Swimmer’s Head
July 25, 2008, Matthew Good The door rang, missed it, was sleeping. Went downstairs and caught the UPS guy delivering something else across the street. Waited, got my new laptop, got a coffee. Haven’t opened it yet.
Progress. A window into the process. A little taste of where things go. Not done yet, mind you. Still lots of work. Vocals aren’t down in parts, so on, so forth.
This entry will self destruct in the next few hours.
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Very cool. Thank you for sharing. Matt. I’ve missed basically all of your other demos, so it was nice to catch this one.
MORE SWEETNESS !!! I love how you toss the word fuck into your songs. Great work Matthew. Looking forward to more, maybe I had better wait to hear all the new lyrics before I get some tattooed on me !!
Usually, I’m working during the day, but I was home Wednesday afternoon and this afternoon. I got diagnosed as bipolar (finally) this spring and they are still trying to get the meds right. They started me on a few new meds within the last week and a half. One of them is giving me terrible vertigo. They said to take Gravol (my old friend) for the vertigo. Wheeeee.
The vertigo sucks, but I’m glad that the planets aligned and I was able to “catch” both versions. I’m looking forward to comparing them and hearing the differences and the progression.
Thanks so much for posting these, Matt. Any insight/commentary on how this track evolved song versions?
[quote comment="59482"] Thanks so much for posting these, Matt. Any insight/commentary on how this track evolved song versions?[/quote]
Yikes, bad editing job on that last sentence! Trust me… these meds aren’t that good! ;-D
I think this was supposed to say something to the effect of “Any insight/commentary on how this track evolved between versions?”
“I said neato, checked my libido, and rolled to the church in my new tuxedo.”
I thought the first post was sounds for the opening or closing of a film…or a montage of still photos.
I like the change in there now…deeper down the hole!
Sounds good Matt…sounds real damn good.
Are you even capable of writing bad music?? Amazing as usual!
Me likey a lot.
What kind of laptop did you get?
Song previews make me happy. Really liking this one. Sounds done to me but, eh, what do I know.
(New laptop? Ooooh, what’d ya get?)
I’m jealous - look what happened to mine last week
Ahhh I caught this one, sweet. Is this the same track from christmas day? I’m getting me a m-audio keystudio 49i this weekend so I can in on this sound scape goodness.
Wonderful way to start the weekend……..thanks. :-)
First part (where the drums come in) reminds me of “I Wanna Be Adored” by the Stone Roses - but it goes off in it’s own unique direction after that…..I really like it and because I HAVE THE LOUDEST COMPUTER SPEAKERS IN MY OFFICE EVERYBODY ELSE LIKES IT TOO RIGHT EVERYBODY!!!!! (insert Snidely Whiplash evil laugh here).
Thanks for sharing, Matt. The song is sounding great so far.
Thank goodness for summer hours and being home at this time of the day on Fridays! :)
Love it…I also love that I can listen to it until the album comes out with the final version! Oh, and this is the first demo I’ve heard from the upcoming album. That’s okay, though. I will be that much more delighted to listen to “Vancouver” when it comes out.
Thanks for sharing!
3am, windows down, 130km on a deserted hwy, full blast kind of music. Love it.
Love the track.
The combination of piano and synth is great. Really enjoy when the drums kick in. Love the vocals and lyrics. Great tune.
Thanks Matt.
Enjoy your new computer.
Great, another Matthew Good earworm running through my head. :)
Love how it builds, beautiful piece Matt.
Yaay!! I caught one!! I always miss them! I love it! Thank you!!
I’m enjoying the progression of this song. There is some definite improvement from the initial version. I’m excited to see how it will sound when it is all done.
super exciting! :)
I like how the bottom just kinda falls out from underneath itself…
MG strikes again! Amazing song, You always fill me with such excitement with your music. Thanks Matt!
Wow… all I can say is wow. This is one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard. Thanks so much for sharing this Matt.
everyone has already said it in english so i will say it in deutsch; Überrascht! Sie sind sehr talentiert und es zeigt!!! Ich liebe es liebt es liebt es!!!!
Kind of haunting; sticks with me. Fantastic work as always.
Awesome, thanks for posting these demos!
Wow Matt…tha was brilliant, it’s the first time I get to hear a preview yé !
Can’t wait to hear some more
Merci !
That was great, Matt. I missed Wednesday’s, but hooray for 8 hour Fridays. Can’t wait for the new album, even though it’ll probably be another year.
[quote comment="59482"]I got diagnosed as bipolar (finally) this spring and they are still trying to get the meds right. They started me on a few new meds within the last week and a half. One of them is giving me terrible vertigo. They said to take Gravol (my old friend) for the vertigo. Wheeeee.
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I too have bipolar disorder. I posted Stephen Fry’s documentary on the subject on my nascent pro-bono! blog (inspired of course by Matt). I wish this had been available to me when I was first diagnosed 4 years ago. The main thing I got out of the documentary is that there is a vast bipolar spectrum - i.e. Fry takes no meds and functions at a high level but others aren’t in that situation. The science is still at the early stages of sorting this out:
http://richardcassel.blogspot.com/2008/07/secret-life-of-manic-depressive.html
I finally caught one. Thank goodness for the internet at work and the bosses cutting out early.
Gorgeous song, Matt. If the rest of the album affects me even half as much as this song then I’ll have to bump “Avalanche” to my second favourite album.
I detect the lightest bit of funk in this one.
i always can tell a great song by the sudden stinging in my eyes and the wee hairs on my arms looking electrified. wow! absolutely beautiful.
thanks for sharing with us.
*sends creative inspiration in your general direction*
*thinking it would be slightly more effective if I wasn’t currently on the other side of Canada*
hmmm hmmm I can’t wait until the day comes where I get to go to the store a purchase this record, it’s always such a thrill for me :3
god, how uneventful my life, let’s see..
Total geil ist das neue Lied.
From the post’s title, I was reminded some, of lyrics from the dear ol’ past, something from “Load Me Up” …
sounds incredible — thanks for the preview :)
Its pretty awesome.
feels like I choke you just so i can breathe. (or however put)
I like…interesting concept there.
Sounds really good and the fact that I was able to finally listen to a demo here is a pretty sweet deal,
thanks Matt.
Sounds great; sounds like something that belonged on Avalanche more than WLRRR or HM. Who said you couldn’t go home? :)
Looking forward the new album… this year?
Amazing as always.
iPod touch: $279.99 tax
Never missing a demo: priceless!
Thanks for posting the preview Matt it’s coming along great, I missed your demo the other day but I really like the sound and feel of this one.. Would you mind sharing some insight on the tools you use to compose?
[quote comment="59511"][quote comment="59482"]I got diagnosed as bipolar (finally) this spring and they are still trying to get the meds right. They started me on a few new meds within the last week and a half. One of them is giving me terrible vertigo. They said to take Gravol (my old friend) for the vertigo. Wheeeee.
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I too have bipolar disorder. I posted Stephen Fry’s documentary on the subject on my nascent pro-bono! blog (inspired of course by Matt). I wish this had been available to me when I was first diagnosed 4 years ago. The main thing I got out of the documentary is that there is a vast bipolar spectrum - i.e. Fry takes no meds and functions at a high level but others aren’t in that situation. The science is still at the early stages of sorting this out:
http://richardcassel.blogspot.com/2008/07/secret-life-of-manic-depressive.html/quote
Thanks, RRC. I’ve heard about this documentary, but I always manage to lose the link to it before I’ve had a chance to watch it. I’ll make the time to watch it this weekend. I started suspecting I was bipolar in 1996. I went from then until April of this year undiagnosed and unmedicated and managed to function well enough to get a Mechanical Engineering degree and secure and maintain a job in the aerospace industry working with jet engines. About a year ago, I started to get extreme swings with depression being the predominant symptom. I managed to live with it for a year until I hit my breaking point and went to my family doctor and allowed myself to admit that I couldn’t go it alone anymore. I was very reluctant to cede control of my condition and be “forced” to be on meds for it, but once I started the meds, I realized that I was still me… I just wasn’t being tortured by the tumultuous swings and could deal with people again… and I didn’t feel the need to constantly apologize to my best friend for being “affable, responsible, but hard to be around”. That was one of the most rewarding parts of the new freedom.
We still haven’t hit upon the right combo, but I think we’re close. We seem to have found a combination that is controlling the mood episodes without making me feel groggy and/or higher than a kite, and which is also allowing me to sleep properly again. Yay! She thinks she knows which one was causing the vertigo and we’re going to drop it and keep me on the remaining three. If this triad of meds still controls the mood episodes I’ll be ecstatic. This is the third set of meds I’ve tried. The first made me a zombie, the second intensified the depression. I’m hoping third times the charm.
That was pretty hair raising!
Thanks so much for sharing:)
wish I wrote that.
yeah, that rocks
[quote comment="59504"]everyone has already said it in english so i will say it in deutsch; Überrascht! Sie sind sehr talentiert und es zeigt!!! Ich liebe es liebt es liebt es!!!![/quote]
Ya- das ist sehr rigtig!
Hauntingly beautiful… painfilled…. thank you for sharing!
Terrific that you do this for us–I love your demos.
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
Please don’t self distruct just yet! This computer has no speakers and I don’t get off for another two hours! I wanna hear it this time!
What the, who the, how the….???? I was at work all day but checked the site umpteen times and somehow still missed the whole post and ensuing song. Sucks to be me! :(
Stratospheric!
Thank you!
Wow! This got cleaned up nicely! Can’t wait to see if it does make it on the next album and how it sounds in the end. :)
You know how you write something and then wish you could go back and erase it because at that exact moment you must have been on crack? Yeah, that’s me.
Awesome song… still.
Coffee before laptop - logical. Appreciate the fact that I got to hear this; thanks. At risk of being verbally shot, I’m having a hard time blending the music and lyrics. Closer to the end it takes on a totally different, haunting quality which reminds me that the beginning seems to be purer and sweeter. Then again, that’s how life is - it sucks you in under another guise then pounds the hell out of you. =) After that babble - I like the change in the feeling within the song; it makes it interesting. Thanks again for the chance to listen in.
Finally…caught one! Thanks.
Absolutely gorgeous….thank you…..
Awwwww……..I was recording all day and missed it……damn.
i allways miss it why!!!
Fuck! I missed it! Usually I catch these things as I work from home and check the site from time to time on a daily basis. The hubby wanted to go to his friends and partake in a few beers…. now I wish I would have stayed home. I still could have had the beers but would have been able to hear some new Matt Good.
I’m sure it was great. Next time……..
[quote comment="59511"][quote comment="59482"]I got diagnosed as bipolar (finally) this spring and they are still trying to get the meds right. They started me on a few new meds within the last week and a half. One of them is giving me terrible vertigo. They said to take Gravol (my old friend) for the vertigo. Wheeeee.
[/quote]
I too have bipolar disorder. I posted Stephen Fry’s documentary on the subject on my nascent pro-bono! blog (inspired of course by Matt). I wish this had been available to me when I was first diagnosed 4 years ago. The main thing I got out of the documentary is that there is a vast bipolar spectrum - i.e. Fry takes no meds and functions at a high level but others aren’t in that situation. The science is still at the early stages of sorting this out:
http://richardcassel.blogspot.com/2008/07/secret-life-of-manic-depressive.html/quote
Thanks for posting, RRC. I just finished watching the first 4 parts. I’m actually glad that I hadn’t watched it until now so that I had a broader base of experience to draw upon before I watched it. Some of the things he was saying, I could recall myself saying in messages to my best friend. I could also relate to Stephen, in the sense that everyone is always shocked to hear that I’m bipolar; the common sentiment is that I’m way too calm and articulate or who knows what else, but it’s just on the surface.
I’m really exhausted so I’ll watch the rest tomorrow, but I just wanted to thank you for posting it. I know Matt’s posted it in the past, but I was too busy (or distracted) to watch it at that point in my life and I lost track of the link.
Dammit! And I made it a point not to do overtime. :p
Missed it…again!
Beautiful..
I vote for a piano man album next….
Good stuff, man!!!
Why is it I never end up checking your blog when these “tastes” are up?
Damnit I always miss the demos, stupid work.
Missed it too….you have to be quick (or not go to bed) on the east side of the Atlantic. Ah well. Good things come to those who wait. This is my first post on my new MacBook Pro :0)
“Waited, got my new laptop, got a coffee. Haven’t opened it yet”
the coffee or the laptop?
Nice track - I’m a super prude and long for a profanity-free album.
I got to listen to this quite a bit yesterday and I love it. Vancouver is shaping up to be a really great record. The demos have been incredible, so I can’t wait to see a full studio version.
Ugh … I missed it again. Damn working at night and sleeping all day… I it night shift.. oh well, how else will I pay for my pretty things…
I’m listening to We’re so heavy, I haven’t listened to it in forever. I remember how much I love this album… Just thought I’d mention it..
I can’t get this song out of my head. Do we have to wait until next summer??
must be nice to get a new toy after months of hard work:)
hope it will serve you well.
lovely sounds more wierdness:)*
argh#&*@%P&%$@!?
Because I have no life, every single day I sit and refresh this page (and others) all day long when I’m not at work (to see if anyone can come out and play).
Worked, then went to the football game (free tickets). Never got on the computer or this site yesterday (that never happens), therefore - I missed it. DAMN. (Would someone be willing to hum it for me? Anyone?)
O.K., whine over.
[quote comment="59568"](Would someone be willing to hum it for me? Anyone?)[/quote]
haha that literally made me LOL.
and yeah, I missed it too. suck.
shit!! I missed it…..
Blast!!! Yet another demo missed.