FAWM: @carleybaer / Carley Baer

Carley Baer

@carleybaer

Songs

Joined

2008

PDX OR US
www.carleybaer.com

Hi, I'm Carley! Elementary music teacher, multi-instrumentalist, benevolent overlord of Bad Song Club, and inveterate seeker of joy. I grew up on the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Tom Lehrer, John Prine, CSN (and sometimes Y), Ani Difranco, Fiona Apple, and lots of Tin Pan Alley jazz.

This is my 18th year/19th FAWM. Where does the time go??

My songwriting mottos include, "What would Paul McCartney do?"; "Who cares, write it anyway"; "Anything's a bluegrass song"; "Why drink rusty tap water?"; and probably more that escape me now.

I'm always up for the possibility of a collaboration, especially in the first half of the month, so drop me a line and I'll do my best to make it happen! Also, please refrain from leaving "constructive" criticism on my songs; FAWM is a place for risk-taking and woodshedding and giving half-formed ideas a chance to develop—and besides, I critique myself enough already. :)

You can read my undergraduate thesis paper on how to overcome songwriting obstacles here (features a whole section on FAWM): https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/honorstheses/1343/

And you can join Bad Song Club here! https://badsongclub.com

She/her

Songs

An Army of Energy Vampires by @carleybaer 3h #lapsteel #acousticonetake

Otherwise by @carleybaer 6h #girlwithguitar #existentialdread

Oregon Sun by @carleybaer 1d #roadtrip #inthestyleof

Been A Little Dry / Still Waiting by @carleybaer 1d #lapsteel #western

5 Points by @carleybaer + @stephenwordsmith 1d #fuc #acousticonetake

Where You Are by @carleybaer 1d #firstfruits #fuc

Soundboard

Messages left for you by other fawmers.

@thetau 1d

Pens ready, hearts open, the master is back. Russ

@carleybaer 5h

Yayyy Russ! I hope your FAWM is amazing 🎉✨💕🎶

@kellyk 1d

Your motto is "What would Paul McCartney do?" That's amazing-- that's like my whole theme for FAWM this year. I spent January doing a complete listen-through of his solo catalog and I'm writing lyrics this year based on my own McCartney-related prompts. :)

@carleybaer 5h

Haha yeah “WWPMD” has been a studio motto of mine for years, so I loved reading your liner notes and lyrics. We should collab!

@mckillop 1d

Hi Carley, have a terrific FAWM; my son Greg McKillop is a songwriter / musician / general cool dude, living in PDX as well. He loves the music scene there.

I'll be listening to your work!

@carleybaer 5h

Oh cool! Does he play out a lot? I’ll keep an eye out, always love meeting other PDX songwriters 💕 have a great FAWM!

@nightwing521 1d

Hi Carley. Good to see you back again.

NightWing (Hutch) here re postcards. My email is [email protected]. Send me a message with mailing addie and I will do the same. I will also send the postcard by email, just in case.

@carleybaer 5h

Hiya Hutch! Glad we’re postcard pals :) I’ll shoot you an email in the next day or so

@nightwing521 5h

Got my postcard and getting ready to send. Talk atcha soon!!!

@teebyrd 2d

@carleybaer I wanna do some skirmishes. Show me your ways!

@carleybaer 5h

Let’s make a plan to do one at the same time!

@cloudboy 2d

You 🤘🏽 FAWM.

@carleybaer 5h

Yayyy Michael! YOU 🤘 🎶✨💕🎉

@mikegtz 2d

Heya Carley, welcome back!

@carleybaer 5h

Hi Mike! Hope you’re surviving winter ok out there 😅

@damschen 3d

Happy FAWM Carly! I signed up for Bad Song Club and looked-up your thesis - yes!

@carleybaer 5h

Yayyyy! Welcome to the club! I hope you get some good bad songs out of it :)

@robheron1 3d

Happy FAWM eh!

@carleybaer 5h

Happy FAWM oh yah!

@stevenwesleyguiles 3d

Excited to be back! Glad to see you! I hope all of your FAWM dreams come true. :)

@leslie 3d

Happy FAWMing! Do you want to try for the collab we talked about last year?

@carleybaer 5h

Omg yes! Let’s make it happen, I’m pacing myself this year so I’ll have more time and bandwidth for collabs ✨ do you have my email?

@musicsongwriter 4d

Happy FAWM Carley ✨️

@carleybaer 5h

Happy FAWM to you too Nadia!

@dragondreams 4d

Hey Carley! Have a fippling fantastic FAWM!

@bobjestes 4d

Have a fantastic FAWM, Carley! I always look forward to hearing your new stuff 😃

@carleybaer 5h

Aww thanks Bob! Good to see you back as well 💕🎶

@joshalmond 4d

Have a great FAWM Carley!!

@carleybaer 5h

You too Josh! See you back at the slack cafe!

@mikeb 4d

Hi Carley, hope you have a great FAWM 2026!

@carleybaer 5h

Happy FAWM Mike! Hope the muse smiles upon you ✨

@andygetch 4d

Let there be bad songs!

@carleybaer 5h

Forever and always!

@erbaer 4d

CARLEY! …any minute now!

@headfirstonlyMod 4d

The Song Hamster awaits!

@carleybaer 5h

The songhamster must be appeased OR ELSE

@max 5d

🍻𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗙𝗔𝗪𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗴!

@carleybaer 6h

Happy FAWM to you too @max!! Always good to see you round these parts🍻

@teebyrd 5d

@carleybaer guess what?

@sapient 5d

All I hear when I close my eyes is the sound of tiny, feral teeth, gnawing at the bars of its cage, and I know that it will be unleashed very soon. May we be saved by the power of song! 🐹🥳🐹