FAWM: Brandon Brooks (@knobbyneggins815)

Brandon Brooks

@knobbyneggins815

Songs

Joined

2024

Ontario, Canada
antiexit.bandcamp.com

Singer/Songwriter from Ontario. Primarily a vocalist and writer, though I plink at piano and dabble in DAW's.

Excited for my 2nd FAWM! After an exhausting and incredibly rewarding 1st FAWM last year, I fell back in love with writing and decided to work on a trilogy of albums through last 50/90 and this FAWM.

My work in the past was almost entirely through the veil of concept albums. I consider myself a writer first before songwriting, so it was easy to hide behind fiction when trying to "Be Real" was so intimidating. FAWM pulled me out a bad block and a depressive spell and taught me to trust my gut, go with my instincts, and move on without all of that wonderful second-guessing and self-doubt that us creatives love to get caught up in.

Through 50/90 I developed the idea of the trilogy and wrote and released the first two parts, inspired by the passage of time and seasons.

The 1st album, Memory Ln., is about the hazy warmth and safety of Nostalgia. It's upbeat, but also full of longing and a sadness that hangs in the background. It's about the lost summers and the memories that keep you going or hold you back. It is intentionally vague in portions, because that's how memory can be.

The 2nd, The Quiet Drive Forward & The Quiet Drive Back, is a Fall album about a very specific time of my life filled with that cooling, quiet anger that comes with Regret.

The project for this FAWM is about Loss, in all forms, and is a Winter album to match this wonderful February drudgery, so if I bum y'all out, I apologize beforehand.

I'm excited to finally finish this project that's been in my head for the last year. Thank you for listening if you do.

Here is my album from last FAWM:
https://antiexit.bandcamp.com/album/insomniac

Here are the two albums I wrote for 50/90:
https://antiexit.bandcamp.com/album/memory-ln-short-stories-i

https://antiexit.bandcamp.com/album/one-step-forward-the-quiet-drive-back-short-stories-ii

Songs

01. days \\ darker by @knobbyneggins815 3w #indie #singer #singersongwriter

13. Valtias by @knobbyneggins815 7h #baroque #indierock #grief

12. The Faces I've Seen by @knobbyneggins815 1d #memory #positiveish #indie

11. Daylight by @knobbyneggins815 3d #grief #loss #guywithpiano

10. Little Oblivion (A Quiet Death) by @knobbyneggins815 5d #indie #dark

09. Nobody by @knobbyneggins815 6d #guywithpiano #ballad #grief

Empty Nest by @knobbyneggins815 6d #indiehiphop #dud #firstrottenfruits

8. short stories II by @knobbyneggins815 6d #gimmicks #experimental #ifyoulistentothiatrackpleasereadthelinernotescuzitmakesnosensewithoutit

07. Cancer Moon by @knobbyneggins815 1w #valentines #lovesong #poprock

06. You Can't Take A Picture Of This (It's Already Gone) by @knobbyneggins815 1w #sixfeetunder #indierock #nostalgia

05. Winter's Breath by @knobbyneggins815 +2 more 2w #ambient #loss #winter

04. Your Mama Danced The Night Away by @knobbyneggins815 2w #guywithpiano #grief #loss

03. House On The Hill by @knobbyneggins815 2w #nostalgia #indie #guywithpiano

02. Folktale by @knobbyneggins815 3w #ukulele #folkpop #indiefolk

Soundboard

@chrisra 1d

thank you for liistening.and comment...made my day...you crackin on great

@theenglishassassin 1d

Hey, Brandon.
That's what I'm here for. To make nuclear destruction danceable 😂 - Glad you liked, Duck and Cover.

@tezzin 4d

Thanks for the feedback on "Waiting"!

@faders 5d

Hey! thanks for all the listening time you spent on my profile, I appreciate your comments and valuable descriptions a lot. Super helpful!

@doug52 2w

Hello, Brandon. Thank you for stopping by for "In Its Time" I am always happy to see a comment. 😀

@howthenightcame 2w

hello again brandon,

nice to see you again. after last year's FAWM i listened to all your FAWM tracks on soundcloud and left a few comments - i hope they made sense, LOL.

anyway, thank you for your recent kind comments and support. my music has very little appeal, sot it's always cool to find an appreciative listener such as yourself...

((oh, and that you got the silent hill vibes made me extremely happy - akira yamaoka is my hero))

@hyssop 2w

Thank you so much for all your kind words and encouragement! It means a lot to me! For the ambient "depth" there's a few things I tend to do. For "Stars" specifically I just put the "cathedral" reverb directly on the tracks (I do this a lottt, usually between 5-50% wet depending on what I'm going for). Other things I've found helpful for depth in ambient is using some sort of foundation like a drone or noise sample, dabbling with the widener on the utility function, stacking a bunch of effects, running certain tracks through paulxstretch, using non-music "textures", and track panning. I also tend to mess with settings if I'm using a stock sound. I hope some of this might be helpful!

I've been loving what you've posted so far! Its supposed to be really bleak weather wise next week and I'm kinda excited for it cause certain music just hits harder (yours included!) Your production is amazing as always, it blows me away how finished your songs sound! Really impressive especially on the FAWM timeline. Maybe sometime we could get together and swap Ableton ideas? Let me know! I hope you're doing well & I'm excited to hear what you've been cooking up!

@alanonymous 2w

Waking up to your comments made my day, I feel very seen and the bands you mentioned are all very important and influential to me. I hold your words dear and I appreciate your thoughtful listening!

@theenglishassassin 2w

Thank you for taking a listen to The Cruelty and your very kind words. Hoping I can find inspiration that isn't always Trump-focussed, but I suppose I should just accept whatever comes along :)

@theenglishassassin 2w

Thanks for your thoughtful comments on Drawn Onward (or should I just call it, Fuck If I Know?)
It was fun to do and very liberating to sing :)
Cheers!

@frozenlonesome 2w

Thanks for your message on Sell The Difference. Hoping I can pull it off this year.

@musicbykatie 2w

I felt congested and didn't want to wake my family by singing loudly this morning this morning on 'Fierce Independence' so I really really appreciated you kind comment on that one. I was under a time crunch and thought "eff it, I can delete it later or replace the demo if I want" but I think I will leave it as the simple groggy thing it is.

@kembole 2w

Not quessing out of context, on the contrary. Ukulele is usually the first sign of a _that FAWMer_ that tries to get 17 songs out in the first day just to impress with numbers. But it's all about the happy accidents, make them feel even more special.

@billgcaldwell 2w

Thanks for your comment on "Empty Chair". It was much appreciated.

@johnnyjustice 2w

Thanks for the comment, fellow Castlevania fan!

@nicooolegrace 2w

hi there!! thanks for the sweet comments on my tunes—loving the tracks you've shared so far and look forward to keeping up with you thru out the month ᵔᴥᵔ

@debs 2w

AND you're in Ontario like me? Well hello new friend.

@dhiatt 3w

Thank you for the comments! I'm looking forward to your next track!

@gobbag 3w

Thanks for your comments on my track!

@thwingbill 3w

Thanks for your welcome and kind words on my song Resurrection. I'm actually not a FAWling this is
#4 for me. Listened to some of your Soundcloud stuff. LIKE! Live out in Alberta and BC for 12 years so I' got a wee bit of Canada in me

@nathansurles 3w

Hi Brandon, thanks for your comment on my bigger fish song. I’m intrigued by your bio of concept albums and look forward to hearing what you write this year.

@hyssop 3w

Hi!! Thank you, and same to you! Rlly looking forward to hearing what you come up with this year!