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matt

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About Me


i make records that break records.

My Interests

starting fires

I'd like to meet:



people that love music.

....

Music:

any band that im producing.
or mixing.
or editing.
or managing.

and your band.
and the police.
and gosling.
and phantom planet.
and jellyfish.
and baddudes were unreal live.
the beatles have a bright future.
so does jay-z.
and dr. dre.
and LOW.
that first gin blossoms record was unreal. i don't care who thinks i'm lame because of it.
paramount.
open air stereo.
i've rediscovered Eno and U2 lately.
and oingo boingo.
and peter gabriel's SO record.
unfucking real people.
that's about it.

ps. i was just being nice. your band probably isnt that great....

Movies:

those home movies. you know... the ones that are just for us.

Television:

is a good band.

Heroes:

we don't need another heeeerrooooo
(and nick gross)

My Blog

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 9

"shut up and put your money where your mouth is...that's what you get for waking up in vegas!"too obvious?today i woke up in vegas, in my bunk and fully dressed. this totally beats the last time i wok...
Posted by matt on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:01:00 PST

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 8

finally.flag, las cruces.las cruces, flag.i just wanted you two to get acquainted before we planted one into the other.we mixed up the set list a little, trying to shake things up. we changed the open...
Posted by matt on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:43:00 PST

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 7

so sorry phoenix.we actually really like you. even though you're so hot that the catering was literally baking potatoes off the pavement, and your weather so unpredictable that in the midst of said he...
Posted by matt on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:22:00 PST

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 6

lights... cameras... rock.today we had to wake up at the crack of dawn (9ish...) to be at the Capitol Records building to film a couple of songs for clear channel's "stripped" show. katy looked marvel...
Posted by matt on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:28:00 PST

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 5

i feel like i'm kinda cheating on this one. at no time during day 5 have i at all been "inside katy perry". no bus today! at all! totally woke up in my own bed. took a nice leisurely shower. had an in...
Posted by matt on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:25:00 PST

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 4

now this is more like it... the venue in ventura was pretty much right on the water, the drive last night was reasonable, and for the first time i've gotten any sleep. our bus was parked not terribly ...
Posted by matt on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:13:00 PST

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 3

talk about a blur...these are the things i know about day 3:i didnt sleep at all last night. that "coming down with something" bit turned out to be a full blown sinus infection. feel miserable. spent ...
Posted by matt on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:01:00 PST

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 2

mother said there would be days like this. wake up at 8:15, to unload all our stuff into the backstage area, which is forever away from our bus. it's already about 90 degrees and rising. all of us rea...
Posted by matt on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:10:00 PST

60 Days Inside Katy Perry: Day 1

hello everybody. pleasure to meet you. for realz.my name's matt Beckley, and i play guitar for a girl named Katy Perry. we've been good friends for quite a long time, and somehow i got roped in to mel...
Posted by matt on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:06:00 PST