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Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
It's episode 20 of The Matt Kollock Show podcast! Holy shit! We did it!
It's also microorganism Release Week here on mattkollock.com. Nice!
So on today's big-time, super-sized, extra-large, power-packed podcast, we discuss the album and its creation. Lots of fun stories and wild memories. Damn.
I also present my sweetie, Annie Sanchez, who contributed to the album in a major way. This is the first interview on The Matt Kollock Show since way back in episode four. Groovy!
The Oral History of microorganism
This episode and the next two will present the oral history of microorganism's making. Today is all about Annie, of course, but I also get into the first phase of making the album in a solo chat. I cover that exciting, unforgettable time period extending from the middle of March, 2020 to the end of July, 2020. Lots of stuff happened. Not necessarily with the album, but the album could not have been made without that stuff happening. I talk about it all.
In the following segment, Annie and I have a great conversation about her, us and what it was like to live in this house during the past 14 months. It has not always been easy.
And yet, here we are!
The Trilogy Continues
This trio of episodes continues, then concludes with episodes 21 and 22, which will arrive just as soon as I can put them out. In the next installment, I will cover the time period from the beginning of August 2020 to the end of the year. Spoiler alert: We got a kitty!!! The final installment, episode 22, will cover the final, magical push to get the album completed and into your ears.
These are very special episodes of the podcast. I'm so glad you're here to take them in.
Get That Album, Won't You?
Friends, I am so happy to be able to share this podcast with you. Thank you for being with me for 20 damn episodes. I am even more happy to be able to share microorganism with you. Soon!
In the meantime, you can pre order the album from Bandcamp for just $7. Nice! Or, you can pre save the album on Spotify so it's ready to go into your ears right away when it comes out on Friday. I will love you either way.
Remember, microorganism Release Week continues with two more sweet, sweet podcast episodes. Don't go anywhere!
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Hey 19!
Welcome to the show. I'm so glad you're here! This is a very, very special episode of The Matt Kollock Show podcast, and I'm happy to know you're a part of it. Nice!
Today's episode is all about the spiritual shit. Bring it on, rational-atheist types!
Since Last Time
Lots of shit happening. Lots of shit happening.
I talk about the depression I've been experiencing since I last talked at you. Which, of course, ties directly into the theme of today's very special episode.
There is talk of vaccine. Talk of therapy. Talk of family. Talk of new technology and its promises. Talk of microorganism, my debut solo album.
I take a moment to remember the great DMX, who left his body today.
Get Spirited
In the main meat of today's episode, I get into spirituality. But, naturally, I do it in a very Matt Kollock way. Nice! Gruff and irritated. You see, this is why I do the spiritual shit.
I reference a blog post I wrote back in February of 2020. It's called "I Do This Spiritual Shit for a Reason," and it remains pretty relevant today. Interesting!
Do you practice any kind of spirituality? Have you been through any kind of "awakening" experience? Do you consider yourself a rational person? I get into all kinds of stuff like this. It's good.
A Very Special and Important Announcement
Guys, if you have never listened to an episode of The Matt Kollock Show until the very end, today is a great day to start!
I have a mind-blowing announcement to make on today's episode, but it doesn't happen until the final few minutes of the show. Listen all the way through or skip ahead – I don't care! But I don't want you to miss this very, very, very special and critical announcement from my world.
Bye Bye Now
It's great to be back! I am so glad you're here, my friend. It means a lot that you listen. Truly.
If you would like to give a little more support, please check out my Patreon! Bonus episodes of the podcast live over there alongside lots of groovy, exclusive content. Fun! Join for just $5/month to get the bonus episodes. Cool!
As always, my website is the best place to stay up to date on all the Matt Kollock stuff. Check it out and sign up for the email list, won't you! Sweet!
I'll be back with another episode soon. In the meantime, SHINE ON!!!
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
It's a new episode of the podcast! I think this is a good one. It's all about working together. Collaborating. Making magic by gathering in art. With people just like you, dear listener!
Happenings and Such
How are you? Can you believe we've been in the pandemic for about a year already? Can you believe the podcast is nearly one year old already? I know; it seems impossible.
There's a lot to talk about in today's opening segment. I catch you up on all the things. I give you an update on my upcoming album, microorganism, which will be available soon on all your favorite digital platforms. I talk about cannabis and my current relationship with the plant. There's even a little bit of #GearTalk in today's episode – hear all about how I've locked in my electric guitar effects pedalboard. It's been an adventure.
Following the Fear of Collaboration (To Riches and More)
I did a lot of stalling in today's episode. Entertaining stalling, but stalling, still. You see, I hold a lot of fear around the subject of collaboration, the main topic of today's The Matt Kollock Show.
Lately, my personal life has been uplifted and improved via collaboration with others in relationship. Annie, my partner, has made life better, easier and more rich and fulfilling. I bet she would say similar things about being in partnership with me. Our collaboration in love has been amazingly fruitful. It has inspired further collaboration with others in friendship. Life is great!
However, successful and truly fulfilling artistic collaboration eludes me. Or, I should say, I elude it.
I have had some good collaborations in the past, musically, but I can't help but dwell on the shitty ones.
At the same time, I can't stop thinking about the magical possibilities of collaboration with other artists and musicians. I need to conquer some fears to get to where I want to be, though.
It was a fun, challenging talk with myself, and I hope you dig it! Interesting that my episode about collaboration features just me, Matt Kollock. Ha! We'll have some guests on the show soon. I promise! Also, who cares!
So yeah. Collaboration. How do you feel about it? Am I just weird? Do you have any advice for me? I'd love to hear from you.
Until Next Time
Look at us! We made it to episode 18. Fun! I feel like I'm on a roll with this thing.
I hope you return for future episodes. I really appreciate your listenership!
Please stay tuned for microorganism, which is about to land any moment now!
Check out the Patreon. Visit the website. Do all the stuff. I appreciate it! You're the best.
Have a good one, friend. I love you.
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Here we are again. Reintroducing The Matt Kollock Show. Reframing and recontextualizing. And this is exactly the way I want it!
Kind of a Course Correction
I said a lot of stuff in the previous episode of the podcast. I stand behind it all! However, I realized I was building a house I didn't want to live in. What?
I said I wanted the podcast to be about certain things last week, and I do want the show to include the topics, ideas and themes I talked about in that episode. I just really don't want to devote the show to anything ever, at all. I only want it to be about what I am inspired to talk about in the moment. Otherwise, it's going to be tough getting episodes done.
Guests will be on the show soon, and a feedback show is in the works. I'm going to do those things. But I'm not going to be a fundamentalist about making the podcast about one thing or another. And I felt myself kind of going there a little bit last week.
Basically, I was spending a lot of time and wasting a lot of energy giving too much of a shit about what certain people think. I wanted to prove certain things to certain people about certain things, which is why I said the things I said last week in the way I said them.
It's been suggested recently that I'm, "losing touch with reality." Instead of proving that I'm not, I'm going to lean into it. It's a different perspective. It's more fun. It's what's working.
To be clear, all that shit I said last week is still happening. It's all just going to happen on my terms now. I want to have fun with this show and be inspired to create more episodes more regularly. I'm only going to make that happen if I make it fun for myself.
So I guess that's what I mean. You'll hear all about it in this episode's cover story!
Fucking Bullet Points
Here's most of the stuff I remember talking about on today's episode of the podcast:
- COVID and the vaccine
- New guitar pedals and gear
- Check out my friend Byron's amazing amps and pedals, won't you?
- Oral surgery
- Aches, pains and anxieties
- Returning to meditation
- A break from cannabis combustion
- A deep exploration of edibles and tinctures
- I was on a friend's podcast recently!
- It's called Archives for Aliens
- My episode will be out soon, but you should subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts
- Therapy!
- Mixing my album, microorganism
- All the stuff I wrote about above
Thank You for Helping to Grow The Matt Kollock Show
Friends, the show is growing! And it's all because of you. I appreciate your listenership and your downloads. Thank you so much!
If you want to show additional support, I encourage you to subscribe to my Patreon. It's cheap and easy! As I mention on today's 'sode, new content is going up over there soon. Really soon. Watch for episode 17.5 in a day or two, okay?
I have a website, too. You should check that out if you want to see the blog and be as up to date as possible on all things Matt Kollock. Sign up for the email list while you're over there!
What else?
I guess that's about it for now. Oh yeah, I've been doing some guitar videos over on Instagram that people are digging. Check me out over there if you're into that sort of thing. I have fun doing it.
All right. Thank you. I love you. Shine on!
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
I'm back!
Guys! It's been, like, six months since I've posted a new episode of The Matt Kollock Show, and I'm happy to say that I've found my podcasting groove again. Or is it that I'm just avoiding the mixing and mastering of microorganism, my upcoming album? Probably a little bit of both.
All The Main Stuff And The New Stuff
Speaking of microorganism, I spend some time in this episode talking about the progress I've made on the album and when you can expect to listen to it. I also talk about a lot of other stuff. New stuff that's happened in my life and in the world.
But I set the scene with the Main Stuff, which, in my mind, is COVID, shitty (but also sometimes somewhat hopeful) U.S. politics/culture stuff and the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER. This episode is being released a day before the inauguration of Joe Biden to the United States Presidency and a day after Martin Luther King Day. I have some things to say about all that.
Uh, what else?
Yeah, there's a lot of new and fun stuff to mention. I catch you up and I shake off the rust, which might sound better than you think! Why? I have a new microphone and a slightly different podcasting setup. You may notice an upgrade in sound quality since episode 15. Nice! I talk about all that kind of stuff in today's episode.
What's It All About Going Forward?
Friends, have you read my recent blog post, entitled "Dear Little Matt"?
You really should. It's a landmark. It's probably the best thing I've ever written. I've already heard from a lot of you about it. I'm grateful for the feedback, which has been mostly extremely positive. There have been some negative reactions, too. I want to hear all of them.
The next episode of The Matt Kollock Show is going to be a feedback-focused episode, in which I discuss the comments I have received with regard to "Dear Little Matt." I want to share what people have taken the time to reach out and say. I'd also like to talk more about the personal journey I have been on since publishing the blog post.
Moving beyond the next episode, the podcast will feature, mercifully, the voices of others.
I am going to interview people not only about the subject of childhood trauma, but about music, psychedelics and groovy shit. I talk about that in today's episode, too.
Wanna reach out? Email me at matt@mattkollock.com.
It's Happening Now
Right now, in fact. Big things are happening. People are coming together. Timelines are being jumped. Rad guitar solos are being played.
Also, I am going through a process of healing. And I am here to write, talk and play music about it. FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.
So that's what's going to be happening in this space going forward. I hope you will join me. If you cannot join me, I wish you the best. I love you. This ride never stops, so reach out when you're ready to take it somewhere different. Stuff like that.
Support!
I could use some!
You can help me by following me wherever you get your music. That way you'll be notified when new music is released.
Have you signed up for my email list? You can do so by visiting my website, which is a really cool place on the internet for Matt Kollock shit.
You can also subscribe to me on Patreon! It's a real trip over there, but it's a small one. Won't you help me turn my little Patreon trip into an epic journey? Sweet!
Yeah, I guess that's it for now. Thank you for reading. Thank you for listening to the podcast. I love you. See you next time!
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Friends!
If you're like me, you feel pretty anxious much of the time. If you're like me, you feel anxious in a way that convinces you you're suffering from something other than anxiety; something terrible and life-threatening. If you're like me, you've been through this cycle a few times now, and your life has never actually been in danger. Fun shit, right?
I Thought I Had a Handle
Every time I check my website stats, I notice that there is one blog post in particular that seems to get consistent, regular views and engagement. It's a blog post that I wrote back in November of 2019 (a much different time, right?), entitled I Am Trying to Reduce My Baseline Anxiety Level.
Lately, I've been feeling off. Pretty down. Pretty low. Kind of all over the place. Kind of lacking in confidence. Stuff like that. Investigation into my feelings revealed what these types of investigations always seem to reveal: My troubles have been caused by anxiety, and I haven't realized it. Haven't even really considered it until recently when I was anxiously checking my website stats.
So I decided to make today's episode all about anxiety, using that blog post as a barometer for where I'm located today and an inspirational jumping-off point for my future.
I thought I had a handle on things. Reading that blog post from nine(!) months ago, I recognized a more confident person. A more stable and assured person. That kind of guy. Since that time, anxiety has wormed its way back into my life. In different ways. Causing different problems. But it's the same old lame old anxiety. Fun!
And You?
What's your deal? Are you an anxious person? Does anything I'm writing make sense?
I would love to hear from you and learn your perspective! So write me an email at matt@mattkollock.com to share your thoughts, won't you?
Also, if you're interested in supporting me and the podcast on an even deeper level, please check out my Patreon, where I have some juicy, juicy bonus episodes available for those who subscribe at the $5/month level. Cool!
Of course, another way to express your feelings about me and my show is to leave a review and rating on Apple Podcasts. Be the first person to do so, and I'll give you a special shout out on the podcast. You want that, right? Great!
Until next time, keep it cool, relaxed and characterized by deep, restorative breathing.
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Hey. How's it going? Are you doing all right?
BIG POWER CHORD!!!
Episode 14 of The Matt Kollock Show covers my current thoughts about the state of my main instrument.
I have been a guitar player for more than 30 years now. I have always identified, musically, with the guitar as my primary tool of expression. In recent years, though, I have distanced myself from the culture surrounding the instrument. It is, as you may know, very white, very male, very regressive and very boring. I don't want my music to be about those things.
Lately as I've been enduring emotional ups and downs, I have come to regard the instrument and its culture a little differently. I recognize that I am a part of the guitar tapestry. I have a voice in the community. My words carry weight. I know what I'm talking about. I can occupy the lane of "GUITARIST" and make an impact. So that's what I've decided to do.
I want to do it differently, though. I want to be YOUR guitar hero. A new kind of guitar hero.
Check Out Today's Other Episodes, Won't You?
It's a big day for the podcast!
Episode 14 is just one of three I have released today.
Episode 13.5 is a bonus episode just for my Patrons on Patreon who are subscribed at the $5/month level. In that one, I talk about my recent music-gear acquisitions. I have GAS! If you want to listen to that one (and all the other bonus episodes), just visit my Patreon page and sign up at the $5 tier or above. It'll be so cool!
Episode 13, in which I discuss where I believe music comes from, is available right here or wherever you get your podcasts. It's a good one, so make sure you check it out.
Thanks, my friends! I sure do appreciate you and your listenership. I would love to hear from you, too, so send me an email at matt@mattkollock.com and let me know what you think.
Have a terrific week!
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
I have some weird ideas about where music comes from. Well, maybe they aren't so weird. But they feel weird in the context of authorship and ownership and stuff like that.
Episode 13 of The Matt Kollock Show podcast covers a lot of ground as I explore my thoughts, feelings and instincts with regard to the source of the music. I talk about different musical traditions and how they have intertwined over millennia to create the landscape we all travel today.
Really Just Read the Wesley Morris Piece
I mean seriously. So much of what I talk about in this episode is so much better said by Wesley Morris in the piece he wrote last year for The New York Times Magazine and The 1619 Project.
I encourage you to read Mr. Morris's piece, entitled For centuries, black music, forged in bondage, has been the sound of complete artistic freedom. o wonder everybody is always stealing it.
The way music exists now is a mess. But here we are. There is also the tricky issue of making a living from music, which, in our culture, requires there to be authorship and ownership. Credit. Shit like that, which is not conducive to making good music and expressing oneself authentically. So yeah.
I also talk about an interview David Bowie did with MTV in 1983, in which he challenged the institutionalized racism of the upstart cable channel. You can read the article I talked about on Consequence of Sound here.
Check Out Episodes 13.5 and 14!
This is just one of three episodes I am releasing today!
Episode 13.5 is a bonus episode just for my Patrons on Patreon who are subscribed at the $5/month level. In that one, I talk about my recent music-gear acquisitions. I have GAS! If you want to listen to that one (and all the other bonus episodes), just visit my Patreon page and sign up at the $5 tier or above. It'll be so cool!
Episode 14, in which I discuss how I want to be a new kind of guitar hero, is available right here or wherever you get your podcasts. It's a good one, so make sure you check it out.
Thanks, my friends! I sure do appreciate you and your listenership. I would love to hear from you, too, so send me an email at matt@mattkollock.com and let me know what you think.
Have a terrific week!
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Friends!
How have you been? It's been a while, hasn't it? Unless you are from the future, which is probably the case, and it hasn't been long at all. Regardless of all considerations for the fabric of space-time, I hope you are doing all right. I am doing all right, too. I made this episode of the podcast and I think it's a good one. I hope you like it, too.
I've Been Thinking...
Episode 12 of The Matt Kollock Show picks up more or less right where the last one left off. It's sort of like when the next season of a TV show resumes action immediately following the action that concluded the previous season. Except in real life people have been enjoying meals and losing hair and starting families and evolving their priorities and shit like that. Remember in LOST season five's premiere episode when Sawyer and Juliet are on the beach and it's, like, minutes after the action of the season four finale took place and Sawyer is visibly 20 pounds or so heavier? This episode will is kind of like that in some ways.
This episode is mostly not like that, though. It is about how I plan to go forward as a musician and podcaster seeking fame and fortune. I wonder if fame and fortune are really what it's all about.
This episode explores my thoughts with regard to becoming powerful as a creator of things in a world and a system that usually exploits and harms Black people attempting to do the same thing. How can I do what I'm doing in way that overrides the dominant model and creates the possibility of standing in power with Black artists?
So that's what I talk about in this one. I feel like I did all right. I think you may become stimulated by what I have to say. So yeah.
There's More!
I had a lot of notes for this episode and I only covered about half of them. So I'm going to do another episode later this week. Nice! That'll be episode 13.
I'm going to put out a bonus episode later this week, too. That one will be available on my Patreon page for subscribers at the $5 level and above. It joins two other Patreon-only bonus episodes over there. So if you need to pump more of The Matt Kollock Show into your system for some reason, five bucks gets you what you need.
I'll be putting out new music soon, too, so keep your ear to wherever you hear about new music. Following me on Spotify is one cool way to stay informed about such things. Cool!
Thanks, guys! I'll see you next time. And next time is gonna be soon.
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Everything you need to know about this episode is contained within its title. Thank you.