February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Shannon DeCourcey (@sdecourcey)

progress: 15

winner!
joined: 3 months ago
location: Virginia, USA
website: sdecourcey.wordpress.com
influences: Adam Wedd, Jake Plaunt, Nickel Creek, Mumford and Sons, Fleet Foxes, Apache Relay, Green River Ordinance, Graham Colton, Riverside Worship Project, Civil Twilight, Seth Condrey

Bio

The first thing you should know about me is that I love Jesus. A lot.
I'm also a college freshman who dreams of becoming a doctor and travelling the world providing medical care for those who don't have access. I love travel, music, photography, writing, running, and hiking. I play the piano proficiently, the guitar mediocrely (I think I made that word up) and am learning the ukulele, so expect appearances from any/all of those three in my songs this month.

This is my third year doing FAWM, and I won both of the other times. I've also done 50/90 twice; I won the first time but had to back out 20 songs into the second.
I wavered a lot when I was trying to decide whether it was a good idea to do FAWM this year. I'm taking 18 college credits this semester in addition to my job and other obligations, so it didn't seem to make a lot of sense to add FAWM to that...but then again, does FAWM *ever* make sense? So I ultimately decided that I have nothing to lose--as Negasi told me, writing even just one song is better than none at all.
So we'll see how it goes.

2012 Songs

1	Ruminations of a Wandering Heart (with dawsonvosburg)	16 comments // 3 months ago
2	Fifteen Pieces of Silver	8 comments // 3 months ago
3	Not in the Mood	6 comments // 3 months ago
4	Bittersweet	6 comments // 3 months ago
5	Behind the Signature	1 comment // 3 months ago
6	Don't Let Go	1 comment // 3 months ago
7	Ring, Ring, Ring	1 comment // 3 months ago
8	These are the Things (Coming Home)	1 comment // 2 months ago
9	The Ant and the Boy and the Sun (with marklberry)	4 comments // 2 months ago
10	Let us Love	1 comment // 2 months ago
11	Another Cup of Coffee	1 comment // 2 months ago
12	Empty-Handed	1 comment // 2 months ago
13	Here I'll Stay	1 comment // 2 months ago
14	Fluent as a Floorboard	1 comment // 2 months ago
15	Been Dropping Things (with dawsonvosburg)	1 comment // 2 months ago

Soundboard

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petemurphy 2 months ago

Hi Shannon, thank you so much for the comment you left on my page. I was so touched to read it. I showed it to one of my best friends last night and they thought it was such a beautiful compliment. Thank you. Very best wishes from England!
marklberry 2 months ago

Shannon,
I read your blog of Uganda. Sounds like quite a trip. Also changed the photos on "The Ant..." page of my website to one of you and Juliet.
Cheers, marklberry
marklberry 2 months ago

Shannon,
I made you a music artist page on my website:
http://marklberry.com/the-music-artists-page/shannon-decourcey/

Also a page for "The Ant and the Boy and the Sun":
http://marklberry.com/the-ant-and-the-boy-and-the-sun/

And you are linked on my MUSIC ARTISTS page (right side alphabetically by first name in the FAWM column):

http://marklberry.com/the-music-artists-page/

Let me know if you want any changes, if it's OK to use the photos from your website, etc.

Awesome job on our song. Love it.

Cheers, marklberry
marklberry 2 months ago

Shannon,
Thanks for checking in. Feel free to compose a song around The Ant and the Boy and the Sun. Love your motivation, and your sound.
Cheers, marklberry
toms 3 months ago

Thank you for the kind comments & listen!
rosieposy8 3 months ago

agree, FAWM never makes sense, but we persevere.. good luck with the medicine.. its a tough life!
adamhill 3 months ago

Glad to hear you had a good trip! I was in South Africa this past October doing the whole eyecare thing too; we worked on a larger scale (I forget the exact number, but somewhere close to 40+ volunteers and 12,000 pairs of glasses) and it was tremendously rewarding. That's an awesome story about the guitar! Will you be returning to Africa anytime soon?
radicalmguy 3 months ago

Hey! Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! I'm glad you like it so much, I'll be sure to check out whatever songs you put up... Peace!
adamhill 3 months ago

Welcome back! How was Africa?
dawsonvosburg 3 months ago

You need to collaborate with me.