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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Tags: live music, roots rock and roll, songwriter
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The Studio, The Stage, and Elsewhere

August 1, 2011 in Music

An update for August 1, 2011

I used to hate recording. The truth is I find it tedious although it has become more pleasurable. First, having the guys at Easy Street Studio in Simi Valley, CA handle all the technical details is nice.

But anyway you cut it, the studio is NOT the stage. The stage provides immediate gratification. It also allows for “stylistic flexibility” – aka: mistakes. They are there and then gone – you move on, you perform, no one is any wiser. It is energy.

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Lyrics – Too Early for Whiskey

August 1, 2011 in Music, songwriting

My occasional foray into song origins

Some 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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Tags: country music, drinking song, honkytonk, lyrics, songwriter, songwriting
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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.

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Matt Moran Band Reviewed in Music Connection Magazine

March 16, 2011 in Music

We are very excited to announce our review in the March 2011 issue of:
Music Connection Magazine

Music Writer, Tom Laurie, attended our show in January.. apparently, he liked it! You can also find the complete text of the review below the photo gallery.

You can click the image to see the review full-size or download a PDF here.

FYI: We are back at Yankee Doodles on April 2nd. Check the schedule.

Also, Mickey Yeh of Mickey Yeh Photography was there. Check out the gallery below:

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