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10/15/2008 I write songs and sing them at people
Hello again. It’s me, Matt. I write songs and sing them at people – I did that one, you know… and that other one. How have you been? Really? Ouch.
If you’re at all like me, your head is mostly full of pointless rubbish. In my case several simultaneous channels of music – the song I just heard on the radio, a bit of Abba, a misremembered piano piece from when I was 13, the middle bit of a new song I’m writing, a random bit of Boosh – plus the sound of 50 opinionated parrots squawking Endless Rubbish and another 50 copying them just a bit later.
Then there’s a loud voice dedicated to Bad Ideas and Inappropriate Remarks (if you’ve ever had the misfortune to be in my vicinity after some bad drinks, going on and on about my friend ‘Sam Kant’ then you know all about that one…) and finally, like a tiny patch of clean carpet in a teenage boys bedroom, there’s What I Should Actually Be Doing and Saying. Patiently waiting, hands on its hips.
It says:
“This really should be simple enough – just tell the nice people that you’ve finished your new album and it’s coming out in America in October and Everywhere Else in the new year and you ended up calling it ‘Words & Music’ but thanks for all your suggestions, many of which were very strange.
Ok. And if you’ve managed that without being rude, just mention the little US tour and the London show and how people can get a song from the new album if they sign up to the new mailing list. Do you think you can manage that Matt?”
I don’t think so, no.
I’m really very pleased with the new album... It’s a mixture of some old songs and some new songs and a song by Paul Simon. And it’s emotional and candid and funny and friendly. It feels like coming home. I think you’ll like it.
I’ll tell you more about it next time.
Until then have fun, take care and try not to listen to the parrots.
Love from
Matt
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