Busy Ustream this sunday

I've been crazy busy for the last few weeks - all good thou - working on some new music - 3 new songs to record next week with Kevin Feazey at Pinna. Drive me mad writing - so hard to finish anything!!!

Have you heard this??? New radiohead track:

Great song - lovely strings, v cool.

On Sunday I'm playing on ustream - just click here at 8pm then to watch. I love doing ustream gigs - its just me in a box room playing guitar talking to people in the chat room. Should i try out some new stuff? Risky.....

See you there

Matt

New Podcast and Bad Brains

This is a bit of a multi media blog: New Podcast - some news and a recycling demonstration

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Tonight I'm very excired to be going to see Bad Brains who i've wanted to see since i was 15

Here they are - amazing band:

Some more photos from Spratton:

Enter stage left:

Spratton Was v cool

Spratton folk festival was last week - amazing weekend - here is some video from my set: Was wonderful to meet up with so many amazing people I've met on the internet thru blogs and myspace and ustream and facebook. AMAZING. The other artists were all really good - they were mainly people I knew from www.afcollective.com - really talented people. I will write more in the next few days. Thanks to Lew DJ and everyone who made this a wonderful weekend. Restores your faith in humanity. And we got wellies in size 13!!!!!

Take it easy

Matt

This weekend

Hey

Busy yet lovely week. The Ustream went well - loads more people this time:

You can watch it ere:

I may well be ustreaming again tomorrow morning,

I've been asleep

I've written a new song called "Moon Dial", nearly there and finishing some works in progress. I still want to get another album done.

Mrs s and I went to Southend.

And took some photos

This weekend I'm playing Spratton Folk Festival. 5000 people in a field in Northamptonshire - nice courtesy of the AFC - wonderful people.

Hope to see you there

Matt Stevens

www.mattstevensguitar.com

Spratton etc

I've got my Yamaha archtop guitar back from the menders - they didn't do a great job, thy returned it with no truss rod cover and a buzzy b string - that was worth £85!!!! Very annoying.

I'm doing a ustream this Sunday as warm up for the next gig its 8pm BST on Sunday international times here.

I'm getting ready for the only real world gig i'm doing this year at Spratton Folk Festival - i'm going to try some new stuff and give away some CD's. I'm playing with a lovely bunch of people i've met on the tinterweb at www.afcollective.com - with the very wonderful DJ Buddha and Lew and loads of other great people. If you are around come and have a look I'm on at 12 on the sunday but i'll be there all weekend.

After that I'm going to look at doing a proper bunch of gigs to promote my album (which you can buy here) before i focus on doing another on another one with Mr Kevin Feazey.

Also have a look at Kev's blog with some really useful stuff about finding your own sound.

Here is some footage from the last Spratton gig when i played in the pub part of the festival. A lovely day.

Matt Stevens

Another Video from Ustream

Hey

The gig on friday went really well - very nice place and cool people.

This is a video from the rehearsals in the afternoon that i ustreamed from my website.

I'd really like feedback if you have any.

Will be ustreaming off and on for the next couple of weeks - there will a full gig on the 5th July as a warm up for spratton folk festival the following week.

I have restrung my tele - its a great guitar but i'm not sure i am still an "electric guitarist". I want a new sound with it - not fuzzy marshally rubbish. - more east bay ray or radiohead? I remember how bored i was of the instrument before - when i sold my Les Paul i thought that was it for me in terms of electric stuff.

Take it easy

Matt Stevens

www.mattstevensguitar.com

Gig Today

Sad news on MJ - he had a crazy life and any chance of being "normal" tends to be snubbed out by being really famous at 11. I remember having Bad on tape when i was a kind and i loved it.

I'm playing tonight at the Plough Walthamstow. Full Info on www.mattstevensguitar.com.

I will be rehearsing live on ustream thru the day here:

Streaming .TV shows by Ustream

If you fancy watching me practice.

This is cool

An interesting look at the future of the music industry.

Video: Topspin's Ian Roger's On Music Marketing & Direct To Fan Sales

NARM 2009 Keynote Interview With Ian Rogers from NARM on Vimeo.

Matt Stevens

www.mattstevensguitar.com