FAWM.ORG | Helen

Artist Bio

Influences: PJ Harvey, Sleater-Kinney, Kate Bush, Blondie

FAWM number 13 for me.

I don't need people to thank me for song comments or even reciprocate. I'm happy with a pay-it-forward kind of thing.

I don't currently have a day job, so should have plenty of time this year. Hopefully this means I produce more and not just procrastinate...

Pronouns - she/her

Edit 15/2/19 - Well, I got a job starting Monday, which is cool in some ways but means my plans to be super-productive in FAWM may have to be re-thought.

Songs (21)

#1	I'll be there edm cheese	46 Feb 1
#2	I Turn to Fire shoegaze new-wave indie showgaze-was-a-typo	30 Feb 1
#3	Steal Your Thunder (Sampling DragonDreams) rock funk remix	21 Feb 2
#4	I need to kiss you @valeriecox rnb soul electronica	26 Feb 5
#5	Have a better day @expendablefriend ukulele jack-johnson-does-fawm	32 Feb 7
#6	Cherry Blossom Snowstorm electronica instrumental	15 Feb 7
#7	Gotta Have Your Own Back punk mandolin mandopunk	26 Feb 8
#8	Want you to linger @valeriecox soul rock blues	17 Feb 12
#9	A Little More Time electro edm trap	13 Feb 14
#10	Electra - Morph 1 jazz morph1 clarinet	7 Feb 14
#11	I don't blame you @tcelliott acoustic	17 Feb 16
#12	Shhh...No Sounds @kristi piano waltz collaboration	14 Feb 16
#13	Where and Why? @kahlo2013 80s rock sm57	13 Feb 17
#14	Get It Together @valeriecox electronic trap	8 Feb 20
#15	A Woman Free @ajna1960 feast empowerment female skirmish songskirmish s022719a	14 Feb 27
#16	Hello Hello (Set Your Face to Freakshow) @lhcisco punk riot-grrrl	10 Feb 28
#17	Home and Dry @valeriecox punk riot-grrrl	8 Feb 28
#18	Public nudity lofi silly	14 Feb 28
#19	Bootstraps (Four track tape 4) https://fawm.org/songs/100013/ @fourtracktape four-track	ZONG Feb 28
#20	Solid ground (Four track tape 11) - https://fawm.org/songs/99893/ @fourtracktape	ZONG Feb 28
#21	Calm After The Storm (Four track tape 18) https://fawm.org/songs/99894/ @fourtracktape	ZONG Feb 28

Soundboard

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@sherrycanary Mar 10

Thank you for your kind comments on my spoken word song that CTS produced..Me as Your Gun....so much fun 😀
@kahlo2013 Mar 8

Thanks, Helen. I think he did an awesome job.
@sherrycanary Mar 6

Thank you, a little late, for listening and commenting on Club Midnight, my MetaFAWM song!
@fourzeroes Mar 3

There's not a lot to get! Two standalone EJ songs and two from the LK soundtrack. Bit disappointed no-one spotted the pride/rock reference, or that I said "have a lie-in" though.
@guatecoop Feb 25

Ok no worries! I hope that you get everything done!
@guatecoop Feb 25

Hey there! I think that I might have a song for you.....Interested in singing?' It isn't done with all of the trimmings yet, but I just thought of you....
@tootoobee Feb 22

Thank you! That will do 😀 It's a morph anyway 😉
@lhcisco Feb 22

Hey! I sent you a dropbox link with the music. It's a WAV. Hope you're inspired by it.

Peace.
@tootoobee Feb 22

Hi Helen, I'm next to you in the morph chain now. Could you tell me which chords you used? I'm not very good at figuring out chords and it always takes me ages... Thank you!
@lhcisco Feb 21

Sleater-Kinney hmm? I love them. I think I've seen them 3 times? Anypoop, I may have some music for you to throw your voice down on if you're down. I mean I have to record it, but yeah.
@saulius Feb 21

I like your FAWM page and how you use the site to evolve as an artist and interconnect with others. 13 seasons! This is my first FAWM and first attempt to expose my music. This month on this site has exposed me to process of song creation on a worldwide scale. In turn, it's taught me about myself, how I think and work, what I care about, and how I want to grow as an artist. It's still a solitary venture for me. I don't know how to collaborate. I'm also very scared of making mistakes, throwing something up that isn't good enough, and I realized that that limits me. But at least I'm aware, thanks to this site.
@fourzeroes Feb 20

I have now recorded it into my phone so I can wander round and think about it 😀
@fourzeroes Feb 19

It arrived! Nice mailer. I should play it and participate, but tbh I'm recovering from the last tape and the stress of playing without the computer to hide behind. 😉
@sph Feb 18

Thanks for telling me that Where and Why isn't actually done on a 4track. Let me put it differently: you used the four elements of rock music - bass, drums, guitar and voice - to produce a compelling song.
@kahlo2013 Feb 17

👍🏼😁
@kahlo2013 Feb 17

I think it could also work effectively as a soulful emotional ballad with your vocals and a guitar if that is better for you. I’ve been loving hearing that style in some of your recent songs. So run whatever direction it takes you. I know it will be awesome.
@kahlo2013 Feb 17

Would love that, Helen, thank you!
@kahlo2013 Feb 16

I think Disconnect, Somewhere to Go, Forests and Meadows, or Crossroads and Cobblestones would all work with guitar and sing easily in my head.
@kahlo2013 Feb 16

Hey! Anything you want to try with guitars would be awesome! I have updated my list so all songs with demos already are marked and I’m very open to girl with guitar demos - those are some of my favorite.
@kristi Feb 16

Hi! Yeah, sure....go ahead with the piano waltz for my lyric, Shh...No Sounds (or whatever is inspired in you)! I look forward to hearing what you come up with!
@soundornoise Feb 16

Congrats on the job! You're already 10 songs in, so that's still good going
@kahlo2013 Feb 16

Congrats on your new job! I hope it is fulfilling and rewarding and that your colleagues are great!
@kahlo2013 Feb 16

Thanks for checking out bad ass... electro punk with attitude? Yeah that would be perfect if only I knew someone who could pull that off...
@kahlo2013 Feb 15

‘Your’
@kahlo2013 Feb 15

Thank you. I’m am blessed that wonderful generous collaborators breathe beautiful life into my words and I really appreciate you comments on songs they have done with me!
@wacha Feb 14

Thanks for the feedback on "Dusty Old Black Boots" I will definitely be working on a larger arrangement after FAWM.
@spinhead Feb 14

I always worry about posting my silly songs, and FAWM always proves that worry to be silly 😉 Thanks.
@guatecoop Feb 10

Rarrrrr! you are hilarious in your comments and I love it. Thank you so much! What is amazing to me is how you are doing all of these crazy different styles and killing it! I love the music that you have done this year and we are only about a week in!!!!!! Good god, you have a crazy amount of talent and interest. Here's to three more weeks!
@akokulit Feb 9

Thank you for stopping by my song. Adding your songs to my playlist for a FAWM listening marathon. Hope you're having a good FAWM time 😁
@kovbleu Feb 6

Thanks for listening to "Another Way" - I appreciate your comment! Yeah, that little counter part was one of my initial chorus melody ideas when I first put the track into Reaper and hadn't heard it yet. Since Dave just sends me the music track I like to press play and record and see what I come up with on initial listen through. I had tried several takes/ideas... and then after I wrote the chorus part I liked I accidentally turned on one of my initial take layers and I really liked how they sounded together so I went back and figured out words to that background part. It all worked out!
@carbonribs1 Feb 6

Thanks for your comment! 😊
@hummingbear Feb 6

Thanks for your comment on Bike Ride. If anyone can take it to the wild side, it's TC.
@faststrings Feb 5

Hey Helen, thanks for the comment on my song I appreciate it.
@dragondreams Feb 5

Aww, thanks, Helen. 😀
I had a lot of fun with that disco track! 😉
@mikeskliar Feb 5

thanks!
@stevenwesleyguiles Feb 4

PS Thanks for listening!! 😀
@stevenwesleyguiles Feb 4

re: my song I'll Rip My Heart Till You See Cracks

I may very well go back and add a big ending. It wasn't ended that way for any particular reason other than i was trying to get a good start to FAWM and finish. 😀
@s7even Feb 4

Thank you very much for your kind words on “Never Looking Back”.
@fourzeroes Feb 4

Heh. I guess I hoped it was a theory thing so I could like read a Wikipedia page or watch a YouTube video and scientifically be able to write like that. I guess I'll just have to pray for osmosis. And, thanks for commenting on my song. Will I square the circle and email it to its subject? I dunno. Feelings are hard!
@srcoops Feb 4

Thanks for your kind words in regard to The Light that Never Ends.
@wacha Feb 3

Thank you for your kinds words on "Into the Dark".
@yaquimike Feb 2

Thanks for checking out my music. It's much appreciated! Happy FAWM 2019!
@kahlo2013 Feb 2

Thanks - yeah I look forward to getting home and playing some heavy toms and kick drum singing it in my head!
@expendablefriend Feb 1

(As long as they don't begin with A)
@expendablefriend Feb 1

Maybe we could write about how disgusting pizza is, and how much nicer it would be to eat vegetables.
@expendablefriend Feb 1

I think we have no choice in the matter. The gauntlet has officially been laid down.

Hey, we could call ourselves The Slice-a-Plenty?
@seemanski Feb 1

Good tip, thanks for letting me know. I'm much more of the make it up as I go along kind of person. I shall have a search around YouTube to see what I can find.
@goshdarnitgeoffrey Feb 1

Hello person whom I do not dough.

Slice to meet you!
@nateger Feb 1

Hey Helen, here is the URL to Hoop's site http://www.paulturrell.com/
@cynthiawolff Feb 1

I’ll be listening to you!!
@chasingandromeda Jan 31

Looking forward to the work of the Evil Twinster! Have a great FAWM!
@pooka Jan 30

Love you!
@zecoop Jan 26

Yayyyyy..... More 4-trackers. I can't wait to hear what you come up with there and for your FAWM! I sent you an e-mail. 😀
@tiller2 Jan 24

Have a great fawm, Helen!
@petra777 Jan 24

*waves*
@nuj4x Jan 23

HELEN! 😁 okay...look, I promise no Coldplay covers dedicated to you! I swear it!
@mikeskliar Jan 23

hi!
@max Jan 22
@orinoco Jan 22

Always loved your stuff. We should be in a band together. No THREE bands
@expendablefriend Jan 20

You are going to be a productivity NINJA this year. I know it.
@kahlo2013 Jan 18

Wishing you the best as the dawn of FAWM draws near! Looking forward to your music.
@johncrossman Jan 18

Howdy Helen. Looking forward to hearing some new tunes from your direction.
@julesbf Jan 17

HI, looking forward to your creations this year
@tcelliott Jan 16

Heya, Helen. Glad to see you'll be around. Let's do this.
@auditasum Jan 15

Welcome back!
@valeriecox Jan 15

Ping!
@nancyrost Jan 15

Hi, Hellie!
@guatecoop Jan 14

Hello!!

Helen 21

Artist Bio

Songs (21)

Soundboard

@sherrycanary Mar 10

@kahlo2013 Mar 8

@sherrycanary Mar 6

@fourzeroes Mar 3

@guatecoop Feb 25

@guatecoop Feb 25

@tootoobee Feb 22

@lhcisco Feb 22

@tootoobee Feb 22

@lhcisco Feb 21

@saulius Feb 21

@fourzeroes Feb 20

@fourzeroes Feb 19

@sph Feb 18

@kahlo2013 Feb 17

@kahlo2013 Feb 17

@kahlo2013 Feb 17

@kahlo2013 Feb 16

@kahlo2013 Feb 16

@kristi Feb 16

@soundornoise Feb 16

@kahlo2013 Feb 16

@kahlo2013 Feb 16

@kahlo2013 Feb 15

@kahlo2013 Feb 15

@wacha Feb 14

@spinhead Feb 14

@guatecoop Feb 10

@akokulit Feb 9

@kovbleu Feb 6

@carbonribs1 Feb 6

@hummingbear Feb 6

@faststrings Feb 5

@dragondreams Feb 5

@mikeskliar Feb 5

@stevenwesleyguiles Feb 4

@stevenwesleyguiles Feb 4

@s7even Feb 4

@fourzeroes Feb 4

@srcoops Feb 4

@wacha Feb 3

@yaquimike Feb 2

@kahlo2013 Feb 2

@expendablefriend Feb 1

@expendablefriend Feb 1

@expendablefriend Feb 1

@seemanski Feb 1

@goshdarnitgeoffrey Feb 1

@nateger Feb 1

@cynthiawolff Feb 1

@chasingandromeda Jan 31

@pooka Jan 30

@zecoop Jan 26

@tiller2 Jan 24

@petra777 Jan 24

@nuj4x Jan 23

@mikeskliar Jan 23

@max Jan 22

@orinoco Jan 22

@expendablefriend Jan 20

@kahlo2013 Jan 18

@johncrossman Jan 18

@julesbf Jan 17

@tcelliott Jan 16

@auditasum Jan 15

@valeriecox Jan 15

@nancyrost Jan 15

@guatecoop Jan 14