Joseph Matick has released his first solo material “Two Songs”. After attending the Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University Matick pushed through all the chaos of life and found himself in a new mindset.
“That place ripped the rug from under my feet.” As soon as I got back, all I wanted to do was write and write and write.” As a regular at La Poubelle the crowds thirst for originality became inspirational. If he is not reading poetry, he will be found amongst the crowd taking in the environment.
“I don’t want to sound overtly sentimental, but poetry (literally) saved my life. I did a deep dive amongst every poet, every philosopher I’d taken for granted. I’ve spent probably 100 hours at the local library diving into intellectuals and romantics who’ve spent their entire lives searching for meaning, most of them die before they ever come to a concrete conclusion about existence,” says Matick adding, “Maybe that says something...”
The new material embraces the poeticism in a not so obvious way, the raw recordings create a casual yet frantic sound. The songs were recorded in Pasadena, CA at Marshall Schoals Sound with only a few days to get in the studio with Marshall Vore and a short seemingly impossible deadline “Two Songs” came to be.
“I’m a fan of the artists Marshall works with and think there’s a parallel with the honesty and beauty of his recordings that isn’t dissimilar to the poetry nights,” says Matick.
“I just wanted to let the music exist and not try and force anything. It’s more of a statement for myself, a reminder that I can create and just let it be. So many of my friends are musicians and labor over releases and it takes them years to get anything done because there are so many players involved.”Matick went on to say, “It feels good to be on your own sometimes. But only sometimes.”
Matick will be hosting a Sunday residency at La Poubelle in December.
Photos by Delilah Jesinkey
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Joseph Matick has released his first solo material “Two Songs”. After attending the Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University Matick pushed through all the chaos of life and found himself in a new mindset.
“That place ripped the rug from under my feet.” As soon as I got back, all I wanted to do was write and write and write.” As a regular at La Poubelle the crowds thirst for originality became inspirational. If he is not reading poetry, he will be found amongst the crowd taking in the environment.
“I don’t want to sound overtly sentimental, but poetry (literally) saved my life. I did a deep dive amongst every poet, every philosopher I’d taken for granted. I’ve spent probably 100 hours at the local library diving into intellectuals and romantics who’ve spent their entire lives searching for meaning, most of them die before they ever come to a concrete conclusion about existence,” says Matick adding, “Maybe that says something...”
The new material embraces the poeticism in a not so obvious way, the raw recordings create a casual yet frantic sound. The songs were recorded in Pasadena, CA at Marshall Schoals Sound with only a few days to get in the studio with Marshall Vore and a short seemingly impossible deadline “Two Songs” came to be.
“I’m a fan of the artists Marshall works with and think there’s a parallel with the honesty and beauty of his recordings that isn’t dissimilar to the poetry nights,” says Matick.
“I just wanted to let the music exist and not try and force anything. It’s more of a statement for myself, a reminder that I can create and just let it be. So many of my friends are musicians and labor over releases and it takes them years to get anything done because there are so many players involved.”Matick went on to say, “It feels good to be on your own sometimes. But only sometimes.”
Matick will be hosting a Sunday residency at La Poubelle in December.
Photos by Delilah Jesinkey
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