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Matthew Schaefer

About Me

sometimes i play shows

Keep an eye out for Matt in the Chicago Reader for performances at the Beat Kitchen, The Elbo Room, Uncommon Ground, Goose Island, and various Laudromats.

*Featured Artist at Chicago's MOBfest by BMI Music

*We Are Listening Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention

*4 songs featured on national spots on CBS

Pool Boy at CD Release Party October 2008

FREAK! live at CD release Party ZED451 Chicago, October 2008

LIVE AT THE ELBO ROOM "POOLBOY" "THINGS THAT FLY BUT MOSTLY WALK"

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Member Since: 23/07/2005
Band Website: this is it for now folks
Band Members: Matthew Schaefer- Vocals, Piano

Julia Klee-Backup Vocals

Patrick Andrews- Backup Vocals

Douglas Levin-Drums

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Self-Titled album sponsored by Hyve ltd. recorded at Airtime Studios in Bloomington Indiana with Dave Weber, Engineer and Chip Reardon Assisting. All songs written by Matthew Schaefer

On the Album: Matthew Schaefer-piano, vox, wurlitzer, triangle Kenneth Phelps-Drums Keith Skooglund-Electric and Acoustic Guitars John-Bass Shelly Taylor-Cello Ben McClelland-Violin and String Arrangements

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Influences: Tumbleweed Connection, number 2 pencils, big sheets of staff paper, getting your tenth cup of tea for free, guitar hero, jameson, and Bertoia
Sounds Like: a perculator
Record Label: hippopotamusic
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

matthew schaefer | The Next Big Sound

http://matthewschaefer.thenextbigsound.com/ Hey guys, I just put together this profile on the next big sound website. It's a site that was developed by Northwestern Students where people listen t...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:10:00 GMT

filtering through

i'm not really sure why I have even sat down here and come to the blog section, but maybe something of interest will pop out of my alcohol saturated brain. I'm at this super "hip" cafe in wicker park...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:41:00 GMT

Lesson Learned

Sheesh...well I'm back in bloomington getting ready to record the drums, guitar, cello and vocal harmonies for the album. But before that is at all possible I had to write chord charts for all 14 song...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:42:00 GMT

RECORDING IN NOVEMBER!!

So after far too many months of "getting into the studio next month" I finally have secured some recording time as the first stage of "things that fly but mostly walk" gets in motion.I'm so excited to...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:09:00 GMT