FAWM: Beto Dealmeida (@beto)

Beto Dealmeida

@betoMod

Songs

Joined

2016

Key Biscayne, FL
thefishermenandthepriestess.com

I'm using #cassette tapes and mostly portable instruments to write hopeful soundscapes — from #ambient to #postrock. Though sometimes I express my disappointment with the status quo via #punk songs.

Preferred #pronouns are they/them, but he/him is also fine. I'm a #queer #immigrant from #LatinAmerica 🇧🇷. My songs with lyrics will probably be explicitly #political (all songs are political, even love songs, but some are more explicit).

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Since 2022 I've also been a FAWM pixie! 🧚🏽‍♀️

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This will be my catch-up FAWM, making songs from unfinished or unstarted collabs:

▢ Collab with @moggzy
▢ Another collab with @moggzy
▣ Collab with @wobbiewobbit
☒ Collab with @beacon
☒ And another collab with @moggzy
☒ Yet another collab with @moggzy
☒ Collab with @atam94
☒ #4track #cassette tape 2 (5090 2024)
☒ #4track #cassette tape 4 (5090 2024, now tape 6)
☒ #4track #cassette tape 7 (5090 2024, now tape 5)
☒ #4track #cassette tape 3a (5090 2024)
☒ #4track #cassette tape 3b (5090 2024)
☒ #PostcardChallenge with @florian
☒ #PostcardChallenge with @erbaer
☒ #PostcardChallenge with @donna
☒ Metamorphosis with @nancyrost and @lindsaymachine

Also new collabs and fun challenges:

▢ The #PostcardChallenge with @longbat
▢ #RandomCollaboration with @motorcitymusicman
▢ The #CommentsFirst challenge
▢ Song with children instruments
▢ Traveling cassette
▣ The #ABCDEFG challenge with @gabrielmarcondes
▣ Collab with @cairobraga
☒ Song about mental health
☒ The #WeirdoExperimentalCorpse challenge
☒ #4track #cassette tape 4 (sync)
☒ The #nonet challenge
☒ #4track #cassette tape 17
☒ The #PromptChain challenge
☒ Collab with @johnkaniecki #fuc #alternatetuning

Probably not going to do:

▢ Collab with @burr from our hack-a-thon in Seattle
▢ The #PostcardChallenge with SBR
▢ Song with co-workers
▢ Song with childhood friends

▢ Not started
▣ Started
☒ Done

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Songs

Daniel by @betoMod 17h #onetake #4track

We've Become Disconnected by @betoMod + @beacon 20h #inthestyleof #80s #synthpop

Washed Ashore by @atam94 + @betoMod 1d #soundscape #fuzz

Just Plain Weird (A Weirdo Experimental Corpse) by @mal +4 more 2d

◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ Quitter by @whispermouse +4 more 2d #fourtrack #4track #analog

◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ the fabric of everyday life by @burrMod +4 more 3d #cassette #4track #collab

When I was by @longbat + @betoMod 1w #wheniwasskirmish #postcardchallenge #alfernatetuning

Metamorphosis Group 8 by @betoMod +2 more 1w #metamorphosischallenge #drunkkaraoke

The owl song by @betoMod 1w #promptchain

I love you by @betoMod +4 more 1w #fourtrack #cassette

A Deus, que me tem por bem esperar by @betoMod + @donna 1w #postcardchallenge #uke #porta02

WRI (Wave Resonance Inducer) by @betoMod + @florian 1w #postcardchallenge #ambient #experimental

Rainfall over my cello by @betoMod + @erbaer 1w #postcardchallenge #instrumental #generative

Samba do Olhar by @betoMod +4 more 1w #fourtrack #cassette #samba

Two Plus Two Equals Five by @betoMod + @johnkaniecki 3w #fuc #alternatetuning

A #CommentsFirst song by @betoMod 3w #commentsfirst

Soundboard

@wehappyfew 20h

Hey @beto really glad you like my recent tape collaboration and looking forward to hearing how ours turn out! Have we got two on the go this year? Thanks 🙏 🙌

@beacon 1d

Just sent you the files for our collab. I think it's going to be awesome. Let me know if you have problems getting the files. You can text me also.

@beacon 1d

I'm working on our collab. Hoping to get you files tonight!

@cairobraga 3d

e eu finalmente respondi! 💚

@nancyrostMod 1w

@briggs 1w

Thanks, Beto, for your kind words on my tunes. I really appreciate the feedback. I’ve been enjoying your songs as well - so creative!

@donna 1w

Beto, I know! I had to chuckle to myself as I was writing the reminder. (-:

@donna 1w

Beto, just a reminder that if you wish to respond to someone's comment on a collaboration, you need to do that in the commenter's thread, otherwise they'll never see your response. ;)

@danielsenie 1w

It was great to meet you at LunaStar last year when we played there. We were there again back in late January, then played the South Florida Folk Festival. Hope to connect next winter.

@atam94 1w

thank you for the kind words on "Aspiration" - really glad you got a chance to listen and enjoy it!

@mandolinda 1w

Thanks for the comments on my comments first song. It was a challenge to put t he requests together. I did put a track of swearing in, but it is very low volume. It was fun to make, and a good learning curve for me.

@peccary 1w

On my walk to work this morning I was listening to the newest Tape-Op Podcast. It's an interview with Esperanza Spalding about her work with Milton Nascimento. I hadn't heard of him before that podcast, but thought it was quite a coincidence that I listened to that this morning after hearing you sing in Portuguese. Here's the link if you want to check it out: https://tapeop.com/podcast/episode-101-esperanza-spalding

And thank you for the collaboration - doing these tapes really makes my year.

@safred 1w

Thanks so much for the feedback on my piece :)

@cairobraga 2w

amaria fazer uma collab contigo, Beto querido. 😁 💚 bora!

@johnkaniecki 2w

Can you please send me an email? johnkaniecki@aol.com My Yahoo is acting up

@tcelliott 2w

Also, how can I give you a perfectly impossible suggestion on your comments first song if you shut it down after a mere five (5) suggestions? Sheesh. (Just kidding. Don't break your brain and be sensible. Not sure what that's like, but I hear it's a good idea.)

@tcelliott 2w

My #commentsfirst song is up. Thanks for your input:
https://write.fawm.org/songs/303869

@cbmagic 2w

Thank you, I am happy that you liked my symphony, this is the first on that I have written, composed, played, edited. I appreciate you comments.

@cathreu 2w

Hey @beto! Good to see you here, and thanks for all you do for the creative community! This FAWM stuff is so much fun

@atam94 2w

thank you for the kind words on "Anomaly" Beto - I appreciate it so much

@fearlessflight2014 2w

Thank you for your nice words about my comments first song. That was really challenging. Though I might put my hand up for another one. It was also fun!!

@emmyhush 2w

I know! It’s funny. I wrote the little song about him, but only realised his is the only palindromic name in our home once I had actually finished!! I did pick that name because of its symmetry though. All those years ago!

@wizardofarc 2w

Thank you for commenting on my tune.

@katestantonsings 2w

Puns? "A chord progression on the chorus is the same on as the verse, but reversed" -- yesss!! Thanks Beto. Creative & inspiring. I'll be sure to share.

@wobbiewobbit 3w

thanks Beto! :)

@motorcitymusicman 3w

Hi! I just finished a second set of lyrics, which could be our collab if you like them. Usually I e-mail lyrics to collaborators but my computer blows up every time I click the e-mail link above for some reason. If you send me an e-mail from the link in my profile I can reply with the lyrics. Or if you prefer, I can just post them to my page as a completed, lyrics-only song and you can let me know if they work for you. Just let me know the best way to proceed. Thanks.

@littlespiral 3w

Beto!! So good to see you! I'm selfishly sad you're all the way in Florida now but it's so good to see all the amazing work you're doing for all FAWMers. Can't wait to listen to your songs!

@sarahk 3w

Hi Beto! Looking forward to seeing you around here. Happy FAWM! Keep being an excellent human💚

@torsten 3w

He Beto! Thanks a lot! I send you an email regarding the faircamp embeds. =)

@motorcitymusicman 3w

Hi! Looking forward to collaborating with you. I tried to click your e-mail link but couldn't get it to work. Please let me know if you have any ideas on a musical style or topic for the lyrics, or just generally how you like to proceed. I'm quite flexible.

@nadine 3w

Sounds like a good idea! Someday soon I want to join the postcard challenge, too! Next year maybe?

@atam94 3w

Beto, thank you for the super kind words on "Stand Out" - i'm really glad you enjoyed it :)

@nadine 3w

Thanks for your comment on "Into The Abyss". I like the draft and really hope that a band will pick it up. My guitar skills are pretty limited, i can't do 120+ BPM and not even mix palm mutes with cleans. Who knows how many years it will take 😅

Wow, you have many challenges on your plate :O

@dreamscuba 3w

Nice cover art! Love it.
Wonderful to catch up with you the other day.

@beej 3w

I have no idea what Dorian is… this should be amusing

@wobbiewobbit 3w

BETO! i haven't said hi over here! Happy FAWM!

@billwhite51 3w

Hi Beto. I have missed hearing your music these past moths and am looking forward to experienving the clean up and coompletion of your many unfinished projects, as well as the possibility of some new ones. i wish my tascam still worked. love those 4 track cassette recodings.

@jacobeverettwallace 3w

Happy FAWMing Beto! Thanks for all you do here. :)

@matthewsanford 3w

Beto! Thanks for the follow! And Jackie? I mean... well, all 5 are so fab! I miss Bobbie but Jeremiah has something to him, that elf! But JVN? I mean, deep feels! Then again, people of the LGBT vein in my experience are the nicest (and very wicked if you push them!) people, I could say true followers of Jesus's after dinner mint advice to just love everyone, well, he warned about all those false prophets we see too though didn't he? Sorry, going on and on, and I love you for all you do her and elsewhere too cause I can just tell, you are a fantastic one! Alright, 17 hours and 18 minutes to go...

@ampersandman 3w

Cheers Beto! Happy FAWM 25! I fully appreciate your hobby of punching Nazis, and it seems here in Germany it's time to start this too ... 😀

@scottlake 3w

The first one I tried - I can't figure out the link to the .mp3

@scottlake 3w

Do you have a recommended funkwhale now that yours is down?

@scottlake 3w

Beto what is your funkwhale called?

@andygetch 3w

yup 😀

@tamsnumber4 3w

Happy FAWMing!!

@cloudboy 3w

Beto! Here's to 2025 fawming!

@cairobraga 3w

queridíssimo!!! bora nóis aqui traveiz? 💚

@andygetch 3w

I'm looking forward to checking all of the boxes this year.

@zecoopMod 3w

I now have the tape list in the shared Google doc as well. This saved us a few times in the past. :)

@odetocollaboration 3w

Good to see you again!

@max 3w

Thank you Beto for everything you do for FAWM. Have a great FAWM25.

@nadine 3w

Thank you! I was able to size down my pile a bit. I'm working on "only" 12 songs at the moment, but most of them are waiting for stems. I need FAWM as creative outlet, but I will limit myself to a few challenges and collabs with 1-2 people only. Who knows what happens?

@boz 3w

For the February songs it’s the 414 cassette exclusively!!!!

@chill4matt 3w

Hello Beto! Glad to see you again. FAWM on!!

@nadine 3w

Oi! Welcome back, Beto! I wish you a happy and fulfilling FAWM.

@charliecheney 3w

Beto! Beto! Beto! Yaaaaaay. Let's goooooooo. Yay FAWM. Yay you. Thanks for being awesome. ❤️👑🦄🌶️🐓🫐🧀🐐🏇🎙️

@katestantonsings 3w

I hope you have a lovely FAWM, Beto!!

@torsten 3w

Hey Beto, for research resons I created a friendica account that mirrors all posts from fawm@lemmy.studio (I hope that's okay, otherwise I can delete it. It's this one: fawmlemmymirror@anonsys.net). I included this friendica account into the wall, and hope, once it fetches the posts from fawm@lemmy.studio it will make them appear on the wall. =)

@jinx 3w

Heya Beto, happy FAWM!

@ericalbert 3w

Great to have you here! I'd love to do another collaboration of some different kind. Let me know if you've got the time and inclination. Have a great FAWM!

@atam94 3w

Happy FAWM Beto!!

@reinderd 3w

Beto!

@mikeskliar 3w

hey, great work, and great as always to see ya here!

@mikegtz 3w

Hi Beto and welcome back!

@phylo 3w

Hello Beto! Looking forward to your eclecticness!

@guatecoop 3w

Hello!! It’s been too long and it’s very nice to see you again. Hopefully we can catch up soon. I have tons of synch-able synths now….are we going to do another synch tape? I hope so. Well, we will be talking I’m sure….

@beacon 3w

Great to be here with you. I hope we can finally make a collab happen!