Matthew Moran
Beauty | Wonder | Words | Music
Last night Deb and I shot and edited a performance video of my song, Liturgy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOoNPxzA5JQ If you want to read more about it, visit my Substack here. Liturgy © 2023 – Matthew Moran That one night, was it late December Cold moonlight and baby, I remember Shivers running down my spine The fates foretold, […]
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The Flagstaff Folk Festival. Plus a Lyrics & Photos Project On June 14th, I’m both presenting and performing at the Flagstaff Folk Festival! I believe the last time I performed there was 2008. 12:30-1:20PM – Workshop: Roll Your Own House Concert Tour 3:30-4:00PM – Performance: Stage – The Gregg Cabin If you are in Arizona (I have several on […]
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The Coward and the Fool was officially released earlier this week and, from what I can tell, is on all the streaming services. That doesn’t do a lot for small artist. It is there for convenience. However, if you want to support what I do, consider listening to it on, and subscribing to, my YouTube […]
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WHISKEY KILL THIS DREAM Official Release and Lyric Video I’m excited and proud to announce the release of my latest song, Whiskey Kill This Dream. You can find it on all major streaming services. Also, the lyric video, from YouTube, is embedded below. Credits Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Matthew Moran (Los Angeles) Lead Guitar […]
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Marie: Official Release and Lyric Video On June 29th, Marie was released to all the major streaming services. We also created a simple lyric video, shared below. I have a short background on the song and the lyrics below as well. I’d love it if you took a listen and, if you like what you […]
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Last Friday, on my Substack, I wrote about confidence and/or the lack-thereof of completing a project. I indicated that I needed to create self-imposed constraints on creative production – to use, The Stallion Harness. To that end, yesterday afternoon, I rendered my acoustic mix of, The Coward and The Fool. Rendering just means, outputting the […]
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It was 2014. Two years prior my youngest had come to live with me full time. We had moved a few miles East of downtown Los Angeles so she could attend a performing arts high school. We rented an old house – a little beat up – that sat on more than two acres. We […]
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Song: She’s a Lady Rick Boggs, an audio engineer and founder of Audio Eyes, wrote this upon hearing the song: She’s A Lady may be Matt Moran’s best contribution to the world’s collection of songs about the timeless, always relevant, most beloved topic of all: the power of the impact of the female kind… …As a […]
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I love the simplicity and vibe of this song. I have the lyrics below the video. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0QR6VK0Wlk She Knows Love © 2009 – Matthew Moran Arrogant Sage Music Verse 1: Everything About Her Takes My Breath Away Her gentle and her passion they go hand in hand She always seems to know exactly […]
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I’ve started publishing acoustic performance videos (typically filmed in our loft) each week on YouTube. My goal is to include at least 2 songs each month from my back-catalog. Anything pre 2012-ish… I don’t have a strict demarcation but I think songs that are more than 10 years old can be considered back-catalog. LADY LOVE […]
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