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About mattblick

Songwriter/Singer from Nottingham, UK. My 2nd EP, Everything In The World Is Fighting Everything In The Sky, is out now. I'm blogging (& podcasting) through the entire Beatles catalogue at Beatles Songwriting Academy. In my spare time I wish I had some spare time.

A Jolly Little Tune…

Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2019 by mattblick

Here’s a misanthropic anthem (‘Mis-anthem-ropic’?) called I Hate The World from some of my pupils at Fernwood Junior School. You can find it (and all my other songs written with crazy young critters) on the Pupils Songs page or there’s … Continue reading →

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Stone Soup For Ghosts

Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2019 by mattblick

Songwriting is the very definition of optimism. A songwriter attempts to makes stone soup with the help of ghosts and fairies. A fisherman heads out hoping he’ll find a fish but a songwriter doesn’t even know if he’ll find a … Continue reading →

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Fifty Five Stories Down – out now!

Posted on Friday, February 1, 2019 by mattblick

Available now on Bandcamp Nine original songs, plus covers of The Most Ugly Child, k.s. Rhoads and Karyn Ellis, in the rawest of settings – sung live in an abandoned Police Station with only a baritone electric guitar for accompaniment. … Continue reading →

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It’s Not About Gun Control & Immigration: Why CD Baby Is Refusing To Distribute My Album (and why I’m quitting Facebook)

Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2019 by mattblick

Preparing music for digital distribution is one long succession of emails and error messages: “your artwork is in the wrong format”, “WAV files must be 16-bit”, “you need to add publisher info.” But you don’t expect to be told “you … Continue reading →

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I’m Leaving Facebook

Posted on Friday, January 25, 2019 by mattblick

I’m leaving Facebook on Feb 7th WHAT? Yep – for reals. I won’t be setting it to private or anything like that. I’ll be deleting my personal profile, my artist page and the FB groups I set up for Beatles … Continue reading →

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Xmas Sneak Peak

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2019 by mattblick

The Nusic new music podcast gave a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ preview of a track from my new album (did I mention I’ve got a new album coming out?) Fifty Five Stories Down.  Hang around to the end to … Continue reading →

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Jamming With Walter

Posted on Friday, November 9, 2018 by mattblick

Here’s a few links from some schools I teach at Fernwood Merry Death Day – by the Duo Jets Silent Night – Backing track and sheet music Walter Halls A song by some pupils (Ali Songo) A song inspired by … Continue reading →

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Cici Lara: Flower Fountain

Posted on Friday, July 13, 2018 by mattblick

Here’s the new single from Cici Lara who I worked with a few years ago when she was part of New Communication

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Stephen King’s Nail

Posted on Monday, April 30, 2018 by mattblick

When Stephen King decided he was going to be a writer in his teens his first milestone was sending off a story to a magazine he hoped would publish it. As you might expect he got a rejection slip. No … Continue reading →

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What Do Volcanoes Taste Like?

Posted on Friday, March 16, 2018 by mattblick

Another week of weird and wonderful things that pour out of ten year old heads. One pupil has just discovered Aerosmith and was sharing the good news with his buddies. How would you describe them? Like this Kid A: You … Continue reading →

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