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Category Archives: FAWM
Single Prop Planes And Grown Up Kids
Trying to blog regularly. In an idea world I’d have everything neatly compartmentalised, but guess what? – it’s not an ideal world! Everything Is Broken as the song goes. Single Props Was really nice to get featured on the … Continue reading
Posted in FAWM, Let's Build An Airport EP
Tagged A Conversation With Death, BBC Introducing, Blast Off To Crazy Planet, Brother Bull, Frankie Rudolph, Frazer Lowrie, Goldsmiths, Hammer Down The Raised Up Nail, Lawson, New Communication, Nusic, Set In Stone, Sweet Baby Hand Grenade, The Gorgeous Chans, Them Balloons
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FAWM +10 – 11
+10 Worked on some lyrics which I had a coffee in a pub. Nice break for half an hour from the stress of the day. Spent hours uploading my EP to Bandcamp and Noisetrade. +11 Working on songs at school … Continue reading
FAWM +9 New Communication Breakdown
8 hours in the studio with New Communication recording two tracks for their debut single, released Mar 11th. Does that count as songwriting? Oh well. The kids did good. Much better than me at their age. But then I didn’t … Continue reading
FAWM +6-8
+6 Went to see Les Miserables at Les Cornerhouse – great film. Checked new masters of I Got Lost and Brother Bull. They’re great. That means the album’s finished! Then pre production/rehearsal with New Communication, the band I’ve been coaching … Continue reading
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Tagged Brother Bull, I Got Lost, Les Miserables, New Communication, Ronika, Si Tew, We Will Rock You
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FAWM +5 Tree Of Life/Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Johannes
Not much to report today – loads of teaching. Only songwriting I did was with a 10 year old who is writing an amazing gospel song for his school choir. Hope we finish it in time for FAWM. His first … Continue reading
FAWM +4 I Forgot To Remember To Forget
Tough day, lots of teaching. Started numerous songs with kids at school. They constantly amaze me with their creativity. No two groups came up with ideas that were even remotely the same. Struggling to write without the kids though. I’ve … Continue reading
FAWM +2 – My Inner Critic Goes On Enforced Vacation
12:40pm Finished first FAWM song last night. Today I have doubts about it’s originality, are some of the lyrics finished/correct etc. But FAWM is a time for totally switching off any self criticism or quality control and just losing yourself … Continue reading
FAWM 2013 Songs
Beautiful Thing mp3 Finger Puppet Man mp3
FAWM +1
Back to teaching today. Made a start on 4 songs I think with different bunches of kids. After getting home and a couple of lessons I wrote my first solo FAWM song based on some lyrics I’d had hanging around … Continue reading
FAWM -1
It’s that time of year again – February Album Writing Month. So as well as prepping my EP I’m going to attempt to write 14 new songs in the next 28 days including who know how many as co-writes with … Continue reading