Arrogant Sage Music
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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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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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… 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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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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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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In this video I cover: How to create and use project templates in Reaper Folder basics My track naming convention The SWS Extensions for auto-coloring and adding icons to your tracks SWS Extensions can be downloaded here: https://www.sws-extension.org Project templates […]
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I’ve worked mostly from home since 1996, so I am in a bit of a privileged position in that regard. Also, both my parents worked in medicine and were generally nonchalant when it came to “disasters” – like Earthquakes and […]
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I’ve been giving workshops on Reaper (my DAW of choice) and providing some one-on-one training, over the past year or so. In this video, I show how to setup a MIDI drum click track using the GTG Synths MIDI Drum […]
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