Sunday Free Noodle 4

This week’s noodle is:

Matt Stevens(guitars/loops) - West Green(Loft Dub) - recorded in 2007 live to digital tape.(Lost song version)

It was recorded in my old loft apartment/converted factory by me live into, I think garageband. It was recorded before I got my LR Baggs pickups so the guitar sound is very “electro acoustic” and for some bizarre reason slightly chorusy. I have no idea why. Never did really get on with those Fishman pickups.

This song was part of a rehearsal tape i recorded which was on my old hard drive which died, the rest of it was all lost. The only reason I have this is because I sent it to Graham from the Its A Frogs Life Podcast who passed it on to Pete Cogle from The PC podcast. Recently i emailed Pete to send him some new music and he said he remembered this song and sent me it as an MP3, bloody nice bloke.

The end is me messing with the time delay on the DL4 hitting the guitar messing with the controls. Fun.

More noodles next week.

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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 Matt Stevens www.mattstevensguitar.com mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com

Back.........................

Hello

I'm still stuck lying down while I type this, its getting a bit scary now to be honest. The back specialist is going to inject my spine to get me moving next month but this is all so frustrating as my wife and I have such big plans for this year including playing here:


Some photos i took on the way to the hospital:

This is John Matthias, I hadn't heard him until today - really impressive modern and folky, you can get his music on Ninja Tune:




I hope you enjoy it




Speak soon




Matt

www.mattstevensguitar.com

Sunday Free Noodle 3

This week's noodle is:

Matt Stevens(guitars) & Kevin Feazey(guitars, bass, programming) - Progovantes 2005 demo(Written by Feazey/Stevens)

It was recorded as a demo for a project that never came together and I've always been rather fond of it. It a bit Wire/Prog. Let me know what you think. As i remember it was recorded in a flat in Manor House, north London.

More noodles next week.

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I should be posting the full stems of my album soon - i know i said that last week - still waiting on Kev from Pinna at the moment. Really looking forward to hearing what people do with the remixes.

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 Matt Stevens www.mattstevensguitar.com mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com

Tann and Sunchymes

The above widget is the Sunchymes - lovely power pop - a just got there album. Sunchymes main man Aaron Hemmington is a good friend of mine, remarkably he plays all the instruments on this - I really like Your Smile - lovely Brian Wilson feel. Check out the harmonies on Greenacre lane which he follows up with some classic Harpsichord Left Banke loveliness. This widget here is for Nick Tann's podcast

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Which features me talking about Last FM and myspace and lots of other good music and banter from Mr Tann. Some fine sounds. Also appropos nothing apart from the fact that I appreciate your support, you can get my album here and "pay what you want" until the end of Feb when it goes back up to full price:

Speak soon guys


Matt Stevens
www.mattstevensguitar.com mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com

An excerpt from DIY Musicians - on www.mattstevensguitar.com

Find your niche, click here to read the full article

Don't go chasing the mainstream - its not there any more.  Whatever you are into thanks to the internet there is a forum or group or community about it - just find it and engage. Don't go in saying:

CHECK ME OUT I'M AMAZING

People will think - just another random spammer and ignore you.  Have a genuine conversation, engage with the community and eventually people will discover your music naturally.  As the very wise Steve Lawson said "Treat the internet like a country pub" - you wouldn't go into a bar and start shouting about how great you are would you? Of course not - they would think you are a nutter!!

Its far better to be honest and do the music you love, people can spot bullshit a mile off. Be passionate about what you do and talk to people about your music and make your music shareable so that others can spread the word.

Just be honest or no one will listen, people expect you to be real.

What Social Networks should I be on?

That depends to an extent what sort of music you play and your audience. The essentials are Twitter, Facebook, Myspace(even thou its rubbish, people still look there), your own email mailing list(use Reverbnation for this) and your own web site.

Ning networks are also useful if relevant to your niche - i use the these:

Acoustic Magazine

AF Collective

Go to Ning and do a search on Belgian Grindcore or Dutch Folk or whatever music you do and find your community.

Use the social media tools you are most comfortable with - video, podcasts, written word, photos or any combination you feel comfortable with. The more comfortable you are, the more honest you can be and the better connections you make.

Blogs?

You need a blog of your own - host it at blogger or wordpress, don't use the Myspace one its horrible! Write when you have something to say but try and keep it within once or twice a week.  Post photos in it using Flickr then get the code from there to add photos to add to your blog.

Contact other bloggers do a Google Blog Search on a similar artist to yourself and start making friends with the bloggers that write about them.  DO NOT SPAM!! Make friends - enjoy their blogs - comment, email to say you enjoy reading, engage and be honest.  Then you may be in a position for them  to write about your music. Another useful way to find bloggers is to hunt for them on hypem again using a similar artist.

If you like the music on my site please share it - www.mattstevensguitar.com - thank you

Has anyone tried Ping.fm - any good?