Category Archives: Showing Up

Better For Me If I’d Never Been Born

Posted on May 27, 2012 by mattblick

  Right at the tail end of last year I promised to post my final and 47th song of 2011 – now almost 6 months later I’ve finally got around to doing it. The delay isn’t due to lack of … Continue reading →

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The Intergalactic Wizard

Posted on November 28, 2011 by mattblick

Photo: Steve Burns For my 46th song project I got distracted from the mashup idea that was distracting me from the song I was writing while I should have been writing another song. I ended up working on a mashup of … Continue reading →

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Day 328: The Other Way Of Writing

Posted on November 24, 2011 by mattblick

So here’s the thing. I’m working on Silver aka Judas’ Song aka Better For Me and I’m still working off a page that I typed out in 2005, annotated with a million different scribbles from the last 6 years (sorry … Continue reading →

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Day 324: Bongo Fury

Posted on November 20, 2011 by mattblick

Wow. A productive and happy day. Both feel a little too rare at the moment.I completed song 45 – Don’t Bring Your Bongos To Church, it took 12 hours from initial idea to finished uploaded demo. I think that’s a … Continue reading →

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Day 304: Forty Three And Counting

Posted on October 31, 2011 by mattblick

I find I’m not playing with a full deck I’m up to my neck like Toulouse Lautrec So Oct is over. Spent a week workshopping, writing, recording and performing with another batch of talented kids as well as Joff and … Continue reading →

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Day 285: We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

Posted on October 12, 2011 by mattblick

Tried to do a bit of recording at Shabby Road after teaching but the mac was flat so I switched all the lights off and improvised in the dark. It seemed the thing to do. I’m still slogging away with … Continue reading →

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Day 263: The Illuminati Ate My Homework

Posted on September 20, 2011 by mattblick

Really enjoyed this article/video on the making of Bohemian Rhapsody. Also enjoyed this video slightly more than Queen’s original vid. The great thing about 50/90 and FAWM is coming across musicians creating great stuff. Here’s two very different tracks from … Continue reading →

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Day 261: I Question The Soup, And Eleven Sweets For Everyone!!!

Posted on September 18, 2011 by mattblick

I’ve gone a record 3 days without writing. Having started back at school this week I came down with freshers flu or whatever the junior version is called and struggled to do anything but sleep and watch a few DVDs. … Continue reading →

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Day 255: Who Was That Masked Man? (Ah, Who Cares)

Posted on September 12, 2011 by mattblick

Eleven Sweets is finished – here it is – Eleven Sweets mp3 My unfinished rap funk metal thing got featured on the 50/90 podcast. Here that is – 50/90 Podcast #6 Just watched Rainn Wilson in Super. It wasn’t. Started … Continue reading →

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Day 254: Headstock And The Kitchen Sink

Posted on September 12, 2011 by mattblick

Had to head out early this morning to play at the Headstock festival with the young people from the workshop I did the other week. They did really well and there were a few star performers that really impressed me. … Continue reading →

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