🎶 Weekly challenge time: Write your PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK! 🎬
Whether it's a life-defining anthem, day-in-the-life “montage” music, or a moment's vibe, capture a part of you in song. 🌟
Think "Tapestry" (Carole King) or "Life is a Highway" (Tom Cochrane).
What's your theme song? 🎧
#FAWM #FAWMChallenge #FebruaryAlbumWritingMonth #SongwritingChallenge #PersonalSoundtrack
🎶 Weekly songwriting challenge: PUBLIC DOMAIN! 🚨
Incorporate something from the PUBLIC DOMAIN into a new song. Borrow a melody, twist a lyric, or flip a folk tune on its head.
Examples:
💡 ‘Greensleeves’ as a metal anthem.
💡 ‘Twinkle Twinkle’ as an existential crisis.
💡 ‘Scarborough Fair’ as a diss track.
What's your take? Post it to FAWM.ORG!
#FAWM #FAWMChallenge #FebruaryAlbumWritingMonth #SongwritingChallenge #PublicDomainChallenge #StealLikeAnArtist
🎶✨ Weekly challenge time: Try writing a song with MORSE CODE! 📡
Think "YYZ" (Rush) with its airport-code rhythm, or Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 intro (code for "V").💡
Encode a message with rhythm (musical cryptogram anyone?) or use it as a hidden texture like "Planet Claire" (B-52s) or "Landing of the Daleks" (The Earthlings).
Bonus points for hidden messages! 😏
#FAWM #FAWMChallenge #FebruaryAlbumWritingMonth #SongwritingChallenge #RushBand #B52s #Earthlings #MorseCodeMusic
have you ever written a PALINDROME song?
try reflecting letters ("if i dad a hi-fi" by william bottin) or whole words (“i palindrome i” by TMBG). perhaps invent a palindrome band name and make a track for it!
or use a musical palindrome, like a rhythm/melody/progression that’s the same forward and backward.
bonus points for multiple types of palindromes!
when you're done, post it to fawm.org 👈
#fawm #fawmchallenge #songwriting #songwritingchallenge #palindrome
are you a member of the FAWM Ukulele Club? well "FUC" around and find out...
who's writing a song on uke today?
share it at fawm.org 👈
#fawm #fawmchallenge #februaryalbumwritingmonth #february #songwriting #songwritingchallenge
#fuc #ukulele #worldplayyourukuleleday
songwriters. it's time to drink 3 cups of coffee, pick up an instrument, put on your songwriting hoodie, and stare at a blank page until the songs start flowing.
it's time to fawm.
👉 fawm.org
#fawm #fawmchallenge #februaryalbumwritingmonth #february #songwriting #songwritingchallenge #songwriterscommunity
#songsinprogress
Not that I’m any good, but I have my 1961 Hammond M-101 in the best shape it’s ever been. It will definitely make it into a bunch of songs this FAWM. #fawm #fawmchallenge
FAWM is back. Almost. The countdown has started, though. #fawm #fawmchallenge
Jobs. You know, those things that keep you from fawming 24/7.
That's this week's lyrical challenge! Express your elation (or frustration) about your own job/joblessness, or write an ode to your favorite occupation or person who holds that occupation!
Examples: "9 to 5" (Dolly Parton), "Take This Job And Shove It" (David Coe), "This Place Sucks" (Descendents), "Buffalo Soldier" (Bob Marley)
#fawm #fawmchallenge #fawm2024 #jobs #work #9to5 #songwriting #lyrics #challenge
FAWM mascots Helga the duck and Sloan the sloth had a productive weekend collaborating on new FAWM demos and visiting the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame!
Have you ever made trips for in-person collabs during FAWM?
#fawm #fawmchallenge #collaboration #songwriting #music #helga #sloan #duck #sloth #rocknrollhalloffame #cleveland
This week's musical challenge: MELODIC LEAP!
It’s leap year, so take a leap of musical faith. Write a melody around a large interval. Examples: "Take On Me" (A-ha), "The Simpsons" (Danny Elfman), "Love Story" (Frances Lai), "Over The Rainbow" (Arlen/Yarburg)
Post your song to the new "challenges" section at https://fawm.org
#fawm #fawm2024 #fawmchallenge #songwriting #songwritingchallenge #music #musicchallenge #interval #aha #thesimpsons #lovestory #wizardofoz
💥 February Album Writing Month is finally here! 🤘
Time to pick up your instruments and enjoy a month dedicated to making and listening to new music. 🎶
Join us at https://fawm.org
#fawm #fawmchallenge #fawm2024 #songwriting #songwritingchallenge #music #musicchallenge
Happy Friday, fellow fawmers! Play on.
February Album Writing Month is now less than 14 days away... https://fawm.org
#fawm #fawmchallenge #shakespeare #music #food #love #playon #songwriting #songwritingchallenge #musicchallenge
Did you know that 2024 marks 20 years of FAWM!?!? 😳
To celebrate, we've put together a downloadable activity zine that you can print out and keep yourself occupied with while waiting for February to arrive.
Get now at 👉 https://fawm.org 👈
It's full of FAWM culture references and even some songwriting challenges! Enjoy...
#fawm #fawmchallenge #activity #activitybook #zine #songwritingchallenge #musicchallenge
To create something from nothing is what February Album Writing Month is all about! 14 somethings, in fact. You can help Prince's wish come true by making music, just because you can...
#fawm #fawmchallenge #songwriting #music #makingsomethingoutofnothing #prince #theartistformerlyknownasprince #minneapolis #songwritingchallenge #musicchallenge
We've asked, "If FAWM were a celebrity, who would it be?" and fawmers frequently answer Dolly Parton! 😳
Why? “Cause she's a prolific writer” or “She’s a giver.”
According to a 2016 interview in The Guardian, she's written more than 5,000 songs even though fewer than 20% of those have been recorded and released.
Let her be your inspiration this February! Sign up for FAWM at https://fawm.org 👈
#fawm #fawmchallenge #songwriting #songwritignchallenge #music #musicchallenge #dollyparton
Next month is February, which means February Album Writing Month! Get ready for 28 days — er, 29 DAYS! — of excuses to sit down with a guitar or a piano, making songs happen out of nowhere...
#fawm #fawm2024 #fawmchallenge #february #songwriting #music #songwritingchallenge #musicchallenge #paulmccartney
Today we're (re)posting S1E3 of the "4 TRACKS 1 TAPE" series, from 2021!
👉 https://youtu.be/KFjLrqiEAeY 👈
Next week we'll start posting NEW episodes (season 3!), so be sure to like and subscribe over on YouTube 📺 for more cross-cultural cassette collaborations! 🤘
