10C collaboration

mfc2006

a friend of mine from the pit, Chris Lee (2-feign-reluctance), approached me a few weeks ago &
asked if I wanted to start collaborating on some songs.
i had to finish some stuff up first...but once that was done, i shot him an email & said "i'm ready!".

2 days later, he emailed me the music to this song.
when i woke up, there it was in my inbox.
i knew that it would be good b/c i'd listened to his music before..
but this was different. it really grabbed me.
in my groggy state, a melody immediately emerged.
i kept humming it over & over again until i got home.
what you hear is the 2nd take all done at once.
it's called "Presently Falling" & it sounds different from anything that I've ever worked on..
& I rather like that.

Chris plays all of the instruments & i lend my voice/words.
this is the first of many collaborations for us. i think we're off to a good start!

enjoy & feel free to comment...
Matt
(mfc2006)

you can listen to it here:

www.myspace.com/mattcluthe

and here:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1424145321&v=app_2405167945&viewas=706226607&ref=ts

ledvedderman

sounding good

mfc2006

ledvedderman wrote:

sounding good

thanks!!

pretext

Nice. I want to say it's dreamy, but that's a rather lame and imprecise term. Ethereal, maybe? Anyhow, reminds me a bit of Tyler Ramsay from Band of Horses. I don't like the band, but I really dig his solo album, A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea. iTunes lists that album's genre as "unclassifiable," so perhaps that accounts for me being so inarticulate. Keep it up.

tvismyfriend

That was great, you have a really good voice.

facepollution

Really liked it, nice trippy vibe. You have a great voice too, well done both of you!

iluvcats

bump for you

dcfaithful

Matt,
I'll check this out when I get back from Chicago. Can't wait to hear it...your solo stuff is superb, so I'm sure this won't be anything less than that.

Cheers brotha!

mfc2006

dcfaithful wrote:

Matt,
I'll check this out when I get back from Chicago. Can't wait to hear it...your solo stuff is superb, so I'm sure this won't be anything less than that.

Cheers brotha!

thanks, man! have a great time in the Windy City.

pjfan021

nice. kinda has a cool mmj sound but definitely with your own originality. you got some talent my friend.

mfc2006

hey everyone...
i'm working on the mix for the next song. it's called "Setting Sun" and is sounding great so far. Chris has an awesome solo at the end...i just added some piano not too long ago. we'll post it as soon as it's done & thanks a LOT for listening!!!

mfc2006

i finally finished the editing & mixing! thanks for all of the feedback on "Presently Falling". hope you all enjoy "Setting Sun"! Chris (2-feign-reluctance) played all of the guitars & wrote the core of the song. i added vocals, lyrics, piano & bass. you can hear it here:

www.myspace.com/mattcluthe

& here...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profi ... 607&ref=ts

tvismyfriend

Just got around to listening to the new song and it's good. Is there anything else in the works between you two?

mfc2006

tvismyfriend wrote:

Just got around to listening to the new song and it's good. Is there anything else in the works between you two?

thanks! yeah--he's sent me a few other demos & i've sent him some stuff as well. there are a few other songs that i'll be sending him in the next couple of days. we're taking a wait & see approach...if something hits one of us, then we go for it.

Setting Sun took a lot longer to come together. we restructured it, tore it down & did it again. but we're both really happy with the result. this collaboration is a blast...Chris is really talented & a super nice guy to work with. as soon as we're done with the next song, we'll post it here!

Phantom Pain

Congrats man !

Sounds great

Setting Sun/Presently Falling I've listened to so far..great work

mfc2006

just wanted to bump this real quick. Chris & I have been working on our next song called "Open". it's a song that i wrote about a year or so ago, but has always seemed unfinished. well, now it's finished! Chris did an awesome job with this song & it really sounds a lot different from the previous two songs we've done.

all of the tracks are done...i just need to find the time to mix/master it. we'll let you all know when it's done---hopefully i'll finish it in the next 2 days or so. thanks again for listening!!

mfc2006

hiya everyone...

i just posted the latest collaboration, "Open", on my myspace page. this is a song that i wrote about 6 months or so ago, but it felt unfinished....enter Chris (2-feign-reluctance). i sent him a few of my unfinished songs & let him choose the next project for us to work on. it sounds a lot different from the previous two & we're both really happy with how it turned out! you can listen to it here:
http://www.myspace.com/mattcluthe

& here...(later on today)

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profi ... 607&ref=ts

thanks for listening!!! let us know if you want mp3's!

chris: tremolo & lead guitar, bass, harmonica & backing vocals
matt: vocals, lyrics, acoustic guitar, slide, piano

tvismyfriend

You guys are fantastic and I wouldn't mind having some mp3s of these songs.

mfc2006

tvismyfriend wrote:

You guys are fantastic and I wouldn't mind having some mp3s of these songs.

wow...thanks a lot! pm sent!

goldrush

Hey Matt, well done on the songs, I really like what you guys have come up with together. I think 'Presently Falling' is beautiful and I really like 'Open' too.

By the way your other songs sound pretty cool too, especially 'Breathing Easier', your voice sounds really good on that one.

bigeye21

"Open" kicks ass and is my favorite so far of y'alls collaborations! Good work.

mfc2006

bigeye21 wrote:

"Open" kicks ass and is my favorite so far of y'alls collaborations! Good work.

thanks, Donny. i'm enjoying your podcast right now while i'm in between classes.

mfc2006

update:
i'm currently mixing the 4th song of our collaboration. it's called 'Here We Are' & should be up later today! i'll post the links & info once i'm done.

mfc2006

here we are, holding on....

those are the final lines of this new song. the provide a sense of optimism during times of uncertainty. the uncertainty that we all face on a daily basis or as a result of a traumatic event. in my case, that would be when my Dad passed. i wrote these lyrics about 3 1/2 years ago...it had been about a year since he passed away. while they provided a sense of healing, they never made their way into a song...until now.

this song was written by my friend & collaborator, Chris Lee (2-feign-reluctance). he sent this over with his first batch of demos when we started working on music together and it was called '9/20 Demo'. i immediately had a melody, but couldn't find the right words to fit the urgency in the vocal line that i heard in my head. while we were working on the previous three songs, this melody never left my head.

last week, i remembered the unused lyrics to 'Here We Are'. once we wrapped up working on 'Open', i decided to try these lyrics. it fit perfectly. i had to trim a word here & there, but about 95% of the original lyrics are still intact & present in this collaboration.

whether he knows it or not, Chris pushes me. his songs are damned good & they're very approachable from a writing standpoint. his music has awakened a part of my musical brain and we're having a blast. enjoy the song!

Matt


Chris Lee: rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass, drumkit
Matt Cluthe: all vocals, guitar, production

you can listen to it here:
www.myspace.com/mattcluthe

thanks for listening!!!

mfc2006

ok---sorry to be such a pain in the ass....

but i've just created a myspace page & blog that is solely devoted to this collaboration. check it out here:
http://www.myspace.com/presentlyfalling

thanks for your support!! and thanks so much for listening. we're both having a blast with this collaboration!

mfc2006

new song coming soon..
i'm mixing it now & Chris' guitar sounds great on it.

mfc2006

just posted a new song called 'The Wrong Time'. we're also in the middle of working on a couple of other songs & hope to have the next one finished by the weekend. you can listen to all of the songs here:

www.myspace.com/presentlyfalling

thanks for your feedback & support!!!
-Matt

mfc2006

wow---Chris(2-feign-reluctance) & I have had a really productive week. i'm almost done mixing TWO (2!) new songs that we've completed in the last couple of days & they don't sound like each other...at all.

one is a bluesy song that i started working on about 3 weeks ago that we tore apart & rebuilt called "Circle" & the other is a song that i wrote about 4-5 days ago called "Sundown". we left the original track (my vocals & guitar) & Chris added backing vocals, percussion & some beautiful guitar work...his input really took them to a new level. these are 2 very different songs...and they're probably my favorites that we've worked on thus far.

i'll be posting them online as soon as i finish mixing them & will update you guys as soon as they're available online.

thanks so much for the support, comments & feedback!!!

Matt & Chris
www.myspace.com/presentlyfalling

Stephen Flow

These songs are great. Your voice reminds me of someone but I can't quite place it right now. Thanks for posting and updating... very good work... You should definitely try to collaborate more.

mfc2006

Stephen Flow wrote:

These songs are great. Your voice reminds me of someone but I can't quite place it right now. Thanks for posting and updating... very good work... You should definitely try to collaborate more.

thanks, Stephen! we've finished 7 songs in 6 weeks, which is insane! we're having a lot of fun making music for musics sake right now. i just finished mixing the next 2 songs ("Circle" & "Sundown") & they couldn't be more different from one another.

we've posted them on our myspace page here:

www.myspace/com/presentlyfalling

as always, thanks to everyone for listening & for your support! let us know if any of you want mp3s!

cheers,
Matt

mfc2006

Monday bump!

the next song is in the works...more info soon.