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thejestersdaughter

progress: 10

joined: January 2009
location: Somewhere, USA
website: www.reviewsfromthenotebook.blogspot.com
influences: Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss, The Decemberists, Passenger (the folk/pop group, not the metal group), Breaking Benjamin, The Beatles, Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy, Traditional folk songs and sea chanties...

Bio

Hi there everyone. Usually this is the part where I introduce myself, but I've gone by so many names on so many different websites, I don't really know what to say. So you can call me by my username, or TJD, or J.P., or Jecca. Whichever is easiest for you.

I'm a sixteen year old high school senior prepping for college in the fall. I hope to major in creative writing in order to aid my *other* aspiration, which is being a novelist. In the mean time, I play guitar and sing with a couple of bands. One of those bands is a three-piece operation called Wickwire. That's the band that plays my FAWM and 50/90 songs.

This year, in light of all of my school work and what not, I'm going back to basics: one-take, single instrument, raw songs. My goal is to have a demo for every song though, so hopefully I'll still get some feedback.

You can check out my band on our myspace (http://www.myspace.com/wickwiremusic), our facebook, (http://www.facebook.com/wickwiremusic), our youtube, (http://www.youtube.com/wickwiremusic [noticing a pattern here?]). And then my blog, at http://www.reviewsfromthenotebook.blogspot.com.

Anyway, I love all sorts of music, and I'm usually up for a basic collab (one of us does music, the other does lyrics), so feel free to message me.

2010 Songs

1	Wasteland*	50 comments // 1 month ago
2	Where Have All The Stories Gone?	25 comments // 1 month ago
3	Silas*	11 comments // 1 month ago
4	Run Young Man	15 comments // 1 month ago
5	A Burnt Child Loves the Fire	13 comments // 1 month ago
6	Eleanor (Happiness) - Collab (with Chris Adams)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
7	The Tea Waltz	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
8	Paper Rockets (White Noise)*	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
9	Worry (The Son Song)	2 comments // 2 weeks ago
10	Cophenhagen Metro (unfinished)	zong // 2 weeks ago

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Chris Adams 4 weeks ago

TJD, just checking in. Are you going to do your interpretation of Eleanor? If so, let me know. I'm hoping you do, because I was looking forward to hearing it.
Debs 1 month ago

Hi TJD!

I spoke to B0ney who asked me to move her further down on the list. So guess what? It's morphing time! Change the song 51%, whatever your interpretation of that is, and tag it "morphingsong2". Add Everett as collaborator on it, as well.

http://fawm.org/songs/393/
beepboop 1 month ago

Thanks for your kind comments on SMFP. I am finding that not engaging the family is less of an option this go round, but it seems to be working out ok so far.
Chris Adams 1 month ago

I have absolutely no problem with that. I just put down the lyrics the way I wrote and visualized (audio-ized?) them in my head. Feel free to change it to whatever suits you.

But I take that to mean that you are planning on recording it as a collab, right? If so, lemme know and I'll add you as collaborator on the song pronto, and then you can put your demo/revised lyrics up when you finish them.
mijahu 1 month ago

I covered your song: http://fawm.org/songs/2639/

I'm really interested in doing a collaboration with you! Hit me up if you are, too.
Nucklehead Neutrino 1 month ago

Wow!.....what can I say when everything is oh so right? The vocals; superb, lyrics; awesome, choice of chords and chord progressions; fabulous. This is a big hit. Thanks for sharing.
mtangent 1 month ago

Thanks for the welcome! Well I was debating whether or not to do this, and I wrote both of those today.
Chris Adams 1 month ago

Feel free to do whichever one you want to. If you do Eleanor, someone else mentioned that they might do it as well, but I have no problem with two different people doing it. It should be interesting to see the different interpretations and performances.
Helen 1 month ago

Yay! Just saw you were a Firefly fan
Chris Adams 1 month ago

Hey, I have some lyrics up, so if you wanna take a look and see if there's anything you want to record, go right ahead.
Bruce H. McCosar 1 month ago

Hey, thanks for the comment on "Beware the Age of the Machine" --

Odd you should mention it, but my wife and I are total Firefly fans. I have a coffee mug that says "This must be what going mad feels like." I have a t-shirt that says "I want to go to the crappy town where I'm a hero." And I have a Jayne hat
Corinne Curcio 1 month ago

Thanks for your comments. I love The Beatles, Dylan and The Decemberists too. You've been added to my list!
Neko-Friendly 1 month ago

Your songs are just amazing, I LOVE them, welcome to my watchlist!
jean mann 1 month ago

thanks for the note. I don't know how to post the song...
is it any easier than last year?
madamerot 1 month ago

please: make your songs downloadable. i'd love it. they're just great.
stevekey 1 month ago

Thanks for the kind review. Sleepy was definitely the mood I was trying to convey.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

TJD, thanks for signing up for Halfpenny Orchestra’s Loteria Challenge. You have been dealt: El Soldado (The Soldier, No. 34). 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!
Chris Adams 1 month ago

Awesome. Let me know if you want me to write lyrics with a theme or idea in mind, if you want to hammer lyrics out (by themselves or around a tune) together, or if you just want me to write some and then have you put a tune to it.
Chris Adams 1 month ago

Would you like to do a collaboration with me this FAWM? I can do lyrics if you can do instruments and record.
heavyhedonist 1 month ago

Congrats on your acceptance into college-- early graduation worked for you, huh?
sapient network 1 month ago

Hey there TJD, nice to see you back for some FAWM fun
Embers of Autumn 1 month ago

Overachiever...

j/k That's awesome all the things you're into. I'd like to hear some of your stuff when you get some demos recorded on here.
Justin Erwin 2 months ago

Hey There - Im always down for a collab as well - vocalist here, Im diggin your profile, and think we may mesh well together - anyhow, see you around.