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Songwriting First Steps – Ideas & Backing Into A Song

Written by Matt Moran on February 17, 2009 – 8:09 am -

I wrote about word play and cadence and Winnie The Pooh and how those all help me as a songwriter with cadence and song flow.

Ideas are another beast but one that, to be honest, I don’t really struggle with.  In fact, I am currently recording right now and I have made a concerted effort to NOT write any new songs.  In the past few weeks, I’ve written 3 and jotted down lyric ideas or phrases for a few more.

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Letting others hear songs as they develop

Written by Matt Moran on November 28, 2008 – 8:04 am -

Andrew Dubber has a post that ask when you should put your music online - when it is fully produced, CD ready, or earlier.

The conclusion is, as with most ideas that surround a highly personal and subjective idea, that it is up to you.

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Creating, publishing, and embedding your songwriter performance video to YouTube.

Written by Matt Moran on October 16, 2008 – 9:20 am -

If you’ve followed along on our last three lessons on capturing, splitting, and then editing and adding an intro plate plus some overlays and titles, we are ready to produce our movie, upload it to YouTube, and then embed it in your website.

Here is the timeline for a video of my song South To Mexico from my September 27th performance at Cave Creek Coffee Company.

Microsoft Movie Maker timeline for South To Mexico
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Video - Morning Girl - live performance from Cave Creek Coffee Company

Written by Matt Moran on September 30, 2008 – 10:19 am -

Last Saturday I opened for Lucas Cates..  Finally read my video in and started cutting it up.  Here is Morning Girl.

Lyrics below:

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Matthew Moran is a songwriter, performer, and author based in Anthem Arizona. Emotional and introspective songs of love, romance, heartache, & living... "sounds like life..."

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