Songwriters in Seattle

Tag: guitar

  • Matthew Meadows

    Matthew Meadows is a rock guitarist and singer with a background in computer programming and ballet dancing. This is one smart and talented guy! His latest recorded collection of songs, Etherati, is making waves as he puts his tech skills to use with tireless online promotion. Matthew rocks and many people are taking notice! He’s played in a number of bands, both in Seattle as well as his former home of Austin, TX, but mostly pushes on these days as a solo artist. What exciting musical conquests does Matthew have in mind for the future? Learn more about him (and connect with him) on his Reverbnation page. He’s even got a new tune called “The Ringmaster” – check it out!

    His YouTube channel has some really interesting raw takes and crazy guitar shredding! You can view and subscribe here.

    Lastly, Matthew’s SiS podcast visit was a lot of fun as he walked us through not only his music, but how he approaches promotion and connecting with the right people in the industry. You can listen to that here.

  • SiS Podcast: Matthew Meadows

    January, 2011

    Matthew Meadows
    SiS Organizer Chris Klimecky interviews rock guitarist and singer Matthew Meadows. They discuss his new EP Etherati, using online services for promotion, and the influence of ballet on his music. An unplugged live version of “The Mistress” finishes off the podcast.


    Click the play icon above to stream, or click here to download

    Click here to read more about this podcast from Chris’s blog archive.

  • DIY Blues, Pt. 1: Reviving a Dead Guitar

    Disclaimer: The author claims no authority or expertise in the matters discussed here within. Quite the opposite. He welcomes corrections, advice and scathingly negative commentary where appropriate. Hopefully, this odyssey will inspire other timid souls to delve into the realm of guitar repair.

    As the stock market sinks further and further, it’s hard to justify sinking hundreds and hundreds of dollars (or more) into a new guitar and/or repairs. However, after years of writing and performing solely with an acoustic guitar, I knew it was time to make like Bob Dylan and plug in. What I had at my immediate disposal was a run down Epiphone Les Paul, the tone of which I had never been happy with.

    In addition to its infamously muddy signature tone, this ELP tended to cut out when toggling between the bridge and neck pickups. Even worse, it suffered from a missing tuning peg and buzzing strings, the action low enough that the three remaining strings were lightly touching the first fret.

    Having no experience working on guitars, my options seemed to be to pawn it off and buy a new guitar (to the tune of at least $500) or take it in for repairs of an unknown cost and quality. Therefore, I decided to seize the moment and educate myself. As soon as I cracked open the rear panel and heated up an ancient soldering iron, I knew I had made the right decision.

    Up next:

    DIY Blues, Pt 2: Something Busted, Something Used
    Faced with a mess of wires, an over sized soldering iron and no experience to his name, the author must install a used pickup of dubious quality while avoiding a catastrophic meltdown. But first, he seeks some assistance from the good folks at The Trading Musician.