February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

Todd Norem (@toddnorem)

progress: 14

winner!
joined: January 26 2005
location: Minnesota, USA
influences: Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Joe Pernice, R.E.M., Lou Barlow, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lou Reed, Vic Chesnutt, Paul Westerberg, Wilco, Alice Cooper, fellow FAWMers.

Bio

FAWM #6

Updated 3/1

This is the shortest album I’ve done for FAWM at just 30 minutes. It could definitely be listened to in one sitting. When writing I kept thinking of the sprawling nature of double albums and thought mine might end up like that. If so, it would be among the shortest of double albums. You’d be flipping the thing constantly.

Most of these songs were written on an electric and were recorded immediately after I finished writing them. Some are rock (“She’s Come Undone,” “Allergy,” “I Am Coffee”), a few are more stripped down acoustic (“Whether Weather,” “Paper Lottery,” “Hard Times”) and there’s even a little bit of country (“The Walking Song”). But mostly there’s a whole lot of songs that fall somewhere in between.

I really enjoyed my collaborations (“Lonesome People On Drugs” and “Snow and Ice). Both were great experiences that resulted in songs that would never have happened with me alone.

If you want to listen to this outside of this browser, the entire album can be downloaded here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/a26wa8

2012 Songs

1	Killed So Loud	13 comments // 3 months ago
2	Whether Weather	14 comments // 3 months ago
3	I Am Coffee	11 comments // 3 months ago
4	Breaking The Hold	7 comments // 3 months ago
5	A Moment Of Shock	10 comments // 3 months ago
6	Lonesome People On Drugs (with joefahey)	13 comments // 3 months ago
7	Snow And Ice (with tspoon)	11 comments // 3 months ago
8	Paper Lottery	11 comments // 3 months ago
9	She's Come Undone	7 comments // 3 months ago
10	It All Comes Together (In The Tune)	7 comments // 3 months ago
11	The Walking Song	8 comments // 2 months ago
12	Allergy	6 comments // 2 months ago
13	Hard Times	5 comments // 2 months ago
14	Dear Leader	4 comments // 2 months ago

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joefahey 2 months ago

Nicely done Mr. Norem!
jake 2 months ago

I like the video placeholder idea. I can't wait to see them!
tspoon 2 months ago

Congrats to you on a fantastic album. Thanks for doing the collab with me. I really wanted to do another, but this last week I got real busy. We must get-together in person sometime to play these things live. Thanks for all your support this month
jake 2 months ago

Congrats on a great FAWM! I'm behind on listening since I was rushing to finish. Where can we see the youtube songs?
staticcaptain 2 months ago

Just finished a very enjoyable hour or so listening to your stuff. You always have good FAWMs, but I think this is your best so far. I really love you the songs seem to all tie together sonically and lyrically. Great work.
staticcaptain 2 months ago

Thanks for the kind words! As I said before, I got to get caught up on the listening. Plan to do that this weekend.
jake 3 months ago

Thanks for the nice comment on my song Clearings. That support helps me keep writing!
wolfkier 3 months ago

Thank you kindly for taking an interest in my music.
I appreciate your time and your feedback
wolf.
staticcaptain 3 months ago

Whoa I'm behind. Gotta catch up on the listening.
sacraficialglam 3 months ago

C'mon Todd...need a Norem fix pronto!
ianuarius 3 months ago

A lot of familiar names in the influences, but some new to me, too. Never heard of e.g. Joe Pernice, Lou Barlow or Vic Chesnett. Maybe you'll be introducing me to them through your tracks!
autoclamp 3 months ago

Making music and beer. What else is there, really?
ericdistad 3 months ago

WooHoo! Welcome back Todd! Glad you are here again!
tspoon 3 months ago

Yo Todd. R u with us again? Or is this awkward silence an homage to our collaboration from fawm 2011?
Looking forward to doing more this year
sacraficialglam 3 months ago

C'mon rock daddy. Let's rock this place with sonic standards!