February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

thedustcollector (@thedustcollector)

progress: 4

joined: 4 months ago
location: New Zealand
influences: Mumford & Sons, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jeff Beal, Switchfoot, Jon Foreman, Benjamin Britten, T.S. Eliot, Auden, Dylan Thomas, Cambridge Singers, Jars of Clay, Byrd, Palestrina, Rossini, Sondheim, Jonathan Larson, Sufjan Stevens, Arvo Pärt...

Bio

Barely-trained mezzo-soprano. Shorter than a tall tree, taller than a stump. Wields a giant curiosity and a terrible inability to play instruments.

UPDATE: Currently out of the country for a funeral with minimal time and equipment, so FAWM's going to be playing second fiddle for- the rest of February, really. Or, y'know, putting it down.

Previously incarnated as the Mad Grand Ampersand.

to taste, hear here- http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/users/dust-collector

2012 Songs

1	the fishes	7 comments // 3 months ago
2	the gardener	18 comments // 3 months ago
3	aglay	12 comments // 3 months ago
4	song of the existential nihilist	3 comments // 3 months ago

Soundboard

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shadywilbury 2 months ago

Thanks for your comment on *27494. I had to make Algernon something different, because I hadn't read the book. I've just got a copy, so I'm hoping to dive in tonight.
bokonon 3 months ago

Wow! Both songs are great - I demand MORE!!!
timfatchen 3 months ago

pickypicky. The Moon was written straight off while I angsted at the looming day's schedule. I'll see what I can do with the bathetic rhyme tho'
timfatchen 3 months ago

Elizabeth's balloon is indeed red. So was her jump suit. And she went into exile and had to sacrifice her balloon for the survival of her friends. How did you know? Yes, I'm trying, not just the torture but the epic stuff like the opening of the Waterfall of the West at Gibraltar (bang! bang!) but I struggle with loud and crashing film stuff right now. It takes real skill to make what appears to be serious noise!
monty 3 months ago

I don't know if you have the time or inclination but see http://fawm.org/songs/25513/ for a song of mine that now has a lyric by @capriciousangel and could use your wonderful vocals.
johnnycashpoint 3 months ago

Indeed, similarities spotted and it's a response as well. Nicely done!
debs 3 months ago

Hi Hon - crossing my fingers you'll post the morph tonight!
gummunq 3 months ago

are you gonna do something in half-cantonese?!? i hope you do. i want to hear!!! 加油！
debs 3 months ago

Yup. No worries, hon. Just let the next person know it's coming, maybe, so they can be prepared to get it done faster
johnnycashpoint 3 months ago

Ha ha. I can't wait to see it. *sticks out virtual tongue*
timfatchen 3 months ago

When my brother first went apprenticed to sea, the senior apprentice in teh ship had a simple way with dirty dishes, he threw them out the open scuttle. Perhaps you can try a variant and get back to things of more importance, like FAWM?
whisperedcandles 3 months ago

OH HI! I said I'd be back yesterday for the reciprocal challenge, didn't I? I'm good with days!

Maybe it's because I'm really tired, and your fawmname is awesome, but you should totally write the song from the perspective of something that is just left around collecting dust... yes, I am asking you to write a song from the perspective of an inanimate object!
debs 3 months ago

Hey yous Are you cool with going next in the morph4 challenge if I don't hear back from the person who is supposed to be next by tomorrow?

Edit: @ojnrox asked to be moved down the list for now, so you are the new number two, if that's all right! @johnnycashpoint posted his morph here (it's not on FAWM) ---> http://www.johnnycashpoint.com/FAWM12/jdc_algernon.mp3
Ready? Set? Go!
http://fawm.org/fawmers/thedustcollector/
whisperedcandles 3 months ago

Why hello! I got paired with you for the reciprocal challenge! I will get back with you by tomorrow with a topic. I literally just got home from school and this is the first free moment my brain has had in days, so essentially my brain is in shambles. Just wanted to say hi and I'll let you knowwwww!
errol 3 months ago

Hey, I try not to call attention to myself!
dennisjernberg 3 months ago

Okay, now that I've heard what you can do -- can you sing, please? <3

Looks like I'll be doing the music. As for the lyrics: what should we write about? Maybe one of the unofficial challenges, or something whimsical?
dennisjernberg 3 months ago

Re collab: I want to get an idea of your style, so I'm listening to your 50/90 songs first.
errol 3 months ago

All sorts of pain! I should take a syrvey
errol 3 months ago

WHAT? YOU CHANGED YOUR NAME AGAIN?

Hi, my name is Errol. And don't worry about the podcast.
stephenwordsmith 3 months ago

I would invite you to go ahead and do it anyway. I'm very interested to hear what you have in mind.

[edit] Besides, it would be nice for us to actually complete a collaboration.
stephenwordsmith 3 months ago

Thank you for your comment on 'I spy'. No, I haven't got anyone to put it to music yet. Was debating with myself as to whether I should have an adult FAWMer do it or seek to recruit a child (as in Calvin, Sean and Devin on 'Battleship')
kathym 3 months ago

New Zealand! They have some world class quilters up that way. Thanks for the comment on how I feel about there being room for everyone's song. Now matching up the right song to the right audience might sometimes be a challenge ...
timfatchen 3 months ago

Huphuphup! Put that knife down, pick up a pen and WRITE.
trekstein 3 months ago

Hi. Just picked up your message. Like the Sondheim, Thomas influences! If you think we might collaborate, let me know how you want to go about it.
scottlake 3 months ago

I could do vox for a chant thing later on in the month. I helped with elainedimasi several years ago with a baritone part for an acapella thing she did that was kind of a through-composed piece. Lyrics were taken from an advertisement for licorice!
timfatchen 3 months ago

Falling into what?!! How mamalian--reptiles, mammals, birds/dinosaurs...you're all the same, all johnny-come-latelies. The world rightly belongs to amphibians, do you hear? Amphibians! We were here first! We'll dissolve you all and devour you yet and reclaim our birthright! OK, so Kermit the Frog only rotted your minds but we'll think of something more physical! We'll call it...spawn...no, pawn...no...FAWM!!! YES!!...[ahem]...
elainedimasi 3 months ago

Yes, I love that stuff! Whatever you propose to do, let's discuss! Send me email when the time comes, and it will be easier to do that!
mikedebenham 3 months ago

Time's not on my side this year, but I hope so. Keep those vocal cords warm.
elainedimasi 3 months ago

Go here for vocal crush:
http://royhowellmusic.bandcamp.com/track/mandolin-field
scottlake 3 months ago

Yes I have heard David Crowder's version of Come Thou Fount. If you like J.O.C. you should go over to noisetrade.com to get the Hawk in Paris album, it has Dan Haseltine in it. I would be up for a collaboration this FAWM. While at Noisetrade, also pick up Josh Garrel's album as well as Ancient Mariner - all very artfully done Christ-centered music.
timfatchen 3 months ago

Tim Fatchen is warm-blooded, caring and ...warm. Not a frog. Flying Tadpole is no frog either, refusing to grow up, is cold-blooded and quite capable of eating anyone who falls in and drowns, allowing some time for the tissues to soften, of course. You did ask...
mikedebenham 3 months ago

Wait a minute. *squints suspiciously* I knew you back when you were an ASCII character, didn't I? Great to see you back at FAWM, my friend. I still get people downloading that old collab we did.
expendablefriend 3 months ago

Good evening

And welcome back!
arnhood 4 months ago

Well, hello!
cleverhansel 4 months ago

The wonderful thing about credentials is that mine are (a) all true and yet (b) nowhere near as impressive as they sound. I find myself 'between kazoos' after busting the diaphragm on my last one, but I shall certainly replace it before the start of the month. They are beautiful and powerful instruments and I will never renounce my dream of one day forming an all-kazoo brass band.
donna 4 months ago

Hello again.
timfatchen 4 months ago

tadpoles: I had to bud the tadpole off from the serious Tim Fatchen, to allow some wriggle room!
elainedimasi 4 months ago

Re: Worship music thread. Wow! Christmas in January, so to speak! Thanks!

Nice to see you back here!
ianuarius 4 months ago

Arvo Pärt? That's random!
orinoco 4 months ago

Thanks looking forward to hearing your stuff too!
auditasum 4 months ago

I did indeed! I assume you're bringing back your... layered vocals?

I like your avatar, by the way.
cleverhansel 4 months ago

Those are some impressively eclectic influences, and I thoroughly enjoy the juxtaposition!
cts 4 months ago

...and a big hello to you. Y'know...I'm still up for a collab if time permits. Welcome back!
rosedeschamps 4 months ago

Why hellloooooo...
nancyrost 4 months ago

& welcome back!