I made a song during FAWM, that for me was "funky", but not sure it would be to you, but that night in my FAWM delirium, I thought "Craig might be proud of me for trying to be funky".....seriously...I did....so, if you ever want to give it an ear and if you remember my nerdy self, you might think you had some influence on me...or not............LOL
https://write.fawm.org/songs/20374

ok...yeah...these are legit.
Got me airtight, indeed.

Nothing yet…. guatecoop at gmail

100% in....I really don't have to ask any questions, though I might regret that....haha

Hi, Craig. Thank you so much. Congratulations with your win. You always win big! Thank you for all your support, I appreciate it.

hey, yeah! thanks for your comments, I'll go ahead and enable downloads on that song. also instagram's probably the best way to get in touch with me, I'm @kaeziwaezi

Thanks for listening to my skirmish song. I really don’t know how I think about topics. I thought this particular song was a bit crappy, until I got around to the last verse. Then it made sense, but you are correct, and I also do not know how I get this in the hour. I am surprised every time. FAWM never ceases to amaze me.

*hugs* ❤️

Dude, I legit just ordered some from the website. If they good as you say they are, I might be making songs about them, too, come 50/90 lol We gon' see...

ps - when i went to the wrap city site, i was assaulted with visuals of corned beef sammiches....i'm gonna have to find me one in these parts to satiate my sudden craving. this is all your fault lol

😀

Howdy neighbor!!

Made 2 Love. That was a great song ...I need to revisit that and do my part and add other one some time soon. Love making Jelly with you!

Salt and Pepper Squid...Craig, if it's any held, I think I was 19 before I ate my first squid rings. Took Greek and Italian migrants to get it across. Before that (say, 1968) squid was bait only. For a wonderfully delectable and delicate superb fish, mind you.

Lol! Thanks, Craig!

PS - Just remembered why I sped up the Prologue - trying to fit it into a minute - lol! Btw, did you check out this one - https://write.fawm.org/songs/22834 - more conversational for the effect I was going for. Thanks, again, Craig!

Oh I definitely think you did that! The three parts of the story are clear and distinct for sure. I’m definitely coming back to listen to more when time allows….which has been very hard to come by. You did really well this year—and even got into the 4 track!

Howdy!! Thank you for checking out my music. I am still working on Creme Brulee lol! I had some medical stuff come up. I want to work on it again once my asthma lets up lol.

Thanks for your kind words! I'm sorry that I cannot bring the full jelly during FAWM. I appreciate that you love my MIDI voodoo, but I always feel a bit incomplete... I look forward to fully produce a lot of these drafts late the year.

Thank you so much for your comment on "Magnetic Rose"! This band has been fun :)

So nice to hear from you, Craig. Sorry you’ve had other demands on your time. And thank you so much for your input on the “French Martini” piece. I hear you. I do need to slow down. I’m reading booksand watching tutorials on audio recording. Even one of our FAWMers does that kind of work and had some helpful advice. A bit daunting overall. We’ll see - lol! I so appreciate the support I’ve been getting from this community. See you in 50/90?

Hi Craig, Thanks for your comments on You Are a Mystery. Skirmishes can bring out something special. I love that you like them. I'm going to work on these lyrics more to make them even better. Nice to see you back in action. I have some catching up to do!

My wife's parents lived in northern Maryland near the PA border at the time so it was about an hour's drive to get out there. Made for a fun day trip with the kiddos when visiting Kelly's parents.

RE RABBIT, thanks for the feedback - like much of my writing, it reflects what's right in front of me. Lyric or poem - or both? Hmmm...

Hey brother! thx for stopping by! yeah work did a number on my Feb again.. I really should take the whole month as vacation next year right? Cheers!!!

Ha! You can always have anything you want! And was totally wanting to write about doing a little FAWM Over Party (happy hour?) for the tri-cities, I know there's a handful of us out here for sure. But yes, whether we get together "IRL" (these kids today lol) or not, you're welcome to stems and whatever else I can give you. I *know* you could only make that track better.

And I neglected to mention that was inspired by EBTG putting out their first new music in OVER 20 YEARS!!! They have a new album coming out in April, and the first track (and video) is FIRE.

Just shot you an email to the addy I had from last time we collaborated, let me know what you need. Can't wait to check out the rest of your tracks :)

It's been a long, busy day and your comment on "Your Practical Magic" was a bright spot. Thank you. :)

My door is always open for you, brother. 😄

I guess the more than half century of focusing on technique, with loads of repetition of scales and arpeggio exercises and drills in all keys has kind of sunk into my DNA. I have a road map that is so ingrained, I naturally follow certain routes when I let my unconscious take over.
I made the conscious decision to back away from my usual "bass first" approach this year, and I really like where it took me. I'm really looking forward to how your path develops. 🙂 🤗

Nope. This one just happened to be in G major. I press record and play the first note my fingers form. Then let the music take its own path from there. Sometimes it stays in a particular key, other times it drifts. 😉

Thanks so much for giving Cross-Exchange a listen. It was quite a challenge to try to find a musical "home" for those dense, intriguing words. I ended up with that rather sprawling shape with a basic kind of ABA form. I have no idea what it sounds like to fresh ears, it may be rather punishing! Sorry about that. I also have very little (well no) music theory, so I don't know when I'm breaking rules in an interesting way vs. breaking them in an a way that makes things unlistenable and alienating. It was meant to be floaty and open sounding, but with some kind of basic melodic stuff going on. I have no idea whether I succeeded or not! Glad you found it interesting though.

Thanks for checking out the draft of "Your Practical Magic" right after I posted it. You definitely helped shape my revisions. :)

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Thanks so much for your kind words and post about my "New Night Knocks" song. I enabled downloads on it for you! Enjoy! :)

Thanks for you perceptive and generous commentary on "Shazzam". Much appreciated! I'm totally please with what Dragondreams was able to do with it. Sartori experiences are so hard to articulate and it's such a long poem...but Wow!

Ah don’t worry, I think you were the first to listen in spirit! Thank you for the nice comment dude, hope all’s well. I’ll be catching up with your remaining creations in March :)

Awesome 🥰! Eat some for me please. I haven't won FAWM yet, bit I will. There are 1-2 songs in mixing. So that's it!

Anyway - man, ain't nothing I can show you that you can't do 10 times better than me. I literally just use bits and pieces of vocal samples from splice or from this VST called Output Arcade. Or maybe I'll use the whole thing; depends on what it sounds like...how it hits me.
When it comes to sample work, I'm a novice...I'm like not even in the same building as folks on youtube or wherever out there who do sample work. Dilla, I am not.
I play my little chords and basslines, make my drums, and sometimes that stuff (the music) revolves around the vocal samples, and sometimes the other way around.
When I've made music first, I go browse Splice with the track playing in the back. That allows me to hear when a sample's character will fit somewhere in my track, even if its just a fraction of a slice of a sample that fits somewhere. I also just like to find rhythms in little sections (usually random) of a vox sample; see if they fit with what I got going on.
On the other hand, when I do samples first, its really just random; sometimes I feel a completely different vibe than what the sample was "meant" for - ex. if an EDM pop vocal is made for summertime festival bangers, I might use it in an old school hip hop track and try to mimic what a DJ would do if they scratching records.
FX help me a lot, too. I don't even utilize all the tools Reason has to offer/all the VSTs I've bought over the years, to even step my game up.
I really do nothing complicated...I'm too unskilled, unknowledgeable and lazy for all that lol
I'll tell you anything you wanna know, pour all my musical everything out for you - but I'm afraid there's just not much to pour out. No secrets here.
I listen to your stuff and I feel like I don't even deserve to own a keyboard. I'M the one who needs to be picking YOUR brain (and others who have said things like "how do you do it???")
I dunno man. I'm gonna copy/paste most of this to nahlej's soundboard cause he asked, too lol

First off, sorry I have only gotten to ONE of your tracks this FAWM. Just whenever I have time to sit and listen and comment, it just feels like too much. Dunno. Once I finish what I'm gonna do this FAWM, I won't have music-making to think/care about! Then maybe I can use that energy for listenting/commenting/replying.

You and @wolfkier have me wondering how I could license this now! I watch the Something Weird Video opening bumper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivdukLIO3U) when I need a quick pick-me-up. The idea that I could be tied to something similar, goosebumps.

Thanks for the trip down fantasy lane.

I thank you for stopping by and taking time to comment . I always apprecciate it

Well alright!! So glad you pulled over for a listen to Boraboring Carbon Copy! Glad you caught a groove! Thanks for dropping by. :0)

Dude I salute you! You’re an inspiration!

Thanks, Craig, for your kind words on Back In The Day. I have no doubt that you had a taste of renown at some point. You're an incredibly talented guy that I'm proud to have worked with once or twice. Your celebrity here on FAWM is legendary!

Just making sure my emails are actually making it to your inbox :) Let me know if they got lost.

Thank you for the comments on “Playdoe Tangerine”. I will be back to check out your music

Woo hoo!! Let me know if you run into any roadblocks

Thanks for stopping by and giving "Carolina" a spin, Jelly. I really appreciate it. :)

Thanks, Jelly Factory. Hookah Night was the bomb back in the day, and I appreciate your kind words about it. Looking forward to jamming on some jellytones right now!

I am humbled to receive such an amazing comment from the Jelly man himself! Thank you very much!

Thanks for your comment on my song I Hope This Beautiful Melody (short title version). It's so encouraging to find that it brings hope to ANYONE. I think that song has a lot of feels from my life right now. A LOT of transitions.

Peace to you my friend!

Thank you for (implicitly) volunteering to be part of the naked power trio! Rehearsals start next Tuesday! Space heater will be provided. 😄

Yes, yes. Offer still stands but won't start working until next week ( fingers crossed.)

i searched my bandcamp for a solution to the mystery, and found that the first song on this file ( it is a faux album called song a day on which i add songs as i write them during fawm and 50 90) the first song on this file is Razor King Nation, which was a collab with sunfire that we wrote back in 2019,

thanks for your commment on guest of honor. it is not a collab with anybody, although i played the rhythm guitar part along with alan whites isolated drum track for instant karma, then deleted the drum track. oh, and the chord progression is lifted from coltanes giant steps, but only in a screwed up way. where did you get the idea i wrote it with sunfire?

Thanks so much for the kind words on my track and, yes, I'm having a smashing time here on FAWM so far!

I'm genuinely delighted to hear that the Potato Chip Odyssey will continue - I'll be following and checking daily to hear the next installment! That first offering was an absolute treat.

Hi, Craig! Good to see you! Thanks for commmenting on Galaxy of love.
George brought the Galaxy to life exactly as I envisioned it. Have a listen.
https://write.fawm.org/songs/14925

Thank you for your kind words regarding Anniversary. We started going out in 1954

Thank you, and thank you. 😊 🙏

You can email me: sarahmonticue@gmail.com

Hi Craig! Thanks for listening to my song! I usually write alone but was writing a bunch of choruses and thought maybe it would be fun to try something different and see if anyone was inspired to collab. I hadn’t really gotten beyond that. Did you have any ideas?

Hey Craig. Yes def send lyrics for a collab. However I just tested positive for Covid yesterday so this week may be a wash 😪

Wrap City. Sent you a link.

I am from NH, but if I need to drive to Maine to get you some chips, just let know…

Also thanks for your comment on live a little - I can enable downloads, I'm glad u liked the song

Hey, yeah that'd be awesome! Shoot me an email at kaeliearle@gmail.com

Chips…

thank you for your words on down with freedom. what i am trying to do is create a fesco of the modern world out of historical snapshots that bleed into various eras. i sure would like to hear that sun king song if you someday get the inspiration to return to it.

Which is the best email to get to you, Craig. I sent you a couple of links earlier, but realised I have more than one address for you.

Awww, thanks for your nice comments! I appreciate them!

Hi Craig. Thank you so much for your amazing comment on Pay it forward. It was so wonderful to read even though it is me who would like to thank You for every collaboration we had so far. And what an amazing start on your page. What a treat! Loved you 3-way collaboration. This song made my Sunday extra special. Looking forward to more :)

Thank you for you kind comments on “the affairs of a rogue condom”. I had not heard the smoking gun song, but just listened and there is a lot of parallels - the smoking gun line, the cheating, the outro death - maybe I’ve heard it in another life and copied it haha 🙈 cool I’ll let you know if someone picks it up.

Hey CTS! Thanks for the kind comment on my track. it was a crazy one to throw together after like 4 different launches in different directions, I would be honored if you want to do anything at all with the stems, I just sent them to the next person in the chain of the #morph challenge; looking forward to whatever they do with the original idea. And I'm game for anyone taking a stab it improving what i threw together. I know you could make this song so much better if you wanted to! Even if you really just wanna listen... here's a link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qnl_lFF0PPvnG3T4qIIYpBpX6qvDXqPO/view?usp=sharing

Sadly not free, but highly recommended! https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-vintage-verb/

Yo. Vocal reverb. So usually I route out all my tracks to an aux reverb (or multiple ones at different lengths) so everything feels like it’s in vaguely the same space. But for this one I felt like the vocal needed its own thing, so I just stuck a Valhalla verb plugin in line and pulled the mix down until it felt right (think about 20%). It’s also still going out to the aux reverbs (a tiny bit). Not sure if that helps, but I definitely did deliberately do something different to normal on this song, so thanks for noticing - you have pro ears :)

Thank you for the comments, my friend!! I think a lot about our collab last year and how it was one of my favorite collabs of all time!!

Hey, should your limited time allow I’m all for laying down some guitar.

Hey!! Appreciate the Siouxie Sue callout :)

👍

Thank you, Craig. 🙏
That makes me feel quite humble.
So far I've been generating the images after the piece is recorded. I use the feelings of the music to give me a title, then run that through a freebie AI art app on my phone until I get an image I think will fit.

Should I send you my next couple of pieces to see what happens? I've finished for the day now, but I'll be back in the music dungeon tomorrow. 😉

Spoken words on my "Winds of..." pieces?
Absolutely!

She actually sent me a beat I did a verse on yesterday that hopefully isn’t toooo whack lol me and Travis really wanna produce a track for her too, she’s badass!

You name it, you got it, brothaman!

Yes! *crowd chanting* Give us the jelly! We want the jelly!

You’re a legend and sweetheart dude!

Hey Craig thanks for all the listens! Always appreciate you dude!

Cannot wait to hear anything you create! So happy you are back, even if we don't see as much jelly ❤️

Thanks Craig! I really appreciate your listen and comment!

Hey ! Good to see you again. happy FAWM

Hey! Good to see you here again, ready for some jelly!

Hey Craig. I'm not FAWMing this year. I'm really busy, but it's all music related, so I'm good.
I'm still up for some collaboration with you, but it will definitely be after FAWM, so if you're up for that just let me know.
I know I've been saying this for the last few years, but I really do intend to get our songs properly done as a finished project including a few new songs.
I'll keep in touch about that and have a good FAWM my man.

Thanks for the kind words my friend! I'd love to give you a listen too! <3

Hellooo, my friend!! I can't wait for the doors to the Jelly Factory to OPEN FOR BUSINES!!! I got my face pressed against the glass trying to peek in! And I totally understand about the curve balls! Life pitched me a lot of those in recent years too! Just know that we're here, we are loyal customers of the Jelly Factory, and we'll be first in line to sample any new goodies!!!

Thanks good buddy, I appreciate you so much. Thx for teaching me and helping me in my pursuit of honing the craft!

Welcome back and looking forward to collabing with you this year! Now, If I can just get this p̶a̶r̶t̶y̶ tape started...

I do have a set of boxes that are flat. I have others that I've not quite gotten around to flattening. Considering with the two-month overlap between the two places allows me to reuse some of the boxes if I want, though..

Ayyyyyyye, I'm glad to see that you'll at least be around for FAWM, if only a little bit. I know how life gets in the way and all that, so I'm kind of in the same boat haha. You gotta post something soon! Just like you get excited at my stuff, I getting doubly excited at yours! I need more funk to listen to, and you've kept me waiting for a year! 😂

Hey, sorry, I was sort of tuned out for that last day. Too much anticipation I had to find something to keep my mind on. Looking forward to seeing what coming out of the factory, Happy FAWM!

Thanks for your comment 😀 Trying my best to keep it moving ^^

Aaaw, man, you cannot do that! I came over here to say thanks for your praise on my piece Plum Blossom - and you trap me with a picture of potato chips! Seriously! Great ... I'm off to the snack cupboard... 🤣

Thanks a lot for your comments! The demo is just me with some VSTs. I'm looking for a band cause I don't like MIDI guitars ^^ Thanks also for your compliment in the hat.

Thanks for your comment on What Is A Song But A Prayer and for giving it a listen! Happy first day of FAWM!

Hi Craig, thank you so much for your beautiful comment on Inner Strength and for sharing your thoughts on the images you felt were connecting with my music. I appreciate it.

It is probably no coincidence that it reminds you of something from your bachelor days. I moved in to the apartment after I broke up with my exwife. If there had been another adult in the house with me, I never would have been able to accumulate so many boxes.

I've been "sure I was going to move soon" for seven years, though. Even if I only kept a fraction of the boxes that stuff came in, with the increase in "buy it online instead of in-person" the past couple of years it was easy to get a pile of them. After all, I didn't want to throw away boxes and _then_ need to buy some for my move.

I hope you have a great FAWM!

Much thanks!

😎

Oh, thanks for your feedback to my opener! I am glad that my intention comes through ... I have lots of fun playing the bass! But this one was a new kind of level to me.

Thank you, Craig, for your praise of “A Lover’s Lover.” High praise coming from you! Woo hoo!

Thank you for your response to Ill Cry Tomorrow. It gives me the courage to try to go deeper when working with material that is not so personal. It is much easier to express ones own pain than to empathise with experiences outside of oneself..and for me, that is where the real work lies. so that is where Im headed now...so wish me luck. Meanwhile, Im looking forward to more superfantastic tracks from the jelly factory!

So looking forward to hearing some more delicious jelly from you!!

Hey sir. Thanks for the feedback. I was actually channeling my inner Dalek. "Exterminate!!!"

Hi! Glad you made back around and looking forward to the factory of jelly songs! Hope you are able to knock a few of those curve balls out of the park. ;)

Your soul is quite beautiful, my friend. Thank you for being a friend…(dem girls golden)

Hey Craig, thanks for stopping by. Yeah, it's all part of Phil 2.0! I'm looking forward to that voodoo that you jellify so well!

Hi Craig. Sorry to hear there have been curve balls. Glad you're here to make limited edition jelly though.

Great, now I'm hungry!

It may bankrupt us both…Those are some premium priced chips…

Heeeeeey! Happy FAWMing to you, too! Long live the Jelly Factory!

One of my favorite class act bits of last year was when I was transcribing your lyrics and wrote "funky knees", and you quietly corrected it to "funkanese" without pointing out my lack of lyrical funkitude.

Keep it classy, Craig. You the man.

Hi Craig!

Hey! You know, I've never completely understood what the jelly factory is--but I know I like it

So glad I was able to meet you in 2019! Happy FAWMing to you!

C! T! S! C! T! S! Can you hear the chanting from WI?

Hey Craig! It is great to see you here again! Have a WONDERFUL FAWM! :-)

Hey Craig! I'll bring the toast! Happy FAWMing!

Have a great FAWM! Looking forward for your new tracks!

Love and respect to lord jelly: guru, friend, and earl of sandwich! Huzzahhhhhh!!!!!

Hello! I admit I had to google your reference (and I hang my head in shame). Anyway, have a terrific FAWM! I still have the beats you sent me back in 50/90 for the song you proposed but that somehow fell through the cracks (and then I kind of disappeared for the last month of 50/90 anyway), but perhaps it's time to revive that project!

And voila: jelly!

Yaaaaaaaay. Happy fawm!

Hi Craig! Bring on the jelly!

I'm gonna be saying the same about you, but it won't just be in my mind.
Let's get it.

Can't wait to hear what comes out of the Jelly Factory this year! See you around FAWM!

Heyy! Happy FAWM. Cant wait to get to write a bunch of music

Hey Craig! I’m truly looking forward to you creative goodness! Wishing you the best!

Hey man, unequivocally right back at you! It's nearly time ⌚

I heard there was jelly being made in this location.......

Look forward to seeing what you come up with this year! Happy FAWM!

I got it! Getcha beans ready! ☕☕

In regard to wasting no time: At age 86 you have no time to waste. tomorrow could be the day.

Man my molecules are so ready! Looking forward to hearing all the jelly.

I know you're a busy guy. I hope you find some spare moments to spend at the jelly factory!

Thx CTS..

ooo so… I send you song, you do all the work, and I get to bathe in the awesomesauce? 😂 I’m in!

You're here. I'm happy

I am so ready for some Jelly! Bring it on!

Hey Craig, good to see you! Hope you have a fun FAWM!

Well thank you my friend. I must say it's good to see you once again treading these same corridors too. The very best, I hope you have a good one.

Yoo! I hope I get to hear more of your jams this go around. Happy FAWM!

Hey hi and hello to you!! I always enjoy you music and I get to listen to a fresh batch again this year!! Looking forward to it. Also great to see you in the 4 track challenge! All the best to you!

Good morning, Craig. Great to see you basking in the sunshine of another new day. Here's to another beautiful Fawm.

sax you say?? color me intrigued!

Try this
Sittin around lookin at the telly
This great chick showed, just right for Jelly
She had a kind of crazy bounce
and everything where it counts

I'm gonna get this chick someday
Not gonna let her get away

She had picked nice groovy clothes
So the good stuff always shows
Her skirt was short and real nice legs
This girl is one I'm gonna peg

I'm gonna get this chick someday
Not gonna let her get away

My man I couldn't like her more
Here is where I'd like to score
Make her mine, Oh yeah, Oh yeah
Make her mine

Try this
Sittin around lookin at the telly
This great chick showed, just right for Jelly
She had a kind of crazy bounce
and everything where it counts

I'm gonna get this chick someday
Not gonna let her get away

She had picked nice groovy clothes
So the good stuff always shows
Her skirt was short and real nice legs
This girl is one I'm gonna peg

I'm gonna get this chick someday
Not gonna let her get away

My man I couldn't like her more
Here is where I'd like to score
Make her mine, Oh yeah, Oh yeah
Make her mine

Hi Craig, I'm sorry for the challenges you have to go through. I'll keep thinking of you and sending you my positive vibes. Wishing you good luck with everything.
Thank you for being here.
Nadia

Hey brother. 👋
I hope you're well. 🙏

No chip party?

Thanks a lot for your compliment, Craig! I just thought it's the most appropiate way to dress as a metalhead. Have a great FAWM!

Hi Craig, I'm ready for more jelly. Hope you have a fun FAWM!

❤️

Hey Craig!
Maybe a collab this FAWM?

I think we’re all ready for this jelly! Have a great FAWM :)

Ready for the Jelly tsunami! I want to be covered in it!

I cannot wait to hear all the cool things to come out of the jelly factory this year!!! : D

Ola! Waiting for some Funky February Fawm stuff!

bring the jelly; I’m hungry!

I’m ready for more jelly 🤤

Happy FAWM!

I surely liked your work on Jelly Man Jive. Would like to do another one this year. Best regards.

A Must Have for February, it is.

Craig I’m glad to see you have logged in for ‘23. Would love to collab on something this year

hey thanks, you have a great fawm as well! 🙏 the party will in fact keep on movin' 😄

Hiya, Craig! Happy FAWM 2023! Looking forward to hearing some funky crunchy tunes this February from YOU! Hope you are well! 😄

Hi Craig, I hope everything is wonderful for you. Looking forward to the amazing jelly. Your songs are always special and unique. I enjoy so much listening to your amazing singing and playing.

My sweet tooth needs a fix Jelly factory!! Happy FAWM!

As always, available should you have need of me, my good sir.

Represent for central VA!

The Man, The Myth, THE JELLY!!! Looking forward to hearing your incredible music once again!!! :)

Funk Album Writing Month? ;)

Hey, bud!
Have a great FAWM!!! 😀