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Author Archives: mattblick
Jamming With Walter
Here’s a few links from a school I teach at A song by some pupils (Ali Songo) A song inspired by a diss from a pupil – “Matt, your life came from a happy meal” (both songs are here under the … Continue reading
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Cici Lara: Flower Fountain
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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Tagged Cici Lara, New Communication
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Stephen King’s Nail
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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Tagged Failure, Floyd Patterson, Michael Jordan, Stephen King
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What Do Volcanoes Taste Like?
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
Singer Songwriter Academy Files
Sand V1 – Single Track Vox Sand V1 – Double Track Vox Fireballs V1 Wounds V1
Inspire Singer/Songwriter Bootcamp 2017
In August I had the pleasure of working with Nina Smith and Elliot Labatte (Silver Wilson) on another Singer/Songwriter bootcamp. We spent an intensive 5 days writing, recording and performing with a very talented bunch of 13-19 year olds. Some … Continue reading
Demo Albums
or is it albums of demos? Either way I’ve decided to begin compiling/curating my audio archives. You can download the first one right here Home Truths 2016 The download includes 16 songs ranging from metal guitar instrumentals, political songs, style … Continue reading
Songs With Pupils 2017
I’ll be adding songs to this page as I go (right click to download) School DNA – Unknown Rapitide U.A.D.O.R. – Lauren & Henry Other stuff you might like Race To The Top Matt’s Songs
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U.A.D.O.R.
Here’s a little tune I wrote with 11 year old pupils Lauren and Henry. We deconstructed the chords to Shawn Mendes‘ song Treat You Better and went from there. All the ‘drums’ were created in school by banging cupboards, dropping … Continue reading
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