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•  Morti 1 month ago

  Just, y'know, while you're at it:
  
  http://crapart.spacebar.org/aad/
  
  No reason why you can't use your Album In A Day songs in FAWM as well and taking on a small focussed 24 hour project might focus you to get a few more songs out than you otherwise would.

•  Vom Vorton 1 month ago

  I've done one of these before - http://vomvorton.co.uk/?page_id=8
  
  Going on my current FAWM workrate, I might need to do another one before the end of the month to catch up...

•  expendablefriend 1 month ago

  I am actually in awe of people who do this. Just.......how?! An exceptional day for me would be 2 songs. And that would REALLY be exceptional.

•  Vom Vorton 1 month ago

  It's just a case of dropping your quality control entirely, and ignoring the internal voice urging you to quit after every song. I didn't get any songs out of it that I'm particularly proud of, but it was a fun experience. When I finished recording mine, I was in a really great mood so I went out to the pub to celebrate and met a really nice girl - and we're still together now, years later.
  
  So there you have it - writing an album in a day is the only way to find true love. FACT.

•  devin 1 month ago

  Nice one Vom!
  
  My 4 songs on day 1 of this FAWM aren't going to pay the bills either...but the next day, I had a wicked-good collaboration session with a great friend. Not as great as your collab mind you...
  
  For me, the trick is to not be too precious about my songs...especially the first few. I have to write whatever is there, without judgement.
  
  I've only managed 4 songs in one day so far, a far cry from 14. So my limited personal experience is:
  #1. Don't worry about song-smithing things to death, because
  #2. Getting in the zone is easier when the internal critic is kept in it's place
  #3. Real innovation is in there...might be deep down at times...but can be uncovered, so
  #4. Just get out what comes out, and keep digging
  
  The first few songs might be tripe, but embrace them as a gift, and count them towards the total
  
  Here's the legend himself:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yxOqZUl6Dg