FAWM Day 15

8:30 AM

It's crunch time.

Day 15 with 3 songs finished. That leaves me 14 days to do 11 songs. The question is, can I do it? The answer: I'm certainly going to try.

This weekend was pretty interesting. I saw snow for the first time since I lived in NYC, and saw snow in the south for the first time since I was 4. Saw the parents in south GA. Had a decent weekend, despite the fact I got very little sleep.

Tonight will be hectic, but starting with tomorrow, I will be wholly focused (outside of work) to finishing FAWM. Let the songwriting begin!

12:50 PM

Returning from lunch. Wrote 3 songs during lunch. Together with the two songs I wrote before I went away for the weekend--I have my 5 songs to work on for the week. Going to refine and record by Thursday. I think I just MIGHT get my 14 for February.

Songs I wrote during lunch:

The Drum

Key of Em / A

Sit me at the rear, hide me from all the crowds
I’m incapable of whisper, I only do loud
I can’t stand alone, I’m just not built for that…

Slap me with power or just tap me real soft
I promise to take it with a grain of salt
I’m made for abuse so don’t feel sorry for that…

While the band is rocking, the lights go black
No one is watching anyone in the back.
It’s just monotone all I do is set the pace.
I’m the most necessary overlooked instrument in the place.

You can play me real fast or you can take it real slow
Set me up to be different or keep me with the flow
I’m just following the crowd, I’m just here to get on board.

Keep me real with some jazz or go to town with some punk
Make it cry with the blues or go off-beat with the funk
There are so many different ways I can be ignored.

(CHORUS)

My solos are short, my range non-existent
My intent is to follow, but my mood is insistent
I can’t be ignored, though, I’m always aplomb
Cause I epitomize percussion, I am the drum.

(CHORUS)



Bored with the Internet (Get out and get living)

(Based on http://xkcd.com/77/ ) Key of A

We have separated from the world we grew up in
The snow is falling, the fresh air is filling where we’ve been
But we’ve become complacent, lazy, and life is passing us by.
Let’s take a break and get back to life.

Grab your coat and let’s play out in the winter snow
We see the army of snowmen wherever we go
And you push me down, and I come up laughing as I
Kill you with kindness in a snowball fight.

And we smile for real for the first time in a while
As we remember what it’s like to really be alive.

We have shared so many times together
That it seems so absurd that we should ignore the weather
So we agree that we get back to the way we were
To spending time together in the world.

And we smile for real for the first time in a while
As we remember what it’s like to really be alive.

And we might write about our adventures
On our blogs and emails when we get home
But for now we’re staying busy, enjoying everything that we’ve had all along.


Want

(Based on http://xkcd.com/49/ ) Key of A

I want tonight to be the time I get this right
I want bravery to be modus operandi.
I want my emotions to be my poetic auteur
And I want this moment to never end.

I want to tell you the things I can’t articulate
I want to say ‘I love you’ before it gets too late
I want to force my common sense to finally bend
And I want this moment to never end.

I want to drive away from your house with you
Knowing that you will still be there when I get home
We can listen to the bands that you want to hear
And I won’t complain.

And I want to feel this way forever
With nothing to step in the way.

I want tonight to be the time I get this right
I want bravery to be modus operandi.
I want my emotions to be my poetic auteur
And I want this moment to never end.