#fawm — Public Fediverse posts

The final track on the new album saw me digging out my Epiphone Electar, a recent reproduction of a lap steel guitar from 1939. I really ought to play it more often, it's fun.

This track started off as something I did for #FAWM but I kept on going back to it and redoing the bass part, because I wasn't satisfied with it. After each take, I'd hear something else I needed to go back and change. For take after take after take. It turned out all right in the end, though.

https://headfirstonly.bandcamp.com/track/23-skidoo

The first track on my new #album was written as a theme tune for the sentiment against AI slop in the #FAWM Slack channel, where (for reasons which will remain obscure) tools like suno are referred to as cupcakes. Hates them, we does.

For the #entomologists out there: the buzzing noise that shifts from right to left and back is a slowed-down sample of a Death's-head hawkmoth, acherontia atropos. Because of course it is; that's how I roll.

https://headfirstonly.bandcamp.com/track/boots-up-cupcake

The #FAWM website went back into hibernation yesterday. After seven intense weeks of interacting with thousands of other songwriters, listening to their work and leaving comments about it, having dozens of fascinating conversations about music in the forums, and (as a moderator) ensuring that conversations about the use of AI remain civil and keeping the place free of spammers and scammers, it's always a shock when it all just... stops.

I guess I need to get back to work on my next album.

I've polished up the #music I made for #FAWM into a mini album, under the new artist name Things only Cats can See. It sounds unlike anything I've made before, with more melody and less sound design. It's on #Mirlo, probably other platforms soon.
https://mirlo.space/toccs/release/february-sketches

My new album of #music which I made during #FAWM is out, just in time for #bandcampFriday

https://headfirstonly.bandcamp.com/album/thats-what-they-said

#WritersCoffeeClub 28/2: How well did this short month go for you, in terms of writing?

Pretty good. I wrote 14 songs and 'won' FAWM. But there is still one day of February left, so I might even write a 15th...

#FAWM #ScribesAndMakers

#FAWM

I did it! Some are nowhere near my best efforts, but in spite of the sight problem I wrote the lyrics for 14 new songs this month.
More than I'd usually write in a productive year, and those are rare.

#FAWM update: I'm currently sitting at 17 songs written or co-written this month, with another three collaborations in progress. If you make #music, it's not too late to sign up...

https://fawm.org/home

FAWM 2026 Week 4: Vocal Call, Instrumental Response

Write a song that alternates between vocal and instrumental phrases.

Examples: “Never Going Back Again” (Fleetwood Mac), “My Generation” (The Who), “Cold Sweat” (James Brown).”Call Me Maybe” (Carly Rae Jepsen).

Share your new song at FAWM.ORG!

We'll be posting more weekly prompts and encouragement all month long...

#FAWM #FAWM2026 #Songwriting #MusicChallenge #CallAndResponse

Still hoping to complete FAWM, once I'm allowed to sit up for long enough to finish the ones I'd started last week.
But, experience from past finished projects is the if I take a break the inspiration vanishes.
Still a little hope stays with me. I've done 8 so far and maybe 5 or 6 days left after my eye heals.

#FAWM

#FAWM track 7! Half way to the target. This one is called Pechvogel, because it was made on Friday the 13th and is in 13 time. Pechvogel is a German word for an unlucky person. Quite proud of this one.

Silly me... There I was, telling myself I need to practise self-care more and take my foot off the gas a bit for #FAWM but no, thanks to a couple of intercontinental collabs, after just 13 days of the challenge I only need one more track to reach the target of 14 songs...

https://fawm.org/@headfirstonly

Just wanted to post my favourite song I've heard on #FAWM so far. This is so silly and so pretty, have a listen:

https://fawm.org/songs/323160

#music #nowPlaying

Gibts erstmal nur exklusiv beim FAWM und bei Patreon, weil es erstmal nur ein Entwurf ist. Wenn ihr lieb fragt, schick ich es euch aber auch zu... 😊
Konstruktives Feedback immer willkommen.

#barbara #dasklebenistschön #lied #fawm #liedentwurf #neueslied

The #Arthurian songs for #FAWM are coming quicker thank expected, only one to write! https://youtu.be/HumPp1z6upw

The #Arthurian songs for #FAWM are coming quicker thank expected, only one to write! https://youtu.be/HumPp1z6upw

The #Arthurian songs for #FAWM are coming quicker thank expected, only one to write! https://youtu.be/HumPp1z6upw

The #Arthurian songs for #FAWM are coming quicker thank expected, only one to write! https://youtu.be/HumPp1z6upw

Can’t do #Arthurian without a #SwordintheStone song for #FAWM
https://youtu.be/X3xxFCv6IU8

Can’t do #Arthurian without a #SwordintheStone song for #FAWM
https://youtu.be/X3xxFCv6IU8

Can’t do #Arthurian without a #SwordintheStone song for #FAWM
https://youtu.be/X3xxFCv6IU8

Can’t do #Arthurian without a #SwordintheStone song for #FAWM
https://youtu.be/X3xxFCv6IU8

Leute! Leute! Der FAWM geht wieder los! Der February Album Writing Month!

Alle Musiker*innen die Stifte gespitzt, die Instrumente gestimmt, die Stimme geölt, es wird wieder gebrütet, erdacht und ersungen!

Sonntag gehts los! ❤️
Wer ist noch dabei?
Ihr findet mich hier: https://fawm.org/@mashala

Und alle die abseits gerne hören wollen, was bei mir entsteht, bleiben wie immer bei https://www.patreon.com/mashapotempa auf dem Laufenden... 😊 🧡

#fawm #liederschreiben #februaryAlbumWritingMonth #vorfreude

The samples I prepped for last year's #FAWM are really good, y'all. And the patches I made out of them on the #MicroFreak are a gift that keeps on giving.

Ich hab heute früh eine Unterhaltung mit meinem plötzlich 1-Jahr-älteren Spiegelbild geführt.

Das Ergebnis ist auf Patreon zu hören und zu sehen.

Ist etwas weird geworden, definitiv... ^^

#musikpoesie #Liedermacherin #Liedermacher #Leipzig #Homerecording #fawm #fawm2025 #Demo #spontaneslied #FLINTA* #Liedermacherin #BandsOfMastodon
#BandsInTheFediverse
#Bandbubble
#Musikerbubble #Geburtstagslied #Geburtstag #einjahrälter #Patreon #lieder #singersongwriter #folk

https://www.patreon.com/posts/demo-36-122467181

Blessed Be the Bloom - #CorpseFlower #Putricia #FAWM https://youtu.be/6agXOi54sX4

🎶✨ Weekly challenge time: Try writing a song with MORSE CODE! 📡

Think "YYZ" (Rush) with its airport-code rhythm, or Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 intro (code for "V").💡

Encode a message with rhythm (musical cryptogram anyone?) or use it as a hidden texture like "Planet Claire" (B-52s) or "Landing of the Daleks" (The Earthlings).

Bonus points for hidden messages! 😏

#FAWM #FAWMChallenge #FebruaryAlbumWritingMonth #SongwritingChallenge #RushBand #B52s #Earthlings #MorseCodeMusic

I felt loopy today, so I checked my instruments before FAWM begins.They seem OK and almost in tune. Now I can go and wash my hair :)

Happy FAWM to all who take part and all the best to folks in Germany who go to the annual demonstrations for Democracy, Humanity and against RightExtremism in next days!

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/766mTwP1DoBTM3w8iGwiQL

#Guitar #Zither #Hackbrett #HammeredDulcimer #Duduk #Clarineau #Loopstation #FAWM #Germany #Februaryalbumwritingmonth #MusicalInstrument #Democracy #Humanism #Walz #Loop

#FAWM - It's that time of the year again when I feel like a 6 year old who can't decide what toys to take with him to the beach. And who takes them all...

#MusicalInstrument #Duduk #Clarineau #Piano #Guitar #Eguitar #HammeredDulcimer #Zither #Santur #Microphone

Demoiselle Döner – Love loves You
#Alternative #Feedbackloops #HNW #HarshNoiseWall #Harshnoise #effectpedals #fawm #france #freemusic #harsh #lgbt #lgbt+ #musiquelibre #publicdomain #royaltyfreemusic #Marseille
CC BY (#CreativeCommons Attribution)
https://chezmonplaisir.bandcamp.com/album/love-loves-you

🌅 Can it really be the LAST WEEKLY SONG PROMPT of the summer!?!? 🌇

"Word painting" 🎨 is the use of music elements that literally represent the meaning of a song's lyrics (or vice versa).

Give it a try!

Examples: “U Can’t Touch This” (MC Hammer — “stop!”), “Bang Bang” (Nancy Sinatra — descending guitar slides), “Shout at the devil” (Mötley Crüe, shouting)

Know any other good examples?

#fawm #fiftyninety #wordpainting #songwriting #prompt #mchammer #nancysinatra #motleycrue

Less is more! This week's challenge: write a complete song that's less than two minutes. ⏱️

Examples: “Mercedes Benz” (Janis Joplin), “Welcome to the Working Week” (Elvis Costello), “Never Talking to You Again” (Husker Du).

#fawm #fiftyninety #songwriting #challenge #songchallenge #prompt #shortandsweet #quickie

This week's challenge comes a little late... but try writing a song that uses a short repeated phrase/hook without a separate chorus section.

Examples: “Blowin’ in the Wind” (Bob Dylan), “I Got Rhythm” (George & Ira Gershwin), “Bittersweet Symphony” (The Verve), “Hello” (Lionel Ritchie).

#fiftyninety #fawm #songwritingchallenge #songprompt #refrain #nochorus #dylan #gershwin #theverve #lionelrichie

This week's challenge comes a little late... but try writing a song that uses a short repeated phrase/hook without a separate chorus section.

Examples: “Blowin’ in the Wind” (Bob Dylan), “I Got Rhythm” (George & Ira Gershwin), “Bittersweet Symphony” (The Verve), “Hello” (Lionel Ritchie).

#fiftyninety #fawm #songwritingchallenge #songprompt #refrain #nochorus #dylan #gershwin #theverve #lionelrichie

This week's challenge comes a little late... but try writing a song that uses a short repeated phrase/hook without a separate chorus section.

Examples: “Blowin’ in the Wind” (Bob Dylan), “I Got Rhythm” (George & Ira Gershwin), “Bittersweet Symphony” (The Verve), “Hello” (Lionel Ritchie).

#fiftyninety #fawm #songwritingchallenge #songprompt #refrain #nochorus #dylan #gershwin #theverve #lionelrichie

This week's challenge comes a little late... but try writing a song that uses a short repeated phrase/hook without a separate chorus section.

Examples: “Blowin’ in the Wind” (Bob Dylan), “I Got Rhythm” (George & Ira Gershwin), “Bittersweet Symphony” (The Verve), “Hello” (Lionel Ritchie).

#fiftyninety #fawm #songwritingchallenge #songprompt #refrain #nochorus #dylan #gershwin #theverve #lionelrichie

So.....I've never been to Camden...
But, the #postcard challenge, cares not! #FAWM #50/90
The card I received from the songwriter I was paired with is the cover shot of the video.
Writing about #London from CT was a kick.
#Regentscanal #PrimroseHill #BlackHeartPub #WorldsEnd
#music #musiciansOfMastodon

https://youtu.be/R1yFBz6lf5I?si=CTKnphDVV_KIRiuB

@openmastering
Thanks for that thread!

I wrote this for #FAWm: https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/watch/d3876c13-6db5-4d6d-87b1-694aca6047b6 published it under #creative_commons

1st intention was to arrange it in a rockabilly'ish way. Then I played with #Jjazzlab and made an arrangement that I put together with #ardour. I thought the drums would compliment the idea of skeletons and the soundlayer gave an impression of apocalypse.

But now it sounds rather weak and dull. Don't know how to make it stronger. Do you have any advice? - Thanks!