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https://youtu.be/xP5_fKoScHwThe Academy awaits your nomination....
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Very nice Scott! Hope you have a good one!
LyricLab A.I assisted chords and lyric app. Export lyrics and import directly into Band-in-a-Box 2024. https://lyriclab.net Play-along with songs you know and love, download SGU files https://playiit.com/
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Right On Scott!!! This is my 3rd FAWM and also hopefully 50/90. These song writing challenges are a boat load of fun. Also meet some really nice people kind of like this site. A lot of people are up for collabs so a chance to put lyrics to music or vise versa. A great way to keep the pencil sharp.
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Joanne, maybe we do a cross-hemisphere collab this year!
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I have just signed up, but it is very confusing. Yes, there is a forum, but the people who write there all seem to know what this is about. And I don't!
There is no FAQ about FAWN so how am I - as a newcomer - supposed to know what to do when February comes? Where and how do I post songs?
Very bad web-design in my opinion, good for you who already know FAWN, but I feel lost.
Will
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Will, I agree with you that the website could be improved. The 'help' page gives the best description of what it is: https://fawm.org/help/The website is run by volunteers, and as such, it's not refined very much year after year. As for posting songs, this is not obvious on the site, because it's not part of the site until February 1. The easiest place to post songs, in my opinion, is on SoundCloud.com I'm glad you joined!
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Nice video Scott...
Hope to see you all there.
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I have just signed up, but it is very confusing. Yes, there is a forum, but the people who write there all seem to know what this is about. And I don't!
There is no FAQ about FAWN so how am I - as a newcomer - supposed to know what to do when February comes? Where and how do I post songs?
Very bad web-design in my opinion, good for you who already know FAWN, but I feel lost.
Will
Basically you will be doing the same thing you do here... 1. Write your song. 2. Record your song. 3. Upload your song to SoundCloud. 4. Post the link on your FAWM page. 5. Take a break... Listen & comment on the songs of others. 6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 thirteen more times. They call it FAWM (February Album Writing Month) but, since I have other responsibilities, I've come to call it NoSleepFebruary Album Writing Month.  If I left anything out, perhaps Scott, Joanne, or Belladonna will add it. Some other thoughts... They provide you with a musical prompt (creative idea) every week, but you don't have to use it. They have collaborations & "skirmishes" if you wish to participate. A "skirmish" is basically another name for a prompt designed to get the musical juices flowing. You don't have to create 14 songs... that's just the idea of the challenge... can you so it? You don't have to create songs that are ready for release... just rough musical ideas. You probably should be ready to relax, loosen up, & have fun... Be ready to meet a lot of nice people from all over the world that have the same passion for songwriting you do.
Jim
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Jim and Will, what are your FAWMer names?
edited to add the question mark!
Last edited by rockstar_not; 01/18/19 06:30 AM.
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Jim and Will, what are your FAWMer names?
edited to add the question mark! @gemhughs
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Jim,
Aha! Now I know who you are!
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The collabs can be fun and helpful if you are more of a music or lyrics person you can pair up with your opposite.
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Jim and Will, what are your FAWMer names?
edited to add the question mark! Cherok40 And thanks to all of you for explaining what FAWM is. Will
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This year is my 4th FAWM. I love February. It's always such a magical time for creating music. The FAWM community is the best.
Find me over there as krayzie003
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Exciting news! Can't wait to hear what some of the forum users here come up with for FAWM
Cheers,
Deryk
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