FAWM: "Blow"

Blow

Liner Notes

#indie #low-fi Hey everybody! It's been a while since I've posted.

The past few years I have found my songwriting becoming stagnant, primarily because I'm at a pretty good place in my life. In my youth most of my songs dealt with heartache and breakups (because who doesn't love a good breakup song!). Then for several years my subject matter was mostly about coming to terms with being transgender. Now that I'm comfortable with myself on so many levels, I needed inspiration.

So I made it up! Fictitious relationship. Once I got past the notion that I HAD to base my songs on real trauma, it really came pretty quickly.

I also decided to forgo all my struggles with production. Finding drum tracks, perfect effects, etc. Just old school girl and guitar. One take on guitar, two on vocals! Quickest I ever recorded anything.

Does it suck? Hell yeah it does! But who cares? I made it and got it out there which is far more than I've done in years.

Lyrics

Not going to post lyrics as they're so damn simple.

Comments

@nancycunning 21h

I like how some of that real-life comfort seems to infect even this story. There's this way that the singer seems to really respect the YOU's life choices with that "or are you better being free" There's this grown-upness to recognizing that someone else's best life might not include me, as inconvenient as that is...Feels like the singer may come out of the explosion okay eventually. I'm amazed you could get such good takes so quickly. Nothing like giving the inner editor some crayons and a cupcake and telling her you'll be out in a bit.

@missjannah 20h

Thanks! I love all these insights. I made exactly what I was going for, which is very, very rare.

@stevenwesleyguiles 22h

LOVE your FAWMitude!! That's the way to be and get it done. And I couldn't agree more - songs definitely do NOT need to come out of our trauma. We can just draw from the wealth of experiences in our life - or just make it all up!!

@missjannah 21h

I'm just sorry it took so long to regain said FAWMitude! I might even write TWO songs this year!

@bxphane 23h

I love that guitar sound, you don't really need anything else! It's a great combo with your voice! I really liked it!

@vince_link 1d

Yes, it's simple. But there's nothing missing! For me it works fine. I really like the catchy melody!

@motorcitymusicman 1d

I always think it's fun to write a song from the perspective of a fictional character, telling a story that isn't mine. This one came out great. Very well done.