February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

The Shy Retirer (@theshyretirer)

progress: 16

winner!
joined: 3 months ago
location: Texas, USA
influences: Radiohead, Arab Strap, Malcolm Middleton, Joy Division, The National, Emily Haines, Matt Elliott, Nujabes, Slowdive, Thrice, Codeine, Low, Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails, Sigur Ros, Devin Townsend, Flying Lotus, The Antlers, Jeff Buckley, Talk Talk, Bark Psychosis, Converge, Manic Street Preachers, Opeth, Carissa's Wierd, American Football, Amon Tobin, Dälek, Katatonia, Suffocation, Atmosphere, Kanye West, Cunninlynguists, DJ Shadow, Massive Attack, Portishead, Spiritualized, The Verve, The Weeknd, Nas, Jesu, Gillian Welch, Johnny Cash, Blur, Muse, Justice, Coldplay, Max Richter, At the Drive-In, Daft Punk, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Burial, James Blake, Skrillex, Interpol, The Frames, Brand New, The Handsome Family, Broken Social Scene, Lykke Li, Depeche Mode, God Is An Astronaut, Animal Collective, Alec Empire, Gang Starr, Cult of Luna, Lykathea Aflame, Rage Against the Machine, Philip Glass, Tobacco, Murder by Death, Slayer, RJD2, Swans, Porcupine Tree, Mastodon, My Bloody Valentine, Odd Future, Tom Waits, Placebo, Martin Grech, Moving Mountains, Lantlôs, Julie Christmas, Immortal Technique, Immolation, Cage, Cannibal Ox, The Roots, etc.

Bio

2012 Songs

1	Vulnerable (Arrival)	5 comments // 3 months ago
2	The Colossus (Hold On)	8 comments // 3 months ago
3	When This Song is Over	2 comments // 3 months ago
4	The Snow	6 comments // 3 months ago
5	Undefined	4 comments // 3 months ago
6	Save Yourself the Trouble	5 comments // 3 months ago
7	Where the Wild Things Are	4 comments // 3 months ago
8	Downturn	1 comment // 3 months ago
9	Paralyzed, Broken Heart	2 comments // 3 months ago
10	Valor	1 comment // 3 months ago
11	Scorched Earth	3 comments // 3 months ago
12	Getting to Know Yourself Personally in the Biblical Sense	2 comments // 3 months ago
13	Neverbelieve / Intelligenz	1 comment // 3 months ago
14	Until the Light Takes Us	1 comment // 3 months ago
15	Paralyzed, Broken Heart (Acoustic Version)	zong // 3 months ago
16	One by One (Dreams You Can Never Have)	zong // 2 months ago

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bitshred 3 months ago

no worries at all mate.... thanks.
bitshred 3 months ago

coo coo, yes I'm still down. Let me know. I'm diggin your electronica stuff, if you need electric guitar over something, consider that. Just did this collab with blues solo *24342 but I can also do proggy, shred/metal solo stuff too. Or whatever.
bitshred 3 months ago

or..... I guess not......
bitshred 3 months ago

so we are paired in the ramdom collab. Let me know if you have any lyrics/ideas, and how you want to go about. i am open to whatever.
yam655 3 months ago

Have you written all these songs starting Feb 1st? That's quite a quick pace.
looprication 3 months ago

Nice influences. Looking forward to checking your stuff out.
explodingmary 3 months ago

I dig the first song-- Welcome to FAWM!