Matthew Nellis
games, music, tech, design
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December 12th, 2008Song a WeekNo one really chooses to be a vampire do they? Surely not….
For one reason or another I was thinking about vampires this week. Mainly about how they’ve got a pretty bad deal. I imagine it’d be a rare situation where someone actually chooses to become a vampire. Usually you’d be minding your own business then… BAM! You’ve been bitten. No real say in the matter. So this song is about that. Kind of…Tags: mp3, THIS IS THE LIFE -
December 11th, 2008Song a Week
This week has been going much better than previous ones. Having some time off work has let me clear my head a bit and not get too stressed with the song, which is coming along quite nicely. Its about vampires by the way. Good times!
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December 5th, 2008Song a Week
So its actually come to this… a song about how I couldn’t write a song.
Things really are getting tougher. I’m at a stage now where I think everything I write sounds terrible, both lyrically and musically. I’ve noticed trends in my work: A few good weeks followed by utter trash the next and I firmly believe I’m currently in the trash phase.If I were looking for an analogy I guess its like being a Premiership striker. Score a few games ina row and the confidence is high. Go another few without scoring and everything is different.Anyhoo, I’ve got a few collaborations in mind that I really need to work on so hopefully that will bring something fresh to the table. We’re getting near Christmas too so naturally a Christmas song is on the way…Tags: Christmas, mp3 -
November 28th, 2008Song a Week
This week, a song to honour the wonderful charity that is Childs Play.
So what is Childs Play? Rather than me make a hash of explaining it, here’s a little copy/paste from the website:Since 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together through Child’s Play, a community based charity grown and nurtured from the game culture and industry. Over 3.5 million dollars in donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children’s hospitals across North America and the world have been collected since our inception.
This year, we have continued expanding across the country and the globe. With around 60 partner hospitals and more arriving every month, you can be sure to find one from the map above that needs your help! You can choose to purchase requested items from their online retailer wish lists, or make a cash donation that helps out Child’s Play hospitals everywhere. Any items purchased through Amazon will be shipped directly to your hospital of choice, so please be sure to select their shipping address rather than your own.
When gamers give back, it makes a difference!
It really is a terrific charity, and its just a shame there’s only 1 participating hospital in the UK. Hopefully that will increase over the years.
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November 21st, 2008Song a WeekWho’s up for a spot of Whiff Whaff? I know I am!
Download in the format of your choice!Matthew Nellis – Whiff Whaff (.mp3)He’s my major, and I bet you wish he was your major! Boris Johnson is surely a British national treasure. The man is a comedic genius in my opinion, but should definetely not be allowed to wield any form of power. I think he’s terrific on telly, but being major of London? Anyways….His speech during the Olympic handover will surely go down in history. Its pure comic genius and its hard to tell if he’s being 100% serious or not. Either way, it cracks me up everytime and I just had to use it in a song.Tags: Boris Johnson, London, Matthew Nellis, mp3, WHIFF WHAFF -
November 20th, 2008Song a Week
Well once again I changed my idea for the song mid-week. However this time it wasn’t due to thinking the original song was naff, its just that a better idea came up.
It revolves around my beloved major Boris Johnson. The great thing is I literally don’t have to do anything to make the song funny. His name alone inspires guffaws from afar…Tags: Boris Johnson, Major -
November 14th, 2008Song a Week
Bonjour! It’s Friday night and the song is finally fit to post. Get it down your earholes!
And now due to popular demand (Ok, so only 1 person has asked) you can now download each song in both Ogg Vorbis format and FLAC!Matthew Nellis – Superhero (.ogg)Matthew Nellis – Superhero (.flac)So the song… I’ve had the chorus in my head for quite a while but again, didn’t really know what to do with it. And once again the inspiration for it came from another great Penny Arcade comic. (I can’t actually find the link to the specific comic! Doh)Simple stuff really; what if you always wanted to have superpowers, then one day you were attacked by a mutant hawk and gained the power of flight? I think we’ve all run throught that scenario in our head before.I’ll start converting the rest of the songs to FLAC/Ogg this weekend and will redesign the ‘Songs’ page to accomadate. Have a good weekend everyone!Tags: head, Matthew Nellis, mp3, Penny Arcade -
November 7th, 2008Song a Week
Its the big three-o! Enjoy…
Its a song about nothing really. But at the same time its about everything….I guess its about a King of some mystical land. He’ a nice guy but as soon as he became King he turned into a bit of a dick. You see, the crown has a power. An evil power. Once its upon your head, as well as granting you eternal youth it also corrupts your soul.Its all in the song…. honestly.Tags: King, mp3 -
November 4th, 2008Song a Week
Usually when I’m looking for inspiration I listen to Beck and try to glean some of his beautiful ideas. It makes me realise just how complex, yet at the same time so simple, songwriting can be.
So thats the theme of this week’s song: simplicity with a dash of complexion.Don’t worry, it doesn’t make any sense to me either. The bulk of the song is recorded already, just need to do the vocals and all the fine tuning. -
October 31st, 2008Song a Week
Happy Halloween! Here’s the song:
So yeah, I know I’m posting this very late in the day but I’ll have you know its still technically Friday for another hour and a half. Allow me to explain what happened this week:I’ve actually had all week off, and was pretty excited about the song. The plan was to really work hard on it all week instead of messing around with my time up until Friday when I panic and rush something out.It started well, I had a nice chorus written and actually took my time writing the lyrics and forming what I thought was a decent song. Now usually I cast my judgement on a song by listening to it a week after with fresh ears. Its at that point I decide whether the song was good or not. However listening back to what I had done with this weeks’ it was very obvious that everything was shit.Now to paraphrase a certain Penny Arcade comic, I don’t mean it was the shit. It was actually shit. Like, from a butt. And it was Thursday night. I was very much running out of time, especially since I was working all Friday.So what you hear now is the product of approximately 3 hours work. On the bus home I decided to scrap everything I had done this week so far and just start fresh when I got home and see what happened. And what with today being Halloween how apt it is to have a song about a truly ancient and terrifying creature: Deep Crow!I would have liked to write another verse or 2 but seriously, it was 10.30pm when I decided the song was fit to post and I start work tomorrow at 6am. I need my sleep! Lets make it a game though; read all about Deep Crow and write your own 2nd and 3rd verses! Fun!Tags: Halloween, mp3, Penny Arcade
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