FAWM.ORG | The Jelly Factory!

Artist Bio

Influences: Prince, James Brown, The Bamboos, The Bee Gees, Lenny Kravitz, Everything But the Girl, The Police, Radiohead, Chris Lord-Algae, Ska, and a lot of FAWMers.

THE JELLY FACTORY WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!
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Welcome 2 the Jelly Factory! Thanks for stopping by. I hope U have a great FAWM experience.
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UPDATE #1 - I have very minimum gear that I will be using this FAWM. Just an AKAI MPK mini (for virtual instruments, samples and looping), my AKAI EIE Pro interface, a Mackie 14 channel mixer and a Sennheiser MD421 mic. M-Audio 5" monitors. That's it.
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COLLABORATIONS
I'm certainly down to collaborate with you. Here's how I play in the sandbox:

However you'd like to collaborate, let's chat about it and see if we can make it happen. Once expectations, hopes and dreams are set we shall then commence to make the jelly...cuz that's what I do here at the Jelly Factory. Why jelly? Ask other FAWMers who've been around for a while. They'll tell you... 😉

Songs (17)

#1	BECAUSE THE SUN SHINES light-pop firstfruits	54 Feb 5
#2	2 HELL WITH IT funk social commentary spoken-word	34 Feb 5
#3	U & YOUR COOL @steffan funk	60 Feb 7
#4	Mood Potential @kristian collab	43 Feb 8
#5	LET'S HEAT WOOD blues	19 Feb 9
#6	JELLY FACTORY PROMO 1 (LIGHTS OFF) @robynmackenzie promo spot funk soul	23 8 weeks
#7	WALK STEADY social commentary mlk current event	20 7 weeks
#8	SUGAR LOADED @robynmackenzie pop soul rhythm-n-blues	28 7 weeks
#9	Sweet Biscuits From Another Planet @nancyrost retro-slang weird	26 7 weeks
#10	MIDNITE DIRTY @boyatheart funk old-school rnb party music	24 7 weeks
#11	FIRE (Version 2.0) @ladyred love-song spoken-word rnb commitment	18 7 weeks
#12	BEAUTIFUL LIE (DIANA) @karlsburg25 randomcollab	3 6 weeks
#13	FUNK 'N ROLL LOVE AFFAIR @richaaaay rock soul rhythm-n-blues	30 6 weeks
#14	My Little Star @musicsongwriter lyrics-only	4 6 weeks
#15	The Castle Dragondreams Not Quite Annual House Party (link only) @castledragondreams comedy very_long more-like-a-play some-music	2 6 weeks
#16	AQUASONICA @tjfafterdark rnb	13 6 weeks
#17	HOPEFUL @musicsongwriter broadway musical rehearsal mode	8 6 weeks

Soundboard

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@guitarpatz83 16 hours

Hi Craig, lovely comments to read on the final days before this year’s FAWM closes. Thanks so much for your kind words, and to hear that you’ve been inspired by or learnt from something I’ve written is a real honour. Would love to work together on something, either outside of FAWM or possible 50/90 (not sure where I’ll be over the summer yet) so will drop you an email. You’re one of the artists I’ve loved discovering this year and I already can’t wait for next Feb!
@timfatchen 1 day

A quick thank you for the comment on Promise Rings (with Sheila Kaufman). It was very easy, it resonated from lo these 50 years ago, though I haven't sent a copy to the other party from then (yes, we still communicate occasionally. Too late for wisdom!) 5090 or next FAWM, we need to try something more together. I'm poking to get back into film/TV for a bit of coffee money (!)
@musicsongwriter 1 day

Thank you Craig, it's an honour to be your friend. Wishing you good luck with everything. Hope you'll join 50/90. Take care. Please stay in touch.
Nadia
@musicsongwriter 1 day

Thank you so much Craig.
Awesome.
I'll send you the link.
Have a wonderful Spring.
Hope we collaborate again when you have the chance.
Nadia ~
@musicsongwriter 1 day

Hi Craig, oh, I had no idea. I'll download it and will post. Thank you so much. Are you happy if we have a youtube video too?
@timfatchen 3 weeks

You commented on @sheilerk 's "Promise Rings and Diaries". Demo is now up. (Not quite at the deathknock! Still 3 weeks before site shutdown!!!) https://fawm.org/songs/122407/
@musicsongwriter 4 weeks

Thank you Craig.
@musicsongwriter 4 weeks

Thank you Craig. Sorry to give you trouble.
@musicsongwriter 4 weeks

Hi Craig, I emailed you 😀
@musicsongwriter 4 weeks

😀
@musicsongwriter 4 weeks

Hi Craig, thank you for your note. I changed the title to Hopeful. Not sure whether you wanted me to change it where I posted the lyrics or in another place where we are also listed as collaborators. Please let me know if I did it correctly. Happy to change for the better 😀
@scottlake 5 weeks

Got a fellow FAWMer to supply a trap track for me to rap Three Strikes. I did pitch shift it down a bit for some weight to my voice. Pretty much first take. https://fawm.org/songs/121610/
@mrblitz000 5 weeks

Craig, thanks for the listens/comments/recommendation. It was a great fawm all around. Maybe see you in 5090...
@aesthetic72 5 weeks

Thanks for all your listens and great comments, Craig. I loved everything you did this year! Till next time, my friend.
@musicsongwriter 5 weeks

Hi Craig, just saw too amazing comments from you. Thank you so much for your kind thoughts. Yes please, let's collaborate on my little star. I'm looking forward to hearing your demo. Thank you so much.
Nadia
@guitarpatz83 5 weeks

Thanks so much for the kind words on “Light Years”. Leah’s voice is amazing, so glad we got to work on something together this FAWM
@tamsnumber4 5 weeks

Thanks for listening and commenting on my song "Blue Snow", I appreciate it!
@saxylizbeth 6 weeks

Hiya - I don't normally do 50/90 as it's a mad time of year for me workwise, but happy to collab for FAWM 😀
@saxylizbeth 6 weeks

Hey - thank you for your comment on PRS. So glad you enjoyed the sax solo. It went down so well I used the distorted sound several times this year!
@musicsongwriter 6 weeks

Craig, the title is just an idea. Please see where your vision takes you and also if for any reason you don't like my piece please say so. I can come up with another one. Please also take a look at other pieces if you like where I don't have collaborators or my lyrics which are always open to tweaking. Please see what works for you. You have a great taste and I believe you'll know right away what works and what doesn't. Please feel free to email me. Thank you Craig.
Nadia
@musicsongwriter 6 weeks

Thank you Craig, added you 😀
@musicsongwriter 6 weeks

Hi Craig, congratulations to you for not only reaching beyond but for your beautiful songs. I wasn't sure if you liked the piece I sent to you. I'm happy to create something new if it didn't Inspire you.
@nahlej381 6 weeks

I just signed up for 50/90 and I’ll be here in March. I’d really like to work with you. Reach out anytime I’m active pretty much all year.

Aburozskiwork@gmail.com
@robynmackenzie 6 weeks

Yep, I responded. 😀
@sph 6 weeks

Thank you for your comments. I don't know how often I played Sting's bring on the night album. Possible influence on my playing
@princesssavania 6 weeks

There’s a recommendation thread?!?! I would learn this on the last day of FAWM 🤦🏿‍♀️ Thank you for your kind comments and recommending ‘Oh, My Darling’!
@castledragondreams 6 weeks

Add it as a collab link and you've crossed the finish line. 😉
@dragondreams 6 weeks

Revised version uploading... 😉
@dragondreams 6 weeks

Craig! Send me something, anything, today and I guarantee to squeeze you in to the House Party!

And when I say "never"... I said that two years ago too... 😉
Maybe the next one will be different in some way, but we'll see.
@steffan 6 weeks

Ah, thanks for checking in. I kinda went haywire and gave up on FAWM this year, but all is well otherwise. I've got a lottttt of listening to catch up on.
@princesssavania 6 weeks

Thank you for listening and commenting on my songs! The "ambience" in 'Tamara' are my siblings playing upstairs that I've just come to accept it as part of my production aesthetic lol. I'm so happy to have gotten feedback on 'I've been doing real good' from a fellow Euphoria watcher, and even more happy that you feel I captured that character's essence. Thanks again!
@oddbod 6 weeks

No problem - I'm kind of all out of juice nearly anyway. Cheers
@karlsburg25 6 weeks

Hey matey, as much as i'd love to get Beautiful Diana done its looking unlikely by sunday eve but i will defo work with it post FAWM if thats ok with you.In the mean time if someone else wants a bash at it feel free to open it up. I can still do my own version after FAWM
@gslade 6 weeks

Man...you want to know an inside secret on my Staubes collab? I was 99% ready to tap out of it, because I felt I couldn't write to it. I don't even remember why, but I gave it one more shot, came up with the hook first, and then felt like I'd never get through writing 16 bars x 2 for the verse, but I guess it came together. Very weird how the creator can feel one way and the audience feels completely different.
@gslade 6 weeks

I wonder what type of track would be the best mix of the best things each of us do..not that I think we have time to do one this year, but if you music post fawm I'd be intrigued to do something.
@oswlek 6 weeks

Thank you so much for your generous comment on "Vista". You are so right about Donna's lyrics. Now I just need to figure out how to make my stuff sound half as good as yours!
@pgcl 6 weeks

Thanks for your kind comments on my ridiculous track 😁
@ladyred 7 weeks

Thank you! <3 <3
@jamesstaubes 7 weeks

Thanks for all your comments this year. You rock! Once I get a moment I'm gonna listen to more of yours. Between my crazy job and staying on point with writing I haven't had as much time as I normally do to listen. And that's half the fun of FAWM. And yes disco is the best. Check out the Bee Gee's documentary on HBO. There's a whole section in there on the "disco sucks" movement that was quite interesting.
@srcoops 7 weeks

Friendship. Has been completed.
@mahtowin 7 weeks

Hi! I first record my vocals than @safred arranges the sound - works pretty good but to me it is a bit magical 😊
@daveyboy103 7 weeks

Thanks for your kind words.

Not sure you can when the link is to SoundCloud.

I have changed the permissions on SoundCloud to allow this so go there directly.

This utility is VERY useful for these circumstances: https://www.4kfinder.com/
@scottlake 7 weeks

Craig thank you for reading thru my lyrics and commenting. I have taken a different approach this year, driven by a need to unplug from the juice I get from social network likes. And because we have a puppy I’m working hard to bond with. Most sleep I’ve had in February in 15 years! I will be back around for listening soon. Take care.
@mahtowin 7 weeks

Thanks again for your kind words on Yellow ❤
To have fans is quiet new to me. I never did this kind of work before - but it is absoltuly big fun and so amazing to me 🌻
@karlsburg25 7 weeks

Oh yeah do post it as a lyric only to get another up cos they are brilliant lyrics and FAWM world needs to see them. WE can always change the status if i get something done
@karlsburg25 7 weeks

Hey matey, It is on my "To do" list. had a plan for the week but thanks to all sorts of issues, plans have gone a bit astray. I should be free from now until sunday so hopefully i'll come up with something. Feel free to offer it out. If you do that, and someone else does something, i hope you don't mind if i still have a tinker at it as i love the lyrics, it just will require something a bit different for me musically, but i love that sort of challenge. Cheers Karl
@zedisdead 7 weeks

Thanks for listening, and commenting on " Everybody Talkin'." good fawm 2021
@boyatheart 7 weeks

Hey thanks for posting. Sounds great. You rocked it again!
@stewdean 7 weeks

Just let you know 'From the get go' is now up in all it's rough rockiness. I spent too long on it!
@akagitsune89 7 weeks

Thank you for checking out High, and your very kind comments!
@boyatheart 7 weeks

Incoming.
@safred 7 weeks

Thanks a lot for your feedback on SOMETHING and MOON, really appreciate that feedback. I think our collab has resulted in some magical combinations and I feel quite humbled to have had the opportunity to combine Andrea's words to my music.
@skibum1066 7 weeks

Definitely!...but...I must learn the rules. I have already broken them twice. Where to I find then rules of collabs
@rwhosings 7 weeks

Thanks for the comments and the listens!
@cellarrob 7 weeks

Thanks for listening to and the comments for Dark Horse! Much appreciated!
@prsongsmith 7 weeks

Thanks for taking time to listen to “I Cant Read Your Mind”! I really appreciate the comments!
@jeustan 7 weeks

Thanks, Craig, the encouragement is needed. Not that the party is dead on this end, no! I just haven’t been posting. Finishing song lyrics is hard for me right now.

I’m getting to 14, have to. I got to 13 last year and blanked out.
@mahtowin 7 weeks

Thanks a lot for your kind comment ❤ on "SOMETHING and MOON" 😊 I really love to write and I have lots of fun with collabs!
@syonip 7 weeks

Thanks for feedback on my song!
@srcoops 7 weeks

Thanks for your kind remarks regarding Friendship. The pandemic has eliminated much of the interaction we usually have with friends and we miss this a great deal. Have had our 2nd shots so it won't be long until we can once again enjoy this aspect of our lives.
@phylo 7 weeks

Thank you my friend for your lovely and kind words.
@skibum1066 7 weeks

And...thanks for the kind words about my Kahlo2013 collab. It was fun! I think I like doing collabs!
@skibum1066 7 weeks

What exactly does NSFW mean. I have not found a definition of it...yet
@jeustan 7 weeks

Just thought I’d let you know I was very pleased and flattered when you said Rust Belt Boogie had Jelly. That was awesome. Thanks! Loving your songs this year, I’ll be back to comment soon!
@robynmackenzie 7 weeks

And thank *you*! Love getting to collab with you! 😁
@serene123 7 weeks

Hi there,
Thanks so much for your comment on Good evening, My Belgrade! very lovely of you!
@robynmackenzie 7 weeks

Got some vocals in the dropbox folder for ya!
@skibum1066 7 weeks

I'm not sure what "Dangerous to work with" means. But I'm open to collaboration. And thanks for the good words
@cphaurckker 7 weeks

Hey Jelly! thanks for the kind words on "illusion of incompetence" - just thought you'd want to know the demo's up!
@vuduluv 7 weeks

thx for the kind words re my track! having a lot of fun with my first FAWM. my goal is to get a handful more up in the next 2 weeks! see u on the inter-FAWMs! and consider yourself watched!
@arthurrossi 7 weeks

Thanks so much for your wonderful and that generous comments on the "Titivate"- and "Samantha"-lyrics! It would be a great honour to me if you gave to the one or the other (or even to both of them) a try... 😀
@thesoundof 7 weeks

Thank you so much! I'm glad that you liked my short song.
@opossum 8 weeks

Dear Craig,

Just wanted to thank you for listening to my music! As a practicing opossum I don't get a lot of praise! So Thank You!

Your pal,
Opossum
@vuduluv 8 weeks

Thx!
@fuzzy 8 weeks

The "download" setting is on.
Feel free to grab a copy! 😀
@fuzzy 8 weeks

Hey man, thanx for naming me in the Recommendation Thread! 😀
I'm not sure where that Zombie Hank Williams thing came from; it just sorta appeared in my head, and Mrs. Fuzzy wondered why I suddenly started laughing to myself.
@hannahoreilly 8 weeks

OMG hey! So good to 'see' y'all again!

Have an epic listening session planned for tomorrow to hear all your stuff! X
@apolez3 8 weeks

This is a bit late from me but thanks for the comment on Worryin' Worryin' ..,. i think he did an awesome job!
@richaaaay 8 weeks

I’d be totally game to collaborate. I love the Jelly Factory!!!
@robynmackenzie 8 weeks

I LOVE the track!!! I’ve got the week off so I’ll be focusing on collabs. Can’t wait to play with it!
@jeustan 8 weeks

Thank you for the comment, friend. Eugene Levy is so amazing in that movie, it’s one of my favorite characters of all time, haha.
@pgcl 8 weeks

Thanks for your words on our nu metal track. It was so much fun to make.
@blainev83 Feb 14

Thank you so much for the kind words on “Sweet McKensy”. Much appreciated.
@s1dc Feb 12

much love my friend! Those SFX samples were recorded for that track on my kitchen floor!
@epi Feb 12

I know I’m late on this, but thanks for your comments on “Sweet Scale Don’t Lie to Me”. I appreciate it!
@robynmackenzie Feb 12

Vocals are uploaded into the dropbox folder. Also I don't know how to respond to your message on dropbox, but uh YEAH I wanna hear the track! 😀
@sbs2018 Feb 12

Ah, thanks for the encouragement on “Rockin’ the House.” Means a lot!
@bangstick Feb 11

My Man! I've got some jelly grooves for you to lace! I'll send em up soon!
@fonte Feb 10

Ha thanks for your comment 😀 Very honoured coming from you my friend!!
@wolfkier Feb 10

sent
@wolfkier Feb 10

Thanks for your kind words. A copy? If you mean an mp3, sure, i can email it. Is the email link on your profile the one to use? (nrgproductions@...)?
@roy Feb 10

Hi Craig, it's royestelhughes@gmail.com. Shoot a message when you can, i'm down for any kind of collab!
@jeustan Feb 9

I never forgot! I spent hours on that loop but my creativity was sporadic. Let's do a song?
@midnightowl Feb 9

Hey man! Let me know if you got notified of my mention to you in my reply to your comment... really appreciate you saying something! I have to come up with another rough draft of a song, but I'll come back to your page and listen to what you have up. Thanks!
@splittybooms Feb 9

(as I continue to lurk on here and not go to bed)
Its only 10:30pm where I am right now, so when I say "go to bed" i really mean raid the fridge real quick and watch youtube until I fall asleep! lol
Thanks again for your words, man.
YOU are an absolute beast with all aspects of music.
I look forward to what you and your cuz come up with. And hopefully I can get it together so I can join in and have some fun with a whole lotta jelly on some tracks!
@splittybooms Feb 9

Sorry dude, I in no way mean to keep any secrets!
There's just so much going on that I forget to answer questions or address things people say in their comments.
So the synthvox I use is called AlterEgo and its by a company named Plogue. Its free, too!
https://www.plogue.com/products/alter-ego.html
And then I get the majority of my samples from Splice. But last month, I signed up for a subscription for Output's Arcade - which is also a sampler with different packs and stuff. Its quite cool. You can manipulate the pre-loaded samples (and they have kinds from vocals, guitars, drum groove, blahblahblah - but I only mess with dem' vocals) right in the program just by hitting one of the black keys on your midi controller or whatever.
But yeah man, I'm an open book...I got no secrets. Plus, I ain't doing anything crazy or out of the ordinary.
And also thanks for always swinging by and leaving comments that make me puff my chest out a bit! Its been a struggle this FAWM (as I just explained to your cuz, who wanted to collab...sadly I had to turn him down but only for right now)...have been feeling just kinda stressed about FAWM...which never happened before. SOOO many songs to listen to, and I'm getting so many comments from people that I need to go and reciprocate on their stuff. Then forum challenges that I want to get into. And THEN there's this Facebook music group I'm in where a big challenge just came up and its due in 2 weeks! (i'm gonna pass you that link, cause I think you'd have a blast there!)
So yeah man...burnt out before I even got going.
Phew that's a lot of typing.
Time for bed now lol
@sunfire Feb 8

Hi! Thanks for commenting on "On The Phone". Good to know I'm not the only one to notice the obsession or fixation these days. Thanks for the congrats on the finish. I'm guessing you mean crossing the finish line, but na I'm not done yet. Love the camaraderie and support from this site! Very motivational.

Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.

Cheers
@ajna1960 Feb 8

Evening @cts 😀 Thank you for putting Corey and my song on the recommendation thread ! We are in the process of releasing an album of 70s disco funk that we wrote together 2019/20, mostly FAWM and 50/90, and this years FAWM songs will be another album once worked on 😀
@sparkle888 Feb 8

@CTS Thanks for the comments on Hit On Hard Times. I'm cheating with the vox, pitch correction is generous 😉
@lizbrinker Feb 8

@cts thanks so much for your comment on Smooth It Out!

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@guitarpatz83 16 hours

@timfatchen 1 day

@musicsongwriter 1 day

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@timfatchen 3 weeks

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@scottlake 5 weeks

@mrblitz000 5 weeks

@aesthetic72 5 weeks

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@saxylizbeth 6 weeks

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@nahlej381 6 weeks

@robynmackenzie 6 weeks

@sph 6 weeks

@princesssavania 6 weeks

@castledragondreams 6 weeks

@dragondreams 6 weeks

@dragondreams 6 weeks

@steffan 6 weeks

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@oddbod 6 weeks

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@gslade 6 weeks

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@oswlek 6 weeks

@pgcl 6 weeks

@ladyred 7 weeks

@jamesstaubes 7 weeks

@srcoops 7 weeks

@mahtowin 7 weeks

@daveyboy103 7 weeks

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@zedisdead 7 weeks

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@mahtowin 7 weeks

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@phylo 7 weeks

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@jeustan 7 weeks

@robynmackenzie 7 weeks

@serene123 7 weeks

@robynmackenzie 7 weeks

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@cphaurckker 7 weeks

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@arthurrossi 7 weeks

@thesoundof 7 weeks

@opossum 8 weeks

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@fuzzy 8 weeks

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