Matt28Waters

SEEKING

Band to Join, Bass Guitar, Drums.

ABOUT

Singer songwriter based in Queens. I feel I've reached a certain experience level to be more specific about the type of situation I am looking for:

I want to work with an ace guitarist, bass player, and drummer to form a band. I want to be specific about what I can offer: I'm a songwriter. I'll come into this situation with more than fifty songs ready to be arranged into a full band context. In addition, I'll be able to write songs from collaborating on chords and melodies with my bandmates. I've noticed when I've gotten together with other musicians over the years, there's been confusion over what we're doing: there aren't any defined roles heading into the situation. It has kinda resulted in disappointing jam sessions that lack chemistry. I'm a songwriter. I'm not a great guitar player, I'm not going to be able to translate notes from keys to guitar, or basically be able to communicate effectively solely as an instrumentalist. That's not my skill-set. If you are a skilled guitarist looking to work with a writer to put something together from a band standpoint, then we could be a match. Things can be put together from there. All this being said: I'm not opposed to working with another songwriter in the group. Plenty of great bands have multiple writers and singers. I just want to be clear about what I'm capable of doing. I want expectations to be understood before we get together. I'm uploading more of my original songs onto here after writing this. This will give you an idea about my writing style and my voice. If you don't dig it, then no problem! We won't work together. I want to work with people I am on the same page with. Who know (and like) what I'm bringing to the table as a songwriter. Thanks for reading.

Screen name:: Matt28Waters
Member since:: Dec 03 2011; Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:: Committed
Years playing music:: 7
Gigs played:: 10 to 50
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 4-5 nights a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Modest Mouse, Conor Oberst, Mike Scott (Waterboys) Michael Stipe, Jimi Hendrix, Smashing Pumpkins, Patti Smith.

EQUIPMENT

acoustic guitar
Electric guitar

MUSIC

The Truth About New York

The Truth About New York Year: 2017 Genre: Rock
Orpheus Under Moonbeams

Orpheus Under Moonbeams Year: 2015 Genre: Rock
Aurora

Aurora Year: 2015 Genre: Rock
Rapunzel (demo) - 9:18:17, 4.42 PM
Rapunzel (demo) - 9:18:17, 4.42 PMnew song
if I didn't have your love - cover of a song by Leonard Cohen
if I didn't have your love - cover of a song by Leonard Cohen
Angelina -- cover of a song by Bob Dylan
Angelina -- cover of a song by Bob DylanBob Dylan - Angelina Well, it’s always been my nature to take chances My right hand drawing back while my left hand advances Where the current is strong and the monkey dances To the tune of a concertina Blood dryin’ in my yellow hair as I go from shore to shore I know what it is that has drawn me to your door But whatever it could be, makes me think you’ve seen me before Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina His eyes were two slits that would make a snake proud With a face that any painter would paint as he walked through the crowd Worshipping a god with the body of a woman well endowed And the head of a hyena Do I need your permission to turn the other cheek? If you can read my mind, why must I speak? No, I have heard nothing about the man that you seek Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina In the valley of the giants where the stars and stripes explode The peaches they were sweet and the milk and honey flowed I was only following instructions when the judge sent me down the road With your subpoena When you cease to exist, then who will you blame I’ve tried my best to love you but I cannot play this game Your best friend and my worst enemy is one and the same Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina There’s a black Mercedes rollin’ through the combat zone Your servants are half dead, you’re down to the bone Tell me, tall men, where would you like to be overthrown Maybe down in Jerusalem or Argentina? She was stolen from her mother when she was three days old Now her vengeance has been satisfied and her possessions have been sold He’s surrounded by God’s angels and she’s wearin’ a blindfold And so are you, Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina I see pieces of men marching; trying to take heaven by force I can see the unknown rider, I can see the pale white horse In God’s truth tell me what you want and you’ll have it of course Just step into the arena Beat a path of retreat up them spiral staircases Pass the tree of smoke, pass the angel with four faces Begging God for mercy and weepin’ in unholy places Angelina Oh, Angelina. Oh, Angelina copyright Special Rider Music
Fall is Falling - 8:14:17, 5.11 PM (demo)
Fall is Falling - 8:14:17, 5.11 PM (demo)
Live at Pianos July 11th 2016
Live at Pianos July 11th 2016
bitter end june 14th 2015 1 - 8:5:17, 5.22 PM
bitter end june 14th 2015 1 - 8:5:17, 5.22 PM
needing you - 8:3:17, 2.27 PM
needing you - 8:3:17, 2.27 PM
stem of time - 8:3:17, 2.41 PM
stem of time - 8:3:17, 2.41 PM
blue -- cover of a song by REM - 7:31:17, 2.00 PM
blue -- cover of a song by REM - 7:31:17, 2.00 PM
Under the red, white, and blue
Under the red, white, and blue
The Composer
The Composer
Colors Of Surrender
Colors Of Surrender
Strange Currencies #6 : Reflecting on Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy
Strange Currencies #6 : Reflecting on Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy
There's A Candy Shop Up The Block From Rockwood Music Hall
There's A Candy Shop Up The Block From Rockwood Music Hall
Tangled Up In Blue _ cover of a song by Bob Dylan _ (1978 version)
Tangled Up In Blue _ cover of a song by Bob Dylan _ (1978 version)*copyright Special Rider Tangled Up In Blue (1978) Early one mornin' the sun was shinin' I was layin' in bed Wondrin' if she'd changed at all If her hair was still red Her folks they said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like Mama's homemade dress Papa's bank book wasn't big enough And I was standin' on the side of the road Rain fallin' on my shoes Heading out for the east coast Lord knows I've paid some dues Gettin' through Tangled up in blue She was married when we first met Soon to be divorced I helped her out of a jam I guess But I used a little too much force We drove that car as far as we could Abandoned it out west Split up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best She turned around to look at me One more time as I was walkin' away Saying over her shoulder Boy, we're bound meet again some day On the avenue Tangled up in blue I remember staying in the great north woods Living in a vagabond hotel One day during the pouring rain I can feel how the axe just fell So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I was lucky not to be destroyed I almost died in the boiling flat Two miles outside of Delacroix But all the while I was alone The past was close behind I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind And I just grew Tangled up in blue She was dancing in the flamingo club And I stopped in for a beer I just kept lookin' at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear And later on when the crowd thinned out I was just about to do the same She was standing there, right behind my chair Touching me, said, “it ain’t no accident you came,” I muttered something under my breath She studied the lines on my face I must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces Of my shoe Tangled up in blue She lit a burner on the stove Wearing a dress made out of stars and stripes I thought you'd never say hello, she said You look like the silent type Then she opened up a book of poems And started quoting them to me Written by a French child From the eighteenth century And everyone of them words rang true And glowed like burnin' coal Pourin' off of every page Like it was written in my soul From me to you Tangled up in blue I lived with them on Montague Street In a basement down the stairs There was music in the cafes at night There was revolution in the air Then he started into dealing with slaves And something inside of her froze She had to sell everything she owned Even her jewelry and her clothes And when it all came crashing down I became withdrawn The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keepin' on Like a bird that flew Tangled up in blue So now I'm goin' on back again I got to get to her and be brave All the people we used to know At least the ones that ain’t in the grave Some are bricklayers, some are bank robbers Some are burglars, some are truck driver’s wives I don't know how it all got started I got no idea what they're doin' with their lives But me, I'm still on the road Headin' for another joint We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point A different point of view Tangled up in blue
The Truth About New York
The Truth About New Yorknew song.
the architecture of you
the architecture of yourecorded 2015
That's What Good Friends Do _cover of a song by Mic Christopher_
That's What Good Friends Do _cover of a song by Mic Christopher_Mic Christopher's 'Skylarkin' album: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005F12JLM/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp That's What Good Friends Do (original) https://youtu.be/We2Ae6p_Dys
american virginity (demo)
american virginity (demo)
The Part of Hope (demo)
The Part of Hope (demo)
Stem of Time
Stem of TimeBrand new song. Demo version.
the orchid and the bee
the orchid and the bee
dark matter
dark matter
Christmastime In New York
Christmastime In New Yorkwritten in 2013
Emily & Bobby Lee
Emily & Bobby Leelive, Otto's Shrunken Head, sometime summer 2014
End Credits
End Credits
Garbage
Garbage
Altitude
Altitude
The Architecture Of You
The Architecture Of YouInside the Neon Dream
happens to the heart _cover of a song by Leonard Cohen_
happens to the heart _cover of a song by Leonard Cohen_
Pure Comedy _cover of a song by Father John Misty _
Pure Comedy _cover of a song by Father John Misty _
Be for Real _ cover of a song by Leonard Cohen & Frederick Knight _
Be for Real _ cover of a song by Leonard Cohen & Frederick Knight _
Shooting Star _ cover of a song by Bob Dylan _
Shooting Star _ cover of a song by Bob Dylan _
Reasons to Try
Reasons to Try
Sandrevan Lullaby (Lifestyles) _cover of a song by Rodriguez
Sandrevan Lullaby (Lifestyles) _cover of a song by Rodriguez
Letters From Verona
Letters From Verona
Five Masks
Five MasksFrom the ongoing concept album 'Reflections of the Agent.'
Orpheus Under Moonbeams (live)
Orpheus Under Moonbeams (live)
Aurora (live at Pianos)
Aurora (live at Pianos)I never do this one right, which is part of why I love it so much.
American Virginity
American Virginity
Northern Boulevard
Northern Boulevard
New Old Freaks
New Old Freaks
John Dillinger
John Dillinger
Strange Currencies Episode 5: Brittany Anjou
Strange Currencies Episode 5: Brittany Anjou
Fashion Tips (demo...?)
Fashion Tips (demo...?)
American Affection
American Affection
A Thousand Kisses Deep _an arrangement of a poem by Leonard Cohen_
A Thousand Kisses Deep _an arrangement of a poem by Leonard Cohen_Recorded in 2014... a tribute to one of my favorite poems, which, in another iteration, is also one of my favorite songs. A testament to his gift! The poem, as transcribed from a live performance: You came to me this morning And you handled me like meat. You´d have to be a man to know How good that feels, how sweet. My mirror twin, my next of kin, I´d know you in my sleep. And who but you would take me in A thousand kisses deep? I loved you when you opened Like a lily to the heat. You see, I´m just another snowman Standing in the rain and sleet, Who loved you with his frozen love His second-hand physique - With all he is, and all he was A thousand kisses deep. I know you had to lie to me, I know you had to cheat. To pause all hot and high behind the veils of sheer deceit Our perfect porn aristocrat So elegant and cheap I'm old, but I'm still into that A thousand kisses deep I'm good at love, I'm good at hate It's in between I freeze I'd work it out but it's too late It's been too late for years But you look good, you really do They love you on the street If you were here I'd kneel for you A thousand kisses deep The Autumn moved across your skin Got something in my eye A light that doesn't need to live Doesn't need to die A riddle in the book of love obscure and obsolete To witness tear and time and blood A thousand kisses deep And I'm still working with the wine Still dancing cheek to cheek The band is playing Auld Lang Syne But the heart will not retreat I ran with Diz I sang with Ray - I did not have their sweep - But once or twice, they let me play A thousand kisses deep I loved you when you opened Like a lily to the heat You see, I´m just another snowman Standing in the rain and sleet, Who loved you with his frozen love His second-hand physique - With all he is and all he was A thousand kisses deep But you don't need to hear me now And every word I speak It counts against me anyhow A thousand kisses deep
Gossamer Thin _cover of a song by Conor Oberst_
Gossamer Thin _cover of a song by Conor Oberst_
The Perceiver Deceived Indeed
The Perceiver Deceived Indeed
Strange Currencies #4: Exploring Ruminations by Conor Oberst
Strange Currencies #4: Exploring Ruminations by Conor Oberst