Lifelong dabbler in music, mostly noodling at home on guitar and uke and piano. First toe-dip into songwriting in 2017. I discovered FAWM belatedly, so did a personal 10/30 challenge all on my lonesome in April. All my songs are documented at my blog, song-shaped objects: https://10songs30days.wordpress.com/ My goal is to just experiment with various styles, so you'll hear a motley cacophony of everything from bossa to rock to folk. I've never performed solo as a singer-songwriter so I hope to be able to get enough material to one day, maybe, if I get really good...be able to busk on the street without embarassing myself :P So there will be an emphasis on vox-portable instrument songs, as well as the experiments du jour.

Instrument collection: piano, keyboard, ukes galore, clarinet, cello, trumpet, electric bass, Squier Telecaster, acoustic guitars, melodica, tin whistle. So many toys, so little time/talent :P I'm more experienced with the string acoustic instruments above, noob at recording and producing - it's all done with one USB mic, an iRig HD, a midi keyboard, GarageBand, a hope and a prayer. Steep learning curve figuring out what knobs to twiddle.

Songs redux:
1. Eventually: a poppy ode to procrastination
2. Homo sapiens: a spacey one about the rise and fall of our race
3. Don’t call me Tinkerbell: a surprise take on “fairies” skirmish prompt
4. Sunrise, sunset: a nylon guitar bossa nova about a thwarted love at first sight
5. Find a way: a cappella 4-part harmony soul/gospel type thing
6. The future is ours: Farnsie-style piano rock anthem / call to arms
7. Put a gun to the head of the muse: dark and dirty rock tune about shutting up the inner critic
8. The shanty of mad Jim Black: banjolele + tin whistle shanty about a poor lovelorn sailor
9. Out, out damned spot: eerie weird one about Lady Macbeth
10. Let me be your harmony: perky ukulele love song
11. Losing time: sad piano song about dementia (cheerful innit)
12. Just like me: upbeat uke political satire from the perspective of the narcissist-in-chief
13. Residue of dreams: baritone ukulele trying to capture elusive dream-images
14. Futilitarian: skirmish, reggae (!!) protest against usefulness
15. C'est trop facile (It's too easy): an attempt at melancholy French chanson, piano, midi clarinet/cello
16. Brother: sad uke about my uncle who was lost at sea
17. Sit down, stand up: electro-ish about the daily grind
18. Cenote: ambient spoken-word skirmish about a scuba diving experience
19. Omniscient, immortal: a lonely god envies us mortals
20. Get low: Barry-White-inspired R&B
21. Take my hand: baritone uke song about defiant love
22. Should I go: experiment with partial capo, questions about staying in a relationship
23. Dragon: baritone uke with tremolo classical technique, about a guardian death-dragon
24. Ride through the night: debut mandolin song about a soldier returning from war
25. First amendment: uke skirmish, obnoxious take on obnoxiousness. meh.
26. Running dry: environmental blues on baritone uke
27. Apocalypse: doomsday rap
28. Daughter of mine: sadfest about an imagined child
29. Squeeze me: silly sexy skirmish about oranges
30. Falling into dark: baritone uke song about a dream-guardian creature
31. Shimmering hope: acoustic one about hope in adversity
32. Cello groove: instrumental + oriental-ish vocal improvisation
33. Grey, the colour of today: ukulele fingerpicking, nostalgia
34. No matter what: unromantic love song on uke
35. One last chance: bargaining for one last chance at pleasure, uke
36. Gone too soon: sentimental tale on baritone uke
37. Fly like a kite: a maybe stolen melody but played on baritone uke with a stick (?!)
38. Beware: eerie baritone uke one about a gypsy
39. I don't know: piano song about uncertainty
40. Kleenex and wine: silly medical uke song
41. Walking my hooman: doggo blues on uke
42. Yesterday morning: on sudden loss
43. Over and under: abstract lyrics on baritone uke