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This Star-spangled Life of Mine – a tribute to the troops

November 15, 2011 in blog, Music, songwriting

Kali

Kali at her post

Becky’s son Ian just returned from Iraq. During his time there, I would listen to the two of them talk. This some came out of those conversations.

Right now, the band and I are in the studio recording this song with the goal of releasing it as a single. The plan is to find a charity through the VA or USO to provide a portion of any proceeds to an organization supporting and assisting the troops.

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This Star-spangled Life of Mine

Copyright © 2011 – Matthew Moran

I’ve included a video of me performing the song the morning after I wrote it.

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Matt Moran Band Elks Lodge in Canoga Park, Friday October 28

October 24, 2011 in blog, Music, Press, songwriting

matt moran band at the elks lodge in canoga park

click to see a full-sized poster...

We won’t be in costume (or will we) but we will be rocking Canoga Park at the Elks Lodge.

I want you there but to get on the list, you do need to send me an email.

Details:
Elks Lodge, Canoga Park – 7PM-9PM-ish
20925 Osborne St., Canoga Park, CA 91304
$10 (includes dinner). Wear a costume, take $2 off

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Original Music – All I Want Is Everything performed live at The Talking Stick

September 27, 2011 in blog, Music, social media, songwriting

A video from our show at The Talking Stick in Venice.  September 3rd, 2011. Also, the origins of the song and lyrics at the end.

All I Want Is Everything

Copyright © 2011 – Matthew Moran

original song, All I Want Is EverythingBehind the Song

In 2009 I had moved back to California. There was some positive movement in a number of critical areas of my life. Music, writing, consulting, etc. But none of it was happening as fast as I would have liked. Isn’t that always the case.

Becky was still in Arizona. During a phone conversation I was frustrated about “things” not happening fast enough. Patience is not a virtue I’ve mastered. I was saying to her, “I just want everything. I want everything now!!”

Becky replied, “All I want is you.” (Everyone say, “aaahhhhhh”)

The next morning at 6:00AM I began texting her to wake her up. I had recorded an acoustic version of this song.

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Dangerous Girl live performance video Butler’s Coffee in Palmdale

September 12, 2011 in blog, Music, songwriting

Matt Moran performs his song, Dangerous Girl in PalmdaleDangerous Girl and other songs performed live

During our recent “Roots & Roll” shows with Bill Wickham, I had the pleasure of performing in front of some friends in Palmdale. Butler’s Coffee is an excellent little venue and Kevin Smith does a great job of providing a place for songwriter’s to perform.

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Roots & Roll – Palmdale, Ventura, & Los Angeles

August 11, 2011 in blog, Music, songwriting

Songwriters Matt Moran and Bill Wickham team-up for 3 shows in Southern California… Hippy Rebel Country with Roots Rock.. or Roots & Roll

I met songwriter Bill Wickham during the Glendale Folk & Heritage Festival in Arizona. I was immediately impressed with his songwriting and casual nature. We played together a few times in Arizona but now Bill is coming to California.. and so…

The “Roots and Roll” Tour

Okay, tour might be ambitious but Bill and I are playing 3 shows together (as of this writing).  The show dates and locations are below the posters. Click the posters to get a full-sized version and feel free to pass the poster or this page to your friends.

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Lyrics – Too Early for Whiskey

August 1, 2011 in Music, songwriting

My occasional foray into song origins

wineandcerealSome songs have a “real life” experience backing them up. This one doesn’t.

Those who know me know that I am “almost” a teetotaler. I drink a glass of wine every other night, maybe. Sort of funny when the bar you play music at gives you free drinks and you are ordering Arnold Palmers – that is my mixed beverage of choice.

This sort of came about as a phrase through some rapid random thoughts.

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The May 19th newsletter

May 20, 2011 in blog, Music, social media, songwriting

Here is a link to the latest newsletter. Below is a message I put in the newsletter. Below that is a new song I just introduced to the band.

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A few gigs coming up

May 10, 2011 in Music, songwriting

We have some shows coming up

Friday, May 20th, at The Red Cove. We are playing with two heavy funk jam bands – The Hours Before & Jam Stain. I’m not exactly sure what heavy jam funk is but we plan to rock with them in Ventura.

Thursday, June 23rd, we are playing in Santa Barbara at The Creekside Inn.

Monday, June 27th, we are closing the night for Rena Wren at The Talking Stick in Los Angeles.

Check out the poster’s below for details or see the show page.

20110520-RedCovewJamStainHoursBefore-lores 20110623-CreeksideInn-lores 20110510-TalkingStick

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The press kit plus work in the studio

February 14, 2011 in Music, songwriting

MattMoranBand-PressKit
Link to: PDF | High Res JPG		 A few weeks ago we had Mickey Yeh of Mickey Yeh Photography come out and shoot some photos of a live performance.

We loved the shots and they were use to create our new one page press kit.

Interested in booking the band, contact us at:
booking@MatthewMoranOnline.com
or call: 818-584-6288

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Sex, Drugs, and Crossover?

January 13, 2011 in Music, songwriting

How about, "Coffee, Kids, and Rock & Roll!"

During a recent chat with my friend, Marc, a consultant in Salt Lake City, I was excited about our show the night prior and said, "I’m a Rock Star!"

He responded with, "I thought you were a crossover star?"

Which brought up a bit of a dilemma with the issue of genre and musical classification.

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