FAWM: Katie Dwyer (@musicbykatie)

Katie Dwyer

@musicbykatie

Songs

Joined

2009

57501 US
katiedwyer.com

she/her

I can't believe that I started fawm as a teenager and now I am 35/36 years old (mid-fawm birthday on the 13th), happily doing music and audio work year-round in my humble little home studio. It's like teen-fawmer-katie's dream come true.

I have a lot of ideas going into this challenge, and I don't exactly know what I will make.

Songs

its funny (but its not) by @musicbykatie 4d #indierock

The Quiet Fight by @coolparadisoMod + @musicbykatie 1h

rose colored glasses by @musicbykatie 4d #simple #indiepop #singersongwriter

Can't Take It Away by @musicbykatie 4d #girlwithableton #anthem #folk

idea machine by @musicbykatie 1w #slothcore #sleepypunk #phone

META (Steptide Mix) by @steptide + @musicbykatie 1w

kid, it's bittersweet by @musicbykatie 1w #pop #indiepop #electropop

song for someone else by @musicbykatie 1w

meta by @musicbykatie 2w #dark #synthpop #darkwave

Fierce Independence by @musicbykatie 2w #keyboards #sad #indiepop

Choose To Love You by @markwilder + @musicbykatie 2w #collab #indiepop #folk

All these little deeds by @musicbykatie 2w #fuc #girlwithukulele #protest

laundry & taxes by @musicbykatie 3w #rock #garageband #poppunk

Clean Start by @musicbykatie 3w #synthpop #indiepop #girl

Soundboard

@debs 2d

Katie - I would LOVE this - I admire what you do so much! My energy seriously pooped out after moving and I think all I'll be managing for the remaining time are skirmishes. But we should definitely, definitely figure out something!

@coolparadisoMod 2d

Hi Katie, I did send lyrics straight away a second time! Did you get them ok? I just saw you have a song called rose coloured glasses, must have a listen, I wrote one titled this many years ago and still a fav I still play it out regularly

@quoththellama 1w

Hey, I get it. I liked Carrie Brownstein before Portlandia. But my kid didn't like Sleater-Kinney nearly as much as he liked Little Monster Babies lol. Actually he doesn't like Sleater-Kinney at all 😂

I do hope we can agree that Juno is a timeless classic though. Otherwise we may not be able to work together anymore...

@musicsongwriter 1w

Hi Katie, I sent you my message via Bandcamp.

@musicsongwriter 1w

Hi Katie, we are paired for random collaboration round 3. Let's chat about the ideas :)

@philnorman 1w

You're mighty welcome, thanks for sharing a song that spoke to my heart as a parent. To insert a picture, put the URL on its own line. No brackets, no code, just has to be hosted somewhere.

@steptide 1w

I don't think I do have it 😬 a wav file would be sweet, but whatever is easiest for you. Steptide@gmail.com

@coolparadisoMod 2w

I did send you an email yesterday! I will send something to you shortly.

@andrewjtaylor 2w

Ooh! So good! Sounds like Anderson Paak. Love that vibe. Will defintiely be getting them. Thanks so much, Katie!

@andrewjtaylor 2w

Thanks for the drum loop info. Inspired me to actually use my SSD5 Free samples since I can't use Logic's drummer in Reaper.

@iwilleatyou 2w

Awesome! Let's do it! What email can I send a link to the song so you can check it out?

@scottsimpsonmusic 2w

Thanks for the comments on my stuff Katie! I’ve been busy, squeezing this in as I can. I’m doing it differently this year. These have been written already (have 12 in all) but I’m arranging and recording (and revising as I go). Looking forward to checking out your stuff this year!

@andrewjtaylor 2w

Ah! I thought it might have been iZotope, but assumed maybe Stutter Edit. I love the Vocoder sound. It's one of my favorites, hearing a machine sound human. Worked with VocalSynth2 a little but could never get it to do what I wanted. Will revisit! Thanks!

@wrenarcher 2w

Hi Katie! Thanks for listening to my song.
There are a couple of lines that I was hoping would help pull off the idea that it was going one direction but in fact, the narrator takes it another way.

I was really holding on to this one and felt like I couldn't focus on another song till I finally put it up here. Hopefully I can catch up in the next week. Thanks again.

@markfulwider 2w

Been enjoying your songs! Found ya on Apple Music too and listened also to “Cry Now”! Added to my library. A great tune and great production! Keep on keepin’ on!

@tan482 2w

Just been listening to your songs - beautiful stuff! It seems you have a few collabs happening so you might be too busy, but I'd love to throw my hat in the ring too if you're up for it?

@quoththellama 2w

Happy to be here! What are we collabing on? 😂

@quoththellama 2w

Hi! I logged in lol

@iwilleatyou 2w

Hey, I just listened to laundry and taxes and I have a pop rock song that I think might fit your vocal style. Would you be interested in checking it out to see if we can do a collab?

@iwilleatyou 2w

Regarding effects in Power To the People part 13, believe it or not it's just freebie VSTs for the guitar sound, one panned a bit left the other to the right. That's it. No widening plugs etc. Heck i didn't even mix the song!
Looks like I do a better mix when I don't mix.

@bradbrubaker 3w

Bwahahahahaha

@danvaillancourt 3w

Thank you Katie! I’ve always wanted to write a semi-educational FAWM-specific song. Well, F.U.C., I’ve done it now.

@orinthebard 3w

That is so sad, condolences to your toilet

@mace66 3w

Ah, I've been there, done that and bought the t-shirt on toilet unblocking.

For a while it felt like one of my kids would go through a toilet roll every time. Keep practising though, mine still do it and there in their 20s now...