Matt Moran @ Songsalive! Showcase San Francisco

March 29, 2010 in songwriting

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 – 7PM @ Velo Rouge Cafe, San Francisco  (map)

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Songwriter Matt Moran

Matthew Moran – Sounds Like Life Newsletter – April 2010

March 29, 2010 in Music, songwriting

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The latest newsletter was emailed this morning. You can read it by clicking the image to the left.

Contains:

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Songwriter: Story Behind the Song – Decision Road

February 17, 2010 in Music, songwriting

Everyone doubts themselves! Universally, songs about facing self-doubt resonate with people because people, in their souls, carry deep doubts about who they are and what they’ve done; how they’ve lived their lives.

That is where Decision Road came from.

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Show cancelled by outside forces

February 6, 2010 in Music

Sheesh!!!

Last month, the Good Hurt in Venice was shut down because 5 blocks in Venice had their electricity knocked out by the storms in Southern California. We drove down to the venue only to find a darkened and empty street.

We are rescheduled at The Good Hurt on February 25th, 9PM.

Last night – while preparing to perform in Ventura, the unnamed venue had the health department close them down. My understanding is that whatever the issue was has been corrected but not before the evening’s activities were cancelled.

Becky just lost her voice to a cold and I am crossing my fingers that I am not next because I am really looking forward to Tuesday evening at Genghis Cohen.

Schedule updates and streaming video

January 5, 2010 in Music, social media, songwriting

20090818-ItsAGrind-Simi-DangerousGirl02 Make sure you check out the schedule page. Matt will be performing several times in the next few weeks.
 
Technology permitting, we will be streaming these performances, so if you are not in the area, tune in.

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New tune – A Little Bit of Everything from Youtube

November 12, 2009 in Music, social media, songwriting

Hello all. I recently sat down and videotaped me playing relatively new song.

A Little Bit of Everything
Copyright © 2009 – Matthew Moran (Sounds  Like Life Music)

And a pure audio recording:

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Lyrics below..

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Newsletter – Songwriting, I love it, I hate it

November 7, 2009 in Music, songwriting

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Yesterday I released my newsletter.

In it, I discussed some of the challenges I had with my current recording and a rush of creativity.
 
I’m writing a lot of new songs – and while I am happy with the output, it sort of seemed to be derailing me from recording the current CD.
 
The fact is, it really isn’t derailing me. I am making headway with the new CD. A friend and fellow songwriter (Jim Pipkin) said to me, “Don’t bemoan the muse, Matt. She can be a jealous bitch!”

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Performing Songwriter – Of CD Titles and Bands

October 24, 2009 in Music, songwriting

My most recent newsletter covers my one upcoming performance and briefly mentions my current work in putting a band together.

Either click the image to the right or read it here.

Updates have been a bit sparse of late – mostly due to the schedule of recording, consulting work, and other writing projects.

I did recently provide an update to the Facebook Group – Performing Songwriters (United Worldwide) – covering some tools and technology to help the songwriter on the business side of product/merchandise and promotion.

I’ll be sharing that information here and at:
TheSongwriterOnline.

Stay tuned!

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