February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

slyswell (@slyswell)

progress: 4

joined: 3 months ago
location: Quebec, Canada
website: www.youtube.com/user/SlySwell?blend=7&ob=0
influences: pixies, beatles, the who, beach boys, sex pistols, stone roses, the shadows, the hives, the kinks, green day, rolling stones, cage the elephant, ac/dc, the strokes, U2, social distortion, bob dylan, blink 182, anti-flag, guns 'n roses, transplants, the zombies

Bio

Do people really write all their stuff in a month ?

I'm gonna try to do it. I fear I won't be bale to make it.......or all the songs will be 3 chord songs with lame vocals, out of sync guitars ......basically what my songs usually sound like anyway. just kidding LMAO
...............or am I ?

I don't have a partner yet for that 1/2 song. You can hear my songs on youtube or soundcloud. If you think we could make a good song together, give me a shout!

2012 Songs

1	Feeling Down	5 comments // 3 months ago
2	He Who Can't Conquer The World	10 comments // 3 months ago
3	We Need To Talk	2 comments // 3 months ago
4	City of a Hundred Steeples	4 comments // 3 months ago

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avidfanman 2 months ago

Hi, thanks for your kind comments about my skirmish track "Falling", glad you liked it Your bio made me laugh, worrying about "3 chord songs with lame vocals" - usually where I find myself!
robs 2 months ago

The Who Sell Out? I had never heard of that album. I just read the wiki page, I'm gonna check it out later!
mikegtz 3 months ago

Sly, the Chara song is up. I will give it another go at some point to make it clearer and more rhythmic but thanks for the idea. It was fun.
swampjaw 3 months ago

Hi -- thanks much for the comment on Happy Little Blisters. You hit the nail on the head -- I hate singing with a passion, and always have to fight against the urge to layer on the filters to make my voice disappear. I don't always win the fight. The good news; it's better than it was a few years ago!
tcelliott 3 months ago

Hello. Thanks for the comment on 'Right there at the edge'. I believe on that one the guitar was recorded direct in. But then I used a high pass filter and either trimmed or slightly boosted the higher side of the eq curve and I also used the Haas Effect (I doubled the guitar part, hard panning one track to each side and delaying one side by about 20ms.)
My acoustic needs strings so it doesn't sound too bright. Ordinarily I'd use a line in AND a condenser mic and record the one part on two tracks at the same time.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have further questions.
darcistrutt 3 months ago

Thanks for stopping by and giving 'Kate' some feedback. You are so right... The delay drives me nuts now when I listen to it, but I haven't taken time to re-do it. I recorded it when I was pretty down and out with a cold (I'm still recovering) and I mostly just wanted to capture it before my head lost it.
mikegtz 3 months ago

Sly, I think most Americans know very little about the history of Montreal and why it became a major city, or even why Montreal is bilingual. It's fascinating and exotic for us but I imagine a bit more ordinary for people in Canada.
aardvarkk 3 months ago

Thanks so much for your comment on *24720! Really appreciate it. I'm glad you mentioned the kick drum too -- I'm never happy with them! I tend to use a drum synthesizer because it gives me more control over decay and tuning, etc. But sometimes they sound a bit empty as a result. I should probably start layering with some other jazz. Anyway, thanks so much for listening! I look forward to hearing more of your stuff!
mikegtz 3 months ago

Sly that is a great challenge-I;'m embarrassed that I had to look the guy up. I am thinking something along the lines of Slap It Like Chara.
mikegtz 3 months ago

Hi Slyswell, I'm Mike and I am your song challenge teammate. I'm supposed to challenge you to write a song about something and likewise be challenged by you. Just so you know, I spent my entire first year in FAWM on the sidelines listening to others so it can take a minute to get yourself in gear-if you do, the 15 songs will be no problem.
My idea for you is to write a song about Montreal that is inspired by something Americans know nothing about but Canadians do.
wyatt 3 months ago

Welcome to FAWM sly
14 songs isn't important. Just the challenge and the community. Some have participated for years and never wrote 14.
Due to life interfering, some only write 2 or 3 or whatever
Have a good one
max 3 months ago

Welcome to FAWM MMXII.