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burr settles

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2004

hi! i started FAWM.

science nerd + pop music junkie who grew up in the bluegrass, went to school in the tundra, and now i live in steeltown. i've been in bands in all of those places. he/him/yinz/y'all. FAWM is my main gig at the moment so please support what we do! 😍 https://write.fawm.org/donate

historically been a guitar-rock kind of guy. before COVID lockdown i had only one hardware synth, no MIDI cables, and no DAW plugins. now i've... started... a collection. 😅 i hope to make better use of them for FAWM this year.

#indie #pop #folk #rock #guitar #drums #modular #synth #4_track #dawless

was really productive in early FAWMs, got busy with work in the 2010s, quit my job in 2022 and now (like stella) i'm trying to get my groove back...

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most things in the 2010-2019 zone were with my old band @deliciouspastries, and about half our recordings started as FAWM songs: https://deliciouspastries.bandcamp.com

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enjoy the ride (eric's song) by @burrsettlesMod +4 more #cassette #4track #americana
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Tape 4 UK to US (4T1T Video 4) (Placeholder) by @fourtracktape +4 more
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AI (Sentience and the Search for Understanding) by @zecoopMod +4 more #fawmtronica #cassette #4track
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Full Horizontal (Tape 1) by @vomvorton +4 more #synthpop #lo_fi #four_track
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Moon Lives Change by @santadharma +4 more #coll #cassette #rock
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blank space by @burrsettlesMod #indie #acoustic #folk
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half statue by @burrsettlesMod +1 more #cyberpunk #punk #synth
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uncertain journey by @burrsettlesMod +1 more #futuristic #americana #country
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2x4: slothcore by @burrsettlesMod #slothcore #bass #ambient
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2x4: 187 halos by @burrsettlesMod #bass #electronic #instrumental
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2x4: pacific ages by @burrsettlesMod #bass #electronic #instrumental
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2x4: the jaded army by @burrsettlesMod #bass #electronic #instrumental
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2x4: frozen with you by @burrsettlesMod #bass #electronic #instrumental
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2x4: october 85 computer strike by @burrsettlesMod #bass #electronic #instrumental
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2x4: to the teeth by @burrsettlesMod #bass #electronic #instrumental
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revolution phoenix by @burrsettlesMod #bass #guitars #titular

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@pippa
Pleased to find you and your pretentious CV, Thanks for starting FAWM, it is a wonderful place of inspiration and congeniality.
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@zecoopMod
The ‘freak out’ song started out with two separate songs on the tape that marvsmooth started. He couldn’t send the tape, but sent the files and I loaded it onto the tape. Brad had the wonderful idea to eliminate the gap between songs and make it one. I drummed for both but then Ezra played different things. Brad did Brad, lol. Perfection.
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@deadhead
Hey, just letting you know I followed up on slack around the multitrack multiverse thread you had. Not sure how often you're online there, but let me know if you have questions about it!
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@fireballMod
yeah, burr. you got the win again... and the win on the new site.
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@ericdistadMod
Congrats on hitting 14 (and then some) again!
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@plushbaby
Hey Burr, looks like a productive fawm for you, yay! It's been chaotic for us, but we couldn't miss out. Thanks for everything you do to make this happen - we appreciate it greatly!
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@ohdeer
Ha yes. I knew it was one of the FAWM Founders and thought it was you!
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@deena
Thank you so much for all you do! I love this place, it's so inspirational and it gets better every year!
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@ohdeer
Thanks for making FAWM happen. Could I be cheeky and ask if there is ANY chance of getting to hear your song from last year about your cat again? Even as a low-fi demo? I heard it once and it is stuck in my head every time I see my cats eat!
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@timehaven
Thanks for the howdy, Burr. Nice to hear from you! I'm getting started a little late this year but will get some songs up before the end. Found out we have a mutual friend in your town.
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@liz561
I just wanted to let you know that after an hour of hair-pulling I figures out the posting! Sorry to bother you.
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@liz561
HELP!! I can't figure out how to post a song I did in garageband. I will probably need some help again because I also recorded in Logic Pro (got a new keyboard and it messed everything up from how it recorded before). I paid for FAWM to host my songs. Please guide me Obi-Wan!
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@kappamuse
Thanks so much for leading that AI discussion in the Zoom meeting, and it was edifying to hear all the different viewpoints folks had on the subject!
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@frozenlonesome
Thanks for your comments on Litter Defence Volunteers. I may have overdone the sample mangling at the beginning. The actual commercial was pretty upbeat and not particularly creepy.
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@orbit_carver
Thank you for the commentary and analysis. It means a lot to me. This style I’m working into is a new thing for me. I’m about to take a little dive into your offers.
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@scottmcb
Aw man. Thank you so much for all your kind comments. It is good to be back in that FAWM groove. I'm waay behind on listening, so I'm gonna have to dig into your stuff very soon.
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@halfwayhome
Appreciate your note on Nothing There. Music can definitely be a mirror sometimes.
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@arkka
Thanks for the comment on █████████! Not sure how it happened either, it almost feels like it happened despite of me 😀 I was just fooling around by paulstretching another track and discovered those sounds by accident. By the way, the title may have been partially inspired by your bio because I remembered seeing someone on the site using similar characters (I was a little bit worried about how the site would handle it, so thanks for that as well!)
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@carroll
Appreciate the kid words.
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@mk2021
Thanks for listening to my track and giving your feedback. It means a lot.
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@owl
I wish my slide had that good of an origin story! Thanks for your kind comment.
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@squirrelhavenstudios
Thanks for the listen and comment on Peckerhead. I appreciate it! FAWM has been awesome. Thanks for the welcome as well as all the great work on the site and the overall community!
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@spaniel
Yeah it's a pretty dark song in general, and yes it's mostly composed of the two chords Am and F, then midway it throws in C, D and G chords. Thanks for the feedback.
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@jimdgreen
like I wasn't nervous enough about the 4-track tape, then you post that on my profile page . . . . . might start hiding from the post man.
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@gbg2016
Hi Burr, I've joined the FAWMslack if you'd like to add me to the video collab channel. Thx.
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@guatecoop
Hey Burr! Tape 3 is supposed to be delivered on Thursday. I hope that all is well!
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@muovinen
Thanks for your hard work to keep the fawm ball rolling! As a fawmling this whole thing has taken me by surprise. The music, the people, the immediate addiction to writing better songs. Thank you.
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@looprication
Hey Burr, thanks so much for all you do, and if there's anything I can do to help (beta testing, data stuff, Python) please let me know. Hope we can talk modular in the not-too-distant future. Happy FAWM!
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@carleybaer
Thank you for the sweet comment on Dear Helga. The song was definitely worth being late to class for (also most of my teachers know what I'm doing this month and they support it, one of the benefits of being in music school) :)
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@stephenwordsmith
Hi Burr. Not sure if you've got notifications turned on for Slack, but I have replied to your request in our message thread.
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@fireballMod
keep up the good work. in the off season, i quite enjoyed the 4-track cassette videos --- i do just enough video editing and storytelling to somewhat appreciate how well they're crafted.
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@jr_ronning
Burrrrr!!! Such fond memories of you! Thought it was about time I tried Fawm since I’ve heard so many great things about it from so many people! I love that you created this!
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@jdschramm
Yay! Glad you're participating again this year. Hard to believe is was 18 years ago the first time I did this and we did that mini-tour - we were just babies.
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@lanasolyluna
Welcome back!! Let's make a dreamy cassette!
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@skibum007
Burr, Thanks for you wisdom on "Ready or Not". It was a quick write and I haven't settled into it yet (no pun intended). Everything I write for FAWM usually needs more work.
PS. Thanks for creating FAWM. It is not only fun but it has proved useful for me personally in stimulating the creative juices. Thanks!
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@deadhead
Thanks Burr, always a bright spot of the year when FAWM rolls around. Looking forward to hearing what you have for us this time around! Think you'll have some more generative music for us this year?
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@toddnorem
Cool to be part of this for all of these years, Burr. Great thing you started. Love the redesign too. Looking forward to hearing your tunes this year.
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@fatboyjamz
Great site overhaul and Thank you for making this possible.
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@cowex
Glad to be back, thanks for hostin'!
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@gm7
Love the counter and progress bar...cool!! thx to @elesimo also.
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@willle
That's a nice welcome. Makes me feel back in Bishop's Stortford. But yeah, we will see. Post-hoops everything feels off, but I'll write something this month and share once in a while. Thank you for this place, as always.
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@scottmcb
Thanks Burr! I always love hangin' around. Hoping I'll be able to get something done this month.
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@morti
Thanks. It's good to be back. 🙂
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@cts
I shall wait with great patience and anticipation, my man. There's a lot of brand new energy flowing in FAWMland, so I'm pretty sure you've got a few plates spinnin'.
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@wobbiewobbit
thanks Burr! have a great fawm too, enjoy the fruits of your labour!
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@jimdgreen
thanks for the welcome back, Kinda intimidating to be collaborating with yourself . . .
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@guatecoop
Hey Burr! Always a pleasure….I hope that you get some time to do what YOU want a little this year. We will be talking and I certainly will be back to listen.
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@robynmackenzieMod
Always good to see you! Thanks for everything, you rawk!!
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@stevenwesleyguiles
it's great to be back as always and I'm so looking forward to this year's FAWM. Thanks for doing what you do, Burr.
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@johnnycashpoint
I wanna hear your take on Throbbing Gristle! If you are looking for a handily available english accent to do Gen P, let me know! j$
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@vomvorton
Just mixed like that, it seemed to fit! Heavy use of Dirty Tape: https://www.softube.com/dirty-tape
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@max
Jeez!!!!! It looks good. Thanks for the feed, the songs to check out, trending tags, etc.
Amazing! Again , many, many thanks.
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@cts
Thank you. For all that you do. For taking time to chat with me (which was all kinds of cool). I'm ready for the challenge, my man. Let's get it!
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@risbon
Excited for this year!! Site looks great!
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@vikkiflawith
Burr!!! Thank you so much for all you do!! February used to be that boring month between January snows and March rain. Now it's a creative hot spot!! Have a great month!
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@debs
Oh my god you put your stats up. I love it. Hi Burr! Thank you for all that you do and this whoooole shindig!
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@djclark
I just listened to all of your "Pretty Please" album. Absolutely loved it. Rock on!
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@mikedebenham
Hope you have a great FAWM, Burr. And thanks as ever for this excellent place you made.
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@thetau
Hey Bur, Just dropped by to say hi. And to say "thank you" for over a decade of exciting fun and Hard work
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@joshbelville
Thanks Burr and thanks for all that you've done for this site! Happy FAWMing :)
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@arthurrossi
Thank you very much for all the work and effort you put in this site, it is awesome! And also a big thanks for the possibility to be part of it and to connect with great creative people here! A site like this one is quite unique in the vastness of the internet...
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@johncrossman
Is it too early to put in a request for French hip-hop? Submitted for your consideration...
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@gm7
great video on using 2 SM57s. One of my methods is to have one 57 pointing at the contact point(right side at a 45deg) where the neck meets the body and the other 57 is on a boom over my left shoulder to capture what my "ear" is hearing.
Phase can be an issue but if the distance are close +- 1 inch..it works. Some panning and EQ and it gives a nice sound . You probably have tried this yourself, so forgive me.
This is a song from 13 years ago with that method for the acoustic guitar part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhADQHN--RY&t=39s
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@gm7
Awesome Helga it is...you think of everything. Love the pic.
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@tan482
Happy FAWMing this year!
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@charliecheney
Burrrrrrrrrrrr! Burr! Burr! Burr!
So glad to hear you quit your job to continue being my role model. 😄

Thank you for being you and doing all you do. Love forever. ❤️
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@dudachris
Thanks for all the work on the site! <3
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@abudabard12514
Brilliant work with the new site, man. Seriously, many many thanks for hosting this every year
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@vincentpoprocky
Love the new site! Great work, buddy. I'm excited to hear what you write this year 🤘
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@jmadison
NICE WORK on the website, Burr!
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@clioem
Hello and happy FAWM 2023! Thank you for the codebase! Looking spiffy!
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@guitargabe
Hah, fun to find a Lexingtonian on here! Thanks for helping put this lovely place together, and I hope you have a great FAWM!
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@sorby69
Great to be back @burrsettles - and yes, excited for the 4-track video!
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@beej
Boss man! Yes yes yes!
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@kovbleu
Thank you for all of your hard work bringing the new site together (and just FAWM in general). You rock, and I appreciate you!
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@gm7
Great job Burr and the "gang'...we all need this community and you guys and gals have delivered once again.
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@mikeskliar
great work, as always, needless to say! .... and great to be back and see you here!
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@zecoopMod
Thank you, officially, for this wonderful community and amazing home to create on. You are very much appreciated!
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@metalfoot
Thanks for all your work on this place over the years. I truly appreciate you and all you do.
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@persaab
Thank you! Have a nice Fawming time.
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@ericdistadMod
Hey Burr! #20 here we come! I also look forward to hearing new tunes from you. :)
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@katestantonsings
Looks wonderful!! Have an awesome FAWM, Burr! Thank you for all you do!
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@rinwolf
Love the new branding and artwork! Good luck next week!
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@max
Thanks for everything Burr. Have a good FAWM.
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@vomvorton
Aha, I didn't realise I'd picked a Very Small version. Appreciated, but... when I try to re-upload I now get a 500 error?
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@nahlej381
Site is looking hella good! Tell the team thanks for putting in the work!

Much love and respect
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@elesimoMod
Burr! Have an amazing FAWM! 🤘🏼
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@nancyrostMod
From a four-person digital tent, to this creative global village -- you've built something amazing. Happy 20th! <clinks cowbell>
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@headfirstonlyMod
Burr, thanks for doing such a stellar job on the redesign. I hope you'll have time to bring some more modular goodness to us this year.
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