FAWM : T.C. Elliott (@tcelliott)

T.C. Elliott

@tcelliott

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Joined

2008

Columbia, US
tcelliott.bandcamp.com

If Neil Young and The Holy Modal Rounders had some baby songwriters then T.C. Elliott would be the runt of the litter.

Electronic mail service: pigfarmerjr (@) gmail (d0t) com

A short note to creatives:

Yes, you're music is art. What you do with it, or how you make it is up to you. If you want an audience you will surely make different decisions than if you make it solely for yourself. That's okay. No-one has a right to tell you how to do your art. However, no-one is obliged to like it and, like it or not, most will tell you one way or the other. Usually the "nots" are louder than the "likes."

Catharsis is different for each of us. The act of creation is, in large part, my catharsis. A welcoming audience is another. I choose to focus on the first. No choice is wrong for you, though.

Artists have been struggling with conforming to what is popular in order to gain an audience for as long as there has been art, I'd bet. You are not alone. But I doubt many of us can help you forge your way. That can be scary, but it can also be liberating. For what it's worth, I'm glad you are creating.

Pronouns: He/Him

Song Count Per Year (All Accounts) (50/90 may be off a song or two):
# _ YEAR __ FAWM __ 50 in 90
01-2008 - 14 songs - 51 songs
02-2009 - 18 songs - 48 songs
03-2010 - 31 songs - 102 songs
04-2011 - 28 songs - 70 songs
05-2012 - 25 songs - 54 songs
06-2013 - 19 songs - 63 songs
07-2014 - 30 songs - 15 songs
08-2015 - 18 songs - 51 songs
09-2016 - 24 songs - 29 songs
10-2017 - 30 songs - 68 songs
11-2018 - 42 songs - 125 songs
12-2019 - 42 songs - 55 songs
13-2020 - 35 songs - 60 songs
14-2021 - 16 songs - 50 songs
15-2022 - 43 songs - 51 songs
16-2023 - 30 songs - 66 songs
17-2024 - ?? songs - ?? songs

Songs

My Way To Travel [Multiverse 2aba] by @spazsquatch +3 more 1w #rock #collab #multiverse

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@greengrassgirl 1w

It was wonderful to read your comment on @housewystan's and my collab on Dreams, Needs and Promises. I, too, loved what Amanda did with these lyrics and I'm delighted that the song resonated with you. It's always particularly gratifying when someone who specializes in a particular style gives you a compliment on a song that's done in a totally different style. Thank you for taking the time to listen and give us such positive feedback.
Your comment brought me to your page again where I am doing some more exploring. I liked the way you presented your email address. I think I'll keep in in case a lyric idea magically appears that might interest you. 😀

@ayais 6w

Regarding short songs: How to write in a way that resonates with people?
I've been doing a certain amount of playing out with these haikus, and people like to sing along, but I can get too abstract.
Also, they're short and I can play too many, which overloads the senses.
I've also been teaching, and people want to write their own. Maybe that's the best route.
Finally, this is something new, and anything new takes a while to sink in, if it ever does. . .

@brisk 7w

Ah! Thanks so much for sticking that in the recommendations thread - I don't think I've had one there for years! Glad you liked it - I think you are right about the structure - I end up sticking all these bits together and lose track of what the chorus is! by the way - I've been meaning to thank you for your bandcamp purchase last year(?) or was it FAWM this(?) of my album - I felt like I was king of the world!

@kc_ 10w

TC,

Thanks for your kind comments on my soundboard. I will say that I really like your vox and style of playing.

Off topic.. What kind of bike? I rode years ago before kids. had a 1986 Suzuki GS 650, bought used in 1991 and then bought a new 1993 Honda Nighthawk 750 - That was a great bike! Good luck. I had heard that if the current number of bikes is "X" then the formula to determine the optimal number of bikes is X + 1 !

@billwhite51 10w

id love to start a band but peruvians dont understand our kind of rock and roll. and even if i moved back ro the states, most of the guys i used to play with are in hospices or retirement homes. fortunately we have a lot of exceptional singers with good production and performance skills who i can pass my rock lyrics onto. this one, though, was personal so i had to do it myself. thanks for listeneing and for your coments.

@newukenewyork 11w

Thank you, too, for the kind comment on "Florida Man" — I appreciate the compliment on my voice but honestly I’ve always found it boring and amateur, and wished I had cool vocal texture, something distinctive and full of personality like any number of people I could name. My voice isn’t a professional “wow what a voice” to me, ever. However, I’m trying to get kinder to myself and accept that it does have personality — it has my own personality — and that I don’t need to sound like a recording artist (especially unfiltered), and as long as I connect with the lyrics and emotions and music it’s good enough. So it’s nice to get a compliment and I try to take it in. But I’m also jealous of so many other voices! So I get that, too.

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