FAWM: Carley Baer (@carleybaer)

Carley Baer

@carleybaer

Songs

Joined

2008

PDX OR US
www.carleybaer.com

Hi, I'm Carley! Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, elementary music teacher, and benevolent overlord of Bad Song Club. I started out on the guitar (well—technically the violin was first) and then migrated to the ukulele because it was better suited to my traveling lifestyle, and now I just play a little bit of everything. Piano, accordion, clarinet, mandolin, percussion, and as many harmonies as can fit in a Logic session (haven't found the limit yet but I promise to keep trying).

This is my first FAWM since the Before Times where I'm not a student. Huzzah!

You can read my undergraduate thesis paper on how to overcome songwriting obstacles here (features a whole section on FAWM): https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/honorstheses/1343/

And you can join Bad Song Club here!
https://badsongclub.com

She/her

Soundboard

@teebyrd 58m

CMFB!!!

@skyezor 5h

Hey Carley! Can’t wait to hear your (bad) fantastic songs this FAWM! 💕

@tamsnumber4 7h

Happy FAWMing!

@cloudboy 8h

Hey hey! Happy fawming!

@markfulwider 12h

Went and checked out your tune Life Goes On After All! Are those layered kazoos I am hearing in there? Love all the layered vocals and minimalist production….would be a fun one to remix! Blessings!

@ericalbert 13h

I know what you mean about time running away! How about if I send you some lyrics at some point and you can either work with them or hand them back and I'll find them another home?

@stevenwesleyguiles 14h

OMG I JUST JOINED BAD SONG CLUB

@stevenwesleyguiles 14h

LOL. I think our awesome teacher-instincts-working-with-kids-don't-do-cusses kicked in. 🤣 It was fun to watch that in unison! :)

@nadine 20h

Welcome back! Have a great FAWM!
So sorry that I couldn't participate on the bad song club regularly. My brain has been in production and promotion mode the last couple of months... I look forward to what you guys cook!

@audrey 1d

Have yourself a wonderful FAWM 2025! Isn't it good to be back? I love it here. 😀

@andygetch 1d

Go go Bad Song Club go!

@ericalbert 2d

Great to see you back for FAWM! I'm still humming your frog song. And thanks for the Bad Song Club -- it's inspirational.

I love your way with a melody (and a harmony), and I'd be happy to collaborate if you've got the time and inclination. I look forward to hearing the songs you come up with this year.