Influences:   Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Radical Face, Rogue Wave, Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Dawes, Jason Isbell

Historically I have not been a prolific song writer, but this year lyrics have flowed out of me. I’m using FAWM to push me to get them set to music. Thanks for listening and offering your feedback.

#1		Signs From The Feathered folk singer-songwriter melancholy	9 Feb 2
#2		1234 folk acoustic acoustic-one-take singer-songwriter	3 Feb 4
#3		Just Cursing acoustic dark	2 Feb 6
#4		Be Still @hbusse folk singer-songwriter acoustic harmonies	7 Feb 10
#5		Bleu folk acoustic singer-songwriter sad	2 Feb 12
#6		No Words instrumental sad piano guitars harmonies	5 Feb 13
#7		The Wren and The Willow folk acoustic-one-take acapella	3 Feb 13
#8		Thunder Don’t Wake Me Up folk singer-songwriter acapella	3 Feb 16
#9		The Worst Of It experimental acapella sad country-folk ambient	1 Feb 20
#10		This House of Ours @cleanshoes folk indie collab	5 Feb 29

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  @stevenwesleyguiles  Feb 18

  here's how I got some of the guitar tone:
  
  first, this is an Epiphone SG guitar.
  second, into a custom pedal my friend made me, which is basically a mash up of a Ibanez tube screamer and another gnarly distortion. I use it more like a tube screamer though, so, it's just a little distorted.
  
  reverb was turned up on my fender amp (forget what model amp - it's a tube amp). 57 pointed directly at the speaker cone just an inch or two away.
  
  For the mix I first eq out a lot of the low end info (I let the bass and kick drum do the low end dance). I used a LOT of compression on these tracks so that they're even and that they come forward in the mix.
  
  You may also notice I panned both guitars hard left and hard right so that they have their own space.
  
  I'm now gonna take this soundboard message and make it info on my track. 😀

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  @mielfraga Feb 18

  Hello,mr.drewhottmann.
  thank you for your kind comment.
  i love your songs.
  they are very interesting songs
  i'm listening to them now.
  see you!!

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  @kaidelong Feb 18

  I think you're right about that, if you have a soundcloud acc could you kindly put that comment there as well so that I have it if/when I revisit the piece later?

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  @alg123  Feb 14

  Hey Drew, thanks for stopping by and for your thoughtful comments! I will check out your tunes and see if something speaks to my banjo 😀

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  @brandondale72  Feb 13

  Drew, thanks for the kind words on my song, “Moving”.

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  @cleanshoes Feb 11

  I may be interested in collaborating, depending on what you have in mind! Maybe shoot me an email and we can discuss (link is in my profile). 😀

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  @angelinapowersuit Feb 10

  Hi there! Thanks so much for your nice feedback on "Living with the Enemy." I'd love for you to tweak and improve it! But it's in Logic. Does that change things? If not, what do you need from me? Thanks again!

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  @dmld2020 Feb 7

  Thanks for the feedback on “Snow in July” - that goofy synth horn reminds me of Laurie Anderson’s sounds on her ‘Big Science’ record. I wanted that vibe and sort of got there by adding delay. All the sounds I’m using are cheesy in-the-box Logic Pro 9.

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  @cleanshoes Feb 7

  Thank you so much for your comments on my songs! I'm really digging your stuff as well.

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  @middlec Feb 2

  Thanks for the tips on switching up the drums in Garageband. I will definitely experiment!

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  @wolfkier Feb 2

  thank you! 😀