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We’re almost halfway through the month and this is my second completed song, so although there are a two or three in the pipeline I think hitting 14 is looking increasingly unlikely. But that’s OK, cause the thing with FAWM (for me) is to challenge oneself, and to challenge yourself to do something differently. Certainly, with this being my fifth FAWM, there is no novelty in writing 14 songs in the month. And, aside from busy as hell this month, the challenge has to be a personal one in a way.

But here it is, The Many Eyes of Ida Lupino. This song just came together in my head bit by bit. The sort-of backstory is that I was going to do a FAWM mini-EP using titles from Ida Lupino films (well, I’m still kind of doing that, actually), and I guess from that spawned this.

Yeah, it took a while didn’t it. Five (Six? What’s the date again??) days, to be precise, but I finally got something written for this month’s FAWM. This was written as part of a timed “skirmish” challenge (1 hour); the title is pre-selected and everyone takes it from there. I’m optimistic, rather than confident, of finishing the challenge this year. But that’s completely A-OK.

The title was “Electrocute”. Following this tag will bring up all the “skirmishes”. But they’re all good. Promise.