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Matthew Dermond

Don't worry. Be happy!

About Me


music is one of the most important things in my life:

visit the peach tree umbrella company official site.

I am a member of small town fires .

I was a member of goodnight or sleep .

pacifism and optimism (wherefore peace and happiness) are decisions one can make

life is beautiful

I do repair and set-up work on electric guitars and basses. I also have experience in design of custom electronics (stomp box effects, guitar circuitry), building/modifying custom instruments (electric guitars, basses, anything you want to dream up), and tuning pianos. If you have interest in any of these services, please contact me!

My Interests

singing and playing music:
piano, synth, ukulele, ocarina, saw, guitar, glockenspiel, melodica, bass, percussion; anything else i can get my hands on and make music with

building instruments:
electric guitars, electric basses, guitar effects, ukuleles; speaker cabinets

general:
walking, appreciating nature; doing my best to be courteous and respectful of others

I'd like to meet:


I've got lots of friends. Let's go have some fun.

If I haven't yet met you and we have anything in common -

send me a message!

AIM SN: MatthewDermond

Music:

a silver mt zion
the beatles
billie holiday
brian bond
the bot flies
björk
cheap relative steel
circulatory system
da bears
david bowie
deerhoof
desaparecidos
the dismemberment plan
dnial
do make say think
explosions in the sky
the extraordinaires
fate's end
the fiery furnaces
the gerbils
godspeed you black emperor
grand buffet
grandaddy
jeff mangum
little light
liz newnam
los aardvark
major organ
mates of state
mathematicians
matt and kim
menomena
minus the bear
mogwai
múm
neutral milk hotel
of montreal
the olivia tremor control
os mutantes
parts & labor
pop heroes
the pixies
radiohead
sigur rós
smashing pumpkins
sufjan stevens
supercordas
the tea club
teh miv
tyondai braxton

Movies:

28 days later
adaptation
awakenings
back to the future
batman
big fish
bio-dome
charlie and the chocolate factory
edward scissorhands
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
fear and loathing in las vegas
fight club
gremlins
the jungle book (disney)
the life aquatic with steve zissou
lost in translation
pi
robin hood (disney)
rocky horror picture show
the shawshank redemption
slc punk
taxi driver
teenage mutant ninja turtles
the illusionist
the prestige
the fountain
the terminal
the truman show
v for vendetta
the village
waking life
willy wonka and the chocolate factory

Television:

adult swim
the discovery channel
the history channel

Heroes:

john lennon
jeff mangum
efrim menuck
thom yorke
elephant 6
constellation
orange twin

My Blog

May 17th, 2005

Like watching the sun go down over the train tracks at rowan university (or infinitely many other such experiences), life is always amazing. Two nights ago I slept at Mike's house with Zane because we...
Posted by Matthew Dermond on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST