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A multi-instrumentalist (Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Bass, Piano, Drums), who's music can almost be anything folk/flamenco/classical/jazz/blues/soul/funk/reggae/rock/pro g/metal, the genre doesn't really matter as long as the idea feels right by the time it's completeI'm the current in a Long & Prestigious Line of MC's to Grace The Stage at The Arthouse, Every Monday Night for the First & Longest Running Open Mic Night in the city of Melbourne. All travelling souls welcome whether your a musician/poet/comedian/stunt performer/as a duo or triplet, quartet whatever. Just put your name down on the list at the bar and the circle will shift the spotlight in your direction.All the songs on here you can download to your hearts content, feel free to pass them on to people who think would like them as well. Play them on the radio (the quality is very good for home recordings), as you go to sleep, on a train/tram, at work, in the car, where ever & whenever you sense the feeling rising from within.A founding member of the band Je~Morpheme www.myspace.com/jemorphemeCheersMatt

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Member Since: 16/03/2007
Band Members: Matt Scrutton - Electric & Acoustic Guitar/Bass/Vocals/Drums/Piano Maren Kips - Wrote the lyrics & performed vocals on - In The Morning Kat - Wrote the poem which the lyrics for Coral came from & gave me inspiration for Resin lyrics
Influences: SCRUTTINO: Bob Marley, Isis, Tool, Bela Fleck, Chick Correa, Fela Kuti, Primus, Neurosis, Soundgarden, The Pogues, Massive Attack, Andy McKee, C.W.Stoneking, Mastodon, Peach, The Dirty Three, Acid Bath, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Mark Lanegan, Isobel Campbell, Radio Birdman, Kyuss, Tom Waits, Rodrigo Y Gabriella, Randy Rhoads, Kaki King, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas, SOAD, RATM, Alice In Chains, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Page, Kill Devil Hills, Radiohead, Slipknot, Joanna Newsom, Nick Drake, Wagner, Beethoven, A Perfect Circle, Paco De Lucia, Cradle of Filth, Ministry, Luciano Pavarotti, Micheal Nyman, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, The Band, Frank Sinatra, Jelly Roll Norton, Billie Holiday, Temple Of The Dog, Sly & The Family Stone, .....The Trail of Dead....., ZAUM, NIN, Wendy O'Williams, The Plasmatics, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Grateful Dead, Stone Temple Pilots, Coal Chamber, Eric Clapton, Cream, Jane's Addiction, Decapitated, Meshuggah, Bad Brains, Eric Satie, Robert Johnson, Portishead, Bobby McFerrin, Tim Buckley, John Lee Hooker, IZ, Sigur Ros, Nat King Cole, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Thomas Leeb, Jarboe
Sounds Like: Cassical/Folk/Rock/Metal/Flamenco
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Tiptoes like fire

Buzzing like a fly, yet yawning at the same timeI need to sleepWhy does my heart feel like it will crash through my chestUnveiled as a quivering mess flush with feverMy muscles twitch under no self or...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:39:00 GMT

Scarecrow

Can you hear the scarecrow laughingAll alone with arms stretching outEchoing to all the little childrenShowing the way for the frailEvery new soul passes on in memoryWatching on from underneath a mask...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:11:00 GMT

Above The Storm, Beneath The Sea

Her soul wanders down to the shoreWhile she sleeps away, we wait for her to wakeShadows on the edge of her mind, calm the reflection she beholdsWashing against the foreshore rocksHer eagle form flies ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:35:00 GMT

Oceanic

Tempting meTo stay foreverKeep on walkingUnder the surfaceOpening my eyesShes showing meHow you can breathe underwaterWashing over meTasting the seaAllowing me to breathe underwaterNothing as it seems...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:55:00 GMT

Ode For Laura

A breeze of light swept her blonde hair beneath the afternoon sunshineLithe of figure, radiant as a butterfly in full flightEasy to laugh, making all else feel free of heartSuch beauty tempting affect...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:48:00 GMT

Mirror

The mood for weakness is upon my withered hands Time has my thoughts compress into the corners of imaginationLook at me they say, yet why am I in the corner if such a fanciful notion existsSurely a ha...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:27:00 GMT

Tear Drops For Shelley

I use to know herYet not as well as you would thinkShe made me laugh at the strangest timesBrought joy to those who met herAll would hope to meet her againOne day when they were happierShe had an ease...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:58:00 GMT

Streetlight Backdrop

All the passes by, following the streetlight glowWandering from step to toe, basking under the moonShadow their freinds every footstep, afraid not to be in lineUnable to clear a path, towards the fina...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:57:00 GMT

Dirge The Placid Face

Tired and weary dirge the placid faceHold them in the palm of your hand Breathe out there sour taste Caress with soft hands the good they hold insideNuture it with loveAllow it to decide Show them wit...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:55:00 GMT

Refocus

The storm approaches, becalming waterCloud lays above, smoothing overOur time is endless, waiting in patienceWhen hearts will falter & eyes refocusYoung baby knows,Our cub she grows,Her dead eyesMist ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:51:00 GMT