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Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

I recently picked up a loteria deck (think: Mexican bingo, Google it if you're unfamiliar) to use as a writing project. Each of the 54 cards has a pic on it of something (a tree, a hand, a skull, a watermelon, a spider, a canoe, etc.). I've been dealing out the cards to friends so they can write short stories based on the image they get at random. How about songs? My challenge is to draw a random card for any FAWMer who wants one to maybe see if we can get a full 54 songs, one for each card in the deck? (Ryan)
Embers of Autumn 1 month ago

Again, sounds like a fun idea. I'm looking to do some 'story songs' this year anyhow.

Put me in!
Dan Wallbank 1 month ago

Sure, put me down.
Robyn Mackenzie 1 month ago

Awesome, count me in.
Billy Sea 1 month ago

Neat, I'll try
Phil Norman 1 month ago

Great idea. I'm in for one.
Karan 1 month ago

Yes, please!
sapient network 1 month ago

I'm in. Oh yes please.
Donna 1 month ago

You bet! Pick one for me as well. (Though I only do lyrics.)
Embers of Autumn 1 month ago

@Donna. Then you should write up some lyrics or write it like a poem, then somebody can just do some intrumental or background music (an underscore if you will) and you can read it over it. Just an idea.
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

excelent Ha'Orch! please deal me a card when the time comes...
Will Meinberg 1 month ago

deal me in!
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

Ha'Orch sounds like the sound you make after you've eaten some bad potato salad.
Donna 1 month ago

@Embers. Well, I'll write it as a lyric and hope someone jumps in to musicify and sing it.
Unless of course in a moment of extra madness I sing it A Cappella or with a music track generated by Songsmith. (I indulged in BIAB a couple of months ago, but am nowhere near beating it into submission.)
isaac quatorze 1 month ago

it's almost like you have a camera in my house...... ¬.¬
Dusty Mason 1 month ago

Can I fold if I don't like my card? Hit me.
oddbod 1 month ago

Deal me one off the bottom
expendablefriend 1 month ago

I'll give it a go!
Roy Estel Hughes 1 month ago

Sure, I'll give it a shot!
Calum Carlyle 1 month ago

i'm in too. how will we actually see the cards? you just tell us what it is maybe and we imagine the image? or will you actually scan the cards in some way?
Taylor Tay 1 month ago

I would love to join in!
lapetitekiwi 1 month ago

You got me, I'm in too!!
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

For the visually curious, here's a link to images of all 54 loteria cards: http://tinyurl.com/yadjoe5 I'll start shuffling and dealing. I'll let you know which card you receive on your FAWM page shortly before Feb. 1 ...
Embers of Autumn 1 month ago

*keeps fingers crossed for half-naked mermaid*
devin 1 month ago

Sign me up, sweet challenge.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

54 cards - 18 people interested = lots of cards left! (Someone check my figures.) So...bump.
--Bret
Corinne Curcio 1 month ago

Me me me me!

Thanks!!
Patrick Madden 1 month ago

Ok, deal me in. Here's hoping for El Borracho!
Josh Belville 1 month ago

I want in!
thejestersdaughter 1 month ago

Sure. I'll try it.
themightygreegor 1 month ago

Yep, I'll give it a go. No promise that it will be in English...
Jharms 1 month ago

Yeah! I'll do this.
siren 1 month ago

If you've got enough cards I'd love to have a go at this!
Scott Lake 1 month ago

Similar thought: Pick up a copy of the Harris Burdick Mysteries. Or look here http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/documents/mysteries/divmysteries.htm

My brother in law used to run a writing club that I joined. This was one of the assignments - write a story related to any one of the illustrations in the book.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

@Scott Lake,
Chris Van Allsburg is great, and I particularly love that set of illustrations. My wife and I have a small poster of this one in our office/craft/library/music/junk room:
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/documents/mysteries/library.htm

And to clarify...does that mean you'd like a card?

--Bret
Jharms 1 month ago

Haha, Scott, this is awesome! I remember doing creative writing projects based on these illustrations when I was in elementary school! I wrote drafts for the pictures labeled "Archie Smith, Boy Wonder," "The 3rd Floor Bedroom," and "The House on Maple Street." I remember the last one started with a kid being dared to stay in a spooky house, and ended with something like interdimensional wormholes...
Elaine DiMasi 1 month ago

Do the Bandolon, Violincello, Tambor, and Harp have to collaborate?

How about the two melons? I dig duets!
Potato 1 month ago

im in.....
Elaine DiMasi 1 month ago

Offer Potato the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars! No wait, just the Moon.
Houndstooth Ascot 1 month ago

Great idea, toss one my way.
Muchas Gracias!
Scott O. Clamp 1 month ago

Yes, please!
greenambit 1 month ago

I'll give it a try, if you'd be so kind.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

We'll be shuffling and dealing out cards now that February is here. But just because we've started doesn't mean we can't still have takers. There are a lot of cards in a 54-card deck. Well, 54, I guess ...

-RYAN
Donna 1 month ago

Can't wait to get mine!
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

Everyone who signed up for a card before this posting should have been assigned one by now. Please contact us with any questions. We're looking forward to hearing the results! (And looking forward to getting more sign-ups to fill out the deck. Minus the 14 we took for ourselves, we have 10 left (9 if Scott Lake was actually signing up for one and not just making conversation).
Donna 1 month ago

You're right! Mine (# 19) looks more like a flamingo than a heron. Oh well, it gives me a choice of which one to write about! Intriguing is that just at the moment your message arrived, I was writing a lyric in which an ibis is mentioned.
orinoco 1 month ago

I can't count to 54 to see if there are still some left, but could I join in please?
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

@orinoco: Sure...I just left you a message telling you what card you drew.

If we have more than enough people sign up, we'll probably just at the top with new random assignments.

And if anyone missed the link above to the site with pictures of all of them, here it is again:
http://gallery.elsewhere.org/v/loteria/clemente1/
Donna 1 month ago

Are we meant to post here as well? Here's mine. http://fawm.org/songs/223/
Robyn has done a lovely job with the music and vocals.
rocknrodeogirl 1 month ago

Sounds like fun, I'm in!!
Rose Deschamps 1 month ago

I'll give it a shot if there are still some left
lefty013 1 month ago

Count me in on this one please.
Summer Russell 1 month ago

May I have one?
Debs 1 month ago

Okay, I'm in.
wazanegi 1 month ago

Hit me!!
sapient network 1 month ago

Whoa! I got the drunkard... that should be fun hic!
negasi 1 month ago

Me! please!
Mal 1 month ago

Deal me in, please.
hoops 1 month ago

in!
ultravioleteyejeff 1 month ago

Hit me.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

UPDATE: Counting the 14 cards that we (randomly) assigned to ourselves, every card in the deck as finally been assigned to someone at least once. Awesome!

That's no reason to stop the sign-ups, though - we'll continue on by doubling up on the ones we assigned ourselves which we haven't started yet (since we've never gotten close to 14 songs in a single FAWM), and then we'll just start a new random assignment cycle for all the other cards. Keep 'em coming!

--Bret
leopluradon 1 month ago

Awesome! Count me in!
heylovie 1 month ago

Pick me! I'll take one that's already been used. Super.
Scott O. Clamp 1 month ago

Thanks for all of the hard work, Ha-penny... this had to have taken some time!
Juxtaposition 1 month ago

I'll take one!
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

@Scott - Glad to do it...it's all powered by the magic of spreadsheets. (I love them so...) We've both got fairly busy work/family/etc. schedules, so I'm not sure how many songs we'll get out, but at least we can be enablers
--Bret
Jeff C. 1 month ago

I'll play!
Corinne Curcio 1 month ago

Mine is written - I just have to record it
Shady Wilbury 1 month ago

Could I take a card? Having difficulty with FAWM song two.
Gemma Robinson 1 month ago

I'll give it a go
Ant Lion 1 month ago

I'd like to try this too!
Jim Koman 1 month ago

Got room for one more?
lgilbert 1 month ago

I'd like to give it a go. Deal me one please!
Mike Debenham 1 month ago

I am strangely intrigued. Sign me up.
negasi 1 month ago

http://fawm.org/songs/1280/
lgilbert 1 month ago

Drew La Bota (The Boot, No. 22). I decided to combine it with the "Seventh Sanctum Challenge" since one of the topics the site generated for me was "fetishes." I mean, what cooler song can you do about boots than "boot worship" huh? Here it is:

http://fawm.org/songs/1383/
ingridthecrafty 1 month ago

This sounds like fun. Deal me in.
Nancy Rost 1 month ago

I'm in.
Karan 1 month ago

Oops, I totally forgot to link it here:
http://fawm.org/songs/204/
Dan Wallbank 1 month ago

#35, the Star:

http://fawm.org/songs/1518/
Maeflower 1 month ago

I'm in too!
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

Remember, everyone, to add "loteria" as a tag! Ingrid, Nancy, and Mae, I'll get you card assignments later on today, possibly this evening.

(Sorry we haven't been commenting on anything yet...it's been an unusually full week here, workwise and otherwise. You might notice that we haven't posted anything ourselves, although we have some proto-lyrics sketched out. We'll catch up, we promise!)

--Bret
Corinne Curcio 1 month ago

All done and posted Bret. Thanks again!
Billy Sea 1 month ago

La Rana (The Frog, No. 54
http://fawm.org/songs/1706/
ReDiculous
Shady Wilbury 1 month ago

(deleted 'til further notice)
rashbre 1 month ago

I'll have a go!
rashbre 1 month ago

Thanks for 'Nr 3 - la Dama'...here's the lyrics:

http://fawm.org/songs/1962/

great fun
Julie 1 month ago

Any cards left?
Mike Debenham 1 month ago

I gave 'Las Jaras' the ukulele treatment:
http://fawm.org/songs/2308/

Thanks, HPO. That was fun.
Evin Wolverton 1 month ago

I'd like one if more are available
thejestersdaughter 1 month ago

El Soldado (the soldier, no. 34)

http://fawm.org/songs/2343/

It certainly wasn't what I had in mind when I got that card. But hey, it works, right?
Thomas Boles 1 month ago

any more cards?
Fine Excuses 1 month ago

Hello, I don't know if I'm too late for this, but wouldn't mind having a go all the same...
Julie 1 month ago

Just my non rhyming lyrics so far, but working on a vaguely spanish guitar feel backing http://fawm.org/songs/2395/
Billy Chase 1 month ago

You can count me in for this idea. Sounds fun.
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 month ago

UPDATE:
If you are reading this and haven't jumped in yet, don't worry about us running out of cards. We've already started over at the top of the deck with a new random distribution, and we'll keep doing so as long as people are interested. Counting ourselves, there are 62 FAWMers working on this challenge...fantastic!

And if you missed the previous links to scans of the cards, you can find them here: http://gallery.elsewhere.org/v/loteria/clemente1/

--Bret
expendablefriend 1 month ago

Hi all, I just posted my loteria song - http://fawm.org/songs/2516/ - El Venado (The Deer, No. 45).

Thanks for organising this challenge, Halfpenny Orchestra!
sapient network 1 month ago

Here's mine for The Drunkard:

http://fawm.org/songs/2568/

Not typically me this one - so thanks HPO for the challenge
Roel van Veldt 1 month ago

Great idea! Challenge me...

Roel
Ant Lion 1 month ago

Here's mine and Dorylini's (collab) for #18, The Cello:

http://fawm.org/songs/2855/

Really enjoyed this challenge! I love things that involve an element of the random.
petra777 (XEW) 1 month ago

hhmm guess ill jump in too...
mommasab 1 month ago

Sounds intriguing count me in!
Benjamin Nolan 1 month ago

Badoing?
Dorylini 1 month ago

Ant Lion had me play on his loteria challenge and now I want to do my own!
Bikki 1 month ago

Deal me one!
mommasab 1 month ago

http://fawm.org/songs/3068/
mommasab 1 month ago

Should I change my song lyrics around a bit, (I should have looked at the cards before hand) El Pescado appears in the cards to be a Trout or a Cat Fish or Something, I envisioned a gold fish that acted as though he were Don Juan...
hoops 1 month ago

http://fawm.org/songs/2237/
Brianna Rose 1 month ago

I'm in!
Shady Wilbury 1 month ago

http://fawm.org/songs/3366/

Here's my contribution.
Elaine DiMasi 1 month ago

No. 52: La Maceta, the Flowerpot.

http://fawm.org/songs/3425/
Gemma Robinson 4 weeks ago

El Apache (The Indian, no.38)

http://fawm.org/songs/3800/

Lyric only
Chasing Andromeda 4 weeks ago

I'll give it a go. Hit me!
orinoco 4 weeks ago

Hmm... mine's up. La Escalera - The Ladder. It's possibly my weakest song so far, but I really wanted to make sure I'd hit 7 songs by the 14th so I had to get it up

http://fawm.org/songs/4060/
Patrick Madden 3 weeks ago

Done. #37, El Mundo, the World.
http://fawm.org/songs/4246/

I'm starting to think I've fallen a bit off the pace.
Brianna Rose 3 weeks ago

Here's mine on #21, El Mano, 'The Hand'

http://fawm.org/songs/3748/
Brianna Rose 3 weeks ago

Would I be allowed to do the challenge twice? To get a second card?
Embers of Autumn 3 weeks ago

Finally got mine in...

The Drum, #29

http://fawm.org/songs/4665/
FlyingOcelot 3 weeks ago

Are you still dealing cards? I'd like one if so--this sounds fun.
Halfpenny Orchestra 3 weeks ago

We're still dealing out cards, and will be until up the end (depending on when we're online and not madly writing songs ourselves). 71 FAWMers have been given cards at this point...
--Bret
Phil Norman 3 weeks ago

Took me until today to write it, but here goes El Cazo (no. 36)

http://fawm.org/songs/5172/
beepboop 3 weeks ago

I'll take a number.
Jim Koman 3 weeks ago

The Spider, No. 33

http://fawm.org/songs/5251/
Julie 2 weeks ago

I am so happy with Corinne's setting of my stubborn and difficult El Catrin (The Gentleman/The Dandy) lyrics, which we both tweaked a bit
[accidentally locked version removed... new working link is below a few posts]
Halfpenny Orchestra 2 weeks ago

FEBRUARY 25 UPDATE:
By my count, we have 31 FAWMers who have written at least one Loteria song, but 41 more who haven't yet finished a song for their cards... There are four days left - you can do it!
--Bret
laratheviolet 2 weeks ago

Deal me in!
petra777 (XEW) 2 weeks ago

http://fawm.org/songs/6752/

lyrics only cause im a slacker
jaydaniels 2 weeks ago

Please deal me in if you've got any left ... Thanks!
Robyn Mackenzie 2 weeks ago

I finally got this done!!! La Chalupa, the Canoe. No. 48: http://fawm.org/songs/7057/
devin 2 weeks ago

And even that pompous slacker El Catrin (The Dandy) managed to show up! http://fawm.org/songs/7452/
Julie 2 weeks ago

Oops I posted the locked El Catrin before... it should play now!!!

http://fawm.org/songs/6207/
Josh Belville 2 weeks ago

woo! did it! "el pescado" http://fawm.org/songs/8203/
jaydaniels 2 weeks ago

"el gallo" - the rooster, card #1.

http://fawm.org/songs/8206/

Do I get extra points for kung fu?

@Halfpenny Orchestra -- thanks for setting up this challenge!
Julie 2 weeks ago

I picked another loteria card: El Soldado #34: http://fawm.org/songs/8434/

Has anyone else done this one?
Ah yes, jestersdaughter: http://fawm.org/songs/2343/
lapetitekiwi 2 weeks ago

I'm having so much trouble with my loteria song, I have a chorus now but the verses don't live up to what I want them to be, I'm still trying though!!
Taylor Tay 2 weeks ago

http://fawm.org/songs/8665/

The Moon, La Luna, #23.

Enjoy.
laratheviolet 1 week ago

http://fawm.org/songs/8539/

The Sun, El Sol, #46.
Roy Estel Hughes 1 week ago

I just posted my response:

The Little Devil, El Diablito, #2
Summer Russell 1 week ago

lapetite, don't feel too bad - I'm still working on mine too! But I'm determined to finish it even it's the last song I get in under the deadline.
greenambit 1 week ago

http://fawm.org/songs/9686/

El Cantarito, #44
Fine Excuses 1 week ago

I've finished mine at last. I got The Heron, and the link is kinda tenuous, but it's another song, dammit!

http://fawm.org/songs/7445/
Scott O. Clamp 1 week ago

La Sandia (The Watermelon, No. 28)

http://fawm.org/songs/9774/

For the more botanically oriented, please understand that I had to alter the growing cycle of the average watermelon for dramatic effect.

I know this isn't explore-the-core, but I've been avoiding other Loteria songs. I look forward to hearing them now!
Summer Russell 1 week ago

And sliiiiding into the finish line with #13/El Gorrito/The Bonnet:

http://fawm.org/songs/9992/
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 week ago

Thanks, everyone who finished a song! We'll be listening to all of them, eventually...hopefully soon. If you update your song for some reason, let us know.

Final statistics:
- 89 cards dealt (includes one which someone self-chose)
- 59 songs written (includes one I know of which is not tagged...*cough*negasi*cough*)

If you haven't checked out some of the other Loteria songs, go do it...there's some great stuff out there.
Elaine DiMasi 1 week ago

Thanks to you for setting this up, fellows!
Donna 1 week ago

@ Halfpenny Orchestra This was a wonderful challenge! Thanks for the tremendous effort you put into coordinating everything.
Karan 1 week ago

Yayy! Halfpenny Orchestra, thank you for this totally inspiring project!
Fine Excuses 1 week ago

Nice one Halfpenny - I didn't get going on it until really late into FAWM, but I had a lot of fun when I did. Same time next year?
sapient network 1 week ago

This was a grand idea - and has given me the perfect reason to listen to another 58 tunes
Halfpenny Orchestra 1 week ago

It was a lot of fun putting this together and seeing how many people jumped in.

We've tried to give ourselves a different concept/challenge to start writing from in every FAWM we've participated in, and this has been the best one, I think. Next year, it will probably be something different again, but we'll try to come up with another good challenge, and one that can be shared.
Julie 5 days ago

Thanks so much for putting this challenge together
It's still kinda rolling along.
I finally put my lyrics to Sniffer's music demo (Dharma), so here is a collab version of El Soldado: http://fawm.org/songs/8434/
lapetitekiwi 5 days ago

Here's mine, I finally remembered to post it, not entirely happy with it but I just wanted to get it done for FAWM
Hands (El Mano) http://fawm.org/songs/8611/

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