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Musical Goals for 2021 - songwriter Matthew Moran

My Musical Goals for 2021

Posted on December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 by Matthew Moran

I’ve been writing my 2021 goals. I have a document I add to over the year and modify as I go. It identifies key areas I want to work on and both big and small objectives.  These can be in […]

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Christmas Heart by Matthew Moran ft. Emiko

New Song – Christmas Heart

Posted on December 15, 2020December 24, 2020 by Matthew Moran

Edit: 12/24/2020 Here’s a free download of Christmas Heart We’d still love it if you viewed and shared the YouTube video. Thanks. No pressure… BUT DO IT NOW!! Last year, two days before Christmas (12/23/2019) I wrote a Christmas song. […]

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9 SONGS Update – video and links

Posted on September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 by Matthew Moran

All 9 Songs are uploaded as video performances with a short origin story on the songs. Here is a short update video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kBra_zFt4M As indicated in the video, I recorded guitar for Escape as well as, The Tide and Take […]

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Announcing the 9 SONGS Music Project

Posted on September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 by Matthew Moran

9 SONGS: Recording & Production Project I’m excited to announce, 9 SONGS, a recording and production project I’m launching today. Without going into too much detail, the goal is to remedy a long-standing problem of moving on to the next […]

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Matthew Moran's song, Promised Land

Song Lyrics: Promised Land

Posted on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 by Matthew Moran

Posted on Facebook 8.9.2020 PROMISED LAND © 2008 Matthew Moran The story behind the song A few weeks after my divorce in 2008, I was driving back to California to visit some friends and family after playing music in Colorado […]

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Ordinary Man - a song by Matthew Moran

New Music: Ordinary Man with lyrics

Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 by Matthew Moran

About Ordinary Man Written in response to my disenfranchisement with myths I was taught as a child – about the country, about our history, and systems that seem intractable. Further inspired by the current climate in the country. The lyrics […]

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Travis Picking with songwriter Matthew Moran

Travis Picking Lesson including downloadable pattern graphics

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by Matthew Moran

Travis Picking… finally First: The video and downloadable PDF and graphics can be found below. I am going to to provide some context for why I created this tutorial. I avoided learning Travis for MANY years. I have plenty of […]

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Take Your Cares Away - song download and lyric video

New Music – Take Your Cares Away

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 by Matthew Moran

I was coerced into writing this song I’m not complaining but it is the truth. A couple weeks ago, during an evening storm, my girlfriend and I were in my room talking and playing guitar. We had opened the window […]

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Virtual Songsalive! Workshop: The Proactive Songwriter

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by Matthew Moran

As I write this, I have a browser tab open and am chatting with a new friend in Norway.  Haakon Rian “mAncient” Ueland is a healer, monk, and musician. We met last night as part of Songsalive! Inaugural Virtual Song […]

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MUSIC: Where I Belong

My most recent music project is available for free download

Blog entries

  • My Musical Goals for 2021 December 28, 2020
  • New Song – Christmas Heart December 15, 2020
  • 9 SONGS Update – video and links September 29, 2020
  • Announcing the 9 SONGS Music Project September 14, 2020

House Concerts

A house concert performance from a few years back
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