hey everyone...
Matt here writing from windy Waco, TX. I just wanted to pop in & give you a bit of an update. The last couple of weeks have been quite crazy with finals, moving and a new job all in full swing. So, I haven't had as much time to work on music. However, I did take full advantage of my downtime yesterday to work on mixing the next batch of four songs!
They're all coming together nicely & we hope to have them posted very soon. My wife, Laurel, makes her return to singing backing vocals on the song "On A Wire." She really took this song to a whole different level. Another new one that I'm really excited about is a great song that Chris wrote the music for..it's called "Hoping For A Miracle" & I had a lot of fun playing slide guitar on this one! We have a couple of others ("Tick Tock", "Quarters On The Floor" & "Genesis") that are nearing completion as well. "Tick Tock" is a new/old song of mine....the bluesy riff is old, but I re-wrote the lyrics for it.
Like I said, we're moving into a much larger place & one of the benefits of that is that I'll have my own music room! My gear is spread all throughout our current house (mainly in the dining room...yup. the dining room!) and I'm really excited to have everything centrally located. Chris is moving as well & he's getting a music room too! So, we're both really happy about our moves!
We'll try to get these posted as soon as they're ready. In 2 weeks, all of the finals/moving craziness will be over & i can't wait!
Hope this finds you all well & thanks for listening/reading,
Matt
4.29.2010
4.17.2010
Some things old, some things new.
Hey all
Quick update from the Cluthe & Lee music world. We have posted 3 new songs this morning!
Hands Now Clean
Matt: Lyrics/all vocals, slide guitar, j-bass and lead electric guitar
Chris: Acoustic Guitar, all percussion and lead electric guitar
This one was written the same day as "In A Corner" back just after the new year and was worked up during a flood of tunes at the time. It was all but forgotten until I wrote Matt and asked him about a file I had that sounded incomplete. He sent back the version of this song that is posted now and said we had pretty much worked it up, but totally forgot about it. Matt plays a rockin' slide and bass on this one. I had been on a Zeppelin kick at the time and I think there's a definite influence in the song.
Abbreviated
Matt: Lyrics/all vocals, lead guitar, j-bass
Chris: Acoustic guitar, piano, drums/percussion
Written March 30, 2010. We both think this is the most upbeat, happiest song we've done together. It started with some happy C and D chops on the piano and grew quickly from there. When Matt sent it back with vocals/lyrics I could tell he had some real fun singing! He sent the lyrics and before I listened to the playback, I read them. There lying in the first few lines was the word "abbreviated" and I wondered how the hell he was going to sing such an unusually long word. Matt says he remembered this when he titled the song, ha! The guitar work he added is really awesome (thanks chicken salad!)and the bass matches that upbeat piano. We both joked quite a bit about the upbeat/happy feel to this one and how it was a refreshing change from some of the darker stuff we'd been doing the last month or so.
Simple
Matt: Lyrics/all vocals, main rhythm guitar, j-bass, effects
Chris: Lead guitar
Last week Matt sent me 3 new songs in one day. This one came complete with lyrics and a driving/rhythmic guitar track. I think the main guitar has its own percussive quality to it and so we elected not to do any drums, etc., on it. It has a very atmospheric tone to it thanks to Matt's awesome mixing work! This song came together VERY quickly. Maybe the fastest ever?
We are both really stoked to continue writing songs and getting to share them with all of you! These 3 songs are all very different and I think represent an obvious diversity of musical taste/ability. On my end I know that this is one of my favorite things about playing with Matt. I just never know what is coming next!
These songs are up on MySpace for you to enjoy and will be posted on ReverbNation along with all 52 completed songs. Thanks for all your support! You know who you are!
Love and all that,
Chris
www.myspace.com/presentlyfalling (listen to the 10 most current tunes, read blogs!)
www.reverbnation.com/presentlyfalling (listen to everything we've done thus far!)
www.twitter.com/clutheleemusic (follow us on Twitter!)
Quick update from the Cluthe & Lee music world. We have posted 3 new songs this morning!
Hands Now Clean
Matt: Lyrics/all vocals, slide guitar, j-bass and lead electric guitar
Chris: Acoustic Guitar, all percussion and lead electric guitar
This one was written the same day as "In A Corner" back just after the new year and was worked up during a flood of tunes at the time. It was all but forgotten until I wrote Matt and asked him about a file I had that sounded incomplete. He sent back the version of this song that is posted now and said we had pretty much worked it up, but totally forgot about it. Matt plays a rockin' slide and bass on this one. I had been on a Zeppelin kick at the time and I think there's a definite influence in the song.
Abbreviated
Matt: Lyrics/all vocals, lead guitar, j-bass
Chris: Acoustic guitar, piano, drums/percussion
Written March 30, 2010. We both think this is the most upbeat, happiest song we've done together. It started with some happy C and D chops on the piano and grew quickly from there. When Matt sent it back with vocals/lyrics I could tell he had some real fun singing! He sent the lyrics and before I listened to the playback, I read them. There lying in the first few lines was the word "abbreviated" and I wondered how the hell he was going to sing such an unusually long word. Matt says he remembered this when he titled the song, ha! The guitar work he added is really awesome (thanks chicken salad!)and the bass matches that upbeat piano. We both joked quite a bit about the upbeat/happy feel to this one and how it was a refreshing change from some of the darker stuff we'd been doing the last month or so.
Simple
Matt: Lyrics/all vocals, main rhythm guitar, j-bass, effects
Chris: Lead guitar
Last week Matt sent me 3 new songs in one day. This one came complete with lyrics and a driving/rhythmic guitar track. I think the main guitar has its own percussive quality to it and so we elected not to do any drums, etc., on it. It has a very atmospheric tone to it thanks to Matt's awesome mixing work! This song came together VERY quickly. Maybe the fastest ever?
We are both really stoked to continue writing songs and getting to share them with all of you! These 3 songs are all very different and I think represent an obvious diversity of musical taste/ability. On my end I know that this is one of my favorite things about playing with Matt. I just never know what is coming next!
These songs are up on MySpace for you to enjoy and will be posted on ReverbNation along with all 52 completed songs. Thanks for all your support! You know who you are!
Love and all that,
Chris
www.myspace.com/presentlyfalling (listen to the 10 most current tunes, read blogs!)
www.reverbnation.com/presentlyfalling (listen to everything we've done thus far!)
www.twitter.com/clutheleemusic (follow us on Twitter!)
4.10.2010
3 new songs completed and copyright certificate for LP arrives!
Happy Saturday all! Chris here writing from sunny Columbia, MO this morning to share some very exciting news! Yesterday Matt received our official copyright certificate for our debut LP 'Here We Are'. You'd think we both won the lottery judging from our talk yesterday! Come to think of it, I'd say this music and friendship is no different : )
Ok, so updates on the music. Matt worked his arse off this week and finished mixing 3 new songs; Sideways, Suspended in Motion and Swifter Change. All of these will be posted on the Reverb and MySpace page today!
Sideways was something Matt wrote just before he left for his vacation to Portland/Seattle last month. He sent me this e-mail right before he left saying that he knew we were about to take a pause in writing but that he couldn't help himself! The part of the song that hooked me was the "la, la, la, la" bit and the more I listened the more drawn in I got. While Matt was away I loaded up the song with a lot of instrumentation including a harmonica intro that I couldn't get in key! I think I tried 3-4 different parts before we dropped it and added what you hear now in the intro.
Sideways
Cluthe: Lyrics/Vocals/Rhythm Fender Strat/Fender Strat leads/J Bass
Lee: Fender Acoustic Guitar/GarageBand Orchestral Strings/Piano/Backing Vocals/Drums/Percussion/Les Paul Electric Lead
Swifter Change is a song that was originally written back in first week of September 2009 with a working title of "After The Chili Song." Yes, I had just eaten a bowl of chili before recording it ; ) It was a pretty complex little number as far as my musical abilities go. Lots of picking patterns in there. I brought this one back to Matt's attention in late March and he latched on to the piano parts I'd recorded. He sent me back this jaw dropping delayed guitar lead along with some rough vocal ideas that had a very haunting and fitting tone to them. This song also does not have any percussion, which hasn't been done since "Setting Sun" maybe? After 50 songs, the ol' memory starts getting fuzzy!
Swifter Change
Cluthe: Lyrics/all vocals/Fender Strat lead with delay
Lee: Fender Acoustic/Piano/Fender P-Bass
The last in the three S's series is Suspended in Motion which was written by Matt. It's working title was "Growing Up" which is appropriate as you listen to the lyrics. I found myself relating to some of the themes in here, which Matt has such a talent for in his writing. Pair that with his incredible singing and playing and you have this song!
Suspended In Motion
Cluthe: Lyrics/all vocals/Fender Strat Rhythm/Fender J-Bass
Lee: Les Paul leads/effects/Shaker
Well there you have it! 3 songs all in one release! We are excited to continue sharing this with you all and really do appreciate all the faithful listeners and support!
Whole Lotta Love-
Chris
4.08.2010
what's on deck....
happy thursday everyone...
i just thought i'd give you an update on what we have cooking right now. but first, here's a quick album update for ya. we're officially copyrighted (yay!), but are still waiting to receive our documentation of the copyrights...which should be arriving any day now. Maura is hard at work on the artwork and i can't wait to see how it has progressed b/c her rough drafts were absolutely amazing!
as far as the new songs go, we have several that are in various stages of mixing/recording/production. i should wrap up the mixing on a couple of them tomorrow & we'll post those this weekend. here's what we're working on:
-Fade
-Tick Tock
-Suspended In Motion
-Swifter Change
-Sideways
plus, we each have a couple of new ideas that we're passing back & forth through the interwebs. lots of fun stuff coming up! as always, thanks a ton for listening to our songs & reading this silly blog.
Matt
i just thought i'd give you an update on what we have cooking right now. but first, here's a quick album update for ya. we're officially copyrighted (yay!), but are still waiting to receive our documentation of the copyrights...which should be arriving any day now. Maura is hard at work on the artwork and i can't wait to see how it has progressed b/c her rough drafts were absolutely amazing!
as far as the new songs go, we have several that are in various stages of mixing/recording/production. i should wrap up the mixing on a couple of them tomorrow & we'll post those this weekend. here's what we're working on:
-Fade
-Tick Tock
-Suspended In Motion
-Swifter Change
-Sideways
plus, we each have a couple of new ideas that we're passing back & forth through the interwebs. lots of fun stuff coming up! as always, thanks a ton for listening to our songs & reading this silly blog.
Matt
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