Every listener seems to know what it feels like when a song resolves. When the notes find their way home. No music theory required. So on Independence Day, I'm thinking about songs of home. Mine: Homeward Bound, Simon & Garfunkel. What song reminds you of home?

You learned "Not It!" on the playground. You never stopped playing. Neither did anyone else. New article... with monkeys. mattgeiser.substack.com/p/not-it

The Luddites didn't hate technology. They hated what technology was doing to their livelihoods. There's a difference. New article. New song. New demo. mattgeiser.substack.com/p/weavers-we...

First press for "The Traveler" and Harper Jacobs at Foxfire Magazine nailed it. "A question we can't get rid of, leading us to question what we might be missing ourselves." www.foxfiremagazine.com/2026/06/matt... #TheTraveler #folkgrunge #altcountry

I used AI to plan the promo campaign for my new single, The Traveler. The AI had opinions about the US market and my music. Spoiler: not good ones. mattgeiser.substack.com/p/hey-fam-we... #IndieMusic #folkgrunge

Three encounters. One unanswered voice. “The Traveler” is traveling. It’s a story about a man who keeps missing the same presence but the voice that keeps asking anyway. Available to listen on all streaming platforms. www.submithub.com/link/matt-ge... #TheTraveler #folkgrunge #newmusic

The Luddites smashed the looms. It didn’t stop anything. Graduates are booing AI at commencement. It won’t stop anything either. Written with AI assist... seams showing on purpose. Pentecost felt like a good time to publish it. 🌿🔥 mattgeiser.substack.com/p/looms-and-...

The voice is always there. The question is whether The Traveler notices... coming soon. #IndieMusic #NewMusic

My mom heard the theological architecture of this song before I did. The rest took a rainy Saturday and twenty guitar stems from Mike Fonte. mattgeiser.substack.com/p/slow-grace...

Yesterday's vocals and bass recording session: soundcloud.com/geissc/the-t...

A bit of context as I prepare for my next round of short stories for song inspiration. mattgeiser.substack.com/p/whats-love...

The ends do not justify the means. mattgeiser.substack.com/p/cosmic-bus

Happy Easter! ❤️🤘 mattgeiser.substack.com/p/losing-my-...

Vinyl Scars was made for vinyl listening... ❤️🤘 mattgeiser.substack.com/p/vinyl-scar...

Do I choose the uniform... Or does the uniform choose me? mattgeiser.substack.com/p/uniforms

I carelessly broke off one of my car side mirrors last week backing out of my garage... It reminded me of Vinyl Scars. They happen every day. ❤️🤘 mattgeiser.substack.com/p/skip-pop-r...

After The Long Game is my next album project... Unknowing is my first song concept. mattgeiser.substack.com/p/when-time-...

Me: “What are some popular songs about the fundamental forces?” AI: “There are not many popular songs specifically about the fundamental forces.” Challenge accepted! mattgeiser.substack.com/p/fundamenta...

Visualizing deep cuts. Literary rock. Jungle bar. Moral ambiguity. Name the song.

Love Street open.substack.com/pub/mattgeis...

I'm upset and iterated quickly with AI assist. I sang into Suno and came up with this demo. I meant for punk rock but it came out country. Not sure if it should become a song? soundcloud.com/geissc/hook-...

Any #indiemusic artists using substack to write about their music? Here's mine. Send me yours and I will follow. mattgeiser.substack.com

"Songs That Echo" is my #SpotifyPlaylist for protest songs. I added some new #IndieMusic along with some additional classics. Comment with links if you'd like a song added. ❤️🤘 open.spotify.com/playlist/1Qq...

I laid out my Substack publishing schedule for Claude like a product roadmap. 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞: "That's five weeks of throat-clearing before readers get a deep dive on any topic." I guess I was designing a curriculum when I should be telling stories. ♥️🤘 mattgeiser.substack.com

Got a good #IndieMusic protest song on #Spotify? Comment with a link and I will add it to my "Songs That Echo" playlist. ❤️🤘 open.spotify.com/playlist/1Qq...

I finished re-capping my RCA Victrola 77U. I'm contemplating the refinish. The lid is crispy and needs to a complete sanding/re-stain. I wondered what it would look like with high-gloss black on the lid and front grates. Here's current vs. mock-up What do you think?

Awesome!! Thank you!! ❤️🤘 www.submithub.com/link/matt-ge...

I've started documenting my music on Substack... Here's a linkif you feel like checking it out. ❤️🤘 Introduction to The Long Game: Studio Archaeology open.substack.com/pub/mattgeis...

We know the scorpion’s nature. We let it climb on anyway. Scorpion Ride is out now. 🎧 Listen here: www.submithub.com/link/matt-ge...

Today felt like the right day to release Scorpion Ride. It’s available now on all digital streaming platforms.

Do you have any #IndieMusic you'd like added to my #Spotify playlists? Comment with your song links and I will check them out. Happy New Year!❤️🤘

This Christmas season, I’ve been trying to practice listening more than speaking... Trying to notice the signal beneath the noise... the quiet things that insist on being heard. I'm grateful for another year to listen more carefully. Happy New Year. ❤️🤘

Scrooge didn’t change because he was told he was wrong. He changed when he was forced to recognize who he'd become. I’ve been thinking about this a lot while finishing Scorpion Ride. Taking next week off. See you on the other side of Christmas. #MerryChristmas

I wrote a quick Christmas carol for my next promo… Ebenezer Scrooge dancing with a scorpion…? What’s that got to do with Christmas??? 😂 I think it’s gonna be funny. ❤️🤘

The scorpion asked for a ride. The frog knew what would happen… It said yes anyway. "Why did you sting me?" "I couldn't help it. It's my nature." We do this every time. What if we said no? Scorpion Ride January 6th 🦂 #NewMusic #ComingSoon #FolkGrunge

The scorpion and the frog, told in 7 frames. The horror isn't that the scorpion stings. That's its nature. The horror is that the frog knew, and carried it anyway. And then became a scorpion itself. New song exploring this pattern - January 6th 🦂

Philco restoration Phase 1 complete. Did I get it working? No. I should've known: LLMs are confidently wrong about parts and creative with schematic interpretations. Phase 2: Less AI, more humans - Like Philco Phorum veterans who've actually seen a chassis before. Stay tuned.

Merry Christmas… card writing day. 😀🎄🌵 With some Bing Crosby to get the writing started. Durham spins. 🤔

"Convert the faithful, taking us for a ride." The frog doesn't just carry the scorpion and die. It becomes a scorpion… recruiting new frogs, perpetuating the cycle. MLM schemes. Abusive relationships. Political movements. Cults. We "fortify our precious lies" even as we drown. January 6th 🦂

Acoustic version of the opening lyric from "Scorpion Ride." "Morning star rising in the sky, searching for prophets, people to tell us lies." The fable's clear about the scorpion's nature. Why does the frog say yes? Hope? Denial? Pride? Genuinely curious what you think. New music - January 6th 🦂

Scorpion? 🦂Frog? 🐸 Or history repeating itself? #NewMusic #IndieMusic #ComingSoon

Ambition Malaise is upon us. Sometimes I prefer not to... but I do it anyway. Along the way I discovered that finishing is sometimes what I need to "break on through" my malaise. How do you break on through? ❤️🤘 www.submithub.com/link/ambitio...

My latest song drops on Friday... and as I wallow in my ambition malaise and lack of goals... here is an image I created with AI a few months ago when I had more motivation.

Ambition Malaise drops on Friday... I was feeling a bit more ambitious a few months ago and I wrote this article in preparation for the studio session: www.linkedin.com/pulse/groovi...

New song drops this week and I have zero ambition to promote it.