Matthew Moran: Music & Musings

Hi, I’m Matthew Moran. Thank you for dropping by.

Current writing/posting schedule:

• Monday: Music (mine), Creative Thoughts, Endeavors, & Observations, and Tech

• Thursday: Observations About The Human Condition (insight and/or absurdity)

• Err…. whenever I get to it at this point.

I am a songwriter, author, technologist/software developer, and, as my mean girlfriend tells me, a mensch with asshole tendencies. I maintain a fairly aggressive coffee addiction that serves as the glue for all of the above.

More backstory

I am a father to four kids. I think they’re pretty cool. I am twice-divorced and tried to learn something about myself through that process. I enjoy cooking, which my mean girlfriend1 tells me was a prerequisite to our relationship. I like hiking with my dog and working out a bit.

I rarely watch TV but I do love documentaries on science and the human condition.

About my music

Genre: Modern Americana (???)
That’s my2 way of avoiding any true genre. Acoustic rock, folk, folk rock, country, blues, pop… I try to write catchy but thoughtful lyrics. I think I’m pretty good at it but you should check me on that.

You can get more info on my website or by checking out a few of my songs on YouTube. (this playlist below - “The Acoustics”).

About my writing

I write about music, family, politics, culture, technology, things that excite me, things that annoy me…. things.

I try to make it entertaining through absurdity, sarcasm, and snarky-ness.

I am confident to the point of arrogance with a large portion of self-doubt on the side.

I’ve written two books (book 1 | book 2) about careers in technology and dozens (hundreds?) of articles on business, technology, music, and creativity. I also write the occasional poem, short story, marketing piece, tutorial, and absurd humor.

I think it was Stephen King who said (paraphrase): Writers believe they have something to say and are surprised as hell when anyone actually listens.

My job, write/create! Your job, surprise the hell out of me by reading or listening.

Other places to find me:

• YouTube: My Official Artist Channel
  I’d LOVE IT if you joined me here.

• Twitter

• Facebook

• Instagram (rare)

• LinkedIn

• I think I have a tik tok account too. If you find it, let me know.

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About The Arrogant Sage This Newsletter

I recently (8/11/2023) changed my newsletter’s name from The Arrogant Sage to Matthew Moran: Music & Musings.

I like, The Arrogant Sage as a title but it was confusing. Jesse Ventura recommended my Substack on his and I picked up a number of subscribers from that. I think many of them believed I would be writing about politics.

I might get to that one day, even soon, but I wanted to clarify what I’m about.

I will keep Arrogant Sage Music as the entity that controls my vast publishing empire. ;-)

I think that covers its.

Thank you for dropping by.

Sincerely,
Matthew Moran
Arrogant Sage Music