Steven Wesley Guiles (@stevenwesleyguiles)

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progress: 16 winner!
joined: January 22 2008
location: California, USA
website: www.stevenwesleyguiles.com
influences: Simon and Garfunkel, Elliot Smith, Pavement, Paul Westerberg, Joseph Arthur, Sesame Street, Arcade Fire, U2, the Replacements, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, M.Ward, radiohead, and You

Bio

Husband, Father, Musician, Creative-type.

My wife Joy (who I hope to one day convince to join me) is soooo supportive in my FAWMing. I give her about 99% of the credit. smile

FAWM Promo Video: http://youtu.be/s4C7amg-KhU

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1989-2007 30-50 songs
2008-2011 200+ songs over 4 FAWMs and 2 50/90s
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Songwriting bio: http://www.newcoolnow.com/SteveSongwritingResume/SteveSongwritingResume.html
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2012 Songs

1 Psalm 70 51 comments // 1 week ago
2 A California New York Midnight 40 comments // 1 week ago
3 Eko Letting Go 27 comments // 1 week ago
4 Bacon Tacos of Love 20 comments // 1 week ago
5 Deadly Salsa of Death 12 comments // 1 week ago
6 Space Love (with  eshouse) 14 comments // 1 week ago
7 Oh, Look At Us Now 10 comments // 1 week ago
8 Hurley's Lament (For Libby) 12 comments // 1 week ago
9 I'm Gonna Fly My Robots 10 comments // 1 week ago
10 Mara's Bacon Song 10 comments // 1 week ago
11 California Was a Harsh Mistress 18 comments // 1 week ago
12 Summer, My Love 7 comments // 1 week ago
13 I Hope You're Feeling Better Soon 7 comments // 5 days ago
14 Do This Like We Got Tall 15 comments // 5 days ago
15 The Choice of Love (to be opened on Valentines) zong // 1 day ago
16 The Clowns of the Amish (with ego093) 3 comments // 4 hours ago

Soundboard

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  •  nickdickies 18 hours ago
    Everything is recorded except for the drums. They are programmed in using the note editor and Toontrack Superior Drummer.
  •  evelbist 1 day ago
    Steve, i meant every word. I just had to hear 3 and 14 to get it. and you've definitely got it.
  •  jonniegrunge 1 day ago
    Howdy Steven! You asked, so here's the rough details on my new machine: It's a 3.3 Ghz Core i5 2500k on an MSI board built for overclocking. I put 16GB of RAM in it, and a 1GB PCIe video card so as much of the RAM could be dedicated to the applications, and not shared for video output. I put a 750GB hard drive in it because I figure that's enough for now, and I can always expand it with some drives I have laying around. I'm using a Tascam US-122mkII as my soundcard and audio input/mid device. And I'm running Windows 7 Pro on it.

    For software, I'm running Mixcraft, which is like Garageband for Windows, I'm told. I'll sometimes use Audacity if I'm on the road. I use EZDrummer for drum loops, PodFarm for guitar effects, and a small stack of VSTi's.

    Also, thanks for the song comments! The Oingo Boingo and Joy Division references made my day. I promise I'll be around to listen to your tracks soon enough. Congrats on the early win!
  • stevekey 2 days ago
    My favorite of my four new songs, "Dystiny", is currently a zong. Want to bust it?
  • bitshred 2 days ago
    congrats on winning Steven!!, you rock fo sho.....
  •  kevinemmrich 2 days ago
    congrats on the big win!
  • besatree 3 days ago
    Super sick man. Def will be visiting your website.
  • ddtgball 3 days ago
    Thanks for all of the song comments! Sadly, I've never played Fallout 3, although I love Fallout: New Vegas. Congrats on finishing already! And all of them recorded too! Not something you see often.
  •  brownium 3 days ago
    Last week we did your song with me on Uke. This week we're going to do it again with the full band. If it gets recorded (and it isn't too embarassing) I'll send it to you. When I told my daughter that we were going to do it again, she said "YESSSSS!!!!!", with the enthusiasm of a football fan watching their team get a last minute touchdown. You've got a new fan. smile
  • nadia 3 days ago
    hey stephen! thanks for your kind words about "i used to think" *22704...it is *close* to being a direct translation, but it's not exact. i took some license with it to force a rhyme and such. and i'm certainly guilty of some anglicisms, as my french is well-out of practice. however, after consulting with some *a-hem* more grammatical frenchies, i decided i didn't care about the mistakes bc even i (the english teacher) throw grammar out the window and do what i want with English when i write songs.

    that was an embarrassingly, selfishly long response. the end.
  •  simonwaldram 4 days ago
    Congratulations on reaching the finish line smile
  •  natchdan 4 days ago
    Steptoe is almost entirely constructed using a synth called Harmless, which is part of FL Studio but I think you can get it separately. The bass isn't a preset, I tweaked it into being that huge big_smile

    And yes, I road-tested Mystery on Sunday night and it got a good response!
  •  natchdan 4 days ago
    Says the man with 14 songs!
  • devinhill 4 days ago
    And I was proud of myself for having 9 songs on day 8... Then I see you already have 14 songs -_- Good work, though. I've enjoyed all your tracks so far!
  •  oneslowtyper 5 days ago
    Way to go Steven!! You now have 21 days to come up with half a song. LOL
  •  mattpierce 5 days ago
    Wow, just Wow!
  •  timmyriordan 5 days ago
    Congrats on the win Steven. If only I could write six songs in a night. Ok... I could, but I think I'll sleep instead.
  • devinhill 6 days ago
    Thanks for your feedback on Deja Vu. I've been trying to mix it up this year, instead of just have straight-through verse-chorus-verse-chorus-end. Glad people are taking notice smile
  • thesupernalists 6 days ago
    I think you are my favorite new FAWMer I've come across this year! Much luck to you and your writing!
  •  steffan 1 week ago
    SWG - slow down! You're gonna hurt yourself at this pace!
  • devinhill 1 week ago
    Wow, you got a lot of songs already! Give some people a chance to catch up! big_smile
  • theawkwardsleep 1 week ago
    wow, i love your voice. what a gem to find. beautiful. i have a tune i'd love to share with you and have you sing on (with me singing harmonies with you ) , if you could/would? -ru
  •  johncrossman 1 week ago
    Hi, wow, you're cooking this fawm! I think you did this last year too. Stupendous!

    Oh yeah, I stopped by with a listening recommendation - fun stuff I just accidentally ran across that I thought you might dig: http://fawm.org/songs/22759/
  •  mattblick 1 week ago
    Someone is gonna lend me that Pedro album on sunday. If it grabs me expect more depressed christian songs soon!
  • littlenature 1 week ago
    They're my 2 favorite people in the world!
  • elijahmc 1 week ago
    mate your on form! 5 tracks already!!!
  •  johnq 1 week ago
    Hello Steven Wesley! Looking forward to hearing more of what is shaping up to be some amazing output from you this year!
  •  mattblick 1 week ago
    Thanks for the comment Steven - I've heard a tiny bit of Bazan solo but no Pedro. Any albums/songs you'd recommend?
  •  cts 1 week ago
    Man, I wish I had cool teachers like you when I was schoolin'. smile
  • seantwright 1 week ago
    hello, I'm back! I think.... how you doing?
  • petemurphy 1 week ago
    Thanks for the comment, Steven. I'm trying something new with fawm... composing all the songs at the piano (I only started playing piano 2 months ago), so I'm hoping it will bring out some new and different sounds for me. Best wishes, Pete.
  • mikeskliar 1 week ago
    never thought of that 'the nyc folks dropping the ball three hours early for you guys' idea before -- hey, sounds good! smile
  •  ptr 1 week ago
    Thanks very much for the feedback on my Transgalactica track, I'm glad you enjoyed it! smile
  •  nickdickies 1 week ago
    I listen to a lot of Sonic Youth where those sort of fuzz sections happen, but the idea actually came from the Prodigy's "No Good (Start the Dance)" middle section of all places (which I don't listen to really any more).
  •  carleybaer 1 week ago
    Yes, class of '08! And I'm pretty sure you've been on my watchlist from the beginning. big_smile
  •  briansmith 1 week ago
    Hey Steven! I hope we can collaborate again this year... maybe even in person since we just moved to San Diego smile
  •  fineexcuses 1 week ago
    Looking forward to your new stuff this year - always a treat.
  •  rickamorphis 1 week ago
    I will think of FAWM 2011 as the year you fended off song pirates with one hand and caught falling kidney stones with the other. I even have a song on my iPod to remind me. May it be a less eventful go-of-it for you this time around, kind sir. smile
  •  mattblick 1 week ago
    Hey Steven - kidney stones, degrees, teaching, family and all permitting - would you be interested on a collab this year? I'm working on my EP but I think I'm still going to do SOMETHING on FAWM just to keep me remembering what writing a song feels like!
  • mrbirdbath 1 week ago
    Hey, thanks for the comment.

    This guy on Reddit drew it for me.

    I'm from sac.
  •  patfee 1 week ago
    ride your scooters with your daddy
  • boyatheart 1 week ago
    So you had kidney stones last year. I have gall stones this year (probably had them last year as well without realising it!).

    Thankfully it appears Ican deal with them naturally and am doing just that with good results so far. Let's see if any pain turns into song this FAWM. Best of luck!
  • tomslatter 2 weeks ago
    Hi Steven, I'm glad you liked the video. It was made by my brother Joe:- Here's a link to his site: http://www.thedarkpower.com/php/beastoftheair.php
  • elijahmc 2 weeks ago
    That was quick mate. lovin the beat bro!
  •  eshouse 2 weeks ago
    Yes... Let us do this thing!
  •  joshbelville 2 weeks ago
    STEEEEEEEVE! I really love what you've done with newcoolnow.com by the way. Clean and simple!
  • jessem131 2 weeks ago
    I would be pretty happy if you would just do Weezer rips for all of February...
  • tizzdizz 2 weeks ago
    You were one of the first usernames I started to recognize during my first FAWM, you applehead, you. Good luck this year!
  •  natchdan 2 weeks ago
    By the way, I still regularly listen to Eddie Vedder and Control. They are wondrous.
  •  chasingandromeda 2 weeks ago
    Looking forward to your schtuff...have a great FAWM!
  • temily 2 weeks ago
    Thanks Steven, you too! smile
  •  captainvulpine 2 weeks ago
    Oh the classic and amusing tales of Steven Wesley Guiles. Glad you're still around, fella.
  •  dustymason 2 weeks ago
    Bust a move & have rockin' FAWM
  • danieljacob 3 weeks ago
    It's almost time!
  • devinhill 3 weeks ago
    I hope your FAWM this year is as fun as last year's (and hopefully you'll be kidney-stone free big_smile)
  •  wyatt 3 weeks ago
    HI Where do you find the option in donating to donate for someone else.? I couldn't find it, either be cause I'm a Komputor Klutz or because there seems to be a glitch when I try to donate. I had to do a workaround to donate for myself
    Thanks
  •  ianuarius 3 weeks ago
    Hi there! Interested in seeing how many songs you complete this fawm! wink
    Good luck anyways! smile
  •  charliecheney 3 weeks ago
    ARE YOU CALLING ME MULE-HEADED????
    Well, thank you sir. smile
  •  johncrossman 3 weeks ago
    I'm taking a little mini-vacation to visit family. I'll email you when I nail down some dates. It would be great to meet up!
  •  natchdan 3 weeks ago
    HELLO.
  •  johncrossman 3 weeks ago
    If you don't write at least 200+ songs this February, I'm going to have to come out there. Seriously, I'm prob'ly coming out to your area in the third week of March.
  • danvaillancourt 3 weeks ago
    Hi Steve. Looking forward to more FAWMepicness from you.
  • drewb92 3 weeks ago
    Group? I did a few collaborations with @jgardner last year, but otherwise I've just been my own self.
  •  max 3 weeks ago
    Here's hoping you'll have a fantastic, productiveTwentyTwelve FAWM.
  •  scottmcb 3 weeks ago
    Hot dog. Looking forward to your jams. We may be able to work on a collab. I was telling someone the other day about "Eddie Vedder told me there'd be days like this" after seeing Eddie Vedder guest star on Portlandia.
  •  kidd 3 weeks ago
    Dude, Birthday absolutely slayed me!
  • musicbykatie 3 weeks ago
    Mr applehead I am so thrilled to be here on your fawm paaaaaaaaaaaage smile looking forward to the music. i hope theres lots of kids' stuff.
  • scottlake 3 weeks ago
    Yes we are my friend. However, I will likely be doing a half-FAWM this year. I have a conference to attend for work that will eat the entire last week. I may be trolling for collabs as I could write lyrics and add vox as I can take a USB mic with me on my trip, but that will be about it.
  • drewb92 3 weeks ago
    Hoooray for Steven Wesley Guiles!
  •  nancyrost 4 weeks ago
    Howdy!
  •  burrsettles 4 weeks ago
    Welcome back, applehead.
  •  steffan 4 weeks ago
    yeeeehaw!
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