- Berlin DE
- www.reverbnation.com/jinxmontague
2025: 19 years since I first joined this wacky community. I've been few and far between, these past couple years – pretty thin on the ground, one might say – but I am hoping to crank out a couple new songs this February and say hi to some old pals. So... hi!
Pronouns: I don't really care, but you can use she/her or they/them if you do.
(And if you use Last.fm, feel free to add me there – I'm a huge nerd for that site and love discovering new music by stalking my friends' listening habits.)
Genres: #DeathCountry #Acoustic #Rock #IndieRock #AltCountry #Blues #Folk #FolkPunk #IndieFolk #IndiePop #SingerSongwriter #Americana #FolkRock #ChamberFolk #BedroomPop #CountryBlues #AcousticOneTake #LoFi #noAI #IsItObviousIDontKnowWhatGenresAre
I've been writing songs since I was about eight, and have hundreds of them by now, almost three decades later. I've been doing FAWM (more or less) every year since 2006, and wrote twenty-eight songs my first year instead of fourteen.
And right now, on the cusp of my umpteenth FAWM, I have no idea how to write a song.
This is nothing new. I feel this way every time I finish a song. I feel this way at every moment when I'm not actively writing a song. And honestly, if I stopped to think about it, I would probably even feel this way WHILE I'm writing a song.
Every time, I'm starting from scratch. Every time, I'm back to square one. With every song I manage to achieve, I'm reinventing the wheel. Reinventing the will.
But where there's a will, there's a way. And somehow, the songs keep happening.
Welcome (back), friends and FAWMers!
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Messages left for you by other fawmers.
Thank you for taking the time to let me know your thoughts on my song Morse Code. Believe it or not, I barely know a single Gaga song LOL - so I'm glad that I managed to capture her vibe in my lyric.
That's great that you play the song. That means a lot to me.
Thanks for the kind words about North Fork. Much appreciated!
Audio on works for me. Please try again. If it still doesn't work I'd like to reload it. https://write.fawm.org/songs/314029
Thank you for the comment on undo/become :)
Thank you for the very kind words This Colonial Life is probably the best song I have written for years.
Hi Jinx! - I'm here now for a little bit - thanks so much for asking after me. If I had several lives, one of them would be spent in FAWM, but there we/you/I go.
Hope you had a great one!
Thanks for your comments on "You Don't Know (but I know I do)". It's always interesting to hear what catches people's minds in a song.
Hi... So when you say you still play "Cars Don't Keep," do you mean you listen to the download? Or do you mean you actually play it on guitar?
Thank you so much for listening to and commenting on my music!
And I am moar than a little bit excited to tell you 'bout my next big venture...PANTLERS! If you are a deer or an elk or have friends who are one of those critters, ya jes gotta check out PANTLERS!
Hi there - catching up here, thanks so much for stopping by "Common" and your kind comments about the flugelhorn, vocals, and lyrics 💚
Thanks for the comments on “Long, Long Time.” Really appreciate the encouragement.
Just a quick note to say I’m really enjoying following your FAWM thank you. There’s some really beautiful writes and performances here.
Thanks for the listen and comment on 'Wildcat Point'!
Thank you so much for listening to "Hollow Dreams". It makes me very happy that you listened to something out of your comfort zone. FAWM really helps in that regard 😀
Thanks for the kind words on “Curdle”!!
Ha, thanks for the comment about my songwriting books. I have this problem where if I'm out and about and I see one I like, I usually buy it, so I have all these unused notebooks lying around. And yet I still have the urge to get more. There's something promising about them, I guess.
Thank you so much for what you wrote about my song "You Want a Woman"...it really left ME speechless reading your comment. That song came together really fast and we tried hard to capture it the moment it all happened. I was worried about how out of tune our instruments sounded but uploaded it anyway. Thank you for what you said. I can tell by the other comments you are a very generous commenter and I think FAWMers like you are especially good at making people's entire day. Thank you Jinx!!
Hi Jinx, Thanks for your kind words about Where Love Goes. I just sent you a private message over on soundcloud. Cheers!
Hi Jinx, Thank you so much for your kind words on 'Behold!' That comment made my day!
Thanks so much for the very kind comment and recommendation on “I’ll Be There”! We enjoyed making the song together and are glad you enjoyed listening to it! ☺️
Oh yeah, when you said "I'm blanking on the word for what I want to say – what's it called when the music does what the words are describing?" I couldn't remember it either so I had to look it up. I think the term is "tone painting" or "text painting". I was thinking I might have overdone it--that it was a little too cute and maybe I should just save that pause for the last "For you to think twice".
Wow, I'm so flattered and encouraged by your incredibly generous comments about I Remember Too Much and Take Your Time When You're Leaving Me. Thank you for making my day. And for the honor of dropping one of mine in the Recommendation Thread. So glad you enjoyed it. I've been checking out some of your work and I'm blown away by your highly sophisticated lyric writing. It's really gratifying to have found some favor with an songcrafting artist of your caliber.
Thanks for your comment on Sleepless Nights... I'm really glad you like it.
Thank you of your thoughtful and lovely comments on The Cruelty, @jinx Very much appreciated 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet and encouraging note on "The Moon Saw Everything."
Thanks for the comment on "The Idea of Loving You", I am so glad you enjoyed it and thought so highly of it!
Thank you so much for the comment on The Sin of Empathy - I really appreciate you taking the time to listen, it means a lot to me!
thank you for the kind words on "Where Do We Go When Nowhere Feels Like Home" - I appreciate your comment a lot
Oh thanks for spotting that on second story window. I'll try and fix it when I get home.
Thanks for your comment!
Thank you for your comment on my song "It Always Comes Back" High praise! Much appreciated!
Thank you so much for the comment about my song. I feel very blessed that Beth decided to help me take my words off the paper and into that song. Again...thank you!
Moltes mercés. Estic content que t'has agradat la meva canço. Una abraçada, Berni
thanks for your comment on the city that killed me twice. it will appear on my compilation albums of fab collabs toward the end of the month which you will be able to download for free through bandcamp. for now, david and i have a 6 song ep that you can stream for free or download for 3$ here https://billwhite.bandcamp.com/album/pelicanos-ep. now i am going to check out your music.
Hello and thank you for the lovely and detailed comments on @hush. I’ll have a dive into your tunes when I get some time tomorrow 🙏🏻
Hi! Thanks for your comments on @gwynjones' and my song, Love Isn't Any Fun. It brought me here to your page, which I may have missed otherwise. I'm glad you could relate to the lyric, and appreciated Gwyn's gorgeous music! Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words on my song “Silver Lining”!!! Can’t wait to listen to your music! Happy FAWM!
Thank you for listening to my track 'Saltwater Pool' and your feedback.
if my songs can make someone feel a little of what they mean to me, I'm content. so, that. thank you so much for sharing your appreciation for 'fire and dust'
Thank you for your listening and comments on "Cancel My Subscription". I was a little worried saying all that; it's my first overtly political song. But, tis the season.
Thanks for the comment on my track, much appreciated. I have now typed up the lyrics!
Thanks stopping by my tune. We're (me and Mrs R) listening to yours now :)
I've been Jinxed and I like it. Thanks for stopping by "King of an Empty Castle" for a listen.
I don’t know what your songwriting proces is, but I write from intuition. Could it be this why you ‘start from scratch’ everytime? Maybe it is just a feeling that can come with intuitive songwriting? Or is it something else?
thanks so much for your comment on my Lost in the Sorrow song :)
Aww thanks. I would be happy to even grab something you have and put my spin on it! Maybe like an embellished cover/collab. 😁
Thank you for the comment on” FAWM Open '25” I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Hiya Jinx and glad you are still around.
thanks for your comment on my song, hope you had a good fawm no matter what you do