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	<description>Electronic wizard and in-demand session musician creating forward-thinking electronic and ambient music for film, television, and video games. Matt&#039;s work can also be heard on releases from artists including Jill Phillips, Norah Jones, Jars of Clay, Jonas Brothers, Meghan Kabir and Kelly Sweet.</description>
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		<title>Influence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wise man said there is nothing new under the sun. This truth still stands, although when seen in the context of creative pursuits, it becomes a bit tricky. Artists do create entirely new work, but creative direction and style rarely exist in a vacuum- more often than not, they come about through countless external [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the Eighties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long story short: I completely missed the music of the 80&#8242;s. Here&#8217;s what I do know: it was a dark time for guitar tone and fashion but an incredibly glorious time for synthesizers. Never before were so many tracks made of that which was synthetic. Except now. Love it or loathe it, pop music has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do when you’re not</title>
		<link>http://mattstanfield.com/archives/609</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 03:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what to do when you&#8217;re just not feelin&#8217; it? Creative types tend to view work through an emotional lens. When we&#8217;re blocked, it&#8217;s frustrating and discouraging, and giving up is easily justified. I&#8217;m here to say don&#8217;t give up- don&#8217;t fall victim to a common blunder. One huge difference between a professional and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010</title>
		<link>http://mattstanfield.com/archives/601</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How is everyone? How was January? How are those resolutions coming along? Mine are coming along splendidly. How is that, you ask? Well, I&#8217;ll tell you: I didn&#8217;t make any. Except one. No blogging in January. Turns out it was easy enough; January was mainly a planning/dreaming/goal-setting month, and it was a great month at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bethlehem</title>
		<link>http://mattstanfield.com/archives/530</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Christmas-time again, and with Christmas comes wonderful music. We all have our favorites, but let&#8217;s be honest: who hasn&#8217;t sworn off Christmas altogether after hearing a terrible rendition of a once-cherished classic? This year, I&#8217;m trying to sway the music gene pool towards the good and away from the ugly. Truth be told, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norah Jones</title>
		<link>http://mattstanfield.com/archives/235</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I played on the new Norah Jones. It's out today. My reaction: thrilled, disappointed, and thankful. Confused? Read on.]]></description>
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		<title>Finally&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mattstanfield.com/archives/376</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A blog is not unlike a record: you can tweak endlessly but at some point you have to offer it to the world. To that end, I give you this blog. Much thanks to Dave at BristowDesign.com for the awesome illustration. Check his work; Dave&#8217;s a great guy who also happens to be my brother! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Portrait</title>
		<link>http://mattstanfield.com/archives/317</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Help-Portrait website is up. Levi Bethune created the video and I did the score in Ableton. It&#8217;s a simple track with a few left turns; it&#8217;s supposed to support the video without being distracting. The track consists of Rhodes, MG-1, live performance, hand-made samples, and lots of Ableton instruments. I documented some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confidence, Discovery and the Artists&#8217; Quest</title>
		<link>http://mattstanfield.com/archives/272</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The artists&#8217; quest is a struggle for discovery, but not in the obvious sense. Ultimately, the successful artist is not one who has been discovered, but one who has discovered self. After years of wandering, I am finally in the discovery phase. The key for me was (and is) gaining confidence.   Rewind the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confidence, Discovery and the Artists&#8217; Quest V2</title>
		<link>http://mattstanfield.com/archives/303</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Disclaimers, Loose Ends and other Ancillaries&#8230; As I mentioned above, I am passive- sometimes to a fault. I&#8217;m happy to give up the front seat, especially if someone really wants it. That&#8217;s all well and good, but if we continually give up the front seat, we miss out. We are supposed to live generously, [...]]]></description>
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