FAWM : ZeCoop (@zecoop)

ZeCoop

@zecoopMod

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Joined

2011

Michigan US
zecoop.bandcamp.com

Pronouns; He/His/Him

This is my 13th FAWM. It's always wonderful and something I look forward to. It's the best part of Winter! (...the only good part of winter?) ;-)

I've been home-recording music for many years, with music that covers styles all over the map. I do a lot of instrumental music, since I don't write lyrics, so if you have an idea, let me know. I can't guarantee a collaboration will work out, but I usually do a lot of collaborating. I do collaborations as a co-writing project and consider them complete when I find the one that fits. I've had multiple versions of songs from various people, during FAWM, but the one that I end up posting is the official song, in my mind. I'm always finding amazing new people on FAWM!

I have used some MIDI keys the past few years, but most of the time, what you are hearing is me actually playing the instruments live, including drums, one track at a time. I write songs part by part and never quite know where they are headed, and very often get very deep in layers and atmospheres. I love painting with sound.

Check out my dad's (@srcoops) and younger brother's (@guatecoop) pages! @srcoops writes a ton of lyrics and we've collaborated on a lot of songs. He's very open to people using his lyrics, and had lots of collaborations last year, so let him know if you'd like to use them!! Also check out @kovbleu and @slawbleu - they are in Treading Bleu with my younger brother and me, as well as @gilhari who was in my college bands. :)

Oh, and I run this thing on FAWM called the 4-Track Challenge, where people mail cassettes to each other and add one track at a time. Sound fun? It is!! Let me know if you want in and check out the songs at @fourtracktape

All my links are up above or here on my Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/zecoop

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@piney 4w

Hey Ze! Just wanted to tell you that I have listened to thee!! You’ve done a lot of work and collaborated with some fine peeps. Listening to your work is a wonderful treat. You are a multitalented prolific dude, and you can capture and embrace every single mood! There is still one day left and I bet you still have some for the end, and for some reason I want to quote the Golden Girls and say “thank you for being a friend”.

@savvyaz 4w

Hi, @zecoop and thank you for your comments on my Squeaky Rocking Chair lyrics. To answer your question, Liz's interpretation was a fun surprise! She had originally thought she might use a different lyric. I loved this so much! I have bedtime lullaby music in the works for this song plus sketches for a book, so the peppy tune she came up with want on my radar. So clever! She also choose a different section for the chorus. I love it.

@deadhead 6w

Um, excuse me sir, but I'm going to have to request that you don't recommend amazing bands to me during FAWM, there is already too much great music here to go off and listen to a band from the 70's!

Seriously though, Renaissance is amazing, I'm going to have to dive into the music more after FAWM. I completely see the connection you are making as well, at least in the two and a half songs I've heard of theirs so far. I feel like their music is more to tell a story, and the song follows the story, instead of following a set pattern. And their stories happen to have similar musical ideas. Really glad you brought my attention to them, thanks again 🙂

As for the techie side of things, I didn't actually write this with certain technical or theory ideas in mind. This one was largely with a certain... feeling and story in mind, and a lot of guessing and checking to find the right melodies and chords that fit that story. The original idea came from some random late night noodling I was doing on my acoustic guitar. The E section (where the guitar and viola trade leads) took a long time and many iterations, guessing and checking and scratch takes to just find the right transitions. I didn't have the lydian scale in mind at all during that, I just have the 'techie' side to help describe it after it was done!

I find theory knowledge can be really useful to help describe the music and communicate it to others, but... I find its rarely useful during the writing process. Sometimes to help with a random idea if I'm stuck or to help guide my ear in the right direction. But plenty of ways other than theory to do both of those.

Thanks again for the comment, and sorry for getting a bit carried away with the response 😅

@complexissimple 6w

Yeah, I knew going in that some people would try to turn it into a flame war, and the thread would get locked. I'm not upset with you for keeping an eye on it and keeping the forums a relatively civil place.

I already said what I needed to say. The only concern I have is that since I didn't approach the issue from the direction we usually see, there may yet be another such thread that the mods will have to watch like a hawk (I'm not going to start it though). However, you might consider extending the offer of your e-mail (or another contact) for further discussion to the Queer FAWMers thread, since I think some other people there may still have concerns that haven't been addressed.

ZeCoop

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