February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Taylor Tay

progress: 16

winner!
joined: 1 month ago
location: Australia
website: twitter.com/taylorrtay
influences: Alt rock (Muse, Kaiser Chiefs, Ben Folds, Franz Ferdinand), Sixties/early seventies (Beatles, The Doors), some hip-hop, punk rock (from The Clash and the Sex Pistols to Green Day today), and many others.

Bio

16 year old from Adelaide who wants to hammer out a good 14 songs in Feb. Apparently this originally said 28 songs. That would be far too much considering how bad I am at this.

Songs with an asterisk (*) next to them are my favourites.

Challenges:
-Loteria: Card #23 "The Moon"
-Deb's Common First Verse - Completed "With A Kiss"

Planned Collaborations:
-The Collapse of Human Kind: http://fawm.org/forums/thread/299/
-Random collaboration with Greg Lines: http://fawm.org/fawmers/glines/
-Borrowing Errol's vocals at some stage
-Chris Adams' Epic Song: http://fawm.org/forums/thread/271/
-(Hopefully) hip-hop collaboration with G Slade.

2010 Songs

1	Ambulance in a Pedestrian Mall	16 comments // 1 month ago
2	An Act of Faith*	8 comments // 1 month ago
3	Social Paranoia	10 comments // 4 weeks ago
4	Slotcar Racing*	7 comments // 3 weeks ago
5	Return to the Core*	15 comments // 3 weeks ago
6	With A Kiss	5 comments // 3 weeks ago
7	Errolsaurus ft Introspect (Strangle Jazz Mix)* (with Errol)	4 comments // 1 week ago
8	To Waterloo...: Between Distress and Despair	3 comments // 1 week ago
9	A Venture Into Different Uses of Oscillating Waves of Air Pressure 534	1 comment // 1 week ago
10	The Moon	3 comments // 1 week ago
11	Father* (with lapetitekiwi)	1 comment // 1 week ago
12	The Death of Stevie Nixx	zong // 1 week ago
13	When it Ain't February No More	1 comment // 1 week ago
14	All About the Angst (Emo-Kid's Theme Song) (with Bizarro Errol)	3 comments // 1 week ago
15	Tying Up Loose Ends	zong // 1 week ago
16	The School of Failed Sweet Talk	zong // 1 week ago

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Tim Fatchen 1 week ago

Written some uke songs?? Quick, put the lyrics up while there's time and worry about the recordings later. 2 to go. Go! Go!
Tim Fatchen 1 week ago

Three is possible. And if you've got it sketched, you can always post titles before everything shuts down. I've got a couple I might do that with tomorrow. BTW the lapetitekiwi lyrics make for great songs! Steal another!
lapetitekiwi 1 week ago

Do it!
I would be honoured, especially since it resonates with you!!
Mal 1 week ago

If you got Google Chat, I'm malachi.mcleod@gmail.com on there.
Mal 1 week ago

So, I had this dream last night about people banging their head on their pianos, and leaping on guitars, an flinging themselves at drums, and I woke up thinking, "Gah, when is the last time I talked to Taylor about the Collapse of Human Kind?" Where do we stand on that? And did I ever respond to your email, because I can't remember, because I'm an idiot. o.O
Tim Fatchen 1 week ago

More! More! You've got almost all of March 1st before it's midnight on the 28 Feb at IDL!!!
Errol 1 week ago

YAY! I'm glad you liked it! I did have fun! I was just worried you ASKED me to do something, and then I took it a completely different way. I blame it on my inability to read email. Thanks Taylor!
Tim Fatchen 2 weeks ago

Going well Taylor, rock on!
rashbre 3 weeks ago

I had a crack at that Loteria thing. Great fun. Mine was La Dama.
Brianna Rose 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the comment. (My NaNo is wallowing somewhere, I haven't got around to editing yet) Oh, and feel welcome to take the lyrics of any song you want

Good luck with your song writing!
The Cow Exchange 3 weeks ago

Awesome. Thanks for the heads-up!
Wash Away 3 weeks ago

No need to be sorry, it all sounds good
Linzi 3 weeks ago

I can't listen to anymore of your tunes
I'll try again at some point. Keep up the good work!
mike skliar 3 weeks ago

thanks again for commenting. Shoot me any collab ideas if you have them, if you want.
EMC 1 month ago

Sounds great! I'm goign to start brainstorming lyrics...I'm used to spoofing stuff for things at school so this is going to be a fun challenge.
EMC 1 month ago

I like the beat! maybe g slade and I can split up and each do a verse? let me know and if you want me to give it a shot, then email me the beat so I can record to it. eviani@gmail.com
G Slade 1 month ago

Thanks for the info..I'll work on something to accompany the beat today and work and try to write some lyrics for ya.... Are you wanting a collaborator to perform the lyrics, or just write them for you to perform?
G Slade 1 month ago

I definitely like the direction of the beat. The brass type sounds on the hook are tight....if you still need a collaborator, I'll see about writing some lyrics. also, if you can tell me the BpM and the chords used, then maybe I can through some ideas towards your beat for you.
PQ 1 month ago

Thanks Taylor T, I sometimes improvise as this, most often the grammar gets right sometimes not, still I'm thankful for your feedback!
Mal 1 month ago

Coolbeans. I'll be looking for the demo in my email.
Tim Fatchen 1 month ago

Hi Taylor. Don't expect to see anything from me till halfway through: writing block plus lots of exhausting physical labour currently.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

TaySquared (Can I call you TaySquared?), thanks for signing up for Halfpenny Orchestra’s Loteria Challenge. You have been dealt: La Luna (The Moon, No. 23). 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!
Greg Lines 1 month ago

Hey Taylor - seems I'm your random collab partner!

Drop me a line at glines1972@googlemail.com and we can get the ball rolling!

cheers
Errol 1 month ago

Hey, by all means, borrow my voice. That's the easiest thing for me to lend out.
Errol 1 month ago

Hey Taylor, just listened to your song from the www thread about... earth, fire and sun... or whatever.

You were mentioning about being worried about singing, and after listening to you, you only need practice... that's all. You were fine!

What's really hard, I find, is hitting the note right on. And so I would have to sing a track over and over again trying to make sure I hit the notes right on. It's easier, however, if I sing the same phrase over and over until I get it right.

Sounds like you're getting quite excited for FAWM! Look at you go, writing songs already. That's great!
Wash Away 1 month ago

Based on your influences, we apparently like some of the same music
Errol 1 month ago

Alllooo Taylor! Of course you can use my voice!
Billy Sea 1 month ago

Welcome to FAWM, glad to have you here
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

i guess "Y Not" is a rhetorical question....
Tim Fatchen 1 month ago

Thanks for the listen. The main areas now are www.reverbnation.com/timfatchen (or /flyingtadpole ).

If you don't have hosting lined up for FAWM, a reverbnationaccount isn't a bad idea (tho' it won't play direct from the FAWM jukebox)
Tim Fatchen 1 month ago

A long tiem since I lived there tho'. A long long time.
Tim Fatchen 1 month ago

Ha! Adelaide RULES!
Kim o the Concrete Jungle 1 month ago

Hi Taylor. It's nice to see some more Aussies doing FAWM. It's good when it's not just me.
G Slade 1 month ago

cool beans..just holla when the time comes to collab..you can find my email on my profile
Corinne Curcio 1 month ago

You said the magic word: Beatles! Hi there. I'll be looking forward to to hearing your songs
Errol 1 month ago

Allooo Taylor again! Wow, is everyone in chat again? I better go back in there...
mike skliar 1 month ago

hey.. welcome to FAWM !
Scott O. Clamp 1 month ago

Nice to have met you in the chat, Taylor! (As much as someone can be met in a chat, anyway.) Good luck with your songs. I think you're going to love it.
Maeflower 1 month ago

Welcome to FAWM, Taylor....nice to have some new folk already stoked for the challenge.
Errol 1 month ago

Allloooo Taylor! Yes, I am that Errol, as Debs has said. *laugh* I don't die as much around here because there is no deathbot. Too bad.
Tobermory 1 month ago

Alright! Come and join the fun. PS 50K in NaNoWriMo, impressive...
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

hey Taylor! thought i'd reply to you off-forum... i do highly recommend Brian Epstein's biography, but i suggest you read the older one by Ray Coleman, not the newer one by Deborah Geller... the Coleman book is a LOT less fluffy, shows Brian's very nasty and ruthless side.... at this point, I'm about 80 pages from his death, and really just shake my head at his behaviour on almost every page. in the meantime, enjoy the beatles behind-the-songs book!
Debs 1 month ago

Welcome to FAWM!