next day or two.
Errol 1 week ago

Hi Ross! I am stalking you on tinychat now, but for your reference, we played your song tonight!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fawm/2010/03/02/40--the-daily-fawmcast-2010

Me in the Mirror
Steven Wesley Guiles (formerly Apple_Head) 1 week ago

You comin' out again?

http://fawm.org/forums/thread/974/
nightengale 2 weeks ago

Wow Thanks Ross, I'd loce it if you see anything the appeals to you!
The Cow Exchange 2 weeks ago

Ross! Come get skirmy with us Sunday! http://fawm.org/forums/thread/704/
Timothy Bracken 3 weeks ago

hey, thanks! I'm not really familiar with JF, no! I'll have to look that stuff up!
$Charlie\'s Daily FAWMcast - charliesradioshow$ Charlie's Daily FAWMcast 3 weeks ago

Actually, I'm pretty tired today. :-\
Carl Leivers 1 month ago

Hey Ross! Good to hear from you -- I've really enjoyed what you've done so far this year. Cool to see that you're keeping with the same theme. I would love to do another collaboration. Not sure I have anything I really like yet, but look it over and I'll obviously keep working on stuff and hopefully we can come up with something!

Hope all is well ...
Chris Adams 1 month ago

Hey, I have some lyrics up, so if you wanna take a look and see if there's anything you want to record, go right ahead.
Balance Lost 1 month ago

word up sir, I was meaning to stop by here. I wish you merry inspiration to continue your sturdy body of work.
cts 1 month ago

RD...what's shakin', bro? *fist bump*
cheerios 1 month ago

thanks for the kind words ross. nice to meet you
Rick Cannon 1 month ago

Thanks for the comment! What I've heard of the Mountain Goats is pretty awesome, so I'll definitely take that as a compliment.
Joel D Canfield 1 month ago

Hey; saw you on a thread and started to come over and say 'hi' and then there was this shiny obj—huh? Did you see that? I'm sorry; what was I saying?
Rob Lincoln 1 month ago

You are on my watch list again. Loved your songs last year.
Elaine DiMasi 1 month ago

Looking forward to it!
Whispered Candles 1 month ago

Oh, that's nice! I'd be very interested in setting my site up with something like that.
Billy Sea 1 month ago

Hello Ross, just stopping by to say hi and good to see you
Chris Adams 1 month ago

Awesome. Let me know if you want me to write lyrics with a theme or idea in mind, if you want to hammer lyrics out (by themselves or around a tune) together, or if you just want me to write some and then have you put a tune to it.
Chris Adams 1 month ago

Would you like to do a collaboration with me this FAWM? I can do lyrics if you can do instruments and record.
Phil Bearce 1 month ago

Hello Mr.Durand. I'm looking forward to your usually amazing output again this year, my friend
pifie 1 month ago

Finished recording and mixing Sunspot, from 50/90, with your idea of outage at disneyland ... check it http://tr.im/sunsp (that's the mp3) and here are the lyrics : http://htlm.org/pifie/sunspot
cts 2 months ago

Just droppin' a line to say "hey". Are these songs already done?