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Definition is problematic in the extreme for me, though it would not distort the truth to say of myself that I am a guitarist/songwriter/philosopher/literator/bodybuilder (not necessarily all at the same time nor in that definite order). My passion for rock guitar is longstanding, being a consistent thread which weaves its way through my varied self-permutations of the last two-and-a-half decades.
If you enjoy my music you may also want to check out "Magic Mountain" which occupies my top friend position below. I have placed music on that space which either does not strictly fit within the hard rock context of this page or which limitations did not allow me to include here.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/30/2008
Band Members:All songs written, recorded, and performed by John Matthew.
Influences: It is treacherous to query of a philosopher the nature of origins, so let me preface my answer with a quote from Henri Mattise:
"The arts have a development that comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization that precedes us. One cannot do just anything. A talented artist cannot do whatever he pleases. If he only used his gifts he would not exist. We are not the masters of what we produce. It is imposed on us."
What then has been imposed upon me? Speaking in strictly musical terms, and limiting myself to the genre of rock and roll, Elvis, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, ACDC, The Stones, The Beatles (both in their collective and individual musical endeavors), Van Halen, Aerosmith, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Neal Schon, Jake E. Lee, Zack Wylde, Brian Wilson, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Prince, The Cult, Slash, The Darkness, and too many other 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's bands and artists to list.
In much broader terms, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche (German philosophy generally from Kant through Heidegger and his followers), The Romantic tradition, Goethe, Wagner, Mahler, Thomas Mann, Andre Gide, Herman Hesse, Whitman, Dostoyevsky, Camus, T.S. Eliot, Matthew Arnold, Western literature, and literary criticism have all profoundly shaped my views on artistic creation, the artist, and his role in society.
Sounds Like: A direct manifestation of my nuomenal will; a v-twin stroker at wide open throttle; nature's primal fury; the sighing of the earth; the vanity of the world; agony and ecstasy of the flesh; heroic deeds; unerring instinct; erotically charged pessimism; the drunken bacchanalian dance; disillusioned romanticism; spontaneous natural grace.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

PRINCIPLES OF RECOVERY AND NUTRITION RELATING TO EXERCISE, PART I

RECOVERY AND NUTRITIONIt is my intent in this section to not only emphasize the importance of recovery, but to instruct you in how to best accomplish recovery. Consistently good nutrition and proper r...
Posted by JOHN MATTHEW on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:28:00 PST

HOW JOHN STAYS IN SHAPE FOR ROCK AND ROLL

The following are some short excerpts from a book I've been working on for the last year or so called "The Canon," which is an integrated philosophy of weight training. The title is an allusion to a w...
Posted by JOHN MATTHEW on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PST

TRAINING AESTHETICS

BODYBUILDING AESTHETICSPRINCIPIA AESTHETICATHE AESTHETICS OF THE MALE BODY "Suppose, first, that the male body is a potentially beautiful thing, capable of being worked and perfected like a piece...
Posted by JOHN MATTHEW on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:28:00 PST

JOHNS PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNEY, PART TWO

Literary critic I.A. Richards makes a distinction between "emotional belief" and "intellectual belief." Emotional belief does not involve coherence; rather, its purpose is to satisfy our sentimental n...
Posted by JOHN MATTHEW on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:46:00 PST

JOHN AS POET

"The whole movement of the world tends and leads towards copulation" SCHOPENHAUER A few words...
Posted by JOHN MATTHEW on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:43:00 PST

JOHNS PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNEY, PART ONE

CONCERNING MY DISILLUSION WITH PHILOSOPHYBy John Matthew Though the paper which follows is as much philosophical autobiography as it is rigorous theses statement, and I admit to taking full advan...
Posted by JOHN MATTHEW on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:33:00 PST

WHO IS GINGER?

In case anyone may be wondering, Ginger is a teacup Yorkshire Terrier who lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and who is owned by my ex-girlfriend, both of whom I haven't seen for two and a half...
Posted by JOHN MATTHEW on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:22:00 PST

MORE ABOUT MYSELF AND MY RELATIONSHIP TO MUSIC

I've been a guitar player since around the age of fourteen or fifteen, and I've been playing for well over twenty years now (you do the math). Music has always been a powerful force in my life and I a...
Posted by JOHN MATTHEW on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:42:00 PST