Swampjaw

Swampjaw

JOINED:1 year ago
PROGRESS:15

LOCATION:Upstate NY
INFLUENCES:The Who, dada, PiL, Laurie Anderson, Jack Black, Jack White, Jack Daniels, Andy Gill, Andy Summers, Andy Partridge.

BIO:

Swampjaw again. I can't believe how long I've been doing this.

In my abundant spare time, I hack on iPhone/iPad apps. Check out Live Guitar (a guitar app) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/live-guitar/id434828118?mt=8 -- just five bucks, and free if you ask me. It came out mid-July, so it's brand spankin new, and pretty slick IMO. It's got internal sounds (six of my guitars), that you can play, as well as a way to create new chords and write tablature. There's a free version too -- give it a go! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/live-guitar-free/id455702977?mt=8

Here's a video, so you can check out the app.
http://youtu.be/FdT_iJy6SMI

If you need a MIDI keyboard/drum pad, I also wrote MIDI Control http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/midi-control/id418777577?mt=8 That's just a buck, or free if you drop me a line. My email is pmadden AT acm DOT org.

I'm hoping to get some downloads happening -- so seriously -- let me know if you can use either of these things. Apps don't show up in searches (or pretty much any other way) unless they're getting downloads, so I'm trying to prime the pump by giving direct links and free copies. Both of the apps send MIDI over WiFi, or through a USB connector (using the camera kit).

I'm using the apps on my songs, and have the tag #liveguitar attached to them. I'm also going to tweet with the #liveguitar tag -- the guitar app includes a quasi-tablature thing, which can be used to share chords and lyrics. From the app, you can click on a link to a "chord set," and it'll download into the app.

A friend of mine is a graphic designer, and likes making album covers. Check out his site: http://albumswithoutsound.tumblr.com These are "albums without sound." I'm going to put sound to some of them, but I'm keeping it a secret. The first one will be Takano Station's "Waiting to be Discovered" album. I'll probably do Spearwood next. Not sure how many I'll do. At the end of 50/90, I'll surprise (and probably horrify) him. It's going to be awesome.
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And an update. Didn't get anywhere on either a Takano Station or Spearwood album. Maybe for FAWM....

Songs: 15 ( + = Songs posted by a different Songwriter that you Collaborated on.)

		Title	Collaborators	Comments	Post date
1		Webs		11	45 weeks 5 days
2		Lie in Wait		13	45 weeks 1 day
3		Fables		7	45 weeks 1 day
4		Getting Over It Gracefully		10	44 weeks 5 days
5		Fakir		6	44 weeks 3 days
6		We'll See Whose Mule Can Jump So High	Chip Withrow	7	41 weeks 3 days
7		Walking Away From Summer		7	40 weeks 1 day
8		You Laugh When You Cry		9	39 weeks 2 days
9		Ashes	MENBAH	6	39 weeks 2 days
10		Pushing Pawns		3	39 weeks 9 hours
11		Instructions For Use		8	37 weeks 4 days
12		Anything You Want		4	37 weeks 1 day
13		Further	sapient plainwhitetoast	2	34 weeks 3 days
14		WTFMM		3	33 weeks 4 days
15	+	Paper Boat	Swampjaw Eric Distad	3	33 weeks 3 days

Soundboard

Helen

33 weeks 20 hours ago

Rock! I'm happy to wait or to edit. Let me know if you want me to do stuff.

Helen

33 weeks 4 days ago

Yo - did the song-game videos come out? Would love to see them.

Outasync

37 weeks 17 hours ago

Thanks for your comment on "Anything You Want". There is now a demo: http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/songs/10904

airbagtester

37 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks for listening to my songskirmish :) For the record, I did in fact overdub the vocals... I'm HORRIBLE at singing and playing at the same time, especially on bass... I'm having this problem singing harmonies with a trio now. Something about the conflicting bass rhythm and the melody being different... I'm sure you can relate.

airbagtester

38 weeks 2 days ago

That's cool re:youtube vid; thanks for posting it. I'm not on Facebook so I miss out on a lot :) Thanks for the heads up!

Rob From Amersfoort

39 weeks 1 day ago

I checked out your friend's site and I love it, very inspirational! I bookmarked your apps, I'll try them when I buy myself a smartphone.

Chip Withrow

41 weeks 2 days ago

No apology necessary - I loved it! I listened to it after a long day of work and a long happy hour. I love Parliament, so I thought it was cool that you referenced them in your liner notes.

themiller

41 weeks 6 days ago

Thanks for your comments on Demons :)

Erik Didriksen

43 weeks 6 days ago

I am busy making pretty sounds! I never said anything about writing new songs... I'm mixing a record, and will start writing new tunes once it's done.

Valerie Cox

44 weeks 5 days ago

Bwahahahahaha! You're comment on my skirmish cracked me up! :)

singin4jesus

44 weeks 6 days ago

Hey, thanks for your comment on the skirmish song Webs! If you wanted to hear a demo, there is one up now! :) http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/songs/7073

jonniegrunge

45 weeks 15 hours ago

Hey Swampjaw. Thanks for the comments on Phone Jam. And hey, I harbor no ill will towards the iPhone, just the crap service providers that have it. ;-) I will freely admit, however, that during the production of that song I honestly said to Fender, "I wish we had better music apps like on the iPhone."

Chip Withrow

45 weeks 17 hours ago

Regarding your comparison of my "Mule" lyrics to "Hollaback Girl:" Love it! Just went back and checked out the video for that song, and I can certainly imagine her singing/rapping my words. Please do try to do something with them!

theodamus

45 weeks 20 hours ago

Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment on my skirmish - I love that you can read into it, and I love that people have different ideas about where it's coming from - I'm flattered! :)

sapient