Download Episode 019

A few weeks ago, Tony Vecchi sat down with me, my old band Lights, and our friend Charles Murphy to talk about our posthumous release Something in the Sky, a collection of material (33 songs) that we never recorded/released when we were a band from 2003-2007.

We basically discuss our entire history in this interview - from the early days and recording our first EP, to recording Get Lit, to recording this huge Something in the Sky thing after we broke up… and all the good, bad, funny, unfunny stuff in between.

Download Lights’ entire discography for free: http://www.somethinginthesky.net/

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Matt
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Download Episode 011

Tony and I sat down a few weeks back and had a delightful conversation about this song he wrote called Spit.  We talked about his inspiration for this song, the story of how he became so filled with emotion that he punched his guitar as hard as he could, and we also went off on an interesting tangent about “the rules” of songwriting as seen through the prism of the work of Salvador Dali.  An episode not to be missed!

Tony lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts & plays guitar/sings in TonyBear and Close Friends.  For more from Tony, check out

http://lugubriousmoron.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/tonytonybear
http://www.myspace.com/closefriendsband

Matt
Demo Mirror

Download Episode 008

A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with guest interviewer Tony Vecchi to talk about a song of mine called Baby Sweetheart/It’s All Right.  We got into a groove and did a longer interview than expected… this will not be the last time this happens (there are a bunch of lengthier episodes coming up, so look out!).  Here Tony and I discuss how I catalog my song-a-day demos, my current fascination with pop song formulas, and how click tracks have influenced our demoing practices.  I play guitar and sing in The Bynars, and I release solo material when the time is right.

For more from me, check out
http://www.thebynars.com/

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Matt
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