February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

E Agner (@standup)

progress: 12

joined: January 15 2007
location: Maryland, USA
website: ericagner.bandcamp.com
influences: rock punk indie country bluegrass western swing blues other

Bio

I've been playing bass in bands forever. I've written songs since I was a teenager, but got better at it when I started doing FAWM in 2007.

I fall back on "funny" songs when I lack ideas. Or try too hard, laboring over a weak idea. If I'm happy or not, single or not, I can write negatively about love at the drop of the hat. Whatever that means.

I started playing in bands at age 16 or so, and only tried to quit once. It didn't work out, so I'm still playing in bars a couple times a month. I'm mostly a bass player but play a little of a few other instruments, and my guitar 'solos' suck. In my 20s I was in Athens GA playing original music and did a bit of traveling packed into a van with a bunch of dudes. In my 40s now I'm still playing mostly original music, mostly other people's, and traveling shorter distances.

I make my living doing graphic design, though.

I believe this is my 6th FAWM. I'm putting some miscellaneous tracks from previous FAWM's here, a tiny garden of half-baked demos: http://soundcloud.com/fawm-standup/

And since I'm feeling verbose, here's a FAWM 2012 recap:
This is the first time I haven't hit 14 songs, and it's no big deal. Some of the lyrics were tossed off this year, I'm not sure which songs I'll carry forward and work on some more. There's good stuff here and there, but some weak lines. And melodies were hard. Guitar parts too. Everything felt musically trite while I was doing it. I probably need to push for some new technique or a new instrument this year, it's time to break habits in some way, maybe it will pay off in 2013. And around midnight working on the last tune I knocked over a beer with a mic stand, and now my little studio smells like a bar.

2012 Songs

1	Body and Soul	20 comments // 3 months ago
2	Free	11 comments // 3 months ago
3	to the bone	5 comments // 3 months ago
4	Halfwit	5 comments // 3 months ago
5	Object of my Affection	7 comments // 3 months ago
6	So Good (with nancyrost)	18 comments // 3 months ago
7	My Last Girlfriend	3 comments // 2 months ago
8	Jack Ruby's Blues (with nancyrost)	4 comments // 2 months ago
9	300 Teeth (with auditasum)	4 comments // 2 months ago
10	Threadbare	5 comments // 2 months ago
11	One Mississippi Two	4 comments // 2 months ago
12	Y'all, Bye	5 comments // 2 months ago

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nancyrost 2 months ago

Wanted to let you know that the two songs of mine that ended up being favorites both grew out of suggestions of yours (liminality, Nellie McKay-esque) -- so thank you!
jsini 2 months ago

thanks for checking out my song!
toms 2 months ago

Thank you for the nice comment on Tom Waits -- the lyrics took as long as it took to sing the song, I improvised them on the spot.
sherrycanary 2 months ago

Thanks for comment on Never Let Me Go. I have a long way to go to make a decent demo, but I did my best to get one up. You actually helped me by telling me about the markers
mctown 2 months ago

thanks..
seantwright 2 months ago

thanx for the comment on the song
albasauce 2 months ago

Thank you for taking a look at my tune:)
timothybracken 2 months ago

Thanks for the comment and listen!
nancyrost 2 months ago

Sure, Eric, go ahead and send me whatever you've got so far and I'll give it a try.
testthebest 3 months ago

That's pretty much one of the biggest compliments you could give me - love me some replacements! Thanks for the comment
nancyrost 3 months ago

That sounds like fun -- do send them on!
auditasum 3 months ago

Sure! Go ahead and email them to me at auditasum@gmail.com.
tinam 3 months ago

thanx for leaving comment on baby i vibrate ..glad you liked it so much!
mikecreeth 3 months ago

Hey thanks for the comment. Its great when people say they like your song, but its the suggestions that are the most valuable, and the one you made is spot on.
janeukey 3 months ago

Thanks for the lovely comment on 'Muted'!
radioovermoscow 3 months ago

Chur!
simonwaldram 3 months ago

Thanks for the song comment
devin 3 months ago

Hey bro! Thanks for the shout...let me plow through this concept CD with Leslie and see if we can hook this up!!
theodamus 3 months ago

Thanks for the comment, like your stuff!
izaakalexander 3 months ago

Hey there, thanks for the comment. I do play a lot of instruments (I've been teaching beginning band and orchestra in the public schools for a few years), so most of the sounds I record are produced live. I did use a sampled bass and snare drum for that last tune, but that's it. Clarinets are up next, but it's been giving me trouble.
nightengale 3 months ago

Hey that'd be awesome! I hope to hear from you!
nightengale 3 months ago

I'm looking foreward too, to your awesome sound!
testthebest 3 months ago

Thanks! I'll be around for sure. Looking forward to your stuff - rooftop summer was pretty excellent.
nancyrost 3 months ago

Looking forward to hearing your FAWM songs! Co-writing too if we get a chance.