FAWM: @mikedebenham / Mike Debenham

Mike Debenham

@mikedebenham

Songs

Joined

2006

AU
michaeldebenham.net

5th Feb update: Things are pretty hectic at the moment so it might be a while before I get back to FAWM. Looking forward to catching up with your songs. Cheers.

FAWM 2026. Hello. Hope you're all well.

I'm taking a fairly relaxed approach to FAWM this year. I'm sure a few songs will pop out, but I'm not going to worry too much about quality or quantity.

Looking forward to hearing what you all create. Have an excellent month, friends.

Obligatory plug: My debut novel for kids - 'Tail Not Included' (formerly 'Drowning for Beginners') - is out in August 2026, published by Hardie Grant. It's quite fun. https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/tail-not-included-by-michael-debenham/9781761216794

Songs

The Song You Stole by @mikedebenham 1d #folk #renaissance

A Word With God by @mikedebenham 2d #folk

The System is Working as Intended by @mikedebenham 1w #protest #gospel #folkpop

The Courting of Fanny McGee by @mikedebenham 1w #wildwest #folk

Never the Time by @mikedebenham 2w #chamberpop #folk

The Mankiest Man by @mikedebenham 2w #musichall #tuba

Soundboard

Messages left for you by other fawmers.

@lcad 14h

I'm down to collab (or at least attempt it). I'll shoot you an email with a couple ideas I've gotten snagged on. Would love to flesh them out if you find a solve. Happy to take any unfinished's from yours as well. I think we've got fairly different styles, would be neat to see how they collide.

@kadmad202 2d

Thanks for nice words re: God is With Us. Glad you found it soothing.

@bethdesombre 2d

Can I ask for a different plug? Where can I find your music off-FAWM? I'm now a huge fan and don't want to lose access to your musical genius when they take the FAWM site down . . .

@mikedebenham 1d

Aw, thanks Beth! I do a lot of my songwriting here, but I sometimes participate in SpinTunes (as Ironbark) and Songfight on the off-season, and have an album or two up on Bandcamp. One of these days I'll get around to digging through my old FAWMs and posting the good stuff. I tend to announce any big music news on my website (link above).

@pippa 5d

Hi Mike Debenham, Brilliant songs! I just emailed you. I hope you will get it. And I hope all's well with you all down in sunny Aussie land. (I lived there for four years when I was a kid, and I loved it.)

@fearlessflight2014 1w

Love hearing your music.

@ericdistadMod 2w

Hey Mike! Wonderful to see you back! Congratulations on your novel!

I'm looking forward to any and all the new music you make!

@deena 2w

Congratulations on the novel coming out! AND I'm so with you on the relaxed approach to fawm this time. I'm feeling it, too!

@miltz 2w

Collabsolutely!

@paulhenry 2w

Lovely to hear you here this year. Here! Here!

@oldlostjohn 2w

Good to see you back, was a little worried you were taking a break this year.

@itneverhappened 2w

Great to see you here again. Looking forward to see what you come up with this year!

@beacon 2w

So glad to see you back. I can't wait to hear more folky craziness from down under. Hope you're staying cool (it's -16C here). Our collab 2 years ago is one of my top 10 FAWM experiences.

@mikedebenham 2w

That was a nice collab, Ken! Did you ever get the tidier mix I sent over post-FAWM?

@beacon 2w

Life has been a blur, so I need to go back and check. I'm sure you sent it over.

Hope you don't might that I shared your Instagram post in the thread about our song writing processes.

@mikedebenham 23h

Not at all! I'll have to check that thread out.

@oddbod 2w

BTW, where's your tuba from?

@mikedebenham 2w

It's from the first edition of Garritan Personal Orchestra - possibly the first sample library I ever bought.

@miltz 2w

Hi, Mike. Hope all's well on your end.

@kadmad202 2w

Odd thing. Every now and then, as I'm going about my day, the phrase "I dunno" will pop into my head, and I think of that clever, funny Christmas song you wrote a while back (not on FAWM, I don't think). It always makes me smile. Anyway, looking forward to whatever fun things you come up with this year!

@sailingmagpie 3w

Hey hey, hope you're all good!

@oddbod 3w

Still wheeling out that l’m having a book published excuse I see. I’m just being downright lazy and probably only doing a few collabs if anyone’s fool enough to say yes. Looking forward as always to hearing whatever you can manage to scrape together 😉