5090 by FAWM: Griff (@dr

Griff

@dr_griff

Songs

Joined

2024

Los Angeles area, SoCal
drgriff.bandcamp.com

New-ish filker. No albums yet, but since last FAWM I've written about 30-odd (sometimes VERY odd) songs, most of them originals. Stephen King is my main fandom! (I also dabble in Star Wars, at least so far.)

You can call me Griff. If I've followed you, we probably met through FotLR 20, 21, or 22 this past year.

50/90 goals this year: 20 new Stephen King songs, 25 new funny/silly songs (because I tend toward ose and I need to fix that). I doubt these 45 songs will overlap at all, but you never know...

I'm on #filkhaven Discord as Griff (Discord: blankslate_12815).

(I used DrBlankslate as my name when I first started on FAWM.)

#teamexecutivedysfunction #filk #folk #singersongwriter

Songs

Whenever You're Ready by @dr_griff 8w #thegoodplace #filk

Cliché by @dr_griff 2d

Puppy-Dog Eyes by @dr_griff 5d #blues #lyricsonly #filk

I Wish You Rain by @dr_griff 1w

Send Her Back by @dr_griff 1w #stephenking #filk

Talking With the Muse by @dr_griff 2w #filk #themuse

Leto's Oath by @dr_griff 2w #dune #scifi #filk

Nobody Knows by @dr_griff 2w #silly #funny #filk

Four Chords and a Lie by @dr_griff 2w #folk #singersongwriter

Reach Out and Take It by @dr_griff 3w #responsesong #weeklychallenge

The Mist by @dr_griff 3w #stephenking #horror #skirmish

Time Was by @dr_griff 4w #folk #dystopian #apocalypse

The Road to Neverwhere by @dr_griff 4w #folk #fantasy #children

Enchantment by @dr_griff 4w #badsongclub #folk #acousticonetake

Gone in the Fire by @dr_griff 5w #skirmish #folk #singersongwriter

Buzz Off, Bambadjan! by @dr_griff 5w #thegoodplace #filk

Getting Good With Good Enough by @dr_griff 6w #filk #onetake #skirmish

The Fiery River by @dr_griff 6w #stephenking #filk

The Very Good Boys by @dr_griff + @joe_addams 6w #stephenking #filk #melancholy

A New and Better When by @dr_griff 7w #political #folk

And No Good Thing Ever Really Dies by @dr_griff 7w #stephenking #folk #filk

When the Songs Are Writing You by @dr_griff 7w #meta #filk

You Weren't Around Back Then by @dr_griff + @joe_addams 7w #vampires #filk

Goonies Never Say Die by @dr_griff 7w #genx #goonies #folk

A Love That Could Not Be by @dr_griff + @joe_addams 7w #filk #folk

Motorvate Me by @dr_griff 7w #horror #stephenking #filk

Just My Mind and Me by @dr_griff 8w #filk #singersongwriter

I'll Find a Way by @dr_griff 8w #filk #fantasy

Cry Me a River by @dr_griff 9w

We'll Keep Singing by @dr_griff 9w #folk #protest

Hollywood Science by @robotkitten + @dr_griff 9w #nsfw

After the Walk by @dr_griff 9w #stephenking #horror #folk

The Lucky Ticket-Holder by @dr_griff 9w #stephenking #cheeriose #horror

The Stabby Shanty by @dr_griff 10w #shanty #scifi #silly

Join Us In the Gutter by @dr_griff 10w #funny #silly #nsfw

Damn You, Autocorrect! by @dr_griff 10w #humor #silly #funny

Fictional Adult by @dr_griff 10w #teamexecutivedysfunction #adulting #humor

Hollywood Science by @dr_griff 10w #prompt #needsvocals #needscollab

River Crossing by @dr_griff 10w #stephenking #darktower

Welcome to the Good Place! by @dr_griff 10w #thegoodplace #humor #silly

It's Hard to Start a Fire in the Rain by @dr_griff + @stephenwordsmith 10w

What Else Could I Do? by @dr_griff 10w #stephenking #darktower #filk

Pithy-Sounding Sayings by @dr_griff 10w #idiom

My Filk Repertoire by @dr_griff 10w #parody #silly #filk

Cassandra by @dr_griff 11w #cassandra #science #filk

Soundboard

@jtsteam 3d

I was sitting in bed about to go to sleep, but I thought it more useful and more likely to be seen if I commented here! I'd probably have tried to sing something myself if it hadn't been late on a schoolnight.

@helenseviltwinMod 5d

Yep. Been waiting until I did my version to listen and it'll take me a few days to get through them all, I think 😀

@newukenewyork 2w

Thanks so much for commenting on "This Heart" -- I appreciate your thoughts!

@greengrassgirl 3w

Thanks for clarifying that The Mist was a Stephen King story you were telling. I do read a lot of Stephen King, and I guess I missed that one. (I still like your song!) 😀

@cindyrella 3w

Thanks for your comments on my lyric! I hope I get music like that for it.

@rocketgrrrl 4w

Thank you for the comment on "Fall of the Phoenix." I'm glad the melodic shape worked as intended. It's always fun when I can work a story into that.

@musicsongwriter 6w

You are very welcome. Thank you for your inspiring prompts and support.

@cbmagic 6w

Thank you for your kind words.

@newukenewyork 7w

Thanks so much for the comment on "Peter, Sew Your Shadow On" -- I also want to explore the light/dark binary. Why is light so often seen as good and dark bad? Could our shadow self be free in a different way? When is dark beautiful and just what we need? :)

@cts 7w

I honestly don’t know why I typed uke. I listened again and I can hear it’s a guitar. Thanks for the clarification, though. Who knows - maybe I’m beginning to go slightly mad.

@jtsteam 8w

Thanks for the comment! I deliberately wrote it for the contest :). I doubt I'll come up with anything I'd rather submit. But there is time I suppose...

@wylddandelyon 8w

Re: Concealing the origins of a song--that's totally up to you. There's pros and cons to doing that, not least of which is that acknowledging a song is an homage to someone else's work can point interested people toward listening/watching/reading that other work. However, I wanted to say that I think this song is strong enough to stand on its own, without any explanation or reference, which is amazing because a lot of homages to other people's work do need people to understand at least a little about that work to be understandable or to be properly appreciated.

@joeycyclone 9w

Thanks for the listen and comment on Hollywood Science, glad you enjoyed it

@slusk 9w

Thanks for your comments on “1981”. I guess time distorts one’s perspective and I’m not sure the world as a whole was better but for those of us who were young-ish it sure felt better.

@billwhite51 10w

thanks for your comments on the wordsmith collab. i was surprised that nobody else went to the obvious minor for the repeat of "in the rain"

@jeff9 10w

Thank you, Griff, for the very kind comments about Names On a Wall. I think @greengirl really captured something there that still can resonate today and even with folks like you who were born later, but still experience the heartbreaking echoes of that war as a slice of history and its imprint on society.

@stephenwordsmith 10w

I smiled out loud when you referred to it as a 'project'. I suppose it is, but it's one that evolved entirely organically. I was just trying to clear the cobwebs from my head.

Now we're here, I am genuinely amazed at how genre diverse all the different versions are. And how *good*.

@greengrassgirl 10w

Hi, Griff. I'm very happy that you enjoyed Names On A Wall. Thank you. It's interesting that you were only 3 yrs old during this time. It happened in a very pivotal time in my life when my friends were being drafted and put in mortal danger and there were angry protests everywhere, it seems. I'm glad the song made some of that more real for you, and that you took the time to let us know.

@newukenewyork 10w

Thanks for popping by "Satan, No!"

@newukenewyork 10w

Thanks for your comment on my run at "It's Hard to Start a Fire in the Rain"— I hope we get more and more versions!

@musicsongwriter 10w

Thank you for your support. I appreciate it. I'm glad my piece could help you feel better.

@hyssop 10w

Thank you so much for your kind comment on "Wash Me Clean"! Paranormal fiction is awesome!

@dr_griff 11w

@jibbidy34 - The comment was well-deserved! Your song is about a universal emotion, and it was a perfect start to my morning. Keep up the great work! (Nice to meet you too - you've got a follower now, because I want to hear more!)