Matt Jasper

It appears these days that music is being consumed at an exponential rate. At any given moment, there can be hundreds of torrents being downloaded illegally, dozens of tracks being bought from iTunes or Amazon, and thousands of streams from Myspace, Last.Fm, Pandora, or any other streaming site...

So I am officially on the numbers and symbols of the Alphabetical Ipod experiment, and it’s a good feeling. I just shifted to 1,2,3,4 by Feist, and I’m excited to close this chapter of my musical listening life. Ju...

As some of you may know, I am a musician. Therefore, I’ll let you in on the creative process, and how it slowly starts from song idea until it becomes a completed track on an album. I am a conceptual songwriter. I try to tell a story, however small, with each song. ...

Note: This is a continuation of a Draft last edited on December 15th, 2008. I’ll be honest here about the Alphabetical Ipod Experiment. I “cheated” a couple of weeks ago on the experiment, and ended up listening to a couple of albums while doing overtime at work a few Saturdays ago. When...

Note: I am finishing parts of previous AIE drafts as the project nears completion. Otherwise, I’d be stuck with lots of half finished drafts…This draft was originally started on November 26th 2008 at 5PM. In theory, Apples In Stereo should be my favorite band right about now. I’...

Sometimes I feel like I could be so much better if I had a little bit more follow through. I put together large projects just for the sake of doing something to prove to myself that I can do it, and then I collapse towards the end of the project, in a wave of self implosion...

I’m reflecting on the past week of our nation’s political process, and my part in this blur of a campaign process. Th...

Although I have been continuing my Alphabetical Ipod Experiment of listening to all of the songs on my Ipod in alphabetical song order, I haven’t had the time or energy to post recently about the experience. But I figured now would be the best time as of any to get back on track with it. ...

So this morning, in between getting breakfast, going to the bank, and picking up Polaroid film, I made my debut as a political pundit. It was a strange foray into politics, as I wasn’t really planning on it. ...

So I haven’t posted for pretty much the whole month of August, as I’ve been busy changing locations, dealing with sick cats, setting up utilities, changing mail addresses, figuring out how to make a rug, planning a birthday party celebration, setting up my music publishing company, and lis...

Here comes another Sunday morning post from the final month at the old apartment. I just spent a couple of moments trying to coax Moses out from under the desk in the bedroom. I don’t claim to understand this cat’s behavior. It...