How do people just walk by Matt? It’s really quite unbelievable.!! The guy is a master at his craft! I have played guitar for 50 years and I just started learning to loop a year ago. It’s not easy.! I’m 65 years old and if I saw him playing, I would stop throw some money in his hat and compliment him and enjoy him! He’s not an every day experience!!!
WOW!! This guy is Great!! Solo Drummer, guitar player, and a master at the foot pedals. Bravo!!! Who needs other band members!!!??? not this guy! Awesome!
LOVE LOVE this.The ease with which you perform and do your live looping and etc is amazing. Very inspirational. Are you able to do a video wheere you walk us through your setup and what instruments are you using and how you are triggering loops and samples and live looping please? That would be awesome. Also what is the mini piano you are using? Thanks
I'm using the Reface CP. It has a "hidden piano" sound in the software. You have to open it up and cut the lead from the circuitboard to the toy piano and then power cycle the keyboard. Search the web for hidden piano sound reface and you'll find out about it.
The set up must take ages! Fantastic use of all the equipment though.... keys, drums, pedals (nice octave pedal use for the bass sound, delays, overdrive and clean sounds) and then there's the musicianship with great rhythm and lead guitar playing, coupled with great vocal timbre. Hat off to you sir!!
Setup takes 12 minutes...most of that time is setting up the livestream on my phone. I have it down to a science. Breakdown and packup in 9 minutes. I can get from the car parking lot to setup in about 16-18 minutes depending on the load in.
Of all the impressive aspects of this performance (e.g., totally effortless use of the looper, vocal performance with the pedal harmonies, exuding joy head to happy feet, song choice, managing the different guitar effects, etc) the most impressive to me was the use of the drum machine. Just ripping some mellow guitar lines and casually hitting fills as you dance past the drum. You are a such a badass. Also, the ES-135 is an amazing (in your hands at least!) and a totally underrated guitar.
" Fantastic", Nice one Matt, it seems you are playing to the walking dead where you are, some people are just rude and don't appreciate talent when it's right in front of them. Keep up the great work buddy. from a British guy across the pond.👍🍺
hi Matt, it’s beautiful to hear you sing and play. I would like to know what kind of drum machine that you use Plus different looper except rc600 I will appreciate that you write to me about this. Thank you
Roll away the dew is one of the best grateful dead songs ive never heard till i looked it up cause you covered it. ! Bless you for that man and thanks !
Great work!! Sounding fantastic!! I'm curious as to your gear. Quite an amazing control center. And, masterful tone control. Do you have any recent rig rundowns type overviews? No harm asking. Keep well and these amazing jams coming!!
Sounds fabulous but still waiting to see somebody use more than 1 chord progression in a looping song? I thought a 6 section looper would finally enable this? Gorgeous use of several instruments here though…..
I'm using multiple different chord progressions in a song. Watch my other videos, there's thousands of hours online of my shows with hundreds of different songs.
I’m using an octave pedal and recording the bass parts live on the fly. You just didn’t notice I guess. 0:40 is where I start recording a bass part. Go to my channel and watch some of my more recent videos to see hundreds of hours of examples.
I saw a great interview with a Deadhead and they asked them, "What does it mean to roll away the dew?" .. they said, "It means it's time to dance" ... I can't help but tap my foot and boob my head when I hear it
What an amazing performance! Your talent is truly inspiring. Not just the looping; you have a great voice, and your guitar solos are very melodic & well stuctured. What drum pad are you using? Greetings from Canada
Thank you David. Glad you enjoyed it. Check out some of my newer videos. I was just learning the pedal back when this video was released. Here’s the drum pad. amzn.to/3R56Mpv
It's all about the bass bout the bass bout the bass no treble. It's a POG! With lots of EQ, compression, gain staging, etc. Any bass pedal by electro harmonix does the trick as long as you EQ it and make it sound nice with some sound shaping but Electro harmonix gets you 90% of the way there.
It has six tracks. You can put different sections of the song with different chord changes on different tracks, pages, etc. It's.....complicated. Takes a lot of time and practice.
Matt, you always sound really good, and I thank you for sharing what you do. Just curious if you set all this up for every gig, or is this a house gig? Also, do you have a video that goes over your whole rig? Thanks!
Yes, I set up and break down everything for every gig. About 6 nights a week. I know it seems like a lot of stuff (which it is) but my setup and breakdown are extremely efficient. From turning off my car in the parking lot, I can be loaded in, set up and soundchecked in about 12-15 minutes. That's carrying everything into the venue, plugging it all in etc. The number one thing that takes up most of my time is setting up the stream. Titling the stream, checking the wifi, signing into the platforms, checking the signal, resetting the audio driver, connecting to the bluetooth MIDI for the stream mic mute, troubleshooting why the stream isn't working, etc. There are always issues with the stream. My PA sound and setup is easy and takes no time at all. If I didn't stream, the gig setup would be even faster. I can break down everything and load the car in about ten minutes. For example, I played a festival gig last weekend where I broke down all the gear, put everything in their respective cases, spoke to the patrons, got paid, carried everything to the artist parking lot, and drove away all in 21 minutes. At a festival! Bar gigs are WAY faster. I've spent a lot of time making sure my set up and breakdown are extremely efficient. For example, I've just switched to a new custom keyboard stand because it has TWO less knobs to tighten and loosen. That adds up over 100s of gigs. I also added a sustain pedal to the keyboard that also doubled as a Leslie speaker fast/slow switch. But the extra 30 seconds it took to get it out and plug it in and find the right spot on the floor to put it just weren't worth the benefit. Everything I add to the setup I have to do a time cost analysis. If it adds a minute of setup time, it REALLY better be worth it. Those minutes really add up. There is no video that goes over my whole rig and I have no plans to make one, sorry. Thanks for watching the streams and I'm glad you enjoy them!
@@MattBoltonMusic I play 4-5 nights a week and have my setup and tear down very efficient as well.. though I don’t setup quite as much. What are you using for your electric guitar tones?… That’s the main thing I wanted to know. Thanks for your time
PS: the technicality of your gear is beyond great and super impressive , a lot of people can play but not all can be technical too. And you sing too. 😲💪🏻💪🏻
Thank you! Glad you appreciate it. Check out my newer live streams. This video is an OLD video from about 1000 shows ago. I was just learning the pedal then. I think you'll enjoy the newer videos more. Also, I live stream EVERY show so you can always watch live and comment/request songs in the chat. See you in the chat!
Thanks! That's the way people are everywhere. People like to be told what they should be paying attention to, told what is good and what isn't. It's live music at a beer garden, they expect it to be just blah.. Glenn Gould could rise from the dead and play the Goldberg Variations at a beer garden and people would walk right by. Haha. It doesn't matter and it doesn't bother me one bit. The people that "get it", get it and the people that don't, don't. Most people need to be told what is good and what isn't so I appreciate it when people actually go out on a limb and pay attention and appreciate. So I appreciate you! Thanks! Believe it or not, at this place, everyone comes up to me at the end of the show and tells me they loved it. Sometimes they clap, sometimes they don't. But none of that matters. They're feeling the vibe and whether consciously or subconsciously they're all grooving along and I can feel it.
This was amazing , great job . Do you just rely on the pa pointed at the crowd for monitors and have your levels set so you don’t get a lot of feedback while looping ?
Thanks! Yes, I just listen to the main speakers. Modern PA systems and modern microphones are very good at feedback rejection and suppression. The mic has a tight pattern and the line array speakers don’t have to be loud to project and be clear, evenly throughout the venue. So my volume is relatively low but the mix is heard crystal clear throughout. Sometimes, like last night I have my main speaker behind me and I send a mix to the venue’s stereo system. Those venues sound the best. I’m sending a low volume feed (like the stream mix) into the dozens of speakers already installed at the bar. And my main line array is behind me on stage. Crystal clear everywhere. The louder I need to be, depending on the venue, I move farther behind the mains. This particular venue of this show, the neighbors often complain so I’m not very loud at all. Just loud enough that everyone can hear clearly but not overbearing. I can’t stand when live music is too loud in a restaurant or bar. Check out my show from last night you can see the speaker is totally behind me.
@@MattBoltonMusic I can’t thank you enough for the level of detail in this reply . I am heading out to gig with the rc600 for the first time next month and didn’t want to wear in ears , I have my master level from the rc very low and I tried to gain stage everything before it hits the master . The pa for the crowd I was hoping would be enough , and it sounds like if I’m smart about it , it can work . Thanks again .
