February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

ryuu (@ryuu)

progress: 15

winner!
joined: January 4 2011
location: Germany
website: ryuu.de
influences: classical music from Perotinus to Arvo Pärt, filk (Leslie Fish, Julia Ecklar), Heavy Metal (Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Nightwish [with Tarja Turunen], Van Canto), some Goth music, people who have seen Earth from outer space, revolutionaries, and my friends the incredible Singvøgel

Bio

This is my 2nd FAWM!

I'm living in Berlin, Germany.
I'm a classically-trained solo soprano & choir soprano/alto, dabbling on my acoustic guitars (classical training is fine, but rocking, folking, filking is a different story altogether), have tried to learn the piano for some years and forgotten most of it again.

Can sing in German (including Middle High German), Latin, Italian, French, and English.
I can (as proven in last FAWM) make lyrics in German, English and Latin, but usually I prefer English.

I was infected with the madness by my friends @Karan, @dukemeyer and @sentense. And I'm looking forward to making music with all the friends from last year @ansgar & @wurzelfrau and the first-time FAWMers @felisylvestris, @syvelei and @grenzgaengerin.

Oh, and did I mention that --verbose is my default output mode?

2012-02-14 Gah! I caught some nasty infection AGAIN. (Sick and tired of being sick! I've been sick nearly all winter.) My throat is all red and inflamed. I might be able to croon something not-too-strenuous in my middle/lower ranges the next days, but my soprano voice is on vacation.

2012-02-21 Another bout of cold (and right before a choir concerto). Immune system? Whazzat? I'm so frustrated. I want my voice back!!!
Going for some computer music (if I can persuade my weak old machines to do what I want without frying the processor), instrumentals, arrangements or making lyrics the next days.

2012-02-26 My computer ate half a song I had recorded yesterday. I hope I can rescue it! If not, I'll have to re-record the missing parts.
Therefore, my latest 2 songs are locked - they are recorded, but not yet mastered. Hope I will get to finish them in the next days.

2012-02-27 Pow, I overcame this problem (seems the file was corrupted when the program crashed)- last locked one is actually still a work in progress.

2012-02-28 I would have loved so much to reach 14, but it's not going to happen. Too much going on at the same time, and there are people dear to my heart out there who need me. So I'll focus on finishing "Rise" and (as much as I can of) "Learn to live" in the remaining time, now that my voice is coming back.

2012-02-29 Screw that. I just did my Nr. 14. Lyrics only, so far, but I did it. I'm going to use these last few hours as best as I can.

2012 Songs

1	Learn to live	2 comments // 3 months ago
2	Wiedersehn	27 comments // 3 months ago
3	Scheißjob! / @#*$&%! Job!	8 comments // 3 months ago
4	Olive Oil And Worcestershire	13 comments // 3 months ago
5	Mondspaziergang	8 comments // 3 months ago
6	Mondin (with wurzelfrau)	6 comments // 3 months ago
7	Shell	6 comments // 3 months ago
8	untitled (with meadows)	6 comments // 3 months ago
9	Rise (with ianuarius)	13 comments // 2 months ago
10	Eyes on the Skies	5 comments // 2 months ago
11	The Fringe	5 comments // 2 months ago
12	Nachtseefahrt	7 comments // 2 months ago
13	G Major	4 comments // 2 months ago
14	Erda	4 comments // 2 months ago
15	Uns hat der winter	7 comments // 2 months ago

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timfatchen 2 months ago

*31803 melody, yes, scan it, or take a clear photo of it and email, it will help. timfatchen at flyingtadpole dot com (I'll also send you a .pdf and a URL as an example of a setting of a rhythmically rather free melody.) (when I can find it!)
timfatchen 2 months ago

Uns hat der winter;;;goodness me, don't even think about enforcing a strict meter; it's the free rhythm that's part of the mediaeval feel and attraction of the song. Would you mind if I tried (later) to come up with a backing to the vocal as it stands? Bear in mind it will probably be a failure and won't happen for some time, perhaps weeks, because of events here.
sapient 2 months ago

Then I am on it!

Might take me a couple of weeks. Very busy at work and then on holiday for a few days. But I have ideas already
timfatchen 2 months ago

I think we should be doing some music/collabs together outside FAWM...I have an opera company I need to keep impressed!!
errol 2 months ago

*laugh* Thanks ryuu!
errol 2 months ago

I had a Döner when I went to Germany!

I had to admit, the lack of rice was difficult for me... good thing there were restaurants.
hbusse 2 months ago

Thanks for the listen and comment on Olive Oil and Worcestershire!
karan 2 months ago

You've made it! And wondefully indeed!
wurzelfrau 2 months ago

Yay- geschafft! -knuddel-
errol 3 months ago

Alllooo! you have at least more songs than me!
dukemeyer 3 months ago

Noah, grinsend, fand mein "Diss' dich" gerade "voll cool"...;-)
errol 3 months ago

Allloooo Ryuuuu! First, thanks so much for the comment on my song. As you can see, I am abysmal at keeping up with commenting on comments even. I'm six days late. I hope your fawm is going well, and I ooooh.... you sing all these languages! Do you have any songs in latin??
lizleppy 3 months ago

Thanks for your kind comment.hopefully,i wil get sumone to help me put music on it.wow!u r a speaker of many languages,i like that.and oh,hope u get better,may music chase away the any sicknes threatenin 2 attack
timfatchen 3 months ago

...and this expands the FAWM horizon further!
ianuarius 3 months ago

Hai, you said you wanted to do some metal-collabs?
If you can find your way to the chat we could probably work something out!
wurzelfrau 3 months ago

Duett, immer doch!
PS: Ich hab dir da mal was gemailt
ryuu 3 months ago

@dukemeyer - Geduld, work in progress, kommt bald!
dukemeyer 3 months ago

Oooh! Darf man nicht zu hören kriegen, darf man nicht? Woooh. Vielleicht das nächste aber dann? Bittebittebittebitte...!
ptr 3 months ago

Thanks very much for the feedback on my Transgalactica track, glad you enjoyed it! You got some great influences, the heavy metal genre is actually the music I mainly listen to and I recently discovered how amazing Van Canto are! I'd be interested in hearing what sort of stuff you create this February!
axl 3 months ago

Hi! Schön, dass Du wieder dabei bist. Danke für den Kommentar, und lass bald was von Dir hören. Gruß aus Hessen
dukemeyer 3 months ago

Hey - schön, dich zu sehen - gespannt, dich zu hören!
davieblue 3 months ago

Good to see you back!
felisylvestris 3 months ago

Huhu! *vorbeiwink*
grenzgaengerin 3 months ago

viel spaß hier - mal schauen, ob ich überhaupt was eigenes schaffe - aber zuhören werde ich ganz fleissig
ansgar 4 months ago

Hiho! Schön, dass die ganze Truppe wieder dabei ist!
karan 4 months ago

Hallooooooo! Schön, daß Du wieder da bist!
syvelei 4 months ago

Uh.. *hibbel* -- bin ja echt mal gespannt ob ich was zambring
ryuu 4 months ago

Na aber klar doch!
wurzelfrau 4 months ago

:-* ich freu mich schon auf deine Sachen, hoffentlich machen wir mal wieder was zusammen!