I realize that this song is not my best writing, but it captured what I wanted and was able to say.  We ventured down to SC this week to visit family and brought our dog.  Not the first time we’d traveled with her.  She actually enjoys peeing all over the countryside and smelling new smells.  […]

Today’s installment of Song A Day is a short tune I wrote to help reinforce the chords my students are learning. http://www.dreamcenterpeoria.org/freedomartsproject.html . I hope this helps you future rockstars! “Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire” ©2011 Matt Larson April 13, 2011 ||: A / / / | D / / / | Bm / / […]

welcome to song a day with Matt Larson where I’m writing a song a day, roughly. They aren’t perfect, and may not even be pretty but they are fresh daily. Today’s idea was sparked by one of my Facebook Friends (FBFs look me up www.facebook.com/mattlarsonhascatlikereflexes ) Sam Atkins.  He said: “The sad passing of things […]

Today’s idea came as I pondered the potential thoughts that an innercity kid might have.  The idea of being sufficated by the environment.  Dealing with pressures that no kid should have to confront.  Feeling like everything is hopeless, and that hopelessness extends beyond sight.  The chorus calls out to you (and me).  Breakforth!  You can […]

A very good afternoon to you.  Today’s song idea comes from my cousin Amanda Spencer Harkness (the southernbell of the family).  She mentioned the phrase bathing the dog and it become the spring board for today’s song.  So, while she will realize the extent of my stupidity at this juncture, it’s not something that has […]

I found today’s song particularly difficult to write, due to the nature of the story content.  One of my facebook friends Christine Meyerhoefer shot this idea to me:  “A young girl in my community was just found.She jumped from a railroad tressel and then froze to death.She lost her mom 5 years ago from cancer […]

I’m attempting to get ideas from my Facebook friends and I hope I don’t tick any of them off but I had one of my older ideas calling to me today.  So I went to the “unfinishedideas” folder and reviewed the initial idea video i did.  A couple weeks ago I was working on scraping […]

I have begun to solicit song ideas from my facebook friends.  So, at least for a while, I will conenct to FB at 9am and put the phrase “What’s On Your Mind” .  I will consider all responses to this question and then write a song with the concept, idea, etc. that resonates with me.. […]

In today’s Song A Day with Matt Larson my songwriting idea revolves around mine and my wife’s desire to adopt a little girl.  We are in the waiting place.  Contrary to Dr. Suess’ perspective of the waiting place I don’t feel that it is necessarily uselss or void of purpose.  In fact quite the opposite.  […]

Leave it to national holidays, is today a national holiday?.. anyway, to inspire.  So relationships resonate with all of us and the pain of those do as well.  I like the clever twist in the tune and hope you do as well.  I had a ton of help on the recording today.  CJ provided the […]