FAWM: Orin the Bard (@orinthebard)

Orin the Bard

@orinthebard

Songs

Joined

2009

Ohio US
linktr.ee/orinthebard

Orin, he/they 🌲

I am a strange little gremlin who plunks tunes outside my forest hut. 🎸🪗🪕🎺

I don't know if I'll get much done this February, but I'm glad to be back with my FAWM friends in 2025 😤💓

(formerly Audita Sum)
(formerly Kathryn Hoss)
(formerly Ryn in the Stars)

I never use generative AI in my songs-- the one time I did for a challenge last year, the song was terrible 🤣 I much prefer a human lyricist, though I understand why people use it to spark ideas.

Songs

F*-* this Noise by @orinthebard 1w #logicdrummer #spokenword

Good Vibes Only by @orinthebard 2w #latecapitalism #ukulele #acousticonetake

Never Aphrodite by @orinthebard 3w #oraclechallenge #trans #acousticonetake

I-79 by @orinthebard 3w #countryfolk #baritoneukulele #banjolele

Prepost'rously! by @orinthebard 3w #skirmish #abcdefg #bardic

NEW - The Hole by @orinthebard 3w #commentsfirst #accordion #banjolele

Invocation to Myself by @orinthebard 3w #firstfruits #acapella

Soundboard

@quadrivium 1w

Thank you for the three story telling cards!

@leslie333 1w

Thanks for the storytelling card!

@alyxanderjames 1w

All the little treats 💜

@jinx 2w

Hey, I meant to say this earlier, but thank you so much for recommending my song "I Miss You Badly"! I'm so glad it connected with you ❤️

@jorh 2w

Yeah sounds good to me, and happy for you to make changes.

Look forward to hearing what you do with it :)

@newukenewyork 2w

Thanks so much for your comment on "Cold a Long TIme." Yes, those are all ideas swirling around in there. Glad you could "hear" them.

@jorh 2w

Hey,

Liz is happy for you to set 'Friends' to music so if you still fancy it I'd love to hear you set it to music - an acoustic picking vibe sounds perfect to me :) Also I'm not precious about you making tweaks to the lyric so it flows better - whatever you think works

@apersonnamedrose 3w

thank you for the words!! the queer indie film part is an insane compliment, i've always wanted to get into filmmaking with old stuff (there's something about analog media that really speaks to me) but i've just never gotten around to it. my girlfriend was telling me about some recently that i've been meaning to put my eyes on.

@dudachris 3w

haha duda is not my last name. That would be great because then I'd at least have one unique name AND my initials would be CD... I'm dudachris because in my early teens I wanted to be the next cornfield rapper so my friends made a play on ludacris and I got my first internet persona... Now since I've been on FAWM for so long it has ridden along with me lol

@fearlessflight2014 3w

Go ahead with @johr’s lyric. I might not not pursue it under these circumstances but I’ll see what I have time for.

@yam655 3w

Thanks for the comment! "Cats that nibble unexpectedly" now has a link to the image I was thinking of when I wrote the song. If you've not seen one before, that should put it in context for you.

@jorh 3w

Heyyy,

Thank you so much for offering to set ‘Friends’ to music and for your lovely feedback on it - I’m glad you liked it :)

@fearlessflight2014 has already kindly offered to collab with me on it. I’d be more than happy for there to be multiple versions, but it depends on how you both feel about that? Absolutely no pressure from this side :) if not, let’s deffo try collab on something else before the end of FAWM.

@musicbykatie 3w

its about my teen boy clogging the toilet with a giant poopoo and then leaving for some activity. and i was left there with the stinky clogged toilet.

@val 3w

Hey there. I got you do going song time to pluck some tunes this month. The world is richer when you give us songs.

@richardmasters 3w

Great, thanks for the cards :)

@alyxanderjames 3w

Would love to connect outside of FAWM, too, if you'd be interested - I've deleted most social media because it was mostly just stressing me out, but my email is on my profile!

@alyxanderjames 3w

Hey friend! Hope you’re back for another FAWM!