Guns N Roses, Iron Maiden lots of old metal stuff really. I REALLY wanted it - i used to practice 8 hours a day -I was rubbish but I loved it so much that I would not stop.
(never did get to be Slash thou)
Friday, 12 March 2010
Who inspired you to start playing music?
Updates on The Twitter Chords, TFATD and other stuff
Morning all
2 Days ago I posted the chord progression twitter wrote.
Some chords that my friends on twitter put together as a collaboration - Em/Em7 - Am7 - FMaj7#11 - Cma7#11 - nice.
I'm really please to say some people have come with some music based on these chords:
My friend Alex - mr Lextrical who releases a new song EVERY DAY came up with this - the backwards sounds re great:
Afraid of the Light by lextrical
And my friend Tom from Comrade Robot came up with this lovely sketch based on these chords. Its called Last Sunlight.
How cool is that? If you are up for doing something else with these chords please do - always great to hear - i'm going to post them all around the 20th of March so before then would be good.
Also the Fierce and The Dead(my other project) is looking for ideas for a video for this song. Send your ideas via the Fierce And The Dead website(please).
Also I think I have a title for the second song - there are some discussions about it here
Speak soon -
MS
2 Days ago I posted the chord progression twitter wrote.
Some chords that my friends on twitter put together as a collaboration - Em/Em7 - Am7 - FMaj7#11 - Cma7#11 - nice.
I'm really please to say some people have come with some music based on these chords:
My friend Alex - mr Lextrical who releases a new song EVERY DAY came up with this - the backwards sounds re great:
Afraid of the Light by lextrical
And my friend Tom from Comrade Robot came up with this lovely sketch based on these chords. Its called Last Sunlight.
How cool is that? If you are up for doing something else with these chords please do - always great to hear - i'm going to post them all around the 20th of March so before then would be good.
Also the Fierce and The Dead(my other project) is looking for ideas for a video for this song. Send your ideas via the Fierce And The Dead website(please).
Also I think I have a title for the second song - there are some discussions about it here
Speak soon -
MS
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
The Chord Progression Twitter made
Last night I asked my twitter friends to come up with some chords. I suggested Em as a start:
The chord progression Twitter made is - Em/Em7 - Am7 - FMaj7#11 - Cma7#11
With contributions from .@ashxyz @miniontv @solobasssteve @alunvaughan and others the above is what we made.
Now what do we do with it - do you fancy making some music with it - any tempo - style - time signature you fancy - perhaps we could post the result on this blog/your blog/any blog you fancy - what do you think? Shall we say by the 20th of March?
Ok - lets see what happens.........
The chord progression Twitter made is - Em/Em7 - Am7 - FMaj7#11 - Cma7#11
With contributions from .@ashxyz @miniontv @solobasssteve @alunvaughan and others the above is what we made.
Now what do we do with it - do you fancy making some music with it - any tempo - style - time signature you fancy - perhaps we could post the result on this blog/your blog/any blog you fancy - what do you think? Shall we say by the 20th of March?
Ok - lets see what happens.........
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Sunday Free Noodle 5
Hello!
This week’s noodle is:
Matt Stevens(guitars/loops)/Rainer Straschill (Electronics/Melodica) - Snow (Part 3)(Rainer Straschill Remix)
This a great remix of Snow off Echo by multi-instrumentalist, looper and composer Rainer Straschill, an excellent and interesting musician.
I really like the electronic atmosphere on this, brilliant work.
I love remixes because they give you a really new perspective on your stuff. Top Job.
Please let me know what you think of this and if you would like to do a remix give me a shout.
More noodles next week.
Subscribe to my podcast feed here and get the Sunday Free Noodle every week:
Speak Soon www.mattstevensguitar.com
mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com
This week’s noodle is:
Matt Stevens(guitars/loops)/Rainer Straschill (Electronics/Melodica) - Snow (Part 3)(Rainer Straschill Remix)
This a great remix of Snow off Echo by multi-instrumentalist, looper and composer Rainer Straschill, an excellent and interesting musician.
I really like the electronic atmosphere on this, brilliant work.
I love remixes because they give you a really new perspective on your stuff. Top Job.
Please let me know what you think of this and if you would like to do a remix give me a shout.
More noodles next week.
Subscribe to my podcast feed here and get the Sunday Free Noodle every week:
If you like this you get get the original version on my album Echo as a "pay what you want" download here
About The Sunday Free Noodle
The Sunday Free Noodle project is a free MP3 ever week - remixes, collaborations, live stuff, spoken word stuff and other odd things - for the next year. 52 MP3’s (thats alot). I think it will be a challenge to keep this going and I’m really looking forward to doing it - please subscribe to the podcast feed on itunes to get it free every week and tell me what you think(yes you can say if you think if its crap). I hope you enjoy it.
This project has only really come about because i have injured my back and have had a chance to go through my hard drives whilst lying on the floor with the laptop on my chest. Odd how things happen.
I really it want to be a collaborative process. Let me know - if you are a remixer, cellist, vocalist, percussionist, film maker,trumpet player or visual artist or anything else let me know(although I draw the line at juggling) . Perhaps i could send you some stuff(loops and noodles) to add something to?
Speak soon
Matt
About The Sunday Free Noodle
The Sunday Free Noodle project is a free MP3 ever week - remixes, collaborations, live stuff, spoken word stuff and other odd things - for the next year. 52 MP3’s (thats alot). I think it will be a challenge to keep this going and I’m really looking forward to doing it - please subscribe to the podcast feed on itunes to get it free every week and tell me what you think(yes you can say if you think if its crap). I hope you enjoy it.
This project has only really come about because i have injured my back and have had a chance to go through my hard drives whilst lying on the floor with the laptop on my chest. Odd how things happen.
I really it want to be a collaborative process. Let me know - if you are a remixer, cellist, vocalist, percussionist, film maker,trumpet player or visual artist or anything else let me know(although I draw the line at juggling) . Perhaps i could send you some stuff(loops and noodles) to add something to?
Speak soon
Matt
Speak Soon www.mattstevensguitar.com
mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com
Friday, 5 March 2010
Share your music
This week has been really amazing in terms of the way the Fierce and the dead has been rec'd by listeners, a wonderful response and the way they have shared it with others and how it has spread around the web. Great stuff - if you haven't heard it its here.
So what I thought I'd do was share some music that I like.
This is Nick Tann's podcast that features lots of new music(caution features lots of swearing) - features me talking about social media:
This is Steve Lawson and Mike Outram, a preview of there forthcoming collaboration - brilliant stuff, looking forward to the finished album:
Rough Mix of 1st Track from forthcoming Steve Lawson/Mike Outram album by solobasssteve
This is Alun Vaughan a friend and a fantastic solo bassist - however hes just a great all round musician:
I'm going to do this again as there are loads more artists i want to play you Phill Wain, Neil Alexander, Lextrical, Russ Sargent, Cross The Border, Atmos Trio, Menn Arsins, Improvizone, Jeff Duke, King Never etc etc etc
Please feel free to share your music here in the comments - its always great to hear it.
Matt Stevens
www.mattstevensguitar.com
mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com
Thursday, 4 March 2010
6 Music
How can they say they are focusing on quality when BBC3 exhists!!! Hotter Then My Mum?? Whats next monkey Tennis!!!
Email from BBC Trust RE: The closure of 6 Music
Thank you for contacting the BBC Trust, the governing body of the BBC, with your concerns about the future of the radio station 6Music.
As you may be aware, the proposal to close the station has come from the Director-General Mark Thompson as part of a wide ranging review of the BBC’s future strategy.
In July last year the BBC Trust challenged the Director-General to address questions about the scope of the BBC’s activities, focusing on how the BBC can most effectively deliver its public service mission and meet audience needs as well as deliver value for money. The full strategy, which is now available on the Trust’s website, is the Executive’s response to this challenge.
As part of his proposals to the Trust, which are focused on increasing the quality of the BBC’s output and setting a new direction for the BBC, the Director-General has proposed closing 6Music. The Trust is now consulting on all of these proposals, and we welcome your views.
We will of course take your email as a contribution to our consultation. Should you wish to know more about the overall strategy review and our public consultation, there is more information on the Trust’s website at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/strategy_review/index.shtml
To be clear, a decision on whether or not to close 6Music will need to be made by the BBC Trust and we will consider any formal proposal to do so very carefully.
Our consultation is open until 25 May 2010.
BBC Trust Unit
From: Matt Stevens [mailto:mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com]
Sent: 02 March 2010 10:47
To: Trust Enquiries
Subject: 6 Music
How can the bbc support new music when you close the biggest outlet for it!!!
A disaster for indie musicians.
Yours
Matt Stevens
www.mattstevensguitar.com
Email from BBC Trust RE: The closure of 6 Music
Thank you for contacting the BBC Trust, the governing body of the BBC, with your concerns about the future of the radio station 6Music.
As you may be aware, the proposal to close the station has come from the Director-General Mark Thompson as part of a wide ranging review of the BBC’s future strategy.
In July last year the BBC Trust challenged the Director-General to address questions about the scope of the BBC’s activities, focusing on how the BBC can most effectively deliver its public service mission and meet audience needs as well as deliver value for money. The full strategy, which is now available on the Trust’s website, is the Executive’s response to this challenge.
As part of his proposals to the Trust, which are focused on increasing the quality of the BBC’s output and setting a new direction for the BBC, the Director-General has proposed closing 6Music. The Trust is now consulting on all of these proposals, and we welcome your views.
We will of course take your email as a contribution to our consultation. Should you wish to know more about the overall strategy review and our public consultation, there is more information on the Trust’s website at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/strategy_review/index.shtml
To be clear, a decision on whether or not to close 6Music will need to be made by the BBC Trust and we will consider any formal proposal to do so very carefully.
Our consultation is open until 25 May 2010.
BBC Trust Unit
From: Matt Stevens [mailto:mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com]
Sent: 02 March 2010 10:47
To: Trust Enquiries
Subject: 6 Music
How can the bbc support new music when you close the biggest outlet for it!!!
A disaster for indie musicians.
Yours
Matt Stevens
www.mattstevensguitar.com
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Fierce and the dead
The debut Fierce and the Dead single is out today, its Snow part one. Its a 19 minute epic and features:
On guitar its me, bass and keys and loops Kevin Feazey and on the drums its Stuart Marshall
Its available as a "pay what you want" download from band camp just click here to have a listen:
It was recorded last year before my back injury as part of the sessions for my second album but it kind of became its own thing. I enjoyed playing electric for a change - was much fun recording it and the interaction with the other players as opposed to my solo stuff was great.
Kev took the semi improvised tracks and added keyboards and some cut up loops etc.
Lots of fun indeed.
If you would like to hear the original version of snow its here, track 5 on my album which is also available as a "pay what you like" download:
I hope you enjoy it
Matt
On guitar its me, bass and keys and loops Kevin Feazey and on the drums its Stuart Marshall
Its available as a "pay what you want" download from band camp just click here to have a listen:
It was recorded last year before my back injury as part of the sessions for my second album but it kind of became its own thing. I enjoyed playing electric for a change - was much fun recording it and the interaction with the other players as opposed to my solo stuff was great.
Kev took the semi improvised tracks and added keyboards and some cut up loops etc.
Lots of fun indeed.
If you would like to hear the original version of snow its here, track 5 on my album which is also available as a "pay what you like" download:
I hope you enjoy it
Matt
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