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november 22, 2006 02:18am
New music for the holidays...
New original music makes a great gift. You can get both Doug Mattingly CDs here under BUY MUSIC. They'll be shipped the next business day. OR you can download any song from both albums and truly customize your gift.
Currently available are "Building a Monastery", winner of Citypaper's Best Local Album 2006 and my debut CD "who you are". (cover above)
Happy Holidays!!!
Peace & Joy,
Doug
april 04, 2007 06:02pm
One step closer...
I just finished tracking all the basses the other night.
I did 6 of them Sunday afternoon, then had to run home and meet with my songwriting and guitar students. I came back and knocked out four more. Being a school night, we knocked off around 10:30PM. I know, I know, very un-Rock 'n' Roll. Beauty sleep... you know how it is.
So I came back Monday night and finished the last two. So that's a total of 12. The thirteenth song on the CD is a funk tune with old school synth bass. Very different from the rest of the album. But I HAD to include it. I wrote it even before "who you are" came out and have been wanting to release it, but for one reason or another it languished in my private reserve. It will be great live, so I'm putting it on "Love & Logic".
So tomorrow night we start guitars. It should go pretty quickly.
Keep checking back for updates.
See you soon!
Peace,
D
november 22, 2006 02:10am
The new material...
I'm going to keep this first blog short. But look for literary masterpieces in the future.
The new (3rd) CD is coming along great. I'm incredibly excited about getting this album complete and out in the world.
The new tunes are more guitar oriented, more groove oriented and I think contain my best lyrics to date.
We played a few of the new ones at a show in October and they went over great. The energy was fantastic.
We'll be doing at least one video for this CD. SO that should be a lot of fun as well.
Keep checking back for new info.
Peace,
Doug
march 26, 2007 01:01am
The drums' re done, son...
I just got back from tracking the drums at Big Bang. They sound amazing! Nick Bertling, who played on my debut CD "who you are", was back behind the kit for the whole record. Fantastic job. Can't say it enough.
And, of course, Ronni Santmyer came through big behind the boards. The kit sounds great.
When you've been listening to a drum machine on your tunes for months, it feels great to hear them the way they were meant to be performed.
Next, we finish up basses, guitars, then mix, then into your ipod.
Keep checking back for more updates.
Peace,
D
march 23, 2007 04:03pm
The New Stuff
Thanks for stopping by.
The new CD is coming along great. We will be tracking drums over the next few days. After that, I'll finish up some bass parts and then the final guitars.
Then the big mix and mastering step. So, it won't be too long.
I'm looking forward to having the CD out there and to playing shows on this material. The best stuff yet.
Hope to see you soon!
Peace,
D
