Influences:   John Prine, James Keelaghan, David Francey, Joni Mitchell, Joe Crookston, Martyn Joseph, Stan Rogers, Alanis Morissette, Raine Maida, Ben Harper, U2, Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan, Switchfoot, Sufjan Stevens, Five Iron Frenzy, and endless more :D

A veteran of many FAWMs (some completed, some not, all awesome) 

Chris is a singer-songwriter, a budding activist, an amateur team sports guy and a regular participate in the local FILK (Ontario) scene. Extremely outgoing, eclectic and kind hearted he loves people and conversation so drop him a line.

New this year:
check out my friend @rgarv100 who I told about this years ago and who just put in his first track on here!!

#1		This is Real acoustic-one-take singer-songwriter folk	23 Feb 1
#2		BoRC (Bank of Raging Capitalism) parody-jingle jingle parody silly anticapitalist	12 Feb 1
#3		Fairest Fruit oraclechallenge guitar banjo fairytale folk griffined	10 Feb 3
#4		Gran oraclechallenge banjo fairytale challenge griffined	11 Feb 3
#5		Without You without-you acoustic-one-take guy-with-guitar s020421a songskirmish	16 Feb 4
#6		John Prine and the Holy Ghost acoustic-one-take singer-songwriter folk tribute	17 Feb 5
#7		Can't Afford to Stay grunge folk-grunge	5 Feb 11
#8		Cathedral of Gears do-re-mi dark-synth doom-synth rpgchallenge	4 Feb 12
#9		Cake Pop silly feel-good cake smile laugh acoustic-one-take	12 Feb 13
#10		Riding on Passenger Side acoustic-one-take singer-songwriter folk dad father	8 Feb 13
#11		Universal Valentine valentine acoustic-one-take folk happy	8 Feb 14
#12		Everything is OK uke one-take funny fantasy games filk	4 7 weeks
#13		Just a Week We'd Been Aboard sea-shanty uke	3 7 weeks
#14		Meat Grinder slothcore sloth-core grungefolk political	3 7 weeks
#15		Love You More lullaby baby children collab	4 7 weeks

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  @bethdesombre  7 weeks

  Wow -- thanks so much for all the recent listening and commenting. Hope to catch up on some more of yours soon (realistically, March, since I'm still finishing #14). Congrats on making it to 14!

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  @bethdesombre  7 weeks

  Oh! I love the idea of going backwards for Just a Week. That could be a cool structure. We're both almost there for FAMW-- good luck to both of us!

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  @nadine 7 weeks

  Thanks for your comment on "Angel in Jeans" I haven't played piano for more than 5 years before FAWM!!! Hope your enjoy it the same way like I do!

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  @bunter  8 weeks

  Thank you for having a listen and commenting on 'I Don't Want To Let You go'. I really appreciate it. I'm trying to listen to a few of the songs here but it's so overwhelming. I just randomly choose one or two of the titles as I'm not looking for anything in particular. Some great songs here.

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  @freddie13 8 weeks

  Great meeting you too..
  We have a lot of musical interests that's for sure.
  Hope we can collaborate ...

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  @moonraccoon  8 weeks

  The #slothcore, you should totally do.

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  @krayzie003  8 weeks

  Thanks for your comments. Hope you find the inspiration you are looking for.

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  @silvermediapro  8 weeks

  then i guess i might have some look-alikes out there 😝 idk how i'm batman (the batman of funk perhaps), but i appreciate the compliment 😁

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  @nadine 8 weeks

  Thanks for your comments on "Wrench in the works". Glad to make your ears happy. I hope that the final recording will still do 😁 It will take some weeks or months. There will be plenty of layers!

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  @cleanshoes  Feb 16

  Thank you so much for commenting on Boys Will Be Boys. Family is complicated for sure. Much appreciated.

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  @dawnsoap Feb 16

  Thank you so much for your lovely comment on my song "Baby Rockabye"! A big congratulations to your friend too! Little ones are so precious.

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  @gb9  Feb 15

  Thank you so much for your comments on 'You'. You are welcome to go ahead and use the lyrics for a collab, with a vocalist. I don't understand melodies much, but if you could do something with please go ahead 😀 Thanks again.
  
  P.S. I'm editing the song tags!!!

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  @julesbf  Feb 15

  Thanks for your kind words about my songs, and for checking out The Trees on Bandcamp.

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  @writeandwrong  Feb 14

  Aww, thanks for your kind words! It's a challenge I have loved doing every year. I did a tarot challenge one year but I connect more with Oracle, got certified in it, and there are are so many unique decks out there for many more FAWM #oraclechallenge s moving forward 😉 will definitely keep my eyes out for tunes for your #Griffined challenge. Best wishes on the cause and hopes it had great success!!

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  @leka Feb 14

  Thanks for listening!

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  @prsongsmith  Feb 13

  Thanks for the feedback on "We Only Get So Much Time" -- on the drums: that's always been an isdue for me so I gave in and bought EZ Drummer2 a few weeks ago and I'm loving it. It has a feature where you pick a beat you like and it will build a whole song w verse, chorus etc. For you. Worth every penny. Thanks again!

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  @nadine Feb 13

  You're welcome! In my honest opinion, FAWM is a great and appreciative community. I feel welcomed and overwhelmed by all these comments, music and artists. Answering all these comments and mails takes so much time. I wish my days were longer >.< I'm glad that I did not decide on writing 14 songs or participating in challenges, otherwise I would be either ignoring comments, write low quality songs in a haste or put myself under pressure. For me FAWM seems to be a good place to get to know other people or to share some ideas. I'll try to focus on songwriting, but it's really hard. As a producer you're used to think about the final product.

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  @nadine Feb 13

  Hey Chris, thanks for your offer!
  I enjoy the tone of your voice very much but I fear, that "Pyromancer" would be not the best choice for you. It's really high and requires belting. This technique can not be learned during two weeks, but I'd like to work with your chest-voice on another song. I maybe have a song which suits your voice type and range. Just write me a e-mail (not comment) if you're interested, since it's outside FAWM.

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  @falconbridge Feb 13

  Thanks for your lovely comment about The Fuller's Lye! I appreciate it so much. (This is my first FAWM attempt and it has been such an inspiring and worthwhile effort because of people like you.)

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  @janeg  Feb 13

  Thanks so much for the encouraging comments on Lana!

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  @moonraccoon  Feb 12

  Hey Chris, thanks for stopping by to read Maladjustment. It's an interesting exercise that I'd encourage. You might be surprised when staring at a list of words, how easily word pairings happen, and then meaning starts to take shape with surprisingly little effort. Almost like a form of automatic writing, except it's more like "word collage".

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  @radioovermoscow Feb 11

  Thanks! I'm actually an ex-homeowner (never a landlord though) and yeah, while renting can get you a bigger place, it's bloody expensive...

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  @eringoblog  Feb 10

  Hey, thank you for the heads up about the Bandcamp link. I will now attempt to fix. 😀

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  @debs  Feb 9

  Why hello there my friend! So looking forward to morphing with you! Looks like you're having a heck of a great FAWM so far!

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  @mikkomalmivaara Feb 7

  Thanks for the kind words about my tunes. Looking forward to listening to yours!

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  @nadine Feb 6

  Thanks for your nice comments on my song! Don't bother beeing ecxentric with your taste of music. I listen to nearly everything and it inspires me a lot.

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  @heliosonorous Feb 5

  Thanks for the listen and comment and share to the RPG thread! I hadn't seen that thread yet.

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  @metalfoot  Feb 5

  That could be fun too. I'm willing to give it a try.

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  @stephenwordsmith  Feb 5

  Hi Dudachris. Thank you for your comment on silence. I'm happy to hear from both of you - I am always interested to hear what my lyrics inspire in others, so you are most welcome to have a go if you wish.

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  @metalfoot  Feb 5

  Joking aside, my ISP was rated 2d in Canada by PCMag so yeah, it's pretty fast internet here LOL
  
  Wordsmith's often open to multi collabs on a lyric though. We might both get to do it!

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  @sunnymae  Feb 5

  Wow.. first off so nice to make a new FAWM friend and I'm looking forward to hearing your music. Thank you so much for your kind comments on the collab I did with Crisp. Killer lyrics eh?

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  @coolparadiso  Feb 4

  Thx for comments I just try and sing from my boots! Im starting to move into cohen/cave mode in my writing now! So watch out!

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  @colgoo Feb 4

  Hi....thought I would let you know that I set @arthurrossi’s song, “Maria” to music, if you are interested in listening to my arrangement.

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  @cleanshoes  Feb 4

  Thank you so much for your kind comment on Living on the Moon!

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  @ianuarius  Feb 4

  Hey! No FAWMtalks as we're both pretty busy. 😀

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  @silvermediapro  Feb 4

  oh hey thanks! 😁 fawm is a holiday for me, so i'm more than happy to put my funkiest foot forward 😝

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  @sumnersloane  Feb 4

  thank you @dudachris Pop is what I consider myself. Whether it is the Beatles or Iron Maiden, if it has hooks or choruses, I'm in.

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  @lizbrinker  Feb 4

  Hey @dudachris ! Thanks so much!

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  @willyviste Feb 3

  Thank you for your comment on "Broken Pipeline". I do appreciate it very much:)

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  @prsongsmith  Feb 3

  Thanks for the kind comments on my song "Ships of Sand" -- this Fawmling really appreciates your encouragement! 😀

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  @bitshred  Feb 3

  Mr. Dude! Thanks for listening to my first tune, and you were the first comment. Appreciate yah!

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  @stevenwesleyguiles  Feb 2

  I think I'M a budding activist too! 😀
  I don't know if you've read Ibram X Kendi's "How To Be An Antiracist"...but it's GOOD STUFF. Very dense and thought provoking...but there's also a personal narrative...so, it keeps you involved.

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  @sourcedecay  Feb 2

  Hi Chris! Thanks for listening to "The Devil's Rain". Appreciate it!

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  @wacha  Feb 2

  Thank you for the very kind words on "Can't Escape".

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  @hornesgiftshop  Feb 1

  Thanks for the comment Chris. All the best to you.

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  @thefinalfrontier  Feb 1

  Thanks for listening! Here's hoping I can tap into enough Firefly vibes to last the whole month.

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  @ericdistad  Jan 31

  Hey Chris! Great to see you back again! I hope your FAWM is productive and awesome! 😀