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Fresh Spotless Youth

@freshspotlessyouth
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2012

  • Portland, US

Ceint de ma propre couronne, oint de l'huile sainte, I am freshspotlessyouth.

FAQS: What's your problem? Good question. I've been doing this FAWM thing for over a decade without bothering to learn anything. My watchwords for 2025: ignorance, incompetence, and hubris (though not necessarily in that order).

How do you feel about collaborating? I've done a number of fruitful collabs over the years. I will collaborate with anyone who can tolerate my louche approach to music making.

What's up with the locked songs? Nothing, really. I got a little weird about things. I'll be back for the last week of FAWM after a long vacation in Mexico. Should have soft fingers and an open heart.

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God's Song by @freshspotlessyouth
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Horses Have Hooves (But What of the Men?) by @freshspotlessyouth #altcountry #nurseryrhyme
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The Active Voice (Strike!) by @freshspotlessyouth
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Singing About Singing in Tongues Is Not Singing in Tongues, Alas by @freshspotlessyouth #acoustic #aspirationalrock

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@owling

Merci pour le commentaire sur les fromages ! Ton français est très bon !

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WHAT?! I would only do it if we did an equal amount of the lion's share. You're a master wordsmith. ::Transitions to my Jersey-self::: AND DON'T YOU FORGET THAT, BUDDY.

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Hi! I would like to add you to my list for the summer but you don't have your email on your profile. Could you please email me? [email protected]

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Just wanted to say thanks for such nice comments about my song Old Photos. I so appreciate you stopping by to listen and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Take care, and see you next year!

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Hey, Danny - do you have a track for the End of Self Improvement I could play with? My email is [email protected] I’d love to explore doing stuff that’s still to hard for me to play.

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@sbs

Thank you for appreciating “Alexi” - lol!

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Thanks for commenting on Sloth Spa!

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@mikeb

Thanks for the comment on 'Unknown'!

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@chrisra

ssorry...thought I'd said thanks for listening/comment days ago x

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@sbs

:)

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Thanks for the comments! Day of Gold music and band tracking is the brilliance of Tom Spademan (@toms)

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Just want to say a big thank you for all your uplifting and so kind comments! And for shareing your amazing music with us!

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@slusk

Thanks for your comments on "a pale pink moon arising". I really should not be thanking - it's @mahtowins's deconstruction and re-build of my Morse challenge attempt (...ok I can be grateful for the appreciation of the guitar). It became a totally new and much better song with her magic touches.

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@jamkar

Hey yeah, I AM open to you adding vocals/lyrics to "Spring Without Asking". Since I posted already, the original can be a placeholder. I think that's how FAWM works.

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A lot of people don't realise I am really a lyricist and have been writing for people for years. So generally when I write for someone it is in their style, i study them before i write. truthfully I only play these days because people professionally don't value lyricists. when I write a song they all say "what does it sound like" . I should add I do still like playing with small groups but gave up gigging 2 years + ago.

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Congrats on another successful FAWM, my friend! Let's collaborate on a song or two next year.

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@amelea

Wow, thanks for listening to Does Your Boyfriend Play Drums AND showing to your wife 😄 (Wonder what timeline the bad drummer you is in haha, definitely not this one!)

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Oh sorry, I went to sleep and now it's probably too late but then also I've never really used a Mac and I don't have an answer anyway! Right-clicking is like 40% of my process

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Ha! Very nice - not sure what your plans are but if you fancy cannibalising from that song, here's an instrumental: https://vomvorton.co.uk/music/fawm/fawm25/LetsTakeAnInstrumental.mp3

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thanks for the correction. i have corrected it

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@micklove

Thanks for the comments man! Glad you enjoyed. Congratulations on finishing!

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Hell yeah receiving compliments about your clothing!

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@sbs

Thank you so much for your comments on “If Only.” Funny thing - I’d had the arrangement all mapped out but then wanted to delete a section. The swingy bits ended up swinging in sections I hadn’t planned on but I liked it and hoped nobody would call me on it as if it was a problem - lol! So, thank you!

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Hey, FSY -- feel free to post a collaboration on "14" -- add your strumming and lyrics! It's been a hectic month for me for a variety of reasons. I'll grab some time tomorrow to post feedback for those I "follow" ... I've been very lax this year and have earned very few listens in return.

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@analogj

Thanks for the comment on my Lamb Ditty Die song. I'm glad you found it bouncy, funny, and catchy. All of which I intended. Your's is the lone comment. I'm wondering if the title, which is meant as a play on words and genre, might be deterring those from checking it out.

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@heid

Re:having coffee in Portland, awesome! I put my email on my profile. Perhaps shoot me an email and we can figure out a time and place! I'm gonna be out of town till the second week of March but would love to find time.

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@ayais

Sure, I'll email it. The way to download it is to right-click and choose save, I think.

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I can't remember where we left things with the signature song. I do intend to include it on my next compilation release, which is still at the consents stage. If you wanted to revisit it, you would be most welcome to. If you didn't, you would be equally welcome.

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It's companies layered on companies, but in the end I think I work for UHG now. The violent / silent lines are vaguely hinting at the assassinated CEO but I'm probably pulling my punches a bit too much

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Hi. Thanks for your comment, and I appreciate the time you took to engage with the lyric.

Regarding the technique you pointed out, the word you are looking for is 'Enjambment'.

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@ayais

I'm happy Cage is honored twice. Yeah, I'm fine. Funny how the background noise and such can set the tone. I could have tried to have a party going on instead of me bumping into stuff and shuffling around.

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Thank you for your comment on ‘Tu me manques’

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When I say The City, I guess I mean A City. But from my perspective, it is The City. I think.

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Thank you for the comments on “Dark Frieght”! It is actually growing on me if you can believe that🤣 We give birth to these creations and then have to distance ourselves for perspective. There are some interesting Easter eggs in this composition. I kind of top my hat to my most influential prog roots. There is a composer on here who should know but I am waiting to see if he catches it😬

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@heid

My goodness, I also didn't process that you're in Portland and so am I.

I'm here till June. I'd love to have coffee or tea and swap some stories before then, if you'd also like.

Enjoy your vacation!

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@sirius

Catcore is unpredictable by essence. I thought you knew. 😄 Thank you for your comments!

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I read that you were going to Mexico. The Sea of Cortez sounds amazing! I hope you're enjoying yourself!!

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Just listened! It‘s wonderful! Enjoy your vacation!

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I was glad to receive your comment on "Ask Me How I Know" -- I was definitely revising trying to hit something other than "preachy."

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push button girl is not about a real person. i just wanted to write a real stupid song that wasnt embarrassing to play.

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😊

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Absolutly! Go for it, curious about your song!

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Yes, please! Your Flap,flap,flap song is still in my ears - I loved it so much!

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Oh no... why are all your songs locked?!? I'm sure you have a good reason, but I'm such of a fan of your music, and very much hope you open them up again soon!

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@ttg105

:)

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Hey, Danny - SoundCloud served up your 2022 song In the Beginning to me. It feels like a great "Welcome Home" for my first day of trying to get a song out there. Thank you!

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Yeah I was working on buying a new house last FAWM, first visited the place I now live during last year's challenge! Moved in at the end of June, and commenced filling it with musical crap.

New Vowl Sounds would be good! Hopefully I can come up with something worthy.

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i returned to hollywood for a month in 89, after the hair metal kids replaced the punks. it was disorienting to see them hanging around outside the roxy, all glammed up

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I think you were listening to Rippling Foils, which is a preset from the Omnisphere VST. It just had a nice ambience, so I stuck that in there. :)

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Hey, FSY ... welcome back (again). Hoping to be a more active FAWMer this year. Looking forward to hearing your songs, as usual.

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