recording

Hey everyone.

Recording on Saturday went great. Much better and faster than I had anticipated. I felt like I could had sang better on the last song that I had recorded, but I kept the take. It might not be the most professional sounding recording, but it sounded pretty damn good. My friend Jason who did the work is currently polishing sound and tweeking everything. We cut 4 tracks which was pretty much ideal. I should have the finished work in 7-10 days. Jason is a biochemistry major at Wisconsin and so he's working all this in for me during a busy semester. No doubt my semester gets hectic starting now too. All in all, we had a lot of fun, told some dirty jokes into the microphone in between songs, you know, all the good stuff. I will tell you more about the production and release dates when I find out. I think it'll be late October just because Jason needs a little extra time due to our horrible school schedules and Sooper Dooper (the company that assembles the cd, artwork, etc) is a little busier than normal right now.

Anyways, so that's how everything played out. I am very excited to get the myspace page up and running. It won't be long now...

one last semester!

Hey friends. So this is the end of week 3 of my last semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I've been very reflective since the semester has started. I am ready to be done, but the minute that I am done I know I will miss it. My classes aren't the greatest this semester, they are interesting, but they are more work than I wanted for the last semester. Oh well...I will make it work. I don't have to necessarily strive for A's and B's if I don't want to. ...And to be honest, by November I don't think I will be able to...

Anyways, its officially Saturday morning and in about 10 hours I will begin recording my debut e.p. (yet to be titled). I am looking forward to it and getting the iTunes account going and the Myspace page streaming. It's been a long time coming! Anyways, I'll let you know how it goes!

Matthew

New Friends?

Uhg, seriously, those of you around the Madison area...you will NEVER feel good after you eat Gumby's Pizza. It's true. How did a wonderful cartoon character annhilate pizza so much? Anyways...

Lately, I have been thinking a dangerous thought. I often think this every 6 months or so to keep people "in check" anyways, but I often wonder...do I have good friends? More shocking (or sad)do I have enough friends? I sat at home for like 50% Saturday AND all Sunday night. WTF?! I shouldn't waste my precious weekends. It wasn't a complete loss, I played and rehearsed a lot of guitar and got some good words down on paper. I think I am only about one set of lyrics away from being totally ready to record. The music is all written. Anyways, I feel kind of silly sitting here thinking about how to make friends...Aren't we all born with that ability? And why have I stopped dead in my tracks? I don't mind hanging out with people from work but I need a little separation from those people (Chris is an exception and he's one of the busiest people I know). Have you ever noticed too that when you hang out with work friends its completely impossible to NOT talk about work? I leave work @ work...

So here's a thought I've had, I am going to do some volunteer work on the weekend to try to meet some people. I am pretty sure I am going to volunteer at the Wisconsin Book Festival in October. Anyone else have any good ideas?

Once again, this isn't to say that I don't appreciate the friends I have or dislike them, but I guess I just have noticed the hesitation of people who want to hang out or even talk. That gives me the impression that either they don't want to be friends OR I am just there at their convenience. For instance, this person Samantha, she talks to me once and while but we'll never hang out...ever and she goes to Edgewood, like less than 3 miles from where I go. Or a friend of mine (will remain nameless) who likes to hang out at bars, but he's seriously is just looking for pussy. He wants guys to hang with him, but the minute he pin-points his next prospect, he's gone and anyone chilling do not exist. I don't know...I am just ranting right now I guess.

Thoughts?