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No more encouraging songwriting community exists on the planet with a focus on practicing songwriting. Join in the insanity www.fawm.org

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Thanks for sharing this Rockstar! This is a great way to develop a daily habit of writing.


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It's kind of like NaNoWriMo but for musicians! I love that.


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Hey Rockstar, just following up with how this is going for you? This seems like a fun challenge!


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I’m at 8 songs where at least lyrics are complete. A couple of unfinished sets of lyrics. 2 collaborations that I’m not counting because I just contributed a track. So I’m on track. I’ve tried a couple of new things from a production standpoint like light saturation on vocals, distortion on bass, wah on my electric guitar, etc that I will work into other songs eventually. The songs with music are on my SoundCloud page. There’s one where I have to re-record the vocal. Very pitchy!

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Wow, sounds like you're having a productive month though and having some fun while you're at it. That's great.


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I'm 12 songs in. One is lyrics only. 3 used BIAB but most are vst synths as I'm doing primarily EDM and hip hop. My computer crashed yesterday and I had to re-install my DAW and many VSTs. Hopefully starting tomorrow I'll get back to creating and knock out a few more songs before next Friday.


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I've done 7 songs so far. Will not be able to meet the target of 14. I spend way too much time listening to other peoples tracks (which is fun and inspiring to do). This is my first year participating and I love it, but I am also overwhelmed by the many people participating... didn't expect that.

Hopefully I will be better prepared next year, so I can be more disciplined about how much time to use on composing and how much time used on listening and commenting.

But what a wonderful group of people... in general very supporting and relaxed... really like it!

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Ive just done track 13. Will do a single post on the user showcase one I am done.


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Some lovely songs there Joanne. I especially liked Elaine and Don't belong to me.


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Originally Posted By: Will Josef
I've done 7 songs so far. Will not be able to meet the target of 14. I spend way too much time listening to other peoples tracks (which is fun and inspiring to do). This is my first year participating and I love it, but I am also overwhelmed by the many people participating... didn't expect that.

Hopefully I will be better prepared next year, so I can be more disciplined about how much time to use on composing and how much time used on listening and commenting.

But what a wonderful group of people... in general very supporting and relaxed... really like it!

Will

That's a major drawback with FAWM...
There's so many to interact with & so many songs to hear & comment on, its hard to get any work done smile

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Originally Posted By: Samuel Davis
I'm 12 songs in. One is lyrics only. 3 used BIAB but most are vst synths as I'm doing primarily EDM and hip hop. My computer crashed yesterday and I had to re-install my DAW and many VSTs. Hopefully starting tomorrow I'll get back to creating and knock out a few more songs before next Friday.

Congratulations...
I see you are now up to 15 songs...
Good to see your got your PC fixed.


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Originally Posted By: JoanneCooper
Ive just done track 13. Will do a single post on the user showcase one I am done.

And you've got some ones...
Especially "It Don't Belong to Me"


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Originally Posted By: Jim
Originally Posted By: Samuel Davis
I'm 12 songs in. One is lyrics only. 3 used BIAB but most are vst synths as I'm doing primarily EDM and hip hop. My computer crashed yesterday and I had to re-install my DAW and many VSTs. Hopefully starting tomorrow I'll get back to creating and knock out a few more songs before next Friday.

Congratulations...
I see you are now up to 15 songs...
Good to see your got your PC fixed.

Now at 16, working on 17. Might be may last one.


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Phew: 14 songs done and dusted.
Will do a post on the user showcase for all 14 shortly.


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My goodness! It sounds like everyone had a great February for the most part! Glad to hear it.


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