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mattblick (@mattblick) progress: 16 winner! joined: January 27 2011 location: Nottinghamshire, UK website: www.mattblick.com influences: The Beatles, George & Ira Gershwin, Bruce Lee, Jesus, It Bites, Kate Bush, Beastie Boys, Tom Waits, Arctic Monkeys, Le Mystere De Voix Bulgare, Beethoven, Bob Dylan, Steve Vai, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Peterson, Scott Bradley, Charlie Parker, Red Hot Chili Peppers, J.S. Bach, Eminem, Joe Satriani, Nik Kershaw, Robben Ford, Fats Waller, Jonathan Coulton

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2012 Songs

1		Israel's Praise (Psalm 22)	10 comments // 3 months ago
2		I Got The Jungle (Right?)	9 comments // 3 months ago
3		That Box	6 comments // 3 months ago
4		Warhol Print	5 comments // 3 months ago
5		Happy Valentine's Day	5 comments // 3 months ago
6		(We Need A) Holiday	7 comments // 3 months ago
7		Supermagic	2 comments // 3 months ago
8		Shut It! (Cult Of The Diamond Geezer) (with  toms)	11 comments // 2 months ago
9		Bug Bug Buggy Bug	6 comments // 2 months ago
10		Sadie's Sister (with  kidd)	13 comments // 2 months ago
11		Space Monkey Mafia Theme Tune (with  toms)	12 comments // 2 months ago
12		Cheese On Toast (with  headfirstonly)	8 comments // 2 months ago
13		More Than We Can Carry (with  stevenwesleyguiles)	3 comments // 2 months ago
14		Glory	2 comments // 2 months ago
15		Space Monkey Mafia Theme Tune (Closing Credits) (with  toms)	9 comments // 2 months ago
16		Toasters Of Death (Incorporated)	3 comments // 2 months ago

Soundboard

•  mikegtz 2 months ago

  Matt,surely you have seen the original South Park movie which poses the question, "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" That's where I stole my idea from. A link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuRJSsAYxDA

•  robs 2 months ago

  Thank you for your nice comment! I've corrected the spelling mistake. You should check @plasticsoul out (while I try to find out who is Johnny Dazzles), he has a lot of Beatlesque influences and an amazing production.

•  toms 2 months ago

  5090 comes at a bad time of the year in lots of ways, but then again I'd rather be doing it than most anything else, at this point in my life. I've been trying to write since the end of FAWM and zilch. Zippo. Nada. Nichts.

•  toms 2 months ago

  I have no idea about messages on other folks' boards. I think you are right, however, we don't get notified. So...I've been spreading your fame far and wide without you knowing of it? As for 'Herbert Said" -- that is just the first part of last year's 50/90, I never got around to posting the other 40 songs (or whatever they were). I should work on that. They got better over time.

•  ianuarius 2 months ago

  Thanks for the comment!
  The "riff" is the one before the solo.

• scottlake 2 months ago

  I could do a guest post I suppose for tickets to write.

•  johnthomasmumm 2 months ago

  Thanks, Matt. I appreciate the link!

•  kallyomally 2 months ago

  Thanks for your comments on Now that You're Gone. I like the key change idea and with a full band would definitely go for that... I'm working up all the material now and having a great time doing it.. the songs are sounding better and better. I have really enjoyed this project and meeting you guys.. Thanks!!

• roydesmet 2 months ago

  Thanks for your comments on my 'Run Up The Stairs'.
  You should've heard the 'Scary Version'. Oh, wait. You shouldn't.
  It featured electric guitar nonsense and a Darth Vader-effect vocal.
  Really scary. You couldn't make sense of it at all.
  
  I don't think there will be a protestant version
  Don't even have a clue of what that would sound like!

•  iocanepower 2 months ago

  Thanks for listening to us this month, Matt! Hope you enjoyed the ride.

•  robs 2 months ago

  You made it (told you so) !

•  nicksypniewski 2 months ago

  Does ANYONE love Revolution 9? If so, it ain't me.

•  nicksypniewski 2 months ago

  Hey Matt, thanks very much for the comments on You Hate Me and Call It a Day. It was, in fact, a slide in Call it A Day and I was definitely going for a George sound, so glad that came through. An no problem on the site pimping. I do go and visit every once in a while. It's a good site, except that you seem to have a penchant for hating songs I love...

•  toms 2 months ago

  WE
  ARE
  AWESOME!

•  downburst 2 months ago

  You're very welcome! I just played it for my daughter, and she giggled all the way through it.

•  errol 2 months ago

  *laugh* Thanks Matt! I wasn't trying to get comments on that song, believe it or not!
  
  And I WILL check out songs... definitely, don't you worry... March is my commenting month.

• orbh 2 months ago

  Thank you for your comment. Yeah, I played everything. I wish that I could have played the drums a bit tighter, but I guess it's a matter of practise. I guess that the lyrics are not too disturbing compared to many other death metal acts, but that sample taking song you mentionend sure sounds... brutal, haha.
  
  I'll check your songs.

•  darcistrutt 2 months ago

  Love the "end" of the cassette tape in your picture Thanks for giving Sexibility a listen! Glad you enjoyed it. You are just a breath away from your 14.5!

•  toms 2 months ago

  OK, I changed it & made it available to logged in FAWMers. It was set as downloadable, too. Hm. Well, this afternoon I'll try to post a full wav file. That's better anyway.

•  toms 2 months ago

  Should be downloadable under the mp3 player. I could post a big wav file somewhere, too.

•  toms 2 months ago

  Matt, you have access to the locked track, through your "my songs." But I will unlock it. The idea was for you to put lyrics & melody to it. If you don't like it, I have another that is made from found sounds.

•  toms 2 months ago

  Well...

•  headfirstonly 2 months ago

  Hey Matt - I'd be delighted to do a collab. Thanks for the invite!
  
  And my goodness - yes, that's the film. Film page duly updated!

•  toms 2 months ago

  That
  Is
  Hilarious
  My
  FAWM
  Friend!
  

•  toms 2 months ago

  WHADAYA MEAN, TOO LONG?!

•  toms 2 months ago

  Man, those lyrics are totally awesome. Do all of your songs have that kind of intertextuality?
  
  I think you ought to unlock the song, other people need to see those lyrics. They really are excellent.

•  toms 2 months ago

  Rats, it is locked even for me! I am totally intrigued by the subject matter, however.
  
  edit: wait, I just figured it out. Awesome.
  
  edit edit: yeah, those are great great lyrics. Totally suggestive. I think a lexicon and pronunciation key would not be amiss...

•  fuzzy 2 months ago

  Matt; no offense taken on the Nova Scotia thing - I don't even live near there!
  What do you mean Nova Scotia isn't a tropical getaway? It's gotta get up to probably 20 degrees Celsius for at least a few weeks a year...

• simonjcurd 3 months ago

  Hey Matt, I certainly would like to, but I'm afraid I'm being so slow with the stuff I'm working on that I'm probably not going to get around to other collabs that I had already committed to! If I somehow become super productive in the next few days I'll definitely drop you a line!..

•  toms 3 months ago

  Ah...something 12 tone with shifting time signatures...played by a gamelan ensemble, using Carlos Beta...yeah, that'd be good.
  
  Edit: or, I could indulge my well-known affinity for Rebecca Black style pop, and inflict upon you much pain and great...

•  toms 3 months ago

  Heh - now I have to find something dastardly to send you. Unfortunately, your songs reveal you to be quite versatile....hmmm....

• johnnycashpoint 3 months ago

  Not a bad thing at all - pistols vs formby sounds like ALL music should be! Will we see you at this year's FOP? Hope so ...

•  toms 3 months ago

  Well, now, I think money is always good, but...hmm...we could each send the other something that would benefit from the other person's talents.

•  toms 3 months ago

  Collab cool, but I am notoriously unreliable. Be forewarned. Whatever it involves, it must feature your awesome playing!

•  stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

  Hey Matt! I just emailed you a collab idea. Just jammed it out on my iPhone and a guitar and YOUR awesome lyrics.
  
  See what you think and get back to me later.
  
  Peace,
  
  steve

• chrishensongs 3 months ago

  FYI, thanks to all your encouragement [which I greatly appreciate] I've put myself up on Bandcamp. It's here: http://chrishensongs.bandcamp.com/

•  stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

  It feels good to be a role model!

•  stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

  Sorry I haven't done anything with the collab yet.
  I hope to soon.

•  charliecheney 3 months ago

  Lawsuit for royalties! Yes!
  Oh wait, I had nothing to do with that song...
  WILL THAT STOP ME????

•  johnthomasmumm 3 months ago

  Sure, Matt, I thought your "Tickets to Write" was a great idea. And I stand by the idea that even someone who hates the Beatles could learn a lot of great techniques by studying them. Have you read The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles yet? That book blew me away, though it's unfortunately out of print now.

•  brownium 3 months ago

  Matt - thanks for your comments on Psalm 23 (http://fawm.org/songs/25105/) - particularly the call out on the importance of "valley of the shadow of death" rather than "valley of death". I did a little research on it, and I think I'm comfortable with it as I have it, but I am going to ask a couple other people who are a lot smarter than me for their take on it. I've got a messy demo up there at long last this morning.

•  jonniegrunge 3 months ago

  Howdy, Matt! Thanks for your comment! Glad to hear there are more Musical Multiple Personality sufferers out there. We could start a support group!

•  kidd 3 months ago

  made a start on the collab.... ended up structuring almost a whole song... see what you think... We can always do somethin else if you think its a bit much!!....

•  johnthomasmumm 3 months ago

  Hey, I've been reading through your Beatles Songwriting Academy. Great site. I'll be keeping an eye on it.

• chriddof 3 months ago

  Hello there - the speech at the end is indeed a text reading program - an online one to be exact. It's of some woman doing an impression of the Queen.

•  kidd 3 months ago

  I love old recordings... sounds like a plan to me. Fire it over i'll give it a shot!

•  shay 3 months ago

  Hi Matt, Thank you for your comment on my song "Within your Hell".

•  kidd 3 months ago

  Hey Matt, yeas to all of your requests... I would be happy to collaborate, Im doing one with @johnthomasmumm at the moment and hope to have my parts done by friday night so would be more than up for starting a new one... what say in the style of sexy sadie?
  
  And by the way... alt hitman!!! AMAZING

•  toms 3 months ago

  Thank you, Matt, you are a good good man.

•  kidd 3 months ago

  Ha ha yeah the jiggle was there! (the thumbs were also slightly aloft...) good to see you on here again!

• wuola 3 months ago

  Hey Matt, thanks for your comments! I'll be busy next week, not sure how much time for collabs. Maybe later this month!
  
  Ps. Excellent influences list!

•  cts 3 months ago

  You're welcome, my man. Glad I stopped by. You like Bruce Lee...idea brewing.

•  stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

  I like this one a lot: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=2096787

•  stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

  Of course, Matt! Let's collab!

•  robs 3 months ago

  Two years of blogging about The Beatles and still he thinks he needs a whole month to record an EP. For The Beatles recording an EP was like a regular afternoon job ...

•  fuzzy 3 months ago

  Matt!! Love your Beatles blog! Glad I found you!!

• jacindae 3 months ago

  HA! I haven't, and I haven't even come up with a good title for it. Life keeps happening and stuff. LAME! Can't wait to hear your new songs this year.

• simonjcurd 3 months ago

  Hey there, I'll do my best. Saw you say that you were in the studio at the moment, hope it's going well - will you be done by the time Fawm starts?

•  robs 3 months ago

  Keep writing new songs!