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February Album Writing Month commences in a few short days. If you’re a musician, lyricist, kazoo player, whatever, you need to look into this. A collection of like-minded maniacs get together online and each try to write 14 songs in 28 days. Some merely post the title. Some post an elaborately produced MP3.
Whatever your ability, you owe it to yourself to check out www.fawm.org. Drop in and say hi to Scott O. Clamp and Bri N. Clamp!
Finished at last with a overwhelming sensation of Umbrage! Continue Reading…
A gently refurbished 50/90 song represents November: The Long Fade. Continue Reading…
A simultaneous ode to loneliness and to two great movie studios on different continents, October’s belated song-of-the-month is called Toho and Ealing. Continue Reading…
In a mad dash to the finish of 2008, here’s a reworked 50/90 song called Patsy Tipton. Continue Reading…
EDIT – Saturday, September 6, not Friday as written before. Sorry!
There will be a fall FAWM Midwest Songwriters Showcase on Saturday, September 6th from 7 to 11 p.m at Ginko Coffeehouse in St. Paul. This great show will feature Traitor Mouse, Missile Wings, Static Captain, Dapple Throat, Todd Norem, T-Spoon, as well as your good friends in Autoclamp. The show is free to the public! Thanks to Eric Distad of Traitor Mouse for putting this together.
Hope to see you there!
If Basia Bulat came to guide us into spring, and these kooks were here to take care of our summer needs, then the Walkmen have arrived to usher in autumn with a powerful new album. I could listen to this song over and over. In fact, I just did. Continue Reading…
The August song-of-the-month is a re-recording of my 50 Songs in 90 Days song called Portmanteau. Continue Reading…
This rough tune is song number eight for my 2008 50 Songs in 90 Days. It’s called Flowchart Symphony.
The projects are piling up, and the songs of the month are running behind! The song for June is called Carrie.