May 1st, 2011
Matthew Gruman – Song for Ryleigh
Something I wrote for my niece.
Archive for the 'Music' Category
March 4th, 2011
Matthew Gruman – Staring at the Sun (TV On The Radio cover)
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December 21st, 2010
Fisher Price Blues
When I was little (6-7 years old), my favourite toy was a Fisher-Price tape recorder. My brother and I spent hours making up and recording little songs about our stuffed animals, dog, family, Lego/Construx creations, etc.
My “best” song was about my favourite stuffed animal: a small brown dog named Timbit. He had an alter ego, “The Weirdo”:
When the Weirdo goes walking down the street
Doot doot doot doot
He shoots out snakes
With the beat
The recorder and tapes disappeared when we moved out of Nova Scotia.
About five years ago, my brother found one at an antique in Edmonton and picked it up for me. I just finished all my unpacking and found this blues lick I used to test out the microphone.
October 17th, 2010
Anywhere I Lay My Head (Tom Waits cover)
July 31st, 2010
Matthew Gruman & the Saturday Afternoon – Little Maggie (Traditional)
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One of my long-standing goals is to front a traditional/country band called Matthew Gruman & the [Something] [Something]. In the meantime, I have saturday afternoons to play with.
July 31st, 2010
Matthew Gruman – Chocolate Jesus (Tom Waits Cover)
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The worst part about covering Tom Waits songs is making the choice between ever listening to the original again, and self-esteem.
April 7th, 2010
Matthew Gruman – Mathy
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Last winter a kitchen accident resulted in a “distal fingertip amputation” (i.e. I cut off a small part of my finger). So I made some math music on a keyboard.
January 6th, 2010
Matthew Gruman – Hi Bye Uncle Matthew (ft. Ry-Ry)
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My niece’s harmonica skills aren’t up to par yet, so I jammed with her phone message.
February 13th, 2009
Matthew Gruman – DLZ (TV on the Radio cover)
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I made this today—hope you like it! I had a lot of fun making it.
December 27th, 2008
Matthew Gruman – Here Comes the Rain Again (Eurythmics cover)
The first album I ever owned was touch by The Eurythmics. I was 6 or 7 and had never heard them before, but I was obsessed with the cover and against my Mom’s advice, I insisted.
For years, I absolutely hated it but I wouldn’t let anyone know to save face. When my friends and I would do lip synchs in the backyard, I’d always do this one or “Sweet Dreams” and pretended that I liked it. It is undoubtably the most disliked album I’ve ever been completely familiar with.
When I moved out of Lower Sackville at age 13, I hid it in the basement floor so I wouldn’t ever have to listen to it again. “I don’t know where it is!” I’d feign every time my Mom or brother asked about it.
As I got older, I began to like the band and just last week decided to learn this song. I spent a couple hours this afternoon recording—hope you like it!
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