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- St. Paul, MN, US
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Hey, FAWM friends! I’m Alyx.
I’m a #queer, #agender / #nonbinary, #AuDHD human with an increasingly impressive beard.
I generally write folky/acoustic songs, mostly on guitar, but sometimes when I get stuck I reach for other instruments, particularly things in the mandolin family. I have quite the motley assortment to choose from here, though. I've been writing songs for over 25 years. That's wild.
All of my recordings will almost certainly be iPhone one-takes. I'd love to do some proper recording of some of my backlog someday, but FAWM for me is about getting the songs out rather than getting them polished. Occasionally in the past I've gotten excited about playing around in Garageband, though, so who knows?
I live in St. Paul, Minnesota with my husband, @fecknom, who is also a musician, and our doggo, Nova, a husky mix we adopted in August 2021. We are a houseful of #neurospicy weirdos (yes, I am including the dog in this), and I love that for us.
I'd be hard-pressed to name a single genre I don't like at least *something* from. I enjoy listening to everything from classical music to death metal.
2025 will be FAWM number eight for me! I'm in my final year in seminary currently (I am an agnostic animist, going for a Master of Arts in Leadership in Spiritual Direction...because we religiously traumatized queerdos deserve space to make meaning out of Big Life Stuff, too), so between that and full time work, there's not a lot of extra time for creativity. But since February is the official songwriting month of my year these days, I'm going to try, and I'm very much looking forward to hearing what y'all come up with, too!
FAWM 2018: 19 songs
FAWM 2019: 18 songs
FAWM 2020: 16 songs
FAWM 2021: 19 songs
FAWM 2022: 3 songs
FAWM 2023: 11 songs
FAWM 2024: 13 songs
FAWM 2025: ???
Hey, FAWM friends! I’m Alyx.
I’m a #queer, #agender / #nonbinary, #AuDHD human with an increasingly impressive beard.
I generally write folky/acoustic songs, mostly on guitar, but sometimes when I get stuck I reach for other instruments, particularly things in the mandolin family. I have quite the motley assortment to choose from here, though. I've been writing songs for over 25 years. That's wild.
All of my recordings will almost certainly be iPhone one-takes. I'd love to do some proper recording of some of my backlog someday, but FAWM for me is about getting the songs out rather than getting them polished. Occasionally in the past I've gotten excited about playing around in Garageband, though, so who knows?
I live in St. Paul, Minnesota with my husband, @fecknom, who is also a musician, and our doggo, Nova, a husky mix we adopted in August 2021. We are a houseful of #neurospicy weirdos (yes, I am including the dog in this), and I love that for us.
I'd be hard-pressed to name a single genre I don't like at least *something* from. I enjoy listening to everything from classical music to death metal.
2025 will be FAWM number eight for me! I'm in my final year in seminary currently (I am an agnostic animist, going for a Master of Arts in Leadership in Spiritual Direction...because we religiously traumatized queerdos deserve space to make meaning out of Big Life Stuff, too), so between that and full time work, there's not a lot of extra time for creativity. But since February is the official songwriting month of my year these days, I'm going to try, and I'm very much looking forward to hearing what y'all come up with, too!
FAWM 2018: 19 songs
FAWM 2019: 18 songs
FAWM 2020: 16 songs
FAWM 2021: 19 songs
FAWM 2022: 3 songs
FAWM 2023: 11 songs
FAWM 2024: 13 songs
FAWM 2025: ???
Songs
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Cheers for your comment on "The Castle of Pain"! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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Thank you for all of your kind comments.
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Thanks for your comments on “Give no Quarter”. “Menacing” is our common middle name which brought this collab forward 😎😀😱
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Tryin' my best to be some kind of ally for the homies! :)
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Haha thank you Alyx! It made me giggle too, had to keep it 😁
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thank you so much for the comment on "The Fledgling" - it really really means a lot to me, thank you for the words and thank YOU for being here too. :-)
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Thank you so much for your comment on "What Will Stay."
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Thanks for your comments, and your presence on this site. You make it a better place.
Also, I am very likely returning to Minnesota in fall of 2025 for school. I seem to also be on a path towards queering the concepts of ministry and chaplaincy and spiritual care. I wonder if you'd want to drink tea and chat about those topics sometime.
Also, I am very likely returning to Minnesota in fall of 2025 for school. I seem to also be on a path towards queering the concepts of ministry and chaplaincy and spiritual care. I wonder if you'd want to drink tea and chat about those topics sometime.
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Thanks for the comment. I did not expect to write any songs I really like this month, but this one might be a keeper. It's hard to tell tho. I have song overload reminds me of shopping for clothes in the sales (which I don't do).
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Hi, thank you so much for the recommendations mention!!
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We all deserve so many little treats if that is what will get us through ;-;
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Thanks! That one's definitely a keeper!
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Hey you! Thanks for giving my jazzy skirmish blues song a listen. I can't believe I actually pulled it off. Of course working from home helps but working from home took about 15min of the hour long skirmish away! Arrgh.
Anyway thanks for listening I really appreciate your continued encouragement Alyx. Thank you. ☺️
Anyway thanks for listening I really appreciate your continued encouragement Alyx. Thank you. ☺️
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Wow -- that's a lot of songs! I'm behind in listening! Hoping to catch up soon (and I appreciate your supportive comments on mine.)
Hey Alyx! Thanks for listening to my song and the comment on that one line that goes:
🎶I’m ready to commit
Arson on our friendship🎶
I was quite proud of that one and hoped it came across as the narrator was ready to commit to the relationship but then the word "arson" came as surprise.
Thanks again. Muah!
🎶I’m ready to commit
Arson on our friendship🎶
I was quite proud of that one and hoped it came across as the narrator was ready to commit to the relationship but then the word "arson" came as surprise.
Thanks again. Muah!
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You are so welcome. <3
Thanks for your comment on "Come At Me Strange." And I've seen a couple people namedrop Butler in posts on FAWM this year, which I'm glad about. Her work is so amazing -- and so right for these times (unfortunately, in some ways).
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Hi Alyxander, I'll send you the prompt when I'm home after work.
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Thank you for your comment on "I Can See You Now", we tried to capture all those little random details you remember when someone's gone. Appreciated your words. 🌸
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Thanks so much for your comment on 14 and 40!! I love the contrast of our two songs haha 💜
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Thanks for checking out "Falling Off the World"! I haven't written lyrics or used my voice in a while, but it feels like a strong start. 🤓
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Aw, shucks! I've been working really hard at feeling more confident and getting better at recording harmony, so your comment is a huge boost!
Happy to see you here! Have a great FAWM!!
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Hey great to see you again! Good luck this year!
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Hey!! Glad to see you too
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Yay! It's good to know other animists! 💚
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Thanks for the welcome back, friend. ^_^
Wishing you an amazing FAWM, and very excited to see what you write!
Wishing you an amazing FAWM, and very excited to see what you write!
Hey Alyx!! Great to see you back too! I didn’t realize we joined the same year!
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HIYA! Good to see you back, have a great FAWM
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Looking forward to hearing more of your stuff!
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good to see you and your very impressive beard!
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Good to see you here again! Your beard grows more impressive every year. Please give some ear-scritches to Nova for me 💚
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Alyx, you beautiful human, thanks for being the first to welcome me this year, I think it means it's gonna be a blast, despite what the world has been throwing at our faces. let's make some musiiiiiic!!!
I will try to have a presence this FAWM. Very glad to see you back, my friend 💓
Warm greetings! You sound BUSY but I hope I get to hear your sounds this year <3
Good to see you back again! I hope you have a great FAWM!
Are you going to have any beard songs? I'm of the opinion that if a person loves their beard, they should have at least a few beard songs in their repertoire.
Are you going to have any beard songs? I'm of the opinion that if a person loves their beard, they should have at least a few beard songs in their repertoire.
Hi! So good to see you too! Cheers to another year🌟
Hey Alyx! It's time for the gathering! You gonna be here this year?
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Despite my voice starting to give out on me during recording (i wonder if a different key would have helped) I really like how this turned out. This one is a keeper for me. Thanks so much for listening and your encouragement throughout the years.