My dad @srcoops started FAWM with me in 2011 and had loved it every single year. He was looking forward to it again, but some serious illnesses in the last few months took his strength and his body gave out on January 28. He will be missed by many and I will forever be thankful that he jumped right in when I told him about this crazy challenge. I learned so much in life from him and am so thankful to have had such an amazing father. ——-

Pronouns; He/His/Him

This is my 16th FAWM. It's always wonderful and something I look forward to. It's the best part of Winter!

I've been home-recording music for many years, with music that covers styles all over the map. I do a lot of instrumental music, since I don't write lyrics, so if you have an idea, let me know. I can't guarantee a collaboration will work out, but I usually do a lot of collaborating. I do collaborations as a co-writing project and consider them complete when I find the one that fits. I've had multiple versions of songs from various people, during FAWM, but the one that I end up posting is the official song, in my mind. I'm always finding amazing new people on FAWM!

I have used some MIDI keys the past few years, but most of the time, what you are hearing is me actually playing the instruments live, including drums, one track at a time. I write songs part by part and never quite know where they are headed, and very often get very deep in layers and atmospheres. I love painting with sound.

My younger brother @guatecoop is also an amazing musician and loves FAWMing too, so check out his page!

Oh, and I run this thing on FAWM called the 4-Track Challenge, where people mail cassettes to each other and add one track at a time. Let me know if you want in and check out the songs at @fourtracktape

All my links are up above or here on my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/zecoop

My album cover, taken by me at Glacier National Park: