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Wild Speculations
Confessions of a Serial Creative
A little while ago I was invited by Robert Campbell of Safe Sound Audio to begin writing a column for a new online audio magazine/website, audio-times.com. This is my first submission. Be sure to check out the Audio Times website and share the link with anyone you think may be interested. -Matt I find [...]
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Things I Think I’ve Seen
I was reminded today that when we try to examine the elements of our own experience, whatever they may be, the ways in which we identify and explain that content and the meaning we apply to is analog in nature. In other words, it varies with respect to the kinds of territory it spans. Every [...]
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For the Love of Bass
Here’s another piece of the Further Element puzzle. Back in 2005 I found myself suddenly involved in the making of a podcast called The Real Happy Hour. You probably haven’t heard of it. It was the idea (read: fault) of my very old friend and surrogate brother, Joe Legg (who incidentally was also a member [...]
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Touvaroon
Some stuff just takes me forever. One of the “issues”, if you want to call it that, with the bulk of my musical work is that much of my “professionally viable” material has not been created with a band. The main reason for this has to do with values and my specific motivations for pursuing [...]
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A Conversation With Matt
While this website, furtherelement.com, slowly gathers steam, the creative experiments supplying it with content started a long time ago. Over the course of my life, I’ve come to realize that my many different pursuits actually have a singular purpose behind them. While that purpose may not be easy to explain, I think it’s worth a [...]
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The World Isn’t Round
It’s a crooked path sometimes, isn’t it? Sometimes you take the wrong turn, sometimes the wrong turn takes you. But if you keep moving, sooner or later, somehow, eventually, in defiance of all expectations and without a compellingly logical reason, another turn is taken, and another. The spaces fill in and dots are connected. Who [...]
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Feel It
Feel It (demo) Recording is often a part of the songwriting process for me, and as a result I wind up with a lot of audio sketches laying around. Strictly speaking they’re unfinished by usual standards, but as is the case with graphic arts, unfinished pieces can carry a beauty and meaning all their own. [...]
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