THIS IS MATT » band of skulls http://www.thisismatt.net/blog Journal and Portfolio of Matthew Taylor Ruggieri Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:18:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 band of skulls http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2010/07/28/band-of-skulls/ http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2010/07/28/band-of-skulls/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:26:40 +0000 Matthew http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/?p=1269 One of the live videos that I directed for Band of Skulls is on YouTube.  Check it out:

Band of Skulls “Light of the Morning”

[Share This Entry]]]> http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2010/07/28/band-of-skulls/feed/ 0 Live at the Troubadour: http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2010/02/25/live-at-the-troubadour/ http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2010/02/25/live-at-the-troubadour/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:31:05 +0000 Matthew http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/?p=1111 continue reading »]]> Band of Skulls’ “Friends” live video from their recent Troubadour show premiered on MySpace.  It is one of several videos that I produced/directed with the help of eight fans in the audience who shot the entire show on Flip cameras.  This is one of the videos that we came up with:


Band of Skulls – “Friends” live

Band of Skulls | MySpace Music Videos

“Friends” is on the New Moon soundtrack.

[Share This Entry]]]> http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2010/02/25/live-at-the-troubadour/feed/ 0 Rock and Roll Makes Me Feel Guilty. http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2009/07/26/rock-and-roll-makes-me-feel-guilty/ http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2009/07/26/rock-and-roll-makes-me-feel-guilty/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:46:47 +0000 Matthew http://www.thisismatt.net/?p=1021 continue reading »]]> I’m prepping for two shoots and a bit of editing this week and couldn’t be more excited.  Here is what it’s looking like:

- Interview with Regina Spektor on Monday for the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack
- Interview with Band of Skulls on Tuesday for MTV2′s Subterranean
- One Eskimo press kit editorial on Wednesday
- de Cali website launch (website near completion!) sometime this week

I’ll be adding new projects to The Media Collective site very, very soon.

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P.S. Then I’m jetting out of town for the weekend!

Must listen to:
Fleet Foxes – “Mykonos”
Steel Train – “Alone On The Sea”

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WHAT’S WORTH MORE?

Must Listen To Song:
Band of Skulls – “Cold Fame”

[Share This Entry]]]> http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2009/05/15/people-want-to-hear-a-happy-song/feed/ 0 That’s not blood that you’re bleeding. http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2009/03/17/thats-not-blood-that-youre-bleeding/ http://www.thisismatt.net/blog/2009/03/17/thats-not-blood-that-youre-bleeding/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:51:41 +0000 Matthew http://www.thisismatt.net/?p=649 continue reading »]]> When I have down time in Los Angeles, I like to hang around the Shangri-La Music office.  Shangri-La’s staff consists of some of the coolest people I know in the music industry and their office, which is decorated with classic photographs of iconic musicians, is two blocks from the beach in Santa Monica.  They are a fairly new venture that was started by music industry veterans and some friends from Warner.

Anyways, they just signed an awesome band called Band of Skulls and they’re pretty sweet!  Give ‘em a listen.

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