February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Julie

progress: 26

winner!
joined: June 2008
location: Australia
influences: Many and Varied

Bio

2010 is my first attempt at FAWM. Every other year, I have been busy adjusting to new jobs. This year, I figure my whole life could just slip away adjusting to new jobs, so what the hell. Here goes!

I came to FAWM through connections in 50songs90days in Yahoo Groups, which I re-established after the original 50 Songs in 90 Days Challenge shut down with the help of some other 'crazy' challengees. We just had to keep the idea going. Bill Chin and dvc have been my co-moderators ever since and in 2008 (or 2007?) Monty (L Montgomery) and Tim Wille (snogledk etc...) joined the ranks of moderation. (Take that any way you like but remember there could be a dose of irony

Generously offered the option of the 50/90ERS FAWM site, the 50songs90days group concensus has been to spread our wings. Tim Wille was the main mover and shaker in negotiating this. So he is responsible for me being here! Blame it on him! lol

Predominantly a lyric writer, I am entering a new chapter in cyber-songwriting! In the 2009 5090 Challenge, I actually recorded - and uploaded - some of my own stuff.

... Thanks Tim

2010 Songs

1	Ain't Nobody Goin' To Save Me?	11 comments // 1 month ago
2	Bathroom Mirror Geometry	10 comments // 1 month ago
3	Mind on the Job	5 comments // 1 month ago
4	El Catrín (The Gentleman/The Dandy)	3 comments // 1 month ago
5	Gave to you (with lapetitekiwi)	4 comments // 1 month ago
6	First Comes the Night (with Roel van Veldt)	8 comments // 1 month ago
7	A Life of Their Own	3 comments // 1 month ago
8	I Can't Complain (with sniffer)	3 comments // 4 weeks ago
9	Paper Planes	1 comment // 3 weeks ago
10	Bottom of the Bag (with beepboop)	4 comments // 3 weeks ago
11	My Shinto Bride	8 comments // 2 weeks ago
12	Fine Gentleman (El Catrín) (with Corinne Curcio)	7 comments // 2 weeks ago
13	Smile At Dawn (with Klaire)	6 comments // 2 weeks ago
14	Sleep When You're Dead (with Kramer's Dog)	5 comments // 2 weeks ago
15	Rat's Wheel	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
16	Weirdness	zong // 2 weeks ago
17	You are a walrus (with sniffer)	4 comments // 2 weeks ago
18	Love Me to the Grace	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
19	In Cedar Township	3 comments // 2 weeks ago
20	Whiteline	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
21	A Life of Their Own (with Roel van Veldt)	4 comments // 2 weeks ago
22	Shadow Puppets	4 comments // 2 weeks ago
23	El Soldado (with sniffer)	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
24	Black Month Where (with Nancy Rost)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
25	Dark the Night (La Estrella) (with wyatt)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
26	HOWLING MIDNIGHT (with Sean_T_Wright)	3 comments // 2 weeks ago

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Bikki 1 day ago

Aw cheers the Mawfmorph did indeed go well! Madcore, fo' sho'. Congrats yourself!
Audita Sum 2 days ago

Well congrats on winning almost twice!
Leslie 1 week ago

Thanks, Julie! My uncle was learning to fly, and there was an accident and he died very young. I remember being a very young child out walking in a field with my Mom and looking up at the ice-streams in the sky left by passing planes.

When I asked what made them, she said it was her brother up in heaven, drawing lines with chalk for us to see, to remind us he was watching over us. She doesn't remember this, but the image has always stuck with me.

edit: Thanks for the comments on other songs, too!
heavyhedonist 1 week ago

thanks for stopping by-- i'm glad to see that the newsreader tone i imagined for Bites comes through; that's EXACTLY what i was thinking.
Fine Excuses 1 week ago

Thanks for the mighty nice comment on The Heron - I'm glad the imagery is detectable to someone else other than me!
Leslie 1 week ago

Hi Julie. Thanks for the lovely feedback on "Follow the Wind." It now has a demo up - my last one!
sheilerk 1 week ago

Julie, left a comment on Shadow Puppets. It is incredibly touching and beautifully and movingly sung. So glad you got a demo up to listen to.
carbonxkiwi 1 week ago

Thank you for the comments! The comment to "Long September" was especially touching, thank you. I apologise that it was still in your head. I am always surprised at how quickly a person can grow lonely, even with the Internet around!

And to Flush the Memories! The visual makes me laugh - how many times have we imagined writing letters, ripping them up and burning or flushing them (or both)? And you cottoned onto the real pith of the song: when people think they're leaving someone behind, when they haven't actually gone anywhere! It can be very difficult.

Glad you liked the twist to "Smokin' Round the Circle!" And the image of it. That's what inspired the song. I love the idea of a group of friends/lovers/people gathered around a fire, or some other central piece, just smokin' and/or being themselves.

Also glad you thought "Flamingo City" was cute! Was afraid people would think it was far too abstract. I'll work on getting a demo done some time soon.

Thanks again! Your comm
barbara 1 week ago

Julie,
Thanks so much for offering your comments on the lyrics that Roel treated so beautifully on "i need to walk away." You've highlighted my favorite spots as well. I've just read "First Comes the Night" and "Bathroom Mirror Geometry" (can't listen right now), and I'm floored by the way you tackle such painful situations with a raw honesty and understanding, robed in amazing metaphors and wordplay. Really excellent. I'll be back to devour everything you've posted! Cheers, Barbara
Roel van Veldt 1 week ago

Hey Julie,

Thank you so much for our collaborations! It was a fun & lovely experience for me. Hope we can do more collabs in the future. Congratulations with 26 songs!

Roel
Nancy Rost 1 week ago

And congrats to you too!!! Yeah, February really sped by, didn't it? Let's collab in 50/90!
Beth Kille 1 week ago

Hey Julie, Thanks for listening to Dust -I was hoping an Aussie would comment on my tune! Had an amazing time in Australia, glad I could get a song out of it too:)
dftaylor 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure why you're having trouble with my demo's streaming. They're working from here, but the FileFreak system was playing up earlier - maybe that's why.

I'd be happy to put them in a zip file for you to listen to later.
Mal 2 weeks ago

Ah ha ha! Loved your comment on the morphing song. Was thinking about my first 50/90 the other day, and how all of you wouldn't let me give up. Thank you!
lapetitekiwi 2 weeks ago

It played for me, there is some morning sounds at the beginning so it does not start out with music.
heavyhedonist 2 weeks ago

Champion is done-- Steffan Pitzel did an excellent version-- we've collab'd before--

http://fawm.org/songs/7858
Potato 2 weeks ago

hey no problem, you are one of my most favourite artists that i've had the pleasure of discovering in the last year..... looking forward to listening to the rest of your gems
kristian 2 weeks ago

hey I was just testing playing My Mornings and it played fine... wierd! Please try it again :

http://fawm.org/songs/6501/

would love your feedback!
lapetitekiwi 2 weeks ago

It's is so beautiful, thanks for getting around to doing it!! I love working with you (especially since you're from my side of the world, we need to stick together!)
musicsongwriter 2 weeks ago

Thank you so much for your beautiful comment on Dancing Snow, Julie
Nadia
carbonxkiwi 2 weeks ago

Thank you for your input on Flashing Face! I'm sure all my friends and I will be questioning our lives until the very last moment! Questioning is an important process. Your comments are lovely!
beepboop 2 weeks ago

Thanks Julie for the encouragement!!
carbonxkiwi 2 weeks ago

Hahaha thank you for the comment on my most random song. And yes, Biomeds doctor's seem to be out of control! They may just need some inspecting. Thanks for the comment!
$Kramer\'s Dog - kramersdog$ Kramer's Dog 2 weeks ago

Thanks! Congrats to you too!
I can't believe you posted the demo for last year's 50/90 song! I love it, by the way! Very awesome.
Klaire 2 weeks ago

Based on Trufax, too. You would not believe how pissed I was getting at that game, all the corner spots had bombs in them! FFFF D:<
steveodell 2 weeks ago

you won!!!
great job julie!
expendablefriend 2 weeks ago

And to you! I really hope someone's going to take your Walrus song on, I'll be back to listen if they do.
Klaire 2 weeks ago

Yeah for the morph! I love it! And congrats on multiple songs, too!
Debs 2 weeks ago

It would be Michael, but I want to ask Sean because he's the only person who hasn't asked to be moved down or gone MIA but hasn't had a chance yet.
Debs 2 weeks ago

Your morph, Julie! http://fawm.org/songs/7011/
Klaire doesn't have recording equipment so she posted lyrics only - what I'm thinking is that you can either put your own spin on the chords from scratch, or you could hop over to subjectzero's, http://fawm.org/songs/6042/, and draw inspitation from there. Happy morphing!
philkmills 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the comments on "Bell Curve".

I guess science fiction can't help but be social commentary by its act of extrapolating from *something*.
Brianna Rose 3 weeks ago

Thank you
Mark C Smith 3 weeks ago

Why thank you...I'm also a fan of "Many and Varied"
lapetitekiwi 3 weeks ago

Thanks for your comment, 'Same condition' now has a demo http://fawm.org/songs/2693/ if you are interested.
Corinne Curcio 3 weeks ago

Yoo hoo Julie - Read my email
beepboop 3 weeks ago

Can you please send or share your old bottom of the bag demo? Also I remember there being a sort of back story. If I can manage to cover it I'd like to include the info, and what I can of your style .. thanks
Wash Away 3 weeks ago

Hi Julie, Its Valentines Day in New Jersey aswell, thanks for the comments and support
Kirsten 4 weeks ago

Thank you so much for the comment! Your lyrics are great, I can't wait until I'm able to hear the recordings.
Nick Sypniewski 4 weeks ago

Julie,

Thanks for the kind words on the song. I agree with you that it is A) a keeper - although it really needs someone capable of carrying a tune to sing it and B) that it needed an instrumental break. I really envisioned a sort of plaintive counterpoint fiddle throughout (with a solo verse of its own), but couldn't find the samples or midi line necessary to simulate one. Anyway - thanks again.
Julie 4 weeks ago

Yes musicwriter, this is my first FAWM. But I've been doing 50 songs in 90 days since 2001; mostly as a lyricist and for last three or four years with collaborations and for last two or three years able to sometimes record and upload. I'm a slow learner on the technical side... ah and that's the other thing that makes me not Tim... he's a technical wizz with a deep FAWM history.
Julie 4 weeks ago

I assure anyone reading this page - I am not Tim!
I'm sure Tim will be very relieved to hear this since there is a country-ish style song on the way which would mean certain death to him if he discovered it was his. He would also find himself in Australia, on the other side of the world from Denmark, family and friends... and at the mercy of his anima alter ego who sometimes writes country style!
I, on the other hand, would be privileged to be him since he is a mad musical genius who performs lyric, melodic, harmonic, rhythmic and arrangement feats extraordinaire. Besides, he's multi lingual: I use computer translators and pre-written material - oops this sounds like true confessions .
Becca 4 weeks ago

Hey Julie... are you Tim?
musicsongwriter 1 month ago

Thank you Julie for listening and commenting on y music It's all new to me to sign up for a challenge. I can see it's your first time as well. Good luck ))
Nadia
Tim Wille 1 month ago

Hey Julie,

no, not back. Benjamin Nolan added me as a collaborator to his song because I came up with the Explore the Core challenge.
Corinne Curcio 1 month ago

I'm interested to hear how others interpret your lyrics for El Catrin - I'm finding it challenging!
Brianna Rose 1 month ago

Awwww, thanks!
lapetitekiwi 1 month ago

I'm kinda trying to get 28 songs but I'm trying not to push myself (especially with my new job), it depends on when inspiration strikes!!
heavyhedonist 1 month ago

glad someone likes the pic! I'll be back to read up later-- looks like you have a great start here.
lapetitekiwi 1 month ago

Sure go ahead Julie, I'll add you as a collaborator!!
Sir Ralph Hogaboom Rutherford Tuxpin Winchester IV 1 month ago

I'd be delighted to help, but I must have an email to send you the username/password. Email me (ralph AT hogaboom DOT org) and I'll set you right up.
Roel van Veldt 1 month ago

Julie, I would love to collab! Hope you checked out my style first. Which actually exists in just following my heart when touching the piano and uttering some lung-noises.
If that's ok with you, please let me make songs for the lyrics of "Ain't Nobody Goin' To Save Me?" and "El Catrin". They do inspire me a lot. Many thanks!

Roel
Sean_T_Wright 1 month ago

thanks for the kind words, Julie.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

Julie, thanks for signing up for Halfpenny Orchestra’s Loteria Challenge. You have been dealt: El Catrin (The Dandy, No. 4). This could also be translated as, "The Gentleman," so feel free to take it in either direction. In the description of your song, please include the subject of the card and its number. Also, please include loteria as a tag. Have fun!
hoops 1 month ago

hey Jule - great to see you're here!
Billy Sea 1 month ago

Hi Julie Glad you are here
Potato 1 month ago

hello, really loving what you've written so far
Helen 1 month ago

Yay - you're here
lapetitekiwi 1 month ago

I can email O Te Puke to you (remind me if I forget)
lapetitekiwi 1 month ago

Hey Julie!!
I'm so glad that you are doing FAWM!!
I was listening to O Te Puke the other day

Oh and my friend has apologised for not doing a spoken word version of my OE lyric, her life got really hectic.
John Crossman 1 month ago

Hey Julie, welcome to the flipside!
Nancy Rost 1 month ago

Hi, Julie, good to see you back here. Lots of catching up to do here, and look forward to catching up with you!
Wash Away 1 month ago

For a second there, I thought you werent going to be joining us for Fawm! And heads up... im going to be singing in one of my songs so be ready to hear my voice! Thanks again for the comments
beepboop 1 month ago

Good to see you, best of luck for FAWM2010!
Donna 1 month ago

Hi Julie!
1B King 1 month ago

Hey Julie, Happy to see you here!
Linzi 1 month ago

Julie thank you for listening, let me know if you post something, pls!
beepboop 1 month ago

I still want to cover bottom of the bag, is that wrong?