FAWM: Hypnotist (@brisk)

Hypnotist

@brisk

Songs

Joined

2011

Sussex UK

Hello! Annoyingly, while the last couple of months have been very productive (I've got about thirty songs in various states of completion), I haven't actually finished any of them. I'm hoping that FAWM will get my head back on.

Songs

Prayer About You by @brisk 1d #choral #bombastic #mournful

Solo by @brisk 1d #sex #death #incestuous

Dumb Luck by @brisk 2d #guywithpianoroll #wifelydissatisfactions #tubularbellend

Bump! by @brisk 4d #newwave #angular #wordsinprogress

Just The Life by @brisk 5d #guitartoexcess #doomfulpootlings #rock

Star Signs by @brisk 6d #personwithpianoroll #crypticmutterings

Seventeen Songs by @brisk 1w #valentines #lust #pop

Young & Oceans by @brisk 1w #90srock

Parasites & Flies by @brisk 1w #slow #slightairofmenace #superficialorplainincoherentpoliticalcomment

Done With Crying by @brisk 1w #piano #endwithsomeoomph #harmony

The Tear You Can't Cry by @brisk 2w #harmony #dreampop

IDIOT STICK by @brisk 2w #90s #rocker #easytargets

Love in December by @brisk 3w

Soundboard

@sbs 5h

Thank you so much for you comment on "Going the Distance" - it's one of my favorites! I also appreciate knowing what it reminds you of. I don't watch "Twin Peaks" so I had to take a listen to the end credits song on YouTube. Yeah, I can hear it.

@greengrassgirl 5h

@brisk, your compliments on Our Own Private Love Song, just delighted me! I loved what @blainev83 did with these lyrics, and the song just keeps playing in my head. I loved your description of "this early 90s radio friend US alt-rock-pop-whatever-it-is." Couldn't have said it better! :) And yeah, that Chorus is a real earworm...Go, Blaine! His voice, his melody, his production..Love it all, and I'm glad you enjoyed it, too. Thanks.

@davidtaro 11h

Oh yes 100%. On both counts. Wanking lyrics and the fact that listening can wait - that's what the first week of March is for anyway. We are both on 13, I see. Look forward to hearing whatever pushes you over the line 🏆

@gindark 11h

Thanks for commenting on my song "Home 3" :)

@thedutchwidows 1d

You’ll be pleased to know though, that two of your hashtags are unique to you. I’ll not say which two though. Some things must remain a mystery…

@thedutchwidows 1d

That is very smisappointing smews.

@kvnwoodruff 5d

Thank you for leaving such a lovely comment on my song “out of my lane”!

@greengrassgirl 5d

Gosh, even your comments are creative! Thanks for listening to Love Isn't Any Fun, my collab with @gwynjones. He is so easy to work with. I send him a page full of words and he comes back with perfection. 😀 I enjoyed your page, too, so this works both ways.

@n24 1w

Well, definitely don't get too fixated on it, honestly I have to think very hard to give you creative feedback because I really love your tracks. Sometimes I pick out things that I think are quite small but it's the only thing I can think to say! And I don't want you to think I'm being disingenuous when I'm only giving positive feedback.

@theenglishassassin 2w

Thank you for your thoughtful comments on Everything's For Sale. I recall some time back someone else mentioning Magnetic Fields, so there is clearly some connected vibe in my sound (and that helps when trying to market for sure).
Yes, the resignation. This is probably my default way to sing anyway, but it certaining works for this subject :(

@n24 2w

Yeah you're right that does sound on point with the chords, it's possible what I'm hearing is on the second chorus and it's clashing with the guitar solo but it may also just be that it's an unique melody/chord structure and it's subverting my expectations :)

@davidtaro 2w

Thank you! They're Paul Simon chords. I am shameless. Just single chords here and there, not like a whole progression or anything. But still pretty shameless.

@richaaaay 2w

I like Tweedy’s book but I was guessing you may have been referring to David Byrne's How Music Works, just based on your description. Is that possible?

@richaaaay 2w

Your guitar work is stellar. Idiot Stick is a winner for lots of reasons. What a production too…Impressive. By any chance, do you plan one of those intricate classical sounding guitar pieces this FAWM? I’m drooling for some of that…

And the book?

@thedutchwidows 3w

Hey Brisk - good to see you hear for another whizz through February! Looking forward to what you deliver...