Artist Bio
Influences: Ani Difranco, Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles, Paul Simon, Carly Simon, Dolly Parton, Beyoncé.
Singer/ songwriter/ student studying to become a music teacher. (she/her)
It is my GOLDEN FAWM (which is what I'm calling 14 FAWMs of 14 songs. Has it really been 14 years?? Good lord). I’m still in music school, and I’m also teaching ukulele again, so music is basically all I do. I must say, I’m looking forward to creating it, and not just studying or teaching it. Those muscles are due for a stretch.
Current instrumentation:
-Tenor ukulele
-Baritone ukulele
-Bass ukulele
-Acoustic guitar
-Piano
-Violin
-Two accordions!
-All the sound patches in Logic Pro
-Weird percussion
I don’t have any intentions for FAWM 2021. It’s been such a year, and for the first time in 7 years I won’t have the Holiday Music Motel assist that usually adds 5 or 6 songs to the tally from the Love on Holiday festival. So I’m going to utilize the 2020 lesson of just taking things as they come.
In any case, I’m glad to be back, and I can't wait to hear everyone again! xoxo
Songs (19)
| #1 |  The Other Shoe |
46 Feb 2 |
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| #2 | Middle of the Road |
18 Feb 8 |
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| #3 | This Too Shall Pass (Acoustic Corpse 1) @corpsecorps |
1 Feb 12 |
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| #4 | Remember The Graveyard |
15 Feb 12 |
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| #5 | Nothing To Say To You |
13 Feb 12 |
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| #6 | Me & My Piano |
13 Feb 13 |
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| #7 | Sandcastle Sky |
25 Feb 13 |
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| #8 | Finally |
13 Feb 21 |
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| #9 | The Seer |
20 Feb 21 |
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| #10 | One Step Closer to 14 |
13 Feb 22 |
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| #11 | (Time Is A) Waterslide |
11 Feb 23 |
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| #12 | Plains of Abraham |
12 Feb 26 |
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| #13 | The Castle Dragondreams Not Quite Annual House Party @castledragondreams |
3 Feb 27 |
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| #14 | Follow The Water @elesimo |
20 Feb 28 |
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| #15 | Missing |
22 Feb 28 |
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| #16 | PAUL! |
14 Feb 28 |
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| #17 | Can't Stop |
9 Mar 1 |
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| #18 | Temperance, Grief & The Green Lady |
2 Mar 1 |
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| #19 | Justifiable Funk UGH! @erbaer |
ZONG Mar 1 |
Soundboard
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@kenmattsson 3 weeks
@carleybaer Did you get my email about my Concert series?
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@gm7 3 weeks
Thx for the comments....you are probably the last to comment on my SOUNDBOARD for this year
Stay safe and see / hear you in 2022 -
@wolfkier 5 weeks
care to help a little? https://fawm.org/forums/topic/11940/
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@shelleroo1 8 weeks
Totally cool with your schedule!
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@shelleroo1 8 weeks
Hey @carleybaer! You into a #tit4tat?
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@kenmattsson 8 weeks
@carleybaer, I sent you an email re: my Virtual House Concert series. I look forward to hearing from you!
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@wolfkier 8 weeks
Good luck with your finals, my friend. Knock 'em dead! 😀
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@davidtaro Mar 8
Hi @carleybaer, if you're not already tit4tatted out, do you fancy swapping some songs? Full disclosure, I've had a listen to the first couple of yours and will be leaving embarrassingly fawning comments regardless - they're awesome! 😀
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@lizbrinker Mar 4
Hey there, @carleybaer ! You up for a little tit4tat?
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@scottlake Mar 4
Carly, yes it’s our Yamaha console piano with the ‘soft pedal’ felt on for the duration.
Here’s a ridiculously easy way to use some EQ on your digital piano recorded parts to achieve
The same effect. Use a low pass filter on it where you make the cutoff around 2kHz or so. Play around with the cutoff frequency to your ear’s liking. If that sounds to extreme to your ear use a shelving EQ on the upper end and play with the knee frequency and amount of attenuation for the shelving aspect of it. I do that all of the time in my DAW with the sampled Steinway I use a lot. It basically helps to mimic the response of an acoustic space where the high frequencies will get absorbed much more than mids and lows when it gets to your ear. My recording was direct to my iPhone and this piano can overwhelm my vocal so it was somewhat of a mixing choice. But also because the song was about night time I didn’t want to have it too bright. Give that DAW trick a try, you will be pleased I think. -
@metalfoot Mar 3
That sparkling water really does taste as if somebody yelled at a tangerine.
😀
Hope you had a great FAWM! I will try to catch up on some of your music soon. -
@wolfkier Mar 3
Serge is da man, that's for sure. Email me if you think I might be able to help a little. see my profile notes.
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@lizbrinker Mar 2
Hey, @carleybaer ! Thanks so much for the lovely feedback on Marco?. That’s my tenor Kanile’a. It’s a thing of beauty and a joy forever. I bought it used from a friend.
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@richaaaay Mar 2
Thanks so much for listening and commenting on Marco? and The Avenue. Your kind words were heartwarming. I somehow came across your work pretty early and put you on my Watchlist. When you would post a new song I was always excited to hear what it was and it was always a treat...I'm a fan.
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@richaaaay Mar 2
Hi Carley, I've already listened to and commented on lots of your songs. I've really enjoyed them all. Thoughtful lyrics, incredible vocals and tons of musicality. All that said, I'm gonna ask for a tit4tat...Maybe you would be willing to listen to Marco?, which is a collaboration with @lizbrinker. And if you are game to listen to more just let me know and I'll work through what I have yet to listen to of yours...All of which I'm sure I would thoroughly enjoy...
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@wolfkier Mar 2
Thanks, my friend. I gotta sleep now, finally, been up for hours, including, nearly 50 tit4tats, but you can keep going and I'll catch up tomorrow, promise, or you can wait for one at a time, your choice, but be sure I'm trading all 7 with you, guaranteed! 😀
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@pipewrench67 Mar 1
Hope you got some time, it's 19 minutes ( it does change up (sloooowly)).
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@jike Mar 1
Thanks for the inspiration Carley.
If you ever get a chance to check out my stuff feedback would be appreciated. Good or "constructive".
Hope to see you in the wonderful world of cheese this summer. Maybe we can do a bike ride!? -
@natrin Feb 28
Thanks for the kind words & congrats on finishing FAWM!
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@estebanlartigue Feb 28
I need to catch up on your songs!!! I hope the site allows me to now relax and hear all of these good songs!
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@elesimo Feb 25
Awesome! I just sent you an email with the details! Thank you so much!
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@elesimo Feb 25
Hi, there! This might be a long shot, but... we're doing a 4-person video collab (https://fawm.org/forums/topic/10929/#c235201) and one person had to drop out because their computer died. The song is beautiful and after listening to your Middle of the Road I think you'd be perfect to add some vocals and lyrics to it. Let me know if you'd be up for it! 😀
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@skibum1066 Feb 18
You are accomplished. Good voice, great instrumentation. Tight lyrics It's going to take light-years to catch up!
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@splittybooms Feb 15
Just wanted to say thanks for the kind words in that collab thread in the forums. That helped 😀
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@charliecheney Feb 14
Okeedokee! I'll send something over ASAP. Might be a couple days, my next day off is Wednesday.
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@charliecheney Feb 14
Hey CB, could you possibly sing a backup vocal track on a song of mine if I sent you a WAV file? I should have one ready in the next couple days. Keep me posted, thanks.
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@vuduluv Feb 14
thx!
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@vuduluv Feb 9
hey! how did you post your 10 sec clip? id like to do the same. plz let me know. thk uuuuuu
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@erbaer Feb 6
You bat! Have fun!
https://fawm.org/songs/114023/ -
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@vuduluv Feb 4
re corpse collab 😀
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@vuduluv Feb 4
hey sorry for the delay in getting back to you... post on my soundboard plzzzzz... thx!
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@seemanski Feb 3
Hey, I believe you are next in #morph3, my seed is:
https://fawm.org/songs/112468/
tempo:115
verse (key of Am): A C D ... E
chorus: F D E -
@zeekle1998 Feb 2
Hi @carleybaer, I have posted my Auntie (Anti) song - Smiling Rainbows - you're up next.... Have fun...
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@metalfoot Feb 2
Your choice. Email is fine. Soundboard is fine.
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@metalfoot Feb 2
Here's the 10s for you to build off of for the Acoustic LoFi corpse. Try to write the next minute or so of the song, send the minute to me, and the final 10s only to the next person in the chain... and have fun! Chords I was using were E and G, if that helps. 😀
http://bythefont.com/alex/fawm2021/exco10s-acolo1.mp3 -
@jinx Feb 1
Carleyyyy! Great to see you back. And relieved to hear I'm not the only one who'll be "taking things as they come" in terms of what I accomplish this month, haha 😉
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@bradbrubaker Feb 1
Thank you for sharing the images that came to mind while listening! We need more comments like that, especially for instrumentals.
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@chariotbaldwin Feb 1
Golden FAWM? Wow - that's something to aspire to - only 5 more years for me to go to be able to brag about that! #bucketlist
Its' good that you say your songwriting muscles are due for a stretch n workout. Me too - 2020 was my least productive songwriting year for FAWM and 5090.
So sharpen those pencils, line up them notepads and have fun this February creating something out of nothing 😀 -
@jacobeverettwallace Feb 1
Happy Fawming, Carley! (from down here in Bend)
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@taracraig Feb 1
Happy GOLDEN FAWM!
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@cynthiawolff Feb 1
Hiya Carley...still much respect and gratitude...it was because of you
I found FAWM and I’ll be forever grateful...
I’m not making any plans here and letting what will be, be.
Hope your well up there...take care and see you in the trenches.. -
@wacha Jan 31
Happy FAWMing, I always look forward to your songs!
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@mikegtz Jan 30
Hi and good to see you, Carley!
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@stevenwesleyguiles Jan 30
Merry FAWMwas Weekend to you!
It's upon us! 😀 -
@mikeskliar Jan 29
welcome back!
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@dasbinky Jan 28
Awesome to see ya back here! 😁
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@erbaer Jan 27
Hi Carley!!
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@joshbelville Jan 27
Eastsiiiiiiide! Happy FAWMing!
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@charliecheney Jan 27
Carley? Carley Baer? 😄
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@wolfkier Jan 27
😀
Bring your yummy stuff!
Have a great FabFeb21! -
@standup Jan 27
Looking forward to this, hope you get some cool cakewalks in!
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@splittybooms Jan 26
Good seeing you here, too! Here's to making some noise!
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@petemurphy Jan 26
CARLEY BAER! Yes!
I hope all is well with you. -
@andygetch Jan 26
Hi Carley and a have a great Golden FAWM!
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@coolparadiso Jan 26
Good to see you, happy fawming!
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@ericdistad Jan 26
Hey neighbor! Glad to see you back again. (waves from OC)
Have a great FAWM! -
@candle Jan 26
Hello again! Happy FAWMing Carley!
See You In The Shadows… -
@cts Jan 26
Howdy! Enjoy your FAWM!
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@robynmackenzie Jan 26
Hey Carley! Happy FAWMing!!!
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@fuzzy Jan 26
I will try to make Fumblecore a reality for you. 😀
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@nancyrost Jan 26
Thanks, Carley, much anticipated and much needed!
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@pipewrench67 Jan 26
Ahoy
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@metalfoot Jan 26
It's all good. I'm consistently impressed by your music and it's a delight to listen to your stuff! Here's to a good FAWM for all of us!
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@bradbrubaker Jan 26
Howdy howdy! Excited to FAWM!
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@zecoop Jan 26
Yay - glad to see you back and looking forward to hearing your FAWMing! 😀
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@dragondreams Jan 26
Hey, Carley. 😀
https://fawm.org/forums/topic/11124/ -
@tamsnumber4 Jan 21
Hi, Happy FAWMing!!
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@mikeb Jan 18
HI Carley, looking forward to hearing your FAWM 2021 songs!
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@leslie Jan 17
From one pandemic-grounded performer to another, I hear you. Hope this FAWM revitalizes that link to the stage for you and congrats on all your hard work this past year!
