YouTube Upgraded My Channel to an Official Artists Channel This has been sort of a big week for me. Or start of the year, to be more precise. As I was preparing to release my third song, Call On It […]
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New Song: Call On It Now
Yesterday I released, Call On It Now. It’s a song I wrote at the end of last year. You can find it on all the streaming services. I also have a YouTube lyric video. You can find that via this link or […]
Continue readingNew Song – Christmas Heart
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. […]
Continue readingSong Lyrics: Promised Land
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 […]
Continue readingNew Music: Ordinary Man with lyrics
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 […]
Continue readingNew Music – Take Your Cares Away
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 […]
Continue readingVirtual Songsalive! Workshop: The Proactive Songwriter
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 […]
Continue readingCreating Reaper Project Templates: Video Tutorial
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 […]
Continue readingHow to setup a MIDI drum click track in Reaper
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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