I am so exhausted right now. But I gotta write about this stuff. It's significant.
The first third of this month has been a real trip. All of a sudden, I find myself more motivated. More confident. Less prone to…
Read moreApr 11 2023
I am so exhausted right now. But I gotta write about this stuff. It's significant.
The first third of this month has been a real trip. All of a sudden, I find myself more motivated. More confident. Less prone to…
Read moreApr 4 2023
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It's episode 25 of The Matt Kollock Show!
A milestone episode, for sure. It took three years to get here. So, like, eight eps a year. Not bad! Not…
Read moreMar 14 2023
I think the first time I entered any kind of music-related contest was when I was about 14 years old. My little guitar buddies and I heard about a guitar shred-off competition happening on the campus of the University of…
Read moreFeb 21 2023
Sometimes people ask me, “What does a music producer do?” I've noticed a fairly wide gulf between what people think a record producer does (and is responsible for) and what a producer actually does. So I decided to write about…
Read moreFeb 9 2023
The Matt Kollock Show is back!
Listen to it right here. Or you can find it easily wherever you get your podcasts. Apple. Spotify. Wherever. It's everywhere!
It's been nearly two years. Two years that felt like 20 years in…
Read moreFeb 3 2023
Gosh, it's been quite a busy year so far.
Busy with good things, mostly. Looks like this might shape up to be one of the really good years. I hope it's the same for you.
Anyway, one of the things…
Read moreJan 12 2023
My hand hurts. My right hand. The one I use to pick and strum and stuff like that. It hurts because I've been doing my "Morning Pages" every day since 2023 began.
Happy New Year, by the way! How…
Read moreDec 7 2022
I had fun putting together yesterday's list of albums. So I decided to make another list today. This time about television programs I enjoyed in 2022.
TV used to be so important to me. Not that…
Read moreDec 6 2022
I'm excited to write about some of my favorite music of 2022! It's been an exhilarating year of listening for me. Lots of new stuff. Lots of inspiration. Lots of cool grooves. I've been seeing the lists starting to pop…
Read moreDec 1 2022
No, not the band. I'm writing about the decentralized social media network that's become a somewhat well-publicized alternative to Twitter. That Mastodon.
The band is fine. I think I like the idea of their music more than I…
Read moreNov 30 2022
Today was the day Spotify unleashed its annual Wrapped feature to listeners and artists. November 30, 2022. With a month left to go in the calendar year. What happens to the music we all listen to in December? Does it…
Read moreNov 25 2022
I have therapy in about 45 minutes.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. Thankstaking. Friendsgiving. We need a new word. Can we break the shitty associations?
Anyway, Annie and I got to be with family. We all sat around the table to…
Read moreNov 24 2022
Happy Thanksgiving! The most beloved American holiday with the most vile origin story. Here we are.
Every day in my journal I write about something for which I am grateful. They say it's a helpful practice for people like…
Read moreNov 23 2022
"Creative" as a noun is demeaning. You are not a "creative." You are a CREATOR. You made the thing. You had the idea and executed it. You synthesized influences, inspiration and ability to bring something into the world that…
Read moreNov 22 2022
Hello. It's me, singer-songwriter Matt Kollock. I just remembered I have a website, so I thought I'd add some content. Let you know what's happening in and around my coordinates. Stuff like that.
Speaking of coordinates, they've really been changing…
Read moreMay 21 2021
microorganism is one week old! Oh my god!
Welcome to episode 22 of The Matt Kollock Show!
In this final installment of the album's oral history, I get into what it took to finish the album in the final…
Read moreMay 18 2021
You made it back!
Welcome to Episode 21 of The Matt Kollock Show!
It's the second installment of microorganism's oral history. And historically the middle ones of these things are the best, right? We'll see about that.
This…
Read moreMay 13 2021
May the 14th be with you!
It's the day. Today. Today is the day. Today the album is released. It's out there. Available. Ready to experience. Fuckin' A.
I conceived this album exactly 14 months ago. It was a different…
Read moreMay 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…
Read moreMay 11 2021
Holy crap!
It's really, actually happening – my debut solo album, 🦠microorganism🦠, is arriving in the world and onto all the platforms this Friday, May 14, 2021. I could not be more relieved and excited.
It's been…
Read moreApr 9 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…
Read moreMar 5 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!
How are you? Can…
Read moreFeb 10 2021
Here we are again. Reintroducing The Matt Kollock Show. Reframing and recontextualizing. And this is exactly the way I want it!
I said a lot of stuff in the previous episode of the podcast…
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