FAWM: Your Average Joe (@youraveragejoe)

Your Average Joe

@youraveragejoe

Songs

Joined

2017

Germany, until next month!

Hello, my name is Joe, or "Your Average Joe". This is my ninth FAWM.

I'm not sure how much music I will be able to make this year, as I'm preparing to move to another country on February 28th!

There is still so much to do... I hope to listen to your music while cleaning my apartment and preparing my things. Thank you all in advance for sharing your creativity and music with us, FAWM is magical.

I have no doubts that the changes in my life will bleed into the songs I do manage to write. I hope to share with you again this year, happy FAWM everyone.

Also, I will not be using any LLM / AI in my songwriting process, although most of us are using it (or being used by it) inadvertently these days and without our consent or knowledge.

The point of this process for me is to hone into my creativity and to express my deeper "self", and using an AI would be the opposite of that. That would be like outsourcing, why would I give away my job of making music and stretching my skills and trying new things? I do this work for free, because I love it. #noAI

Songs

Shake by @youraveragejoe 3w #hope #fear #life

One Taste by @youraveragejoe 3w #taste #desire #dark

Soundboard

@yam655 3w

I've heard actual wasabi can be particular about things. My understanding is that's one of the reasons most "wasabi" in the US market (at least) is made from horseradish. But experimenting with particular, troublesome plants can be fun in its own way, right? 😉

@yam655 3w

I'm glad you liked it. The other reason folks don't tend to grow Indiana Bananas (Pawpaws) for market is that it takes 7 years for the tree to start bearing fruit. This is quite a bit longer than for other fruit trees.

@writeandwrong 3w

Happy 9th FAWM! Thank you for your kind and reassuring words on "Hush." You rock! 🎵

@mctown 3w

Wow

@jeff9 3w

Hi, Joe, and thank you so much for your encouraging comment about "I Remember Too Much". Those boys write stuff that sings off the page, so I'm just channeling.

@nadine 3w

Thanks a lot for your comment on "Into The Abyss". Indeed this song is cathartic. I've been through some similar situations and wished I had the guts to say these words.

@chill4matt 3w

Thank you for your comment and feedback regarding “Simplicity”. Hoping to hear more of your songs.

@hmorg 3w

Thanks for the comment on "The Hell of Satans"! I'm a fan of contrasting soundscapes, I should try to incorporate such things more in my songs.

@rosiebans 3w

Hiya Joe! Glad you enjoyed Scotland on your visit and you're right, Spain will be a looooot sunnier (and with much better food too!). Happy FAWMing whilst packing! Adventures ahoy! 🥰

@cindyrella 3w

Hi Joe! Where are you moving to?

@jorh 3w

Thanks - looking forward to listening to your songs again :)

@rinwolf 3w

Happy FAWMing! Good luck with your move!

@karlsburg25 3w

Happy FAWM to you and inspiring to hear you're moving to another country.

@robinleaf 3w

Wow, it really sounds like you are moving into a wonderfully inspiring location! That sounds so beautiful. I am envious. And your Spanish is going to be so great. My partner and I don't actually use Spanish a ton. He grew up in Chicago, in a Spanish-speaking area, but then lived for almost 20 years in the upper peninsula of Michigan, so he's really used to speaking English. But we do write it to each other and occasionally we say things in Spanish. He uses a lot of slang that's unfamiliar to me LOL. It's fun to learn. I'm also watching La Casa de Papel...have you seen it?

@zecoopMod 3w

Welcome back! Looking forward to hearing what you come up with. Hope the move goes well. Almost there!!

@ampersandman 3w

Hey Joe! I hope you are doing well and feel ready to rock this FAWM! Looking forward to hearing what you come up with!

@abudabard12514 3w

Man I respect the hell out of how much you're ready to not use AI. I too feel very strongly against it. Looking forward to your music this year comrade!

@rosiebans 3w

Hiya Joe! Have a great FAWM 🥳 I moved to Spain in 2020, you're gonna love it, hope the move goes well and it inspires some beautiful songs... 😍 maybe even a wee Spanish number to celebrate the occasion 💃

@sycophant 3w

Have a great FAWM and good luck with the move… Perhaps it will inspire great song titles like “so few boxes so much stuff”, “where’s my Sharpie” and “freight costs aren’t what they used to be”… looking forward to hearing what you produce.

@gm7 3w

Great to see you back! Enjot FAWM

@writeandwrong 3w

Hiya, Joe! Welcome back to FAWM! Agree with you 100% with AI. Sigh. It feels too much like cheating. Can you imagine what the next generation of music will be??? So impersonal! 😢 Happy FAWM 2025! 🎵

@robinleaf 3w

Hiiiii! I am so glad to see you here again! And wow, you're moving to Spain? What city? I have had some personal life stuff change since last year, and I have a Spanish-speaking significant other now. 😛 I'm still in the same place, though. I am really glad that my skirmish prompts helped you last year! I am hosting a BUNCH, so I hope you can catch a couple (and if you see the prompts later on, feel free to still participate if you like the prompts). Have a wonderful FAWM! I am excited to hear what you write.