I think it might be time to return from my fawm-cation. I got a couple new toys I want to play with, and maybe even a little spare time. Hmmm....

If there is a parent/child/co-worker/etc around never accidently go to fawm.com :oops: Haha! I think I did that the first time I ever typed in the site, with the girl who was showing it to me over my shoulder saying, "No, dot-org! DOT-ORG!" But it was too late, I'd already hit return. And...

QotD: Yeah, I just uploaded my first song today. I'm off until Wednesday afternoon, and I'm hoping to bang out a couple more before I'm back on 12-hour shifts. Check me out! (shameless self-promotion). And yeah, BLT, I get what you mean about "music I'm willing to share," but I just decide...

I don't mind people hating my songs. I didn't either but after a while, a constant stream of negative reviews is kind of depressing, which is partially why I submitted this weeks song in the form its in. Because I had a version that I felt proud of and I could just see every single negative review,...

Slats -- 12/15. C:2, L:3 (interesting angle), F:2, P:3 (I'll ignore the one or two places where the vocals don't quite hit the right note), M:2 (is that a flanger on the vocals? Don't like. Is that a flanger on the guitar? Meh. Anyway, you're definitely getting better at this.) Thanks for the revie...

Damn, I was going to do this one for FAWM, but I wrote it last night before bed. Whatevs. I'm thinking about doing a Rone cover over the next couple days. I'm really feeling the pain in his posted lyric for this one. Then maybe I'll get started writing my own Super Bowl morning - and submit that to...

Happy Birthday, Henrietta! QotD: When there's bad weather, and a voice comes over the intercom saying, "all non-essential employees may leave early," I know they're not talking about me. Sucks when I'd like to cut out (which is often), but good to know should they ever start talking about ...

EmbersOfAutumn wrote:Doubt I'll be in (I wanna take a good honest stab at FAWM this year), but I may throw something together just to be in.

Just don't start writing it until 2/1, then submit it here and on FAWM. I expect to do that once or twice this month.

The boards finally opened up today. I'm in.

Ethan wrote:

slats wrote:

Ethan wrote:I submitted mine quite a while ago, but yknow...

I hope it was received.

Did you get your automated response?

Mhm, yes.

Then it was received. Give it a couple days to see if it was well received.

Ethan wrote:I submitted mine quite a while ago, but yknow...

I hope it was received.

Did you get your automated response?

I haven't come up with anything I love for here, and I'd like to soon. I was hoping to have something clever before I signed up for FAWM. Slats is just the name I've been using on the interwebz since I first got a computer. My first band when I was a kid was called Crystal Illusion, then I went thru...

Listening to it more isn't going to make me a better singer, better to just mail it out. I'm in.

I'm done but for some minor tweaking. I tried to mix my vocals louder due to popular demand, although self consciousness probably kept them a little too low still. For those who thought the bass was mixed too loud in my last song, I don't know what to tell you. I was jamming like Paul McCartney in R...

Love Me a Little Bit More When I was a child I was alone for a while the hours stretched out into miles I felt like I'd die on that isle Love me a little bit more than I love you I know it's not fair but I need you to Love me a little bit more When I lie awake I relive every mistake encounters I'll...

fluffy wrote:There's not a lot of flag-waving here in San Francisco...

As I'm sure you're well aware, neither NY or SF is real America. Sarah Palin certainly won't set foot in either of our cities (except maybe for a fund raiser).

I freaking hate flag-wavers. Haha! I like how in last year's thread you said: Waving flags around everywhere is such an American thing to do. It is very distasteful. It's really not too terrible a habit here in cosmopolitan NY, but it's bad enough. Getting out of this area around the Fourth of July...

I can't remember what all was said, but it was in the realm of not quite pulling it off. I think that not quite pulling it off vocally is an important part of my signature sound. :lol: I'm really limited time-wise on this one, otherwise I'd re-learn it in a new key. As it is, I'm gonna have a tough...

Ah well, might submit a sub-par version and take the time to improve it later. Yeah, do it. Get up the best product you can in the time alloted. That's the challenge. I discovered after I layed the rhythm, bass, and lead guitars that I probably should've done the whole song about a key and a half u...

The right is having a field day with this, as they should. I've written my senator (I'll write the other one after she takes office), and recommend you do the same. Find them here . Let's hope this President listens to the people. While I believe there should be waivers in unavoidable cases (at lea...

Hey Glenny, thanks a lot! I really appreciate it. This is a great fight. I should try to get some reviews up, too. I'm at work with some pretty crappy speakers right now - so this probably isn't the time.

Caravan Ray wrote:

slats wrote: a band of lunkheads < playing solo

Sam's really not that bad once you get to know him

No offense intended.