- Ajijic, Ja MX
She/her
This will be my fifteenth year doing FAWM (missed one when I was moving). I've no idea how this FAWM will go. I've moved to Mexico, but have just returned from a visit north of the border to spend time with my family. Just got back, so I'm starting my FAWM on Feb 23rd this year. We'll see how that goes. I'm still settling in to a very different culture, (even though I've been here a few years now, the time has gone very fast)and I’m still loving it. I came with two suitcases, which at least contained my computer and a microphone, and my little ukulele, which I still can't play well, but I love it anyway! My house is big and echoey, which will either be good or bad, and during the daytime there are the sounds of horses clip clopping on the cobblestones, dogs barking, roosters crowing, and cohetes exploding, as well as mariachi music and workmen remodeling... I expect I'll be doing a lot of late nights if I want any quiet at all ;) but, what else is new, I’ve always been a night owl! None of this has changed, lol! The internet here is abysmal, which could make skirmishes more of a challenge than they already are, but I'm counting on them to be my salvation this year with so little time left. Hey, I'm just here for the fun and inspiration!!
If you hear music in my lyrics, please check in with me. If my lyrics inspire you, yay! I love collaborations. I will need to get a copy of the music file sent to my email before it can be posted. Sometimes I like to record my own vocals, and I can’t do that without the music file. Hope that doesn't discourage anyone, but it sure makes it a lot less fun for me when I don’t get to play too. :)
Totally open to after FAWM Collabs as well!
Oh, and by the way, It's Sheila - Sheiler K Christened by East Coast friends Who can't pronounce A... (at least, when it comes at the end my name!) Somehow an R seems to slip in there uninvited ;)
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Messages left for you by other fawmers.
Thank you so much for your kind comments and thoughts on 'Celebrate'
Thank you for your comments on "Uncle Sid" - sorry to hear about your father-in-law having the same experience in the war - they went through so much stuff
Thanks for your comments some time ago on "The Last Weekend Before the End of FAWM - well I've pretty much finished and see you have as well - thanks for the virtual sympathy and being my cheerleader. What a ride my first FAWM has been!
Thank you so much for listening to "Into The Abyss" and "Fading Light". You're right, these songs are about 180° apart. And the most funny thing is that both do not represent my sweet spot in songwriting (which is alt rock / pop rock / prog rock - what I barely did this FAWM) 😂 But it was so fun to try something extreme in the one or the other way. I am happy that you enjoyed it. As for "Into The Abyss"; I'm not talking about one particular friend. It's more a combination of people who were fake, and some of them quite devastating...
Thank you for the kind comments on "Fading Light". Nadine's guitar is really something.
Glad you liked our Dragons song. And super glad you liked Queen Beaver's contribution this year. She's gone all googly eyed over this piece of rough trade... It'll end in tears!
Hey Sheila! Sorry to mislead you with Pie! Thanks for stopping by though. I'll swing by later for some listens, house cleaning day.
Thank you so much for your comment on my international zombie women anthem ! I am very happy you like it. I wrote more verses in english so your favorite verse isn't in the french version yet. But i will try to add it ! (There are common ideas in the two versions but they are a bit different)
Thank you for your kind comments and thoughts on 'Imagined Fears' It was a kind of personal write too because there are hundreds of ideas I never did pursue despite being incredibly geared up for them at the start....
Hi Sheila!! Last night I was freestyling some vocal lines one your blues song that I think are keepers, but I don't have a demo yet. I need to figure out how I'm going to play the guitar so it sounds more like blues. I may need to watch a YouTube video for some tips haha. Still, I'm aiming to have a demo for you today or tomorrow. :)
You are the sweetest! After I sleep for a day or two I'll be checking out some of your songs! Always a treat!!!
Hi Sheila, thank you for liking my song. I did unlock it so you could down load it to send to your son. I hope it helps in the healing. Best wishes. Carl
Yes, I would love to do it! It just really sings off the page.
Hi Sheila, my wife has been after me to write this song. We lost our best friend. My dog of 17 years. Its taken me a while to be able to sing it, even with a lump in my throught I got through it. Let me know what you think. Have a cleanX next to you. https://write.fawm.org/songs/317097
Hi Sheila, thanks for your kind comment on my song. Yep I can certainly hear some yelling, in my head at least for that one. Cheers Jon
Thank you, I am glad you like Road to Nowhere. I appreciate you comments.
Hi, thanks so much for your feedback on the Risk song - I've tidied the lyric and set it to music. I'm with you on the misrepresentation of wolves, and I will use a different representation if I ever use this song outside of FAWM, I admit, I was being lazy in my thinking, but I'm rushing through material at the moment 😊
Hi Sheila! Thanks for checking out my music! I don't have a sequel to that song (yet!) but I do have a new one called PANTLERS that you might enjoy!
Thanks for your (and your cat's) comment on "Laser Focus"! The habits of cats and dogs really are endearing.
I have emailed you a mp3 of Timewarp Tuesday which is ridiculously outside of what I normally do, but it was SO fun to work on. Hopefully you enjoy it if only for the novelty lol 😂
Wow thank you so much 💗 I almost trashed the idea but based on your comment glad I didn’t 😁
Hi Sheila, nice to meet you. I just finished a rough recording of my song Magic in the Mundane. No special editing and I am recovering from a bad caugh so my voice is not what I like it to be. Hope you like it. After you listen to it, listen to this song I had longer to work on it. https://write.fawm.org/songs/313841
Kudos on the Used Commodore Secret Knowledge. Re Skye, I hadn't done our homework and expected at least a short-hop car ferry, indeed was looking forward to such, being a romantic at heart (speed bonny boat and all that, even if not under sail). Finding a BRIDGE seemed a real take!!
Lovely to see you here again, Sheila! Just recently you came to mind, and I wondered how you've been doing. I kind of envy you being able to live in Mexico. Must be a gorgeous place to be.
Thanks so much for your very kind comments on 'Perchance to Dream' and 'Like Sequins to a Stripper. (-:
Brilliant you've got this far! Gogogo!
Looking forward to hearing more of your stuff this year 😄 Maybe we'll have another splendid collab like last year! I hope things have been going well for you!
Hi I have wanted to contact you since you turned up on my Celebration song and called me a diehard - loved it! Then I got into #tit4tat and was working my way towards to you, but unfortunately I was unable to complete as a health emergency has had me in hospital this last week. I wanted to comment on some of your work too, but sadly not able. Enjoyed reading your profile notes, and thank you so much for comments on some of my fledgling efforts, so encouraging :) All the very best for the rest of the year x