Calum Carlyle

Calum Carlyle

JOINED:1 year ago
PROGRESS:43

LOCATION:Edinburgh
WEBSITE:www.calumcarlyle.co.uk
INFLUENCES:Nick Drake, Explosions In The Sky, mayhew, Sigur Ros, Garmarna, Smashing Pumpkins, Towering Inferno, Mountain, Grand Funk, MC5, Jacques Loussier, Huge Baby, Dream City Film Club, John Renbourn, Traffic, Kraftwerk, Radiohead, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Television, Lamb, Flying Saucer Attack, The Beatles, Ali Farka Toure, Sufjan Stevens, The Black Keys, Vanilla Fudge, Kula Shaker, Echobelly, Finlay Quaye, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Turlough O'Carolan, Deep Purple, The Beatles, Sileas, Love, Ben Harper, Matt Norris and The Moon, iliketrains, Withered Hand, Sigur Ros, and many more

BIO:

This year i have been tested to some extent with some pretty robust criticism. I take a fairly "sticks and stones" attitude to this, but it has been colourful to say the least, and of course it all has its influences in my songwriting.

I'm finished on the 5090 forums for this year, and i'm going to be trying my hand at the November Solo Album Month challenge at http://www.nasoalmo.org - why not join me there?

Songs: 43 ( + = Songs posted by a different Songwriter that you Collaborated on.)

		Title	Collaborators	Comments	Post date
1	+	Independence Day	Calum Carlyle themiller	20	46 weeks 11 hours
2		Never Saying...		26	45 weeks 4 days
3	+	The Freakshow	Calum Carlyle tinam	15	45 weeks 3 days
4		Waving Goodbye, For The Last Time		24	45 weeks 3 days
5		Wishful Thinking *		29	45 weeks 1 day
6	+	Princess in a Sundress *	Calum Carlyle kimberlyinnc	32	44 weeks 3 days
7	+	The Solution	Calum Carlyle Outasync	21	44 weeks 2 days
8	+	Devil Heart	Calum Carlyle nancyrost	30	44 weeks 2 days
9		I Don't	mike skliar	27	44 weeks 1 day
10	+	Feel So New	Calum Carlyle mike skliar	21	43 weeks 2 days
11		Nothing But You *		23	42 weeks 1 day
12	+	I Believe in Faeries	Calum Carlyle themiller	15	42 weeks 10 hours
13	+	Two Souls	Calum Carlyle Arthur Rossi	4	41 weeks 4 days
14		Tuda Muda		8	39 weeks 1 day
15		Radio Friendly (needs music)		4	38 weeks 6 days
16		I Still Feel...	segers41	4	38 weeks 6 days
17		No Way Home	RC	16	38 weeks 6 days
18	+	Your Song Needs Music	Calum Carlyle blindkiwi	11	38 weeks 6 hours
19		Cheese And Chips For Breakfast (first verse -...		3	37 weeks 6 days
20		Together	Helen	5	37 weeks 2 days
21		Signature Only	kiwafruit	13	37 weeks 2 days
22		I Hate Haters	Billy Sea	7	36 weeks 5 days
23		Nudeln Für Fruhstuck		3	36 weeks 1 day
24		Trash Man	Judes Labour	5	36 weeks 1 day
25		Close Your Eyes *		8	36 weeks 1 day
26	+	What to Say	musicsongwriter Calum Carlyle sherrycanary	9	36 weeks 1 hour
27		Nowhere To Hide (rival corpse)	Number Six G Slade john crossman Calum Carlyle Dragondreams musicsongwriter Negasi	16	35 weeks 6 days
28		For The Better (not 5090, my first song)		3	35 weeks 5 days
29	+	I Still Feel (2nd entry)	Calum Carlyle segers41	6	34 weeks 6 days
30		Long Summer Days (very rough)		2	34 weeks 4 days
31		Nothing But You - virtually identical version -...		3	34 weeks 4 days
32		The Bandit, The Reaper, The Fool	Errol	6	34 weeks 3 days
33		Dishonesty Box (from the Aught Ought ep)		1	34 weeks 2 days
34		Unknown User (from the Aught Ought ep)		1	34 weeks 2 days
35		The Unchanging Meaning Of The Spume (from the...		1	34 weeks 2 days
36		These Things Are Still Wondrous To Us (from the...		0	34 weeks 2 days
37		Church Dust (from the Aught Ought ep)		1	34 weeks 2 days
38	+	Get Out Of The Water	Dragondreams Calum Carlyle Negasi nancyrost Johnny Credit jonniegrunge Rob From Amersfoort hoops	9	34 weeks 8 hours
39		You'd Be Mine		1	33 weeks 6 days
40		So Tragic (placeholder)		1	33 weeks 2 days
41		Apathetic Woman		4	33 weeks 2 days
42	+	He Had His Way With Me	Calum Carlyle Donna Devine the dust collector	7	33 weeks 1 day
43	+	Can't Be Arsed **	Calum Carlyle bong	0	33 weeks 1 day

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And here are the songs i'm doing as part of Rocktober! Yay!

1 I Me Mine (originally by The Beatles/George Harrison)
http://songs.fawmers.org/rocktober/12457

2 Alone Again Or (originally by Love/Bryan Maclean)
http://songs.fawmers.org/rocktober/12459

3 Dig It (originally by The Beatles)
http://songs.fawmers.org/rocktober/12465

4 Trust Us (originally by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
http://songs.fawmers.org/rocktober/12498

5 Need Your Love So Bad (originally by Little Willie John)
http://songs.fawmers.org/rocktober/12508

6 Don't Let Me Down (originally by The Beatles)
http://songs.fawmers.org/rocktober/12523

wyatt

26 weeks 6 days ago

Gonna make another attempt to respond to some "after 50/90 Comments"
On Devil Sent 'er Back, Yeah, it's pretty much tongue in cheek and not to be taken too seriously. .
Good to see you back some on the day to day 50/90. It pretty much died when you left.
Thanks for the comment

orinoco

28 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks for your recent comments! And thanks for the CD which arrived today. I am finally sorting out my track list this evening :-)

darcistrutt

29 weeks 3 days ago

Thanks for the comments! Have to say that I agree with you on not liking the carrot/stick part of the first stanza of "I'm Really Hungry", but I was basing it on Matthew 25:31-49 which is totally a carrot/stick scripture. Now and then you run into parables like that. I softened it quite a bit - because I agree the message was in how to act - but still felt the need to honor the original passage with that first stanza. Your thoughtful comments are a big part of why I'm glad I took part in 50/90. Thank you!

Jane_ukey

29 weeks 5 days ago

Yay, Calum! Look forward to seeing you in the hangout on Sunday :)

Paul Milne

30 weeks 4 days ago

Hi Calum, thanks for the comments on "The Last Wolf" - I spotted Wyatt's lyrics early on, and was surprised they weren't snaffled by someone else. Glad you thought the treatment was good, as you said, a simple but brutal story, required a straightforward telling.

musicsongwriter

30 weeks 4 days ago

Thank you for listening and commenting on my collaboration with Mike on Casino Ghost Calum. It was fun to create music to something I've never experienced in my life :)

Billy Sea

31 weeks 23 hours ago

Hi Calum, sent you an email :)

Billy Sea

31 weeks 4 days ago

Anyway, my work and travel and life have conspired to take the past couple months and looking to take a bit more before through but I was able to pop in tonight and saw your comments. Calum, truely, thank you for your kind words. I've been a bit down on myself lately (well, more than usual) and while I expect it is mostly due to so much traveling and never quite catching up on sleep, but your words are such a pick up and lifted my spirits so much, I just had to stop by and let you know I appreciate it. I will be back to listen, but felt I needed to stop by and say hi, and thanks.
Billy

musicsongwriter

31 weeks 6 days ago

Thank you very much Calum for your beautiful comment on It's okay to cry. Val is truly amazing! I love this song so much! So happy you like it too :)

wyatt

32 weeks 14 hours ago

"""""""". I think fewer strings means more skill required tbh!""""""""""

Fewer strings---more skill???!!!-----Man, I've been going the wrong way then!!!
That would mean, I'd have to look into a 12 string guitar then!! :)
I'll see what Ebay's got.

Quote

33 weeks 1 day ago

Hey, thanks much, man! I think I haven't really been active in the community this year (ironic though that is), and that's probably a bit of it.

musicsongwriter

33 weeks 4 days ago

Thank you Calum for listening and commenting on my collaboration with Billy Not afraid to sing. Yes it was a surprise for me to hear Billy playing the piano and to listen to his voice, I think it was first time for both Billy playing and Billy speaking and I really enjoyed listening to his work. It is amazing for me to hear how my lyrics came to life with Billy's interpretation. Thank you for your support :)

Dragondreams

33 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment on "Mothership", Calum. I get what you're saying about it chopping and changing, but that was my intention. It was my attempt to convey a hustle and bustle of activity within the CHM storyline, as well as the idea of the message being garbled. ;)

It'll probably get some more work done to try to smooth the transitions a little before I'm finished with it.

darcistrutt

33 weeks 6 days ago

Glad my "week13" made you smile. It was written with a smile. It formed very quickly after reading your challenge post and I decided to capture it. Thanks for all you do to keep this event running. Good luck with your music making!

Arthur Rossi

34 weeks 12 hours ago

What a nice surprise, Calum! Thanks a lot! The music is really very, very beautiful, dynamic and very memorable and the performance and vocal are excellent! I love it all and especially the rythm/music of each first two lines of each verse, simply great! I`d say British Pop at its best, wonderful! I also love the tag „on my two souls“ at the end… Thank you for this wonderful song!
By the way, if you would like the song to appear „topically“, I could delete the former publication so that you could re-post it again, otherwise we can leave it like that… to me, it makes no difference, so it is up to you…

blindkiwi

34 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for the comments on "Is there any hope" Calum and thanks for mentioning it in the forums, It was great experience working on it with Nadia, Dawn and Darci

sapient

34 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for working your way through my Dr Who epic :)
Good points on the suspect canonicity of a number of them. I have my own doubts, but as you say, that would have left me short of 50. In fairness Rosita was a companion, just not of the real Doctor, and Lady de Souza really, really should have had a season as a companion...So I've added a footnote to the liner notes just to be on the safe side!

nightengale

34 weeks 2 days ago

Thanks Calum, I really appreciate your comments, I've you're ever up for a collab, it doesn't have to be country if you read it another way.

musicsongwriter

34 weeks 3 days ago

Hello Calum. Thank you so much for listening and commenting on Is there hope. And thank you for the amazing opportunity to hear your songs. Your songwriting is very special and unique. It's a true pleasure commenting on your work!

mike skliar

34 weeks 4 days ago

thanks for your supportive thoughts (as always) on that forum thread..... :)

segers41

34 weeks 5 days ago

Glad you got into I Still Feel! I like it but need to take a break form it, too much arranging and listening to it.

Errol

34 weeks 6 days ago

I can imagine if you are super busy and don't have time for them, I gave them to you with only 10 days remaining, so no worries if you can't use 'em! Good luck on 5090!

Errol

34 weeks 6 days ago

Allloooo! :D

Just in case you don't check your email... I gave you some song lyrics. :D

musicsongwriter

35 weeks 19 hours ago

Thank you again for your amazing comments on my music Calum. Here is updated demo for Is there any hope in case you get a chance to listen to it: http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/songs/10625
Kind regards,
Nadia

sherrycanary

35 weeks 6 days ago

Hi Calum

Thank you for comment on my song What to Say. Means a lot coming from you. Wish you had time, but I will see if musicsongwriter is interested!

Donna Devine

36 weeks 2 days ago

Calum, thank you for your comments on my songs. ;) As you know, I'm in Canada at the moment, and pretty much on the move, so there's not a lot of opportunity yet to listen to others' work. When I'm back in Delft at the end of September, I look forward to doing that, though.

gerrybhoy

36 weeks 2 days ago

Hi Calum, good to see you again, come on, jump in on the Wicked Songs project, you will be a big miss if we get to the end and you are not there!!!! Thanks for the kind comments, now if I could play as well as you and some other's that I listen too I would be really happy.

gerrybhoy

36 weeks 3 days ago

Hi Calum, thanks for the kind comments on Donna's song, it was great fun doing it, in the pub it would be everyone exept me! :)

angelinapowersuit

36 weeks 4 days ago

Hi Calum, So glad to hear your comments on "My Love's In Charleston," especially re: the harmonica. the only place where I think it fits is in the instrumental section but I didn't want it to come out of nowhere so I added it in other parts. I am prejudiced against flutes (plus I am no flautist) so maybe I'll try something out on keyboard. And strip down the harmonies a bit too, thanks SO much, this is the kind of stuff I need to hear!

rosieposy8

36 weeks 5 days ago

Hey.. thank you :D Yes it is Kravitz.. I did realise but was in a post nights daze !

Let me know if you are up for that collab

levesinet

37 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for your feedback.

My polka is related to the popular Clarinet Polka, probably of Austrian origin. At times the melody resembles yodelling, something for which the Swiss are more renowned than their Austrian neighbors.

I listened to a sample of Peter Pratt's Polka; you're right, there seem to have been considerable stylistical differences between different regions and nationalities. I guess the polka spread throughout the world much like the waltz. I know interesting things happened to polka in Brazil.

Horos 1 is based on O horos tou Zalongou, a really really ancient song of Greek origin. I believe today the rhythm, usually 7/8 in our notation system, (or circle dance) is known as kalamatianos. But I'm not an expert...

musicsongwriter

37 weeks 1 day ago

Thank you so much for your fantastic comments on my music and collaborations Calum. Your opinion is very special to me. I absolutely love your music, your playing and your vocals. Thank you so much for your support. Have a great Sunday.

john crossman

37 weeks 2 days ago

Sending you a link to my 10-15 sec Exquisite sample. I'm just technically incompetent enough not to know if it will work, so let me know and then I'll send my minute!

blindkiwi

37 weeks 2 days ago

Thanks for giving my song music Calum. I love the barbershop treatment, sounds like it should be the intro to a TV show. "Yes, that's right, your story needs telling and this week we are putting the spotlight on... " :D The changes are all more than OK, thanks again.

sheila k

37 weeks 2 days ago

Hi Calum,
Thank you for your comments on A Dove on the Windowsill. If I can find music for it, it will definitely be a girl singing it...me, lol :)

FenderTele71

37 weeks 4 days ago

Picked up Another Side... today. Great album. I'd have to say that One hit Wonder, Modern Man, and The Rest of our Lives are my favorites. Love the 12-string work. Love the stripped down performances on the album. If felt like I was getting a private Calum show in my living room. Awesome work, sir!

blindkiwi

37 weeks 5 days ago

Hi Calum, i have added you as a collab. I am in transit for the next 48 hours but feel free to change/ rearrange it as needed. Thanks for jumping in

Temily

38 weeks 1 day ago

Hi Calum, I haven't been on here for ages, but I just quickly logged in and checked my comments and noticed yours about my Bible verse song :) Thankyou for the comment, I think it's great that you make sure you do your own research on the verses and such. I, as a Christian, definitly believe that context is very improtant in understanding the Bible (and that reading different translations is also very important, as I sure don't understand Greek and Hebrew to be able to read the it in its original languages). Though I must admit, I am a bit slack on doing the research as much as I should. I'm not so sure myself about the KJV being accurate/inaccurate, as I've heard lots of different views/opinions from different people, I just used it mostly in that song because I didn't want to infringe on any copyrights, which other translations have. I'll definitly take your constructive critisisms into account when I revisit the song :) Thank you again :)

38 weeks 1 day ago

Hey Calum, I meant to thank you for No Way Home - it definitely pushed me in a different direction. It was an excellent lyric, and tremendous fun to work with.

Jane_ukey

38 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for the extra comment on the Letter, Calum :) Nice to know its still effective past the first listen

musicsongwriter

38 weeks 2 days ago

Thank you Calum, you are very kind :)

Arthur Rossi

38 weeks 2 days ago

Hi Calum,
thanks a lot for having taken the time and for the very kind, detailed response. The basic problem of my lyrics (and I suppose that is also the reason why they often tend to get wordy and poetic) is that I had been writing poems for more than 10 years before I started to write lyrics, so I am afraid these are still some remnants from that time…
For some reason (and I do not know now actually why) I thought „two souls“ would suit a female singer… However, now after you mentioned it and after having read it again, I think it could also suit a male singer as well – as you said about duality, why not? You can work with these lyrics as you like – including altering them or deleting whole parts of them, just feel free to do whatever you regard as necessary… and I`d look very forward to it…

musicsongwriter

38 weeks 2 days ago

Thank you Calum, I don't normally sing in the demos, I send to my collaborators my rough demos to give them an idea how the lyrics might kinda sound. I wish I had a good voice... I love your vocals soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!

Arthur Rossi

38 weeks 2 days ago

Hey Calum, I have been listing to your songs and commenting on some of them from time to time. Now I also read your bio and the part concerning collabs... Well, I am only a lyricist and I do not know if you were eventually interested also in such a collaboration... Anyway, if you like and if you can afford the time, I`d love to invite you to have a look at some of my lyrics and if there is anything you think you could eventually use, I will look very, very forward to a possible collab...

PS: Should you get "lost" in the quantity of lyrics, if you like at request I could also suggest a few of that I think they could suit your style...

Kind regards

Helen

38 weeks 4 days ago

Ha - the Americanisms don't bother me that much; it was just a minor niggle.

segers41

38 weeks 5 days ago

Yeh, throw me in for I Still Feel.

kiwafruit

38 weeks 6 days ago

Hiya :)
Let's collab it up please. How you wanna do this?

38 weeks 6 days ago

I'd say I'm definitely going to do it, so if that's the protocol for "reserving" a collab, do it. Although I think I may have to change "car park" to "parking lot"... I don't know if I can sell the Anglicism there. ;-)

Helen

38 weeks 6 days ago

FWIW - regardless of negativity elsewhere, I think you are doing some of the best stuff I've heard from you, and indeed some of the best stuff around during this 50/90. The energy you put into stuff is incredibly enjoyable and I've had a couple of your songs going round my head a few days after listening.

Of course, if you don't feel like writing, you don't feel like writing (I'm more into rollerskating at the moment :P ), but, yeah, y'know...

Dan Vaillancourt

39 weeks 1 hour ago

Thanks Calum for the comment a while back on 'Say it to my face.' Yes... unfortunately most of us have had those types of situations...

Calum Carlyle

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