FAWM: Kosch (@kosch)

Kosch

@kosch

Songs

Joined

2023

Clinton, CT USA
on.soundcloud.com/SxUDg

Sometimes a musician / He/him / #folk / #rock / #singer_songwriter / #harmonica / #theremin / #guitar / #optimistic
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCFs9dmiDh9Ix4RVSpWgJlw
BandCamp:
https://kosch.bandcamp.com

Email - ShorelineMusicMonthly@gmail.com

Ready to go on the 2025 FAWN - would love to collaborate with anyone looking (which, honestly, is a thing that never would have been said pre-FAWM!
I play a fair harmonica, I've put music to another's lyrics, I've put lyrics to another's music.. hell, I'll add theremin to something, if "needed"
2/5/25 update - 4 songs in. (I'm surprised)
F_Am challenge ✅
Oracle Card ✅
Morph Challenge ✅
Postcard Challenge ✅
Digital 4 Track Challenge ✅
Cassette 4 Track Challenge ( ☑ My bit is done..en route)

2023 FAWM (my first) - 8 songs
2023 50/90 (my first) - 20 songs (2 BSC, 2 Skirmish, 1 Post Card)
2024 FAWM (my second) - 20 songs
2024 50/90 (my second) - 8 songs
2025 FAWM (my third) - ?

Songs

Even A Blind Squirrel Is Right Twice A Day by @kosch 2d #capochallenge #bluesy #malaphor

Just a Common Loon by @wacha + @kosch 3d #postcardchallenge #folk #singersongwriter

You Did Not Know Him Like I Did by @kosch 3d #murderballad #capo7 #acousticonetake

No Guarantees - (Fake It Challenge) by @kosch 4d #fakeit #acousticonetake #challenge

Rise Up by @kosch 5d #political #protest

Fly Over by @kosch 1w #hotmess #fuc #alternatetuning

Better Man by @kosch 1w #acousticonetake #acoustic #moms

Pittsburg Misses You (But Not That Much) by @kosch + @wacha 1w #postcardchallenge #acousticonetake #folky

Don't Settle by @kosch 1w #blues #harmonica #selfhelp

Blue Wailing by @russkeys +3 more 1w #digital4track #harmonica #instrumental

I Was There When It Died (Get That @#*&ing Nazi Bull@#*& Out Of My Face) by @kosch 1w #protest #angry

The Zoo (BSC) by @kosch 1w #badsongclub #truestory #blues

Don't Wait by @kosch 2w #morph #morph3

Now you're Running by @kosch 2w #acousticonetake #minorkey #dirgey

It's Really Not Complicated by @kosch 2w #oraclechallenge #garage #hardrock

I See You Walking by @kosch 3w #acousticonetake #rock

FAWM Open '25 by @kosch 3w #fam #acousticonetake #songsaboutfawm

Soundboard

@scruffyblues 2d

Thank you for your comment, I have updated the liner notes for you.

@chrismyth02 3d

Thanks for checking out Hollow Dreams I had a blast working on that one!

@wehappyfew 4d

Oh cool, I didn’t know that was a thing either! 😅

Fun challenge, I’ll get on it then. 👍

@wehappyfew 4d

Cheers for listening to my slide guitar improv and congratulations on hitting 14 tunes too! 🙌

@george 5d

Thank you for listening and commenting on "You Are The One, I Am The Other". I tried a lot of variations to set up that One/Other punchline in the chorus, so it's nice to hear that it's memorable!

@povosos 1w

Thanks for the comment :)

@nadine 1w

Thank you so much for your comment on "Hollow Dreams". I'm glad it smokes, cause I like BBQ sauce ;-) Just kidding, @chrismyth02 really killed it!

@metalfoot 1w

I wrote the song Blue immediately after my computer rebooted from the BSOD. So yeah.

@zecoopMod 1w

You did it!! 4-tracks aren't so scary. Looking forward to hearing it!

@rogerhammond 1w

Thanks for the comment on my latest ditty and nice to see you again this year. Last year was my first and I remember exchanging some listens then too. Glad to reconnect!

@johnnycashpoint 1w

Thanks for your review of 'Plastic Bags ...' To answer your question, it's a Uke through a distortion effect, and some bass. Maybe I should've said 'No six-string guitars'!

@tiller2 1w

Thanks for your sympathy on DAW paralysis. In addition, I find songwriting and getting better on guitar to be more pressing issues. Cheers

@squirrelhavenstudios 2w

Thanks for the nice comment about Sidle Up (Turn Off the Lights). Much appreciated. And you are correct, that "ba-da-ba-bip" marimba sounding thing was the organ. Good ears!

@nadine 2w

Thanks for listening to my song with the name I couldn't pronounce 😂 I'm honest with you... comments first has been a real challenge to me. Not only musically (combining the droning 5th with other harmonies, argh!), but also personal. I'm still not doing well producing electronic music. It brings bad memories. But it's been worth a try, so I will finish this song.

@nadine 2w

The first morph is always the hardest. You did a great job! I decided against changing the lyrics cause I couldn't find better words... and it's not an anti synthetic where I could just have written the opposite.

@nadine 2w

Thank you, Mark! My voice just has that strange register shift around a where it gets reaaaally dark. Happy to hear you're done with your morph - can't wait!

@metalfoot 2w

Cassette 14 is in the mail as of today. Hopefully it gets there in a couple weeks (if not quicker).

@nadine 2w

It's your turn on the morph challenge. I've wrote you a mail with everything you need. Good luck!

@zecoopMod 2w

Hey there! Can you e-mail me your address to add to the list? Alex is gonna need it to send the tape when he's ready. (zecoop at yahoo)

@songwritingzen 2w

Thank you for your kind words on "This Beautiful Mess Called Life" I really appreciate it. I also like (and look out for) the production subtleties that can really lift a song up. Thank you for noticing that in my song :)

@itoarazi 2w

Thanks for your kind comments on my Palindrome entry! Nice to see a fellow New Englander around!

@markfulwider 2w

Thank you for listening and encouraging us on “Seventeen Again”! @greengrassgirl is a truly gifted lyricist and made it easy to create with! I am now a follower and will be checking your tunes! Blessings!

@squirrelhavenstudios 2w

Thanks for the kind words about The Basement Couch. I'm a huge fan of The Band.

@hmorg 3w

Thanks for the comment on "Hot Rod Demon Soul"! Movement was exactly what I was going for. I did have another cup afterwards, however.

@greengrassgirl 3w

Thanks for the compliments on Seventeen Again, my first collab with @markfulwider. What a pleasure to work with him. Glad you enjoyed it.

@mandolinda 3w

Oh yes I did have a lovely vacation, but I am about to go shovel my driveway again this morning. We will have 2 more months of winter here.

@zecoopMod 3w

Hi there Kosch!! I suspect CT has had a similar winter to mine and I hope you are doing well! The mics for my acoustic are two pencil condensers (Audix f15), mounted at 90 degrees and pointed right at the 12th fret. One captures the neck and the other the body, then I pan the two in the mix. Pretty much my standard when the acoustic is prominent. I'll use one f15, a large diaphragm or a 57 if it is in a bigger song. :)

@jeff9 3w

Hey, thanks mucho, man, and Happy FAWMing!

@daveyboy103 3w

Thanks for the kind words on Borther, Hold On

Vocal treatment.

IZotope Nectar 3 and a IkMultimedia White 2A compressor on the vocals, plus IZotope Neoverb as a send return effect. I have a lot of plugins

@robinleaf 3w

Great! Got it! 👍🏻

@robinleaf 3w

Hiya! 👋🏻 I have added you to my spreadsheet. I'm trying to especially get everyone's email addresses because that's probably how I will send out the first message, so if you could drop me your email at some point this month, that would be much appreciated! I did get your other links. Have a great FAWM!

@nadine 3w

Welcome back! Have a great FAWM!