FAWM 2008 Songs

The SECOND page of 50/90 Songs can be found here

50/90 Profile:  Steve_Apple_Head

About  Steve_Apple_Head

Joined: 22-Jan-08

Website:www.myspace.com/stevenwesleyguiles

Email: mrguiles@gmail.com

Location: San Dimas CA

Progress:  53 - WINNER

Influences: Elliot Smith, Pavement, Paul Westerberg, Joseph Arthur, Sesame Street, Arcade Fire, U2, the Replacements, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, You

Did it.  50 Songs.  

Mastering Using Audacity
50/90 Pacing
Pictures of FAWMERs and FiftyNiners

My wife and I have two albums of folky, pretty music. iTunes CDBaby!
My rock band, Pushstart Wagon. iTunes CDBaby! Buy Direct From Band

These Are Links 
songwriting blog  soft rock band  solo myspace   rock band 

my youtube "songumentaries" (FAWMumentaries?):
how to #1 I Can't Get Over It   how to #2 You and Me Could Get Together
Song #2 Sunday's Work Has Just Been Done  how to #3 Except, Perhaps, The Human Heart

FAWM 2008 Music          50/90 Song Repository

Threads or Links I need to keep track of:
how to host songs on Google in 10 easy steps

Most Beautiful/Haunting songs of 50/90
Andrew Grimm's closed
Dan Wallbank's Valentine

Funniest Songs of 50/90
A song about Crappy Songs.  Ha!! Billy Sea rules!

Love Me This Song Too!
The Bedlam Bash!!  Evin Wolverton
Cut the Coupons by Josh Belville

Something Fresh and New

    Written and recorded pre-midnight on July4, 2008.

I Will Not Be Defeated

    Written shortly after Something Fresh and New in lieu of
          writing the wacky kid's songs about cat poo.

Rode A Mule, Rode A Mule, Rode A Mule
          This song was my first 50/90 collaboration with long-time                      FAWMER Charlie Cheney.  This guy is a great songwriter.

Get You Back (I'll Hit Rewind)
          This is the flipside of my collaboration with Charlie Cheney.
          I sent him lyrics, he sent me a finished song with music.
          So much fun to do it this way.  I'm sure we both wrote music
          that the other would never think to write, thereby creating
          something unique and new.

Hear Me Out
           My first ginormous production piece of this round so far.  Lots of
           guitars, bgvs, bass, drums, lead lines, etc.   I like it a lot too.

Run
          This song and "Short People" were both written at Mini
          Mendez' house while our kids were playing.  I'm really
          happy with this one.  Mini's wife thought this song could
          be a big hit on country radio.  This is my roughest demo so far.
     

 Short People
          Another song written with Mini.  The whistle was his idea
          and he gave me the line "top shelfin'.  Sweet.

      I Like To Eat The Chickens
          This song is RIDICULOUS.  That's why the junior high students
           who were in the room at the time of its creation LOVED IT. 
           Of course, after hearing 50 times they also came to hate it...

      The Landscapes Changing (collaboration with Kermy)
          This is my first collaboration with Kerry Goulder and I was 
           really pleased with how it came out.  She gave me great words
           in a great meter, making it very easy to work with.

       Then You Saw Me
          This song is a cut and paste Frankenstein.   I played 4 or so           
          measures of one part, sang over it, then repeated with a
           different guitar part.  I like this song.   Loud vocals.
          
       SONGTITLEHERE
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       Lucky You with Mini
            This song is mostly by Mini Mendez, but he had me create a
            bridge. and write the words for the second verse.   Mini is
            doing the cool cupped vocal sound effect on this one. 
                

        Riptide
              Another collaboration with Mini (Tuesdays are kids play,
             Daddy's Rock day).  This one started as a cool little jam
            between us and then it evolved into a song within the next
            few minutes of us jamming.  I came up with the lower verse
            part and Mini worked out the chorus. 
               asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf

       Meow Meow Meow Meow  (7/17/08 4:18 pm)
          Written at the request of Kermy's kids who loved Dog Dog Dog                 Dog but wanted the cat sequel.  Here it is.
          

       The Rock Stars As Named By Our Nephew And Son (7/18/08)
          THe title may be genius, but the music may let ya' down.  
           It's actually a pretty little instrumental jam between me

        and my brother-in-law Mike.  I cut three sections out.  This

        is more background music.  Have a cup of coffee or somethin'.

       He's Being Deconstructed (Better Weather) (7/19/08)
          This song is a "Crucio" song.  Basically, you steal bits and pieces

       of fellow musician's songs and make a little mashup.  This was 

        mine.

      Growing Up In Many Places (7/19/08 3pm)
          Here's a song I played drums and helped arrange with my 

    brother-in-law Mike.   It was fun and we did it spur of the
         moment for us. 

       You're Never Gonna Get Your Way (7/19/08 1pm)
          Another song I played with Mike.  This time Mike played drums

    and I did all guitars and vocals.  If you can call my vocals vocals.
       Garage rock ala Rode A Mule. 

Is This What You Call Free? (7/22/08 finished 12:58 am)
          Song written after going on a walk and listening to the Arcade
            Fire.  This isn't as good as that, but I like it.          
          
       Jesus, Help Me In My Unbelief (7/22/08 1:40 am)
          I wanted to write "Jesus" by the Velvet Underground.  This is my          attempt at that.

       Except, Perhaps, The Human Heart (7/23/08  12:51 am)
          Got this line from the Dean Koontz novel, Cold Fire.  It spawned a
            song and I thank him for it.

       There Was A Man Who Went Down To The Sea (7/22/08 3pm)
          Fiona is featured on the drum solo at the end of this song.  This

        song is merely my attempt to meet my 50 song quota. 

       I Am The Great Wall of China (7/31/08)
          Lyrics from FAWM 08 that never got songified.  Here's my first             attempt.  I'd really like to develop this one more later.  It came             f ast when I had a few hours before my studio became a                             bedroom for guests.

       Move On  (originally recorded a day or two after FAWM) 7/31/08
          I'm sure this is cheating, but I'm pulling up an unfinished song
          to help me reach my 50 song goal.  By any means necessary.

       Oh My Gosh, You Don't Know  (7/31/08)
           I read THIS article on NPR.org about a guy who was doing this                 "Telephono" thing.
            I emailed him and thought it'd be cool to contribute.
            He emailed me back.
            I said thanks.
            He sent me an mp3 with some sounds on it.
            I added to it and changed it in the spirit of the thing.

        Here's what came out of it.

  
       You Were Like Winter, You Were Like Fall
          Sat down at the piano, started playing F5 and C5 and here's
          what came out.  A sad, sad sounding song.

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       TELEPHONO: Helping Each Other OutHelping Each Other
          Don't listen to this song if you're playing the game!!