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Matthew John

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About Me

From Santa Barbara and San Diego, California; living in Helsinki, Finland and sometimes Santa Barbara; working toward a PhD in ethnomusicology at the University of California, Santa Barbara; tentative title of dissertation is "The Sound of a Thousand Lakes: Rock Music and Symbolism in Finnish Culture"; Currently teaching course called "Popular Music and Culture in America" at the University of California, Santa Barbara; recorded the two songs posted above in Helsinki; both songs written by Matthew John Dorman; "High Times" is produced by Finnish novelist/singer and songwriter Kauko Röyhkä. "East Side of Town" is a demo version recorded live...planning on rerecording it the near future along with several other songs.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/2/2007
Band Website: matthewjohn.net
Band Members: For the new album "Honey Bee": Matthew John - nylon & steel string guitars and voice. For the material recorded in Finland: Matthew John - steel string guitar and voice; Puka Oinonen - electric guitar; Jouko Pulkkinen - bass and backing vocals; Anssi Hallio - drums; Caroline Taucher - backing vocals
Influences: Folk / Psych / Beatnik / Old-time / Flowers / New-time / Country / Gothic / Magic / Poseiden / Hippie / Cemetaries / Train Stations / Witches / Utopia
Record Label: Considering my options at the moment...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New album

Hello friends, I've been very busy working on my dissertation (it's almost done!), recording a new album (it's called "Honey Bee"), and teaching a course at the Univeristy of California, San...
Posted by Matthew John on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:30:00 PST

Wedding Pictures!

Hello friends! Follow the link below to see some great wedding pictures taken by Kristoffer Lassen.  You can also see some other pictures on Pirjo's myspace site (those are taken by Pirjo's ...
Posted by Matthew John on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:23:00 PST