Influences:   Madonna, Lana Del Rey, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Tove Lo, Linkin Park, Radiohead, Phantogram, Nils Frahm, Liz Story, and pretty much anything dark and sad

I'm a software engineer who plays piano in my free time (i.e. when I should be sleeping).

This will be FAWM #5 for me. 😁

I've written 6 albums so far, which you can listen to at the links below:
1. Places in the Grove (2014)
2. Next Time For Sure (FAWM 2015)
3. Paw (2015)
4. I Just Want to Graduate (FAWM 2016)
5. Weights (FAWM 2017)
6. Resolutions (FAWM 2018)

Bandcamp: https://elliottlawrence.bandcamp.com/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/elliottneversl...

I usually try to leave a comment for everyone who takes the time to listen to my music, but if I don't get around to it for some reason, thank you so much for stopping by!

#1		I Always Have Such Bad Ideas piano instrumental dark	12 Feb 2
#2		The Calm Before the Storm piano vocals jazz	13 Feb 3
#3		If I Could Be There piano vocals dark emo	15 Feb 4
#4		We'll Make a Scene piano vocals smooth jazz pop sexy	10 Feb 7
#5		I Sang a Hymn piano guy-with-piano sad ethereal	10 Feb 10
#6		Inbox Zero piano improvisation dark	9 Feb 12
#7		Seattle Freeze piano solo chill introspective	14 Feb 14
#8		Beautiful Lies piano guy-with-piano alternative	12 Feb 19
#9		Stars Begin to Shine piano guy-with-piano	14 Feb 20
#10		Why piano guy-with-piano dark	6 Feb 24
#11		The Visitors piano guy-with-piano dark	6 Feb 27
#12		QED @psyt acid downtempo electronic synth vocals collab	3 Feb 28
#13		It's Been Way Too Long piano guy-with-piano ballad	5 Mar 1
#14		The Sound of the Ether piano guy-with-piano ethereal introspective	12 Mar 1

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  @tamsnumber4  Mar 14

  Thanks for commenting on my collab song "Hope Beyond Hope", I appreciate the listen!!

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  @crisp1  Mar 3

  Thanks for the comment. I've really enjoyed your music and would love to collaborate with you at some point. I do 50/90 in addition to FAWM.

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  @tiller2  Mar 2

  Hey, thanks for listening to "Stratosfear" and for your kind comments. I appreciate the instrumental composers getting some FAWM love.

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  @psyt Mar 1

  I finished it and uploaded to youtube, it's up on our song's page now. (:
  You might agree with me that the autotuning is too much, and if so I'll be happy to export it again with the natural vocals, but if you like it better with the processed vocals, we can keep to that as the final version. Let me know. (:

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  @psyt Mar 1

  Thanks, I'm glad you like it. (:
  I could throw a little auto-tune type thing on your vocals, but I wouldn't want to affect the entire take. Are there any specific spots you could point to that irk you the most?

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  @psyt Mar 1

  This is what I've got at present. Happy with the mix and the drums for the most part, but I don't know if I should keep working to add more 303's in the latter half of the song, or keep it the strange hazy way it currently is. What do you think?
  https://instaud.io/3mBq

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  @haim  Mar 1

  Come on man, one more!!!

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  @teapot Mar 1

  Thank you sooo much for your kind comments this year. Made me smile 😀 I will comment on your songs very soon. I hope you had an amazing Fawm x

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  @psyt Feb 28

  Progress so far: I added some great drums, slowed it down for the groove factor, and am giving it an intense bath of otherworldly reverberations. This is all good.
  I tried adding some 303 melodies, but have yet to come up with one I'm 100% satisfied with for this song. Not good yet.

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  @psyt Feb 28

  Got it, thanks! Good stuff. I've got about 4 hours before I leave for my gig. Let's see if I finish it by then. (if not, I'll get back to it after the gig. Fortunately FAWM doesn't close at my midnight, but at the international date line's midnight.) (:

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  @psyt Feb 28

  I was able to download the piano part easily enough (listening to it now, lovely, rich, and bassy), but apparently I don't have permission to download the vocal file. 😝
  Similarly, I wasn't able to check out the file of the piano+vocal.

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  @caterwauler  Feb 27

  Thank you for your lovely comments as well. 😀
  You're almost there, keep it up!

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  @psyt Feb 27

  Thanks for the update Elliott, and many thanks for all the comments you've been writing on my songs. It seems there's so few to go around this late in the month.
  Glad to hear you have an idea you like, and I guess I can rest for a little bit till I get it. It's been such a hectic month, I also have a live performance tomorrow night, and then next month I promised myself 10 more songs (and same for every month until July) Really chasing after those Muses with all I've got this year. (:

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  @misterd Feb 26

  Thank you so much Elliot for being so supportive of me and my songs . You commented and listened to
  Many and I want to say ‘Thankyou ‘! I really appreciate !

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  @psyt Feb 26

  Yeah, separate files for the vocals and piano would be best, but you don't have to limit yourself to snippets on the piano.

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  @psyt Feb 25

  And I do have an idea for the verse melody, but not for the refrain melody. I recorded a quick lousy take straight to my phone:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBCL...
  Feel free to ignore it completely if you have another idea. 😝

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  @psyt Feb 25

  Like a guitar without a string,
  I cannot play you anything.
  Like a mind without its host,
  I can hope to dream at most.
  
  When I'm left without my world,
  Demonstrandum, erat, quod.
  
  Like a flute without its air,
  Like a piano without its player,
  Like a drum without a rhythm,
  There's a tear, a giant schism.
  
  When I'm left without my world,
  Demonstrandum, erat, quod.
  
  Like a string without vibration,
  An opening without narration,
  Like a synth without a wave,
  Something feels so depraved.
  
  When I'm left without my world,
  Demonstrandum, erat, quod.
  
  My muse and I are left without our tool,
  Vacuus, inanis, a flame without its fuel.
  When I'm left without my world,
  Demonstrandum, erat, quod.

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  @psyt Feb 25

  Something with vocals too. I can write the lyrics, or you can write them. You perform them as you like (though I'd love it to have harmony vocals too), with or without piano as you like, and I'll compose it into something in my style. Key is up to you, but I don't want to work outside a 4/4 time signature. (:

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  @psyt Feb 24

  Say Elliott, would you like to do a collaboration for one of our final songs this month? (:

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  @haim  Feb 22

  Thanks man, working on my cold with extra honey and lots of tea.

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  @ayehahmur  Feb 22

  Same to you, man. One week to go, how hard can it be?!

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  @sbs2018 Feb 21

  Thanks for your comments on “If I Could Turn Back Time,” It was so cathartic. Ah, the power of music!

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  @mikeb Feb 21

  Thanks for the listen and comments on 'Where the Children Play', it was a good exercise for me, even I'm not entirely thrilled with the result!

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  @ayehahmur  Feb 21

  Ha, I just noticed that both of our last two songs were about lies and stars. What are the chances? (Actually given that this is FAWM and people are reaching for common lyrical ideas, the chances are pretty high aren't they).
  Anyway... if the pattern continues (given the subject of my next song), I'll be *really* surprised (and checking by internet security).
  
  *Loving your songs this year.

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  @shortdan  Feb 20

  Blimey, thank you so much for your lovely comments!

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  @jwhanberry  Feb 19

  

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  @sbs2018 Feb 16

  And “Mine Tonight.” Thanks for stopping by to listen.

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  @sbs2018 Feb 16

  Thanks for your insightful comments in “Red Tiled Roof.”

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  @psyt Feb 16

  You're welcome, and yeah, I do write songs with vocals, but not often. The last one I finished with vocals is in my January album, and it's called The Unbeliever, if you wanna check it out (on my bandcamp).
  I also wrote one a few days ago, but really wasn't satisfied with my own singing, and sent it off to a collaborator. It's not back for me to finish it up yet, but if you want, here's an early version of it (with my own signing): https://vocaroo.com/i/s1bIMmsod0zd

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  @misterd Feb 16

  Thanks so much for listening and kind words on my ukulele song ! Appreciate it !!

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  @gregwere Feb 16

  Thanks so much your kind comments on my song The Unforgiven.

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  @teapot Feb 16

  Hi Elliott, Thanks for such a lovely comment, made me happy! x

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  @timfatchen  Feb 16

  Elliott, don't be amazed at my speed of output, it's only an appearance and it will all grind to a halt in 4 days or so (which is why I'm going so hard at it, too!). FYI, I've been full time FAWM-ing (and that means 7am to 2am most days) for 13 days. When I was still working, I'd only be able to do a fraction of that (7pm-2am!) and my quality output halfway was usually about 6 or 7 songs. In that context, you're doing equally well!

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  @ohwell123 Feb 13

  Hey! Thank you very much for your comment on my song "Waltz". Greatly appreciate it!

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  @mustanglola87 Feb 12

  Heyy thanks for your kind comments! ☺️☺️ Loove if i could be there btw!

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  @itoarazi Feb 12

  Thanks for the kind words!! I shall check your stuff out a bit later, when I can properly do so. Pleasure to make your acquaintance!

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  @haim  Feb 11

  Your welcome man, if I knew it back then, we would collab not only that you do piano but also vocals. Anyway, yeah I also felt like it's a lot of work that's why I'm resting haha, gotta move up the speed. I got one song waiting to be finished now. Thanks for the encouragement. (oh that happy moment when I realize that google chrome's auto correct doesn't put red underline under my word).

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  @haim  Feb 11

  Another thing man, can I ask you something? Your voice, do you use any kind of auto tune? because it's perfectly tuned! even if you do it's okay and great I do need it sometimes but I just hear nothing electronic in your voice it's so clear, like a dream. Just wondering!

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  @haim  Feb 11

  Hi! thanks for the comment and the kind wish to win this round on my riff . Actually I didn't think about it... I think for me it will be challenging to write a whole riff of instrumental, because it's a bit different then words with melody... But I did made one instrumental one year ago I think, with harmonica as the lead... I might try it, I'm really following my inspiration this year and anything can happen so thanks for suggesting, ill keep that in the back of my head. How is fawm going for you so far?

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  @majordanby  Feb 9

  Thank you for listening. I never written a song like yesterday’s clothes before and not sure where it came from. From the start I couldn’t get away from the similarities with Gotye, but other chords weren’t as fun. Sunday’s clothes was a lyrical byproduct of yesterday’s clothes, again not sure what I was thinking. Initially it was one verse, Dan suggested more.

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  @momentegalerie Feb 8

  Thank you for your comment on "Keine Langeweile" wich means "no boredom" in english - I liked the 2nd voice, too and the overlapping of two opposite lyrics (no boredom and so much time). Although it gave me some task to record it 😀 but I think I found a properly way.

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  @downfallroad  Feb 7

  \m/ Thanks so much for listening dude!

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  @ayehahmur  Feb 7

  Cheers for the comments, Elliott. Much appreciated.

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  @scottlake  Feb 6

  I think I am going to steal that cord progression from you, if you don’t mind! I don’t think Besong will sound anything like yours so hopefully that’s OK please let me know thanks

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  @downfallroad  Feb 6

  Hey thanks so much for your kind words on Black Suit! 😁

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  @wolfkier Feb 2

  Great to see you again too. Thx for the input. Can you hear/play it now? I changed as advised. changed www. to dl.
  I can't play any dropbox songs in the player on fawm, I have to click download (open in new page).... then I hear.

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  @haim  Jan 29

  Hi friend!! Can't wait to see what your'e gonna do this year!

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  @nuj4x Jan 25