I've got a couple of projects coming up and some philosophies I've been considering of late and it's led me down a path I hadn't planned on going down at this time - coming up with some covers to play. 

I hinted at it in my last blog post, but it's now official: I'm on YouTube! I've had a few videos posted on the platform for a while but that was with my personal YouTube account. I took some time this week to convert an unused channel I had to this project and got my first video posted today. Again, it's a song I've had posted previously, but I went in the yard and did a new performance for your enjoyment:

I've spent the last week or so really struggling with the commitment to develop 5 polished minutes of my music that I made in a previous blog post. 

It's March 1 and my first ever February Album Writing Month challenge is complete. I am already starting to feel a sense of emptiness, and I'm not really trying to be hyperbolic. I've spent most of my weekends and evenings over the last month with a guitar in hand and lyrics in front of me. I woke up this morning and didn't have that spot to immediately head to. So I guess I'll blog about it.

Happy International Kazoo Day! Yes, that's the second kazoo day this year. The one in January is National, the one today is International. I've got a little song here for you that will explain why I'm much more likely to celebrate the International version from here on rather than the American-rooted National Kazoo Day. 

Week 1 of FAWM is over and my GOODNESS what a week it's been. As of yesterday (Feb 9), I have completed 10 of my 14 tracks. So I'm on pace to make my 14 tracks by next weekend - and could have as many as 28 songs by the time this is done. That's a pretty cool place to be! But I've seen a few people taking the challenge who are over 100 songs already. I followed one guy and my feed is just full of his songs. I wonder if those songs ever become something other than a post on the FAWM website? 

 After much anticipation, I've dived into my first February Album Writing Month challenge. FAWM is an annual challenge to write and demo an album worth of material (14 songs) in one month (28 days). It sounds like a daunting challenge but an achievable one too. 

At long last, January 2025, the longest month in Human history, is coming to an end. And with that comes February and my chance to particiapte in February Album Writing Month (FAWM) for the first time! I've been aware of FAWM for a really long time - like maybe almost as long as it's been around. I've just never had an outlet or reason to participate. Well with the launch of Jeremy and his Kazoo, I now have a reason! The concept of FAWM is pretty simple - write 14 songs (an album worth of material) in 28 days. It's a challenge to be sure and I'm even prepared to fail the challenge. But even a failure is going to leave me with a few more songs to add to my repetoire. I think the biggest challenge for me has been not starting early. I really don't want to fudge this. Can I do it?I'm happy overall with the number of songs I have and the pace I've been writing at since I started doing this. But I recognize that with repetition comes skill. And with the arts, often it's a volume game. You've gotta write 10 songs to get a real banger. So really I'm just hoping for one banger and 13 time fillers. If you're a fellow FAWM participant or want to follow along with my challenge, come check out my profile on FAWM. I'm aiming to post my first song right away on Saturday, frankly hoping I can use the weekend to get a bit of a head start. Will it be good? No. Nothing I do is that good. But it's gonna be fun, it's gonna be challenging and I think - it's gonna be rewarding!