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Jocelyn progress: 21 winner! joined: February 2009 location: Ontario, Canada website: optimiscitymusic.webs.com/ influences: A LOT.

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2010 Songs

1		Homicidal Cats (Meow) (with  G Slade)	25 comments // 1 month ago
2		Rachel	19 comments // 1 month ago
3		Taking This Road Again	17 comments // 1 month ago
4		* Angel's Hand (with  Mal)	23 comments // 1 month ago
5		Umbrellas (with  The Das Binky Recording Collective)	12 comments // 1 month ago
6		I'm Here Now (with Emma)	4 comments // 1 month ago
7		* All About Boys (Jocelyn's Theme Song) (with  Errol)	34 comments // 4 weeks ago
8		* Second Hand	20 comments // 3 weeks ago
9		* Experimentia Pt. 1	6 comments // 3 weeks ago
10		Experimentia Pt. 2	5 comments // 3 weeks ago
11		If It Wasn't True	1 comment // 3 weeks ago
12		Still In My Dreams (with oilsdragon)	10 comments // 3 weeks ago
13		* 30 Seconds (In the Key of Sapient Network) Cover	14 comments // 3 weeks ago
14		(I Just Couldn't Say) Yes	13 comments // 2 weeks ago
15		* The 20th Stem (Your Thoughts Are Mine) (with Psy-T)	6 comments // 2 weeks ago
16		I'm Here Now (also w/ Debs and oilsdragon) (with  Hammersmith)	5 comments // 2 weeks ago
17		I Can't Believe it, Water Fountain! (with  Toronto FAWMily)	1 comment // 2 weeks ago
18		If It Wasn't True (with  Patrick Madden)	zong // 2 weeks ago
19		* Epitome of Awesome (Velociraptors) (with  Toronto FAWMily)	zong // 2 weeks ago
20		All About the Parodies (with Bizarro Errol)	6 comments // 1 week ago
21		Errol in my Pocket (with  Toronto FAWMily)	zong // 1 week ago

Soundboard

• Emma 1 day ago

  Hey, I've been super busy this last week and I am so sorry I haven't managed to finish the demo yet. I hopefully, hopefully will get it done this weekend.

•  Tobermory 5 days ago

  Ha! Not as good as last year, but I'll get em finished eventually. Congratulations on finishing by the way, I never manage to go over the 14 cos I'm too lazy!

•  heavyhedonist 6 days ago

  don't bug out-- that donation idea isn't going anywhere. i think it's unfortunate that it was ever brought up, but it's not representative of FAWM thought generally. You are a natural Fawmer! And we need all the pagans we can get here, too!

•  Rob Cooke - Boy@Heart 1 week ago

  Thanks for commenting on my song. Congrats on a successful FAWM. I'm gradually going through everyone on my watchlist, which you're now on by the way!

•  Adam Hill 2 weeks ago

  Congrats on finishing! The skirmish was my 14th too. Will we be seeing you at the FOP?

• Psy-T 2 weeks ago

  Preferebly before the 27th, Joce; I've got plans for the last song which are waiting till the 28th.

•  Errol 3 weeks ago

  Oh, bummer, I'm thinking we're deciding his place because it's COOL! Why can't you come? I'll drive yoU!

• Psy-T 3 weeks ago

  Lyrics done too, now.

• Psy-T 3 weeks ago

  Hey Joce, I've got some music written for a collab if you're still interested, failed to come up with lyrics so far though.
  I'll drop by the chat a few times tonight hoping to catch you.

•  kermy 3 weeks ago

  crazy slow computer - didn't know it posted...

•  kermy 3 weeks ago

  thanks so much for your comment on "piece of me"! many times i still wonder what i'm doing...but i guess when i'm inspired it's not so bad! wish i had more time to crank more out....you're doing great! k

•  Bruce H. McCosar 3 weeks ago

  Thanks for checking out "Strange Lights in the Sky" -- trick is, of course there are no aliens. I mean, they travel all the way here from Frogstar World B just to abduct Jethro and Billy Bob? I'd hope any advanced civilization would at least have something like video games, and thereby a better and more effective way to waste their time

•  barbara 3 weeks ago

  thanks for your encouraging feedback-- i'm honored to be on your list of future downloads!

• Sean_T_Wright 3 weeks ago

  thanks for the cool comment.

• Margins 3 weeks ago

  Hey, thanks for the song title idea, I think I'm going to go with Lion and Queen
  Also, just wanted to say, even though it's been said several times already, you do have a very great voice and that song "Rachel" is one of my faves I have heard so far during FAWM

•  Debs 3 weeks ago

  Awesome Monty is TOTALLY awesome. There really ought to be something that you can download for free - are you just using straight HTML? FAWMily Day was....rather productive and also very, very....twisted.

•  Debs 3 weeks ago

  Joc! I made and maintain my website with Wordpress, and that was a plugin that I could install but it wouldn't work on a non-Wordpress site. I'm afraid I don't know how you would get one on a normal website but I'm sure that Errol or G Slade would!

• oilsdragon 4 weeks ago

  Thanks! It's from a NaNo write-in in 2008. Debs is sitting next to me in the wider shot Wish I could remember who took the photo!

• oilsdragon 4 weeks ago

  Okay. Gimme a day or two, and I'll get back to you with something?

• oilsdragon 4 weeks ago

  Sounds great! Do you have a preference for what kind of song? I've got some quasi-serious lyrics I've been tossing around, but I'm thinking of posting them to the forums for someone else to record (don't think I really want to sing them)... Shall I try for something fun? Any ideas?

• oilsdragon 4 weeks ago

  I can't really do backing tracks of any kind... last year my songs were all acapella, accompanied by me clapping/other noises, or had tracks written by collaborators. Lyrics and vocals, though, I can do!
  
  Can I fire off some lyrics to you, or would you prefer if I sing the lyrics and you just create accompaniment? Or another possibility?

•  Errol 4 weeks ago

  That's because you think about boys too much.
  
  Come up with a chord progression, and we'll take it from there.

•  kristian 4 weeks ago

  Thanks for the feedback! I just read "Homicidal Cats" and almost fell over laughing... its so true! I know a few cats; all of them evil

•  Adam Hill 4 weeks ago

  Jocelyn! How you feeling? You coming this weekend?

• oilsdragon 1 month ago

  Ooooh! Awesome! I'm so excited!!!

•  The Vinyl Flies 1 month ago

  I have a song in the works that would need some lovely vocals. Would you (Or you two?) be up for something?

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Guitar pop it is.

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Cool, let's do it. Genre of your choice.

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Re-listening to what I've got posted so far, and Angel's Hand is really cool! Would love to another with you.

• Roxanne Barrett 1 month ago

  Sounds good. I suppose I'll start thinking of lyrics for folk-y duets.

• Roxanne Barrett 1 month ago

  That would be really awesome! Got any preferences about the kind of song? So far I've gone in the Lady Gaga and Lucy Wainwright Roche direction.

• Roxanne Barrett 1 month ago

  Sweet! I really like the songs you've done so far.
  
  So how do you want to go about this? I'm mainly a lyricist and singer, but I can do rhythm guitar and bass too.

•  Phil Norman 1 month ago

  Thanks for the kindness, Jocelyn, and thanks for listening.
  
  The chords couldn't be simpler: G Am C again and again and again and again

• Emma 1 month ago

  Cool, great.

• Ren (hyenaboy) 1 month ago

  They're still in my head. ;_;

•  G Slade 1 month ago

  So did you get that little brother out of the way? lol

• negasi 1 month ago

  So I just want to say, we should collaborate. (Not because I am super good at musics, just cause I want too ).

•  Errol 1 month ago

  We could write a song where you and I argue.

•  Errol 1 month ago

  Okeydoke. I'll write us a duet. You have anything in mind for theme?

•  Debs 1 month ago

  Jocelyn, I record in Garageband into a basic dynamic mic running through an M-Audio Fasttrack preamp. Pretty much same as Errol's set-up.
  
  ...and my secret is to work with super talented collaborators that make you look good

•  Errol 1 month ago

  Of course!

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Something slightly dark completely works for me. If you'd like, send me what you have so far, and we can bounce ideas around.

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Aces! I'm looking forward to hearing what you do with it.

•  devin 1 month ago

  Just listening to "Rachel" now through the jukebox. Great writing, and I really like your voice!
  
  And "woot" to Ontario

• captainquirk 1 month ago

  Oh, I just realized who you are. I know you as your other name only, that's why I didn't recognize you with your superhero alter ego.
  
  Anyways, yes, I will totally colab with you.

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Will do!

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Cool. I'll get on it.

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Aces! Any particular style or key or mode you prefer?

•  Mal 1 month ago

  If you want, I can send you a backtrack to write to.

•  Mal 1 month ago

  lol ... Absolutely I am.

•  Mal 1 month ago

  Mu?

• grygrx 1 month ago

  Moo?

• wetfinger 1 month ago

  Wow i like your voice,you have a great voice.
  I'am Luis Ramirez from Puerto Rico.my style of music is eletronic and i.am in a mission to found some women voice that sing in my tracks.If are interest you can contact me by my email luisram8@yahoo.com

•  heavyhedonist 1 month ago

  Welcome back Jocelyn! It's my second year also-- and last Nano was my seocnd nanovel, too. writing begets writing...