MatthewChristianMurray.com
The official website of musician and author Matthew Christian Murray
independent musician and author
Singer, keyboardist, arranger, one-man band!
Check out All Covered Up, debut EP, at https://music.apple.com/us/album/all-covered-up-ep/1690240415
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The (Totally Awesome) Flavor of the ’90s!
It’s Sunday afternoon, May 12, 2024. In one month I will be turning 40 years old. Being a responsible, respectable adult, I just spent 15 minutes chasing the ice cream truck. On foot, of course – it’s not a fair chase if I’m in my car (though I will flag it down from the car…
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Exciting Update on Music!
Exciting-ish, anyway. As most of you know, I released a five-song EP last June. The songs were covers, but the vocals, instruments, arrangements, and production were my doing; my friend Nick Federinko (NICK FED) helped with mixing and mastering. Since then, I have been working on probably two dozen additional songs, and they are currently…
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Why I avoid politics online
If you’ve browsed my prior posts on here, you may notice that I tend to avoid political matters. In this era of polarization and discontent, I assure you this is a deliberate, considered choice. It’s not that I don’t have any political views – I do. It’s not that I don’t believe any political topics…
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Difference and Perspective
For my entire life, I’ve had Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Attention-Deficit Disorder (the Hyperactivity component comes and goes). This means my brain basically almost never shuts up. I’ve had sleep difficulties my whole life too, probably for the same reason; it’s not severe enough to be called insomnia per se, but it generally takes me awhile…
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Hibernation
Since today is Saint Patrick’s Day, I shall type this in green, but the holiday isn’t really the subject of this post. We are less than one week from the beginning of spring. Soon we will be seeing new growth. Plants and animals will go from a winter’s worth of inactivity to fresh new life,…
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What Really Matters
Allendale, Missouri is a town that, as of the 2010 U.S. Census, had a population of 53. Its entire county has a population of around 2,000 people. It is no more than a blip on the radar, even in a rural, agriculture-intensive part of the country that is, itself, often overlooked. Yet tiny Allendale holds…