Burnout

Hi So now we are in to the last few days of the "Pay what you want" experiment - its gone really well but time to try something else - it will finish on the last day of November. Thanks to everyone who downloaded it, much appreciated and the funds will help to pay for album number 2 being mixed. Any ideas for an album title??? My next job is to do a blog tag - more info on my friend who tagged me here: http://blogeternaldisappointment.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-tagging-winner-announced.html The above i spotted walking home the other day - scary. Thanks for reading -

Live on ustream tonight

Its been a funny week - v busy but good. Loads to do and all that. The Pay What You Want album experiment on Bandcamp - results at the end of week one are - v positive - I'm going to continue until the end of November - worked very well All Good I'll be live on ustream tonight here 8pm: Free live streaming by Ustream Meet me here for the chat room and all that - http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Matt-Stevens-From-The-Box-Room international times here - www.mattstevensguitar.com See you later Matt Stevens www.mattstevensguitar.com

New Toys!!!

An interesting week so far - since putting my album on bandcamp below: I've had more downloads in 4 days than in a month on itunes - fantastic. People have been so great - somehave payed from free to £20 - amazing. Helps with recording album 2 loads. Really impressive, love it. Also i got a new toy: And: OK so ableton live i amazing - really enjoying learning how to use it(on the free demo at the moment). On SundAY I'm live on ustream at 8pm - hope to see you there: Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV International times at www.mattstevensguitar.com Ta Matt Stevens www.mattstevensguitar.com

Good things happen when you give things away

For the last three or so years I've been giving away music via various websites Myspace, ReverbNation, facebook etc Sometimes in exchange for an email address, sometimes not.




Yesterday I put my album up on Bandcamp and posted some links on Twitter, facebook and myspace. Bandcamp is great - really high quality downloads - MP3 apple lossless ect. The deal was a Radiohead style "pay what you want". The response has been really good, lots of downloads and the amazing thing is people will still pay. They want to pay for music and support the making of new music(I'm defiantly not into profit at the moment). Even better some people have spread the word via facebook and myspace. Restores your faith in humanity.






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Pay what you want for my album

This week i'm trying something else new - download my first album "Echo" for whatever price you want to pay via bandcamp and its at amazing quality from MP3 to FLAC. Mrs S and I went for a wander around central London last night and i had my camera: Scary Bowie in Liberties Window: Take it easy Matt

For The Fallen

For The Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, To the innermost heart of their own land they are known As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain.

Kaoss Pad Overdub

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Yesterdays recording sessions were wonderful, bloody great fun.

We recorded loadsa stuff - acoustic guitar, live drums and bass, electric guitar, percussion, 10 songs done - really pleased. Here is a video of kev messing up a drum loop(played by him) with a Kaoss Pad).

Good fun indeed.

Now time to mix the bloody thing,

Any ideas for an album title?

Things that have occured in the last few weeks

These last few weeks have been a bit odd, my back was really messed up - very nasty. A couple of times i stuck in one position and couldn't move and got stuck. Horrible. I brought an african thumb piano off ebay: I managed to edit together a video of me and kev making my last album - Echo Kev and I recorded another song for the second album called Eleven: Next week my friend Stuart is coming to the studio to record live drums for Snow Parts 1 and 2 - the final 2 songs for the album. We're going to track them as live. Eleven preview by mattstevensguitar Mrs S and I went to the local farmers market got some amazing cheese and bread - photos: Lovely Matt Hope you had a nice weekend