Sunday, October 28th, 2012

I have been trying to update the site all weekend, but none of my posts have gone through unfortunately.

Well, bad news ahead:
A few hours after my last post, I had to return to the ER and I was soon admitted to the hospital. I've been here 4 or 5 days and it's definitely been an experience. I ended up having to call of and reschedule my trip down to record with Ben, so that was a bit of a bummer, but it will all work out like it always does. I just wanted to take the time to let anyone/everyone who keeps up with this know what is going on. Things seem to be getting better and I'm hoping to be discharged tomorrow and be back to my ol' productive self!

Thank you for all of your prayers, love, and support.
Matthew

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

After a long night of work, the ER, and a couple hours of sleep, I'm proud to say that it's all worth it because I'm headed down to Atascosita this weekend to work on the record some more! Three of the songs I'll be tracking this weekend will really bring that "rootsy" feel to the forefront of the album, and that's exactly what I want. Stay tuned throughout the weekend for pictures and updates and all that.

With all the love that I have to give,
Matthew

Saturday, October 13th, 2012

Spending the early afternoon writing a little bit- couldn't help but to miss my grandmother throughout the day. I've written and scrapped well over ten songs about her over the past 20 months because they just never feel "right". For some reason, what I'm writing this afternoon seems to be much different. This could definitely be one for the record.

Also, I've been looking over pre-production recordings that Ben and I have done so far and jotting down ideas to really make this whole record the best it can be. We're really honing in on what we want the general sound and style to be like, and I'm very pleased with the way things are going. We won't be using every single instrument for every single song, but definitely be on the lookout for:

-Mandolin
-Harmonica
-Fiddle
-Guitjo (6-string banjo)
-A ton of stomps and claps
-Hitting tambourines with hammers

Getting more and more excited every day!
Matthew

Thursday, October 11th, 2012

After a weekend down in Atascocita, TX with Ben, we have so much more pre-production finished. It is great to hear all of these ideas finally mapped out in a recording.  I think this record will be a very pleasant surprise and will definitely open up a lot of people's musical taste, and I really feel like THIS is the music that he and I were made to play.

A lyrical glimpse of the newest song:

"Shine your light and help them all to see

Trade who you are for what you could be

Press on, you can make it

It's yours for the taking,

This life that you lead"

Can't wait to share the record with y'all!
-Matthew