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Juha Keränen

@ianuarius
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140

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2011

Aka: IA, Juha, and uh... Mr. January (he/him)

Loudmouth idiot.

(2023) Heyyy!!! We did it. 140! Now I don't have to do FAWM for the next 10 years. 🤣 I want to thank all my collab partners (for 33 collabs) and everybody who commented on my songs! Those encouraging messages kept me going. ❤

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@seb
Thank you for the comments and responses in the forums. Much appreciated. See you at 50/90 hopefully
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140 songs? What a feat! Wow.

Thanks for listening and commenting on "Stop Draggin' My Heartbreak Around." I'm glad you liked it.
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Holy crap. 140 songs? Hey, just wanted to say thanks for the listen and the comments. Glad you enjoyed it and picked up on the sci-fi vibe... have a excellent rest of 2023!
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Thanks for your kind words regarding Sweet Revenge. This is a true story. 140 songs - Wow!
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Thanks for your comment on Walking. I had that idea for a while and am happy for the way it turned out.
I distribute through Distrokid so there are some songs out there, for example some of my FAWM. This years songs will come up soon and last years are found here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2KB3qDS2fxBAQRU6Oz7K11?si=F-9UHeB9SqSizlr33krZnQ
Take care and well done with your production. It is massive.
Peace
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Thanks for checking out Be Your Ghost I had a blast working on that song!
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@sci
oh hey, glad i decided to drop by a few times in march. thanks for the kind comment <3
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Thanks for listening/commenting on "The Devil Among The Lawyers." The instrument you were asking about the third time through is a bouzouki, although if I knew enough about how Logic Pro works to do it, I might have tried to make it a bit more percussive so it would sound like a hammered dulcimer, which would fit very nicely there.
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Thank you for your “French Martini” comment - so fun! And, WOW, what a super amazing FAWM you had. Must be a record! Even for 50/90!
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Thanks for your recent comments and encouragement on so many of my songs! I liked knowing what you pulled out of each one as an interesting element or two. I've enjoyed following you during my first FAWM! You're very productive!
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140? What? For #tit4tat, let me know if there are any in particular that you'd like feedback/suggestions on or just really want me to hear . . . you maniac!
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Thanks heaps for the comment on I won't leave me alone. I stopped by to say thanks and to have a listen to some of your songs and.... my god you've been busy.
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Thanks for your comments on Four and a Half of Eleven! I've got a demo on the go for that, hopefully I'll get it up before the end of the month, I'll drop you a line when it's up.
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@gb9
Thank you for your kind comment on 'Sunday Morning'
Congrats on an awesome FAWM!! 140 songs!! Your goal of 10x10 is just incredible and the fact that you made it is phenomenal! Truly Awesome
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Thank you for your kind words on "Answers for you" :)
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@nadine
Thanks for your kind words on "Magnetic Rose". So glad you enjoyed - The band did an awesome work!
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@gm7
140..wow. i can't come up with 10 titles!!! Well done.
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@jeff9
Thanks so much for the lovely comment about "Low Rung On a Tall Ladder". Patty's lyrics have a life of their own and it's hard to mess up a song with such a great starting point.
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Glad you enjoyed Turn Onto A Dinosaur. I will check out some of your music too. May I say WOW, you put out a crazy amount of songs this year!!
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Kiitos rakas.
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Haha, thanks for looking at "Allergy", much more punky than the rest of the songs. I'm not sure if money is the problem, though I'm sure I'll never find out either way. Woah, look at all these songs! But which to listen to first.... !?
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Wow! You are one prolific FAWMER! Congratulations. Thanks for listening to "Charity," my brief instrumental, and for your kind comments ... will be turning it into a real song one of these days.
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@esc4p3
Thanks for your comment on 'From The Heart', much appreciated. I hadn't realised it, but yes, it has got THAT feel. I knew I added that snare for a reason 😆
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Thanks for your comment on "Superstars."
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Thanks for checking out Herodotus.
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@amelea
Oh haha that's so funny, Spice Girls 😎
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@cblack
Thanks! That's very kind. 😀
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Oh good, then you are wiser than I!
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140?!

Do you sleep?!

Congratulations!!
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Good lord, you did it. Congrats!
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Hey, thanks for the love on my whammy work on whiskey business! Beck and Vai are my heroes and Jon Herington is my teacher, so I am only standing on the shoulders of Giants, but I appreciate the love! If you want guitar or bass I'm your man. I'm in utter awe of your fecundity and that you even noticed me at all!
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Thanks for the comment on Highway by Night! 😁
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What the frig kinda score is that??? You should have 10 trophies. Amazing!
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Cheers for the comment on "Beasts of Apocalypse", much appreciated! I was going for post-apocalyptic vibe with the lyrics, but I'll take Dune for sure!
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140!!! Congrats!!
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"Hei, se tavoite oli muuten 14 biisiä."
- "Selvä!"
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@datsch
Legend.
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@beej
140!!!!
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YOU DID IT!!! Seriously top effort there, old chap.
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@beej
ONE MORE!!!
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@beej
TWO MORE!!
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@gslade
Perhaps we can do a whole album after FAWM and change the world!
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@gslade
Go ahead sir. I would hate to say I'll be able to get to it and then not deliver.
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Thanks for the Link to the Time Zone. I had just copied the previous one.

Man you're prolific. Must check out more of your stuff.
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Wow... very prolific. 25 songs to go to get your goal. Best of luck... I believe you can do it.
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Btw, I'll be happy to help you reaching that insane goal of yours if I can. Like by making a backing track where you can shred over with a guitar or something? Open for suggestions.
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@gslade
Can you shoot me the chord progression on this one so I can pretend to get into the correct key?
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@gslade
Writing to your beat now
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Jesus christ a 100 songs!! :O
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keep it going Juha you are on track - if you need any more lyrics or anything just shout - i wanna see you kick that line!
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@seppo
Haha, thanks :)
I had no idea what to do so I did thing's ringing in my head and that's what it's sounds like.
Strange.
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@gslade
Yeah man...workin' on something else at the moment, but it's in the queue.
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Thanks Juha, that’s a truly beautiful interpretation.
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I emailed some lyrics I think... It's all becoming a blur....
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Hey there Juha, are you still seeking lyrics?
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@gslade
It's all 808s and hihats..lol
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Work fast? Not as fast as you! But I feared this whole month was going to fall apart and I only had this one-week slot to do it, so I did. Now it's opened up a bit so I'm listening and besides, I've run out of squid.
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@gslade
I bet I just made a huge block of my face appear on your MyFawm... #wild
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@gslade
If you make something hippity hoppity we can knock out that #dieBuff collab..
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Hi, Janarius. If you look at my paltry 5 submissions to this year's FAWM, you can see that 4 of them are "lyrics only", and that's what I need music for. Most of the times when I write songs, the melodies are sort of folkie. You can waste an otherwise perfectly good hour or two looking at my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/drchordate/videos to see how my songs usually play out. I'm open to other genres, of course, but for me, people have to be able to hear the words.
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Hey! For some odd reason, the "road to redemption" did not appear in my time line, that´s why now only my belated reply... Thank you very much for this gorgeous song! I really like it, it turned out cool and rocking... I am amazed at your ability to produce that many songs in such a high quality at such a fast pace... Awesome vocal delivery and tune, I enjoyed it very much! Thank you very, very much!
By the way, I do not know if your capacities are already full, but would you mind me eventually suggesting you another one or two sets of lyrics at some point (and, of course, with no obligation to really do something with them...)?
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Wow!! I don’t know what to say except that I awed, impressed, and grateful with the two totally different songs you brought alive with your gorgeous music! That rock is incredible - love the guitars, vocals, driving rhythm - perfect the lyric and the waltz and tenderness in the other song is gorgeous! You are a very generous and thoughtful and hard working talented musician! Wow!!!!
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@nadine
Hey Juha, thanks for your collaboration request. I'm sorry but I already got too much on my plate and won't start another co-write this FAWM. Basically just waiting to get stems and maybe finish 1-2 drafts before this site closes.
Wow, I can't believe your nearly halfway through your project! Congrats!
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I was able to print off the PDF! Thanks for doing that for me!
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Awesome! Thank you
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Thanks so much for your beautiful rendition of December's Come Again!
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Thanks, that would be great! :-)
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Hey Mr. January... :-) Thanks for your message... Do you have a specific topic or preferences? Here is something I wrote just now that might be interesting for you, but if not, no problem, then we will look for something else what could fit... Please, let me know your thoughts...
Cheers,
Arthur

ROAD TO REDEMPTION (needs music)

When I was a rascal,
and looking just for fun,
evil men dropped by,
shot my dad, my mum…

I became an orphan,
something inside me died,
no matter how hard I tried,
I was just an orphan,
preparing for my fight

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There´s no exemption
for those who face their fate,
too much blood on my slate…
guess there´s no exemption,
and this is what I can tell…
I´m on my road to redemption,
I´m on the road to hell…

I'm done with six of them,
soon I`ll be out of town…
and I will not stop
till I`d`ve brought them down…

I´ve become a shooter,
this all is `cause of them,
things won´t be the same again,
I`ve become a shooter,
a shooter´s what I am…

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There´s no exemption
for those who face their fate,
too much blood on my slate…
guess there´s no exemption,
and this is what I can tell…
I´m on my road to redemption,
I´m on the road to hell…

Will make them die slowly,
while watching them die hard,
I´ll tell them who I am,
they´ll know who they are…

Run to my perdition,
I´ll make them beg and cry,
they´ve to know the reason why,
run to my perdition,
they´ll know me when they die…

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There´s no exemption
for those who face their fate,
too much blood on my slate…
guess there´s no exemption,
and this is what I can tell…
I´m on my road to redemption,
I´m on the road to hell…
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Here is a more folk ballad or waltz
https://write.fawm.org/songs/16765
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That is an offer I can’t refuse! Do you have a genre, topic, or style preference?
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Hi! Right now I only have what I've posted. I can also look at old lyrics later to see what I have.
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Hi, thanks for sharing your recording of my The Ring Collector lyrics. Got the melody stuck in my head now having just listened to it. :) Thanks for turning it into a song, and I'm very happy for it to be posted.
Simon
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cool, I guess any kind of alternative/rock/pop is good, but I can get out of my comfort zone too!
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Do you have any instrumental tracks open for a topliner collab? I had shared the one we did a few years ago with my family, and my mom told me still listens to it haha it was really good.
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On sulla kyllä julkaisutahti aikamoinen! Harmi, kun itsellä työt haittaa harrastamista :) Ja kiitokset kommentista skirmishiin!
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hey handsome, how's it going? I was gonna ask if we'd have FAWMcast this year, but I read your bio and I'm guessing the answer is "no", lol.
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I just read your bio and now I understand why you're de-zonging all your own songs - honourable! Hope you're remembering to eat and sleep this February!
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@seppo
I bet you can't get 14 done this year.
Eiku..
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Dang this is impressive. Q: Can you say prolific?
A: Yes. Yes you can!
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@beacon
Wow! Didn't expect that! It's awesome! Are you going to post it here?
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@beacon
Juha, I've got some lyrics that you're the first dibs for putting them to music. https://write.fawm.org/songs/13307
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Hey Juha! I started a playlist. Yours inspired mine. See what you think so far!!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdVeAJnCo0c3o_NlpKKNrGv8UeU2WEmKx
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Hi Juha, did your Reaper issues clear up? I saw your post update, now since removed. I wrote a lyric last night with the idea of sending it your way. If you're interested I'll email you.
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@gslade
Now you're just flexing on us
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@gslade
party
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@cts
HAPPY, HAPPY JOYOUS FAWM!!!! Keep the party movin’!
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Heyo! Happy Fab February! I hope you make it to 140, holy cow. Godspeed, sir.
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@mctown
cool
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Good morning!!!! Here's to another great day.
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@mctown
Juha...dropped you email...David/mctown
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You can do it, Ima watch! =) Happy FAWM2023
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@andrea
I hear ya! Happy FAWMing :)
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@thetau
Hey Juha, Just dropped by to say hi. Have a great FAWM. Yep I'll be listening
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Hi, Juha, happy FAWMing.
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You mentioned my epic lighting in my studio pic, and it's quite dark in there. That was the reference I was making, but it was before I'd had my coffee, so probably wasn't very intelligible. 😆
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I like the dark... 😉
Hi Juha. Good to see you here again.
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Happy FAWMing!
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Welcome Juha
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140 is bold! But if anyone can you can.
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Haha! He is still chirping! He's 16 years old and holding on strong!! We got him when he was 9 months old :)
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@cblack
Ooooh, thanks. I'll check out Amplitube!
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Hey Juha! Happy FAWM! Will you be doing FAWMTalk this season?
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Happy FAWM 2023!!
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Good morning, Sir.
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We did talk maybe when i came on your show! Yup we should do something.
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@gm7
Welcome back to the madness that is February..
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@beej
Let’s get it!
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