FAWM: @guatecoop / guatecoop

guatecoop

@guatecoop

Songs

Joined

2012

LorainOH US

guatecoop at gmail.com Please feel free to critique, as it helps me to learn, but please be constructive.

So, today (Jan 28) my dad passed away. Many of you know him as @srcoops. He has had a tremendous life, had a tremendous impact, and leaves a tremendous legacy. I am sad, but grateful. It is an experience of loss, but also of love, support, connectedness, and peace for me. I have been influenced, guided, and inspired by my father. I’m sure that will all come out in my music this year.

I play what sounds good to me. FAWM is fun because I have complete control, for better or for worse. My goals this year are to improve on my mic choice and placement, mixing/eq-ing, and hopefully encourage as many of the people around me to be a part of FAWM to any degree, including my wife and two sons, if possible. I also would enjoy collaborating again with my brother, @zecoop (thank you for getting me into this), as well as others who are interested. Writing a song or two with my sons would be great! In terms of songwriting, I tend to be very chordy and would like to give my songs some more space for layering of sounds and texture.

I truly admire the creativity in others and am energized when I am fortunate to have a spark myself, too. I also do appreciate collaborations and will do whatever I have time for.

*A note about collabs: If someone wants to collab on a song that I've posted, I am fine with that and will post it separately. I also am fine with multiple people doing the same song, as I find it fascinating to see how different people do very different things with the same music. My wife always gets the first choices on songs, of course.

Songs

Intrusion by @guatecoop 14h #rock #liveinstruments #dissonance

Soundboard

Messages left for you by other fawmers.

@youraveragejoe 6h

Good morning @guatecoop, sorry to intrude on your sleep... but I would like to ask if you are ok with me taking a shot at a collab on "Intrusion"? :)

If yes, please let me know! Also, if yes, would it be ok for me to post it and tag you when it is done? Or would you want me to send it back to you for your approval / upload first?

Que tengas un lindo martes.

@guatecoop 6h

Oh gracias! Por supuesto podrias cantar en esa cancion! Igualmente, que te vayas bien! Como siempre, preguntame si tengas problemas o algo mas!

@leepat 1d

oh god, sorry to hear about your dad. condolences!

@guatecoop 13h

Well thank you very much. I appreciate your support!

@owl 1d

thank you and I hope FAWM is wonderful and healing for you this year!

@chill4matt 1d

I didn't know SrCoops, but so very sorry for your loss. Be well.

@guatecoop 1d

Oh thank you very much!

@danieldeshon 1d

Rob, I am so sorry to hear that you lost your father. My family is sending our love. Take good care of yourself my friend.

@jamkar 1d

Condolences to you in your loss. I lost my Dad 3 years ago. We think of them often. Let's have a great FAWM.

@guatecoop 1d

Hey thank you very much! I really appreciate your support. I think that we will have a great FAWM! I certainly hope that you will

@ductapeguyMod 1d

So sorry for your loss. I hope the music can bring you solace this February.

@guatecoop 1d

Thank you very much for your kindness to stop by and share your support. That is great and very much appreciated. I hope that you have a great FAWM, too!

@siebass 2d

Best of luck for FAWM this year! Sorry to hear about Srcoops, he was a lyrical force. If you're up for it, do you want to do a collab this year?

@guatecoop 2d

Oh yeah man, definitely up for that

@judypie 2d

Here I am

@guatecoop 2d

I’m not sure how that happens, but good!

@damschen 3d

My heart is with you and your family. I am so sorry to hear about your dad. I wrote a collab with him in 2023 about ice cream. He was awesome. I lost my dad in 2020, which was so hard, but the silver lining was that I finally became a song writer - songs just started pouring out. I imagine you will have a lot to write about. I will tune in to listen. Happy FAWM, Rob.

@guatecoop 3d

Oh wow that’s so nice of you to share that with me and give support! He loved the collaborations, so thank you!

@pfoo 3d

Rob, I am sorry to hear about your dad. I understand sad but grateful.

@guatecoop 3d

Oh thank you very much. I frequently have you and Eric on my mind throughout the year and especially around this time of year. I appreciate your support a lot!

@jacobeverettwallace 3d

Rob. I am so sorry for your loss. My dad passed away in September so I feel for you and your family. Your dad was so great, he will be missed. Love to your whole family. If you FAWM this year, I hope the creativity brings some comfort and peace.

@guatecoop 3d

Oh goodness Jacob, my condolences to you! I appreciate your support. Yes, both my brother and I are doing FAWM this year and it will be great, I'm sure. I hope that yours is a good one, too. After my brother passed away in January 2020, FAWM was a great way to process and express the experience.

@sheslin 3d

Hey Rob - so very sorry the loss of your very special dad. His lyrics were inspiring and he will truly be missed. So glad he invested in music lessons for you guys and the music will live on in you and your brother.

@guatecoop 3d

Thank you very much for that!

@helenseviltwinMod 3d

Hey Rob. Thinking of you and your family. Much love.

@guatecoop 3d

Oh thank you Helen. We appreciate it

@metalfoot 3d

Great to see you and my condolences on your dad's passing! It was a pleasure to write songs with him.

@guatecoop 3d

Thank you! Yes, he really enjoyed his collaborations with you!

@karan 3d

I am so sorry about your dad! You will always remain connected in both love and music. And I look forward to how he will continue to inspire your songs.

@max 4d

Is it okay with you guys to have a tribute to your dad on Bandcamp. Or do you feel it's inappropriate? All answers are fine. It's the five collabs we did over the years on one EP, in memory of SrCoops. Love from Amsterdam!

@guatecoop 3d

Of course, Max! That is very thoughtful and he appreciated those collabs probably more than he communicated. He spoke of them often!

@max 3d

It has been an honor and a privilege to work with his lyrics. https://studio273.bandcamp.com/album/in-memory-of-srcoops-fawm

@b3nut 4d

So sorry to hear about your dad...sending you all love and light. ❤️

@guatecoop 3d

Thank you Todd. That’s very thoughtful of you to reach out!

@mikeskliar 4d

Condolences…. Your dad was a real presence and does indeed leave a legacy. Hugs to you and the whole family..

@guatecoop 4d

Thank you Mike, I really appreciate you taking the time!

@airbagtester 4d

I am going to try to write music this FAWM, and my condolences about your father. It's really cool that you all got to write music together and he sounds like a great Dad.

@guatecoop 3d

Oh thank you. Yes, he was a great dad—definitely an influence on my parenting! You’re going to try to write music? Haha, well you have always succeeded before!

@beacon 4d

So sorry to hear about your Dad. I know how hard that can be. I'm so glad he was such a light to you and this community.

@guatecoop 4d

Thank you very much. I appreciate you stopping in to say that.

@bradbrubaker 4d

Hi there. I just read about your dad on your page. Thinking of y'all

@guatecoop 4d

Thank you Brad.

@nicetrip 4d

My condolences, may your father rest in peace. I'm glad to see you here this year!

@tamsnumber4 4d

I am so very sorry for your heart, I just heard today and I thank you and John for sharing your dad with us and I hope you can find solace in FAWM.

@guatecoop 4d

Oh thank you very much. He really enjoyed all of you!

@dragondreams 4d

So sorry to read about your dad. It would have been my dad's 88th birthday yesterday, so this resonates quite strongly. Thinking of you all and sending you my very best wishes.

@guatecoop 4d

Thank you very much. All things considered, it was about the most peaceful ending, which is helpful.

@beej 4d

how am I feeling? Exhilarated, unprepared, short on time, ready as I can be!

@guatecoop 4d

Hahaha! Well, that’s about right.

@sph 5d

My condolences!

@guatecoop 4d

Thank you very much!

@max 5d

So sorry to hear the news. I thought of your dad and the collabs we did together many times this year. What a lovely man he was. Manhug! I'll be playing this one on the speakers today: https://srcoops.bandcamp.com/album/2024

@guatecoop 4d

Hey there Max, thank you so much! He loved those collaborations!

@nadine 5d

I was thinking of you and wanted to wish you a happy FAWM, but then I saw the sad news about your dad. I am so sorry for your loss :( Sending you much love

@guatecoop 5d

Thank you @nadine that is very helpful

@beej 5d

RIP @srcoops, a true part of the FAWMily

@guatecoop 5d

Oh thank you beej! We appreciate your support

@mtmelodie 5d

My condolences, sad to hear about your dad, hope you’ll get time to make some music in the midst of dealing with the practical and emotional part of saying goodbye to a loved one. doing the video challenges with you twice in a row has been a highlight the last two FAWMs, getting to collaborate with you in some way

@guatecoop 5d

Oh thank you very much. I appreciate you reaching out. Let's try to maximize the collab this year! I would love that--as long as I can keep up with you.

@johnstaples 5d

guatecoop, I am very sorry to hear about your Dad's passing. I know how that feels as I lost my Mom on Jan 14, 2026. I had the privilege of collaborating with your Dad here at FAWM a couple of years ago. You are in my thoughts.

And I wish you a lovely FAWM!

@youraveragejoe 5d

Good morning from Spain, I just logged in for the first time since last year and the first thing I did was check your profile.

To the news of your father, my condolences... But more than that, my love and appreciation to his memory.

Both indirectly (via his children and their presence here) and directly (his songs he shared, his time for hearing and reading my words when I added lyrics and vocals to your tracks... He left beautiful music and Feedback for us as a community) your dad had brought me, and many other here, many moments of joy, appreciation, and beautiful human connection.

I send a big hug to all the Coops.

@carleybaer 5d

Hello and happy FAWM!

@guatecoop 5d

Hey there! Crazy that I was just thinking about how we kind of operate in circles around each other but don’t really have any experience connecting. I really appreciate what you always are doing. Thanks for the greeting!

@gm7 5d

Hey Man...great to see you here!

@guatecoop 5d

Oh it’s always great to be around you! I am glad we’re on the front end of FAWM!

@wobbiewobbit 5d

happy FAWM!

@apersonnamedrose 5d

merry FAWMmas!

@guatecoop 5d

Thank you and the same to you!

@tamsnumber4 5d

Happy FAWMing!!

@guatecoop 5d

Thank you and the same to you!

@aeye 5d

Happy FAWM!!!

@guatecoop 5d

Thank you and the same to you! I sure wish you had a 4 track…. I will be listening!

@robcrusade 5d

Howdy and Happy Fawming from Lakewood!

waves Didn't expect to come across someone so close, especially with less than a hundred people on line so far!

@guatecoop 5d

What?!? In Lakewood?!? Since 2013?!? That is completely unexpected and fantastic. I’ve been operating like I was alone around here unless I had FAWM guests over from somewhere else forever. Well, it’s a pleasure to hear from you! I lived in Lakewood and Cleveland for a long time before but now am in Lorain.

@robcrusade 5d

I'm in the area quite a lot, have done DJ work etc ..also an ex GF from Lorain, but uh... the less said and so forth.