Sorry for the absence here lately, things have been going full speed ahead!
There are essentially two parts to this post:
1.) I have HUGE news that will be released in the following week or two! This will probably be the biggest news/adjustment that I've ever had on this website!
2.) I will be announcing the release date of the record this week! Not only will the date be set, but the album artwork will be posted as well!
Thank y'all for sticking with me through all of this,
It's about to get wild!
-Matthew
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
I just got to Arlington after an awesome evening in good ol' Terrell! It's 2:00 am, but I just couldn't wait to post this:
To everyone that came out to see me at The Adelaide tonight-
Thank each and every one of you so much for coming out. It was one of the most random, goofy, and awesome shows ever, and I seriously can't express exactly how much it means to me that I have such a fantastic support system from my friends and family.
With that being said, I want to let you guys know that I REALLY really appreciate all that y'all do for me, from checking this blog to coming to shows, so here comes one of the first little "prize"-type things this ol' website will offer.
To everyone that came to the show tonight, I'll be getting your emails in the next few days/weeks, and y'all will get a song from the record sent to you as a "second single" before anyone else gets to hear it. You guys mean the world to me, and some of you drove quite a long way to see me tonight, so it's the least I can do.
I love y'all, and thanks so much for all of the constant support,
Matthew
To everyone that came out to see me at The Adelaide tonight-
Thank each and every one of you so much for coming out. It was one of the most random, goofy, and awesome shows ever, and I seriously can't express exactly how much it means to me that I have such a fantastic support system from my friends and family.
With that being said, I want to let you guys know that I REALLY really appreciate all that y'all do for me, from checking this blog to coming to shows, so here comes one of the first little "prize"-type things this ol' website will offer.
To everyone that came to the show tonight, I'll be getting your emails in the next few days/weeks, and y'all will get a song from the record sent to you as a "second single" before anyone else gets to hear it. You guys mean the world to me, and some of you drove quite a long way to see me tonight, so it's the least I can do.
I love y'all, and thanks so much for all of the constant support,
Matthew
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
The merch came in today! I'll post pictures in the days to come, but I couldn't be happier with the results.
- Album artwork will be finalized this week, so that's VERY exciting.
- Photos should be done right after the design-work is all finished.
There is A LOT going on behind the scenes, and I can't wait to tell y'all what we've been conjuring up.
In the mean time, I might as well promote this thing:
https://twitter.com/MattMcNealTX
This isn't some professional, strictly music-based twitter account, but as things pop up, it's likely that I'll post on there.
Thanks for stopping by, and I'll post pictures ASAP!
-Matthew
- Album artwork will be finalized this week, so that's VERY exciting.
- Photos should be done right after the design-work is all finished.
There is A LOT going on behind the scenes, and I can't wait to tell y'all what we've been conjuring up.
In the mean time, I might as well promote this thing:
https://twitter.com/MattMcNealTX
This isn't some professional, strictly music-based twitter account, but as things pop up, it's likely that I'll post on there.
Thanks for stopping by, and I'll post pictures ASAP!
-Matthew
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
I just saw a little preview of the photo shoot with Hunter and I am excited beyond belief at how it's looking!!
In other news, I forgot to mention that Ben and I did something so cool/random in the studio this weekend and I totally forgot to mention it in the studio update posts:
We tracked guitar with a violin bow. Believe it or not, it sounds awesome! That may not be exciting to you unless you're a musician/guitar-player, but we thought it was pretty neat.
Have a good night and thanks for stopping by,
Matthew
In other news, I forgot to mention that Ben and I did something so cool/random in the studio this weekend and I totally forgot to mention it in the studio update posts:
We tracked guitar with a violin bow. Believe it or not, it sounds awesome! That may not be exciting to you unless you're a musician/guitar-player, but we thought it was pretty neat.
Have a good night and thanks for stopping by,
Matthew
Monday, May 6, 2013
Monday, May 6th, 2013
Sorry for not being able to update over the weekend! We worked can-til-can't on the record, so I'll go ahead and give you a rundown of what all got done this weekend!
Studio Update #1
5.4.13
I made it down to Atascocita and we immediately got down to business.
-- We added a lot more dimensions/layers to a song called "Doubt"
-- We went through 9 out of the 10 songs and made sure we were happy with every single aspect of what we recorded. This took up a big amount of time, but we got to tweak a lot of parts and made the songs really stand out.
-- We continued to work on the gospel-style ending on "When You're Down" (the title track from the record)
Studio Update #2
5.5.13
-- We worked on WYD for a couple more hours, making sure all of the newly-added percussive rhythms sounded good, as well as wrapping up the gospel part from the day before
-- We finally got to track the 10th song to be recorded for the record called "Soldier On". This song was actually one of the first song ideas for the record that we tossed around over a year ago, so it was wild to see how things come together
-- Aside from Ben tweaking the songs...
It's looking like the recording process is just about finished!
Merch will be in soon, photos are being edited as we speak, design-work is being done as we speak, dates for mastering and distributing/printing the record are about to be set, and I couldn't be happier with the way things are turning out.
I thank God not only for all of the love and support y'all give me, but I am genuinely honored to have a friend/brother like Ben Starr. His talent really shines through the entire record, from his audio engineering ability to his ridiculous guitar skills, solid vocals, and just overall awesome ideas. You guys are definitely in for a treat with this record.
-Matthew
Studio Update #1
5.4.13
I made it down to Atascocita and we immediately got down to business.
-- We added a lot more dimensions/layers to a song called "Doubt"
-- We went through 9 out of the 10 songs and made sure we were happy with every single aspect of what we recorded. This took up a big amount of time, but we got to tweak a lot of parts and made the songs really stand out.
-- We continued to work on the gospel-style ending on "When You're Down" (the title track from the record)
Studio Update #2
5.5.13
-- We worked on WYD for a couple more hours, making sure all of the newly-added percussive rhythms sounded good, as well as wrapping up the gospel part from the day before
-- We finally got to track the 10th song to be recorded for the record called "Soldier On". This song was actually one of the first song ideas for the record that we tossed around over a year ago, so it was wild to see how things come together
-- Aside from Ben tweaking the songs...
It's looking like the recording process is just about finished!
Merch will be in soon, photos are being edited as we speak, design-work is being done as we speak, dates for mastering and distributing/printing the record are about to be set, and I couldn't be happier with the way things are turning out.
I thank God not only for all of the love and support y'all give me, but I am genuinely honored to have a friend/brother like Ben Starr. His talent really shines through the entire record, from his audio engineering ability to his ridiculous guitar skills, solid vocals, and just overall awesome ideas. You guys are definitely in for a treat with this record.
-Matthew
Friday, May 3, 2013
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Just a handful of hours away from heading down to see Ben and start wrapping up the record! I'm packing up as I'm typing this actually. I'll be posting studio updates on here throughout the weekend, so definitely stick around for those!
Thank y'all,
-Matthew
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
I've been staying really busy today, so please excuse this post for being so quick, but there are so many behind-the-scenes things going on in regard to shows once the record comes out!
Though I don't want to shoot myself in the foot by releasing out too much information, it's safe to say that the record release show will be absolutely insane. Can't wait to see how things unfold, and I'm getting more and more excited about my trip down to see Ben this weekend!
More news tomorrow!
-Matthew
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
When I was in town this past weekend, Chuck and I completed some work on a few projects of ours pertaining to my music. We were really happy with the results on this one! Not only will it be used on occasion for live settings, but it will also appear in a handful of the photos Hunter and I shot the other day!
Hope you guys think it's as awesome as I do!
Miss Katelyn had an old drum set, so Chuck and I got a hold of the bass drum, stripped it, and went to work. Stained the shell, repainted the hoops, shined up all of the lugs, and thew on a good ol' American flag (not cut- the rest of the flag is inside the drum) to top it off!
I'm really enjoying sharing everything going on with these daily updates. Thanks for stopping by and I'll have more for y'all tomorrow!
-Matthew
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