New Music, Links

"Away With The Tide"
 I've had this project in mind for years, meant to be an instrumental outlet for whatever facet of being I'm honoring at any given moment.  I've been writing music for years which has been getting filtered into this folder... recording demos.. background sounds and field recordings.. brief pieces on piano.  The first album is currently in the works and has been largely written in its entirety.
Last weekend I performed some of these songs live for the first time over a backdrop of pre-recorded soundtracks.  Check out the project on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/awaywiththetide
as I'll be posting video and audio from shows as well as upcoming shows and tour dates as they come.
Also, news and audio of the upcoming record will be posted.

I have some old songs John and I did together in Somewhere Beyond Echoes years before we made "A Whisper in the Garden."  I'll be posting links to download those sometime soon both here and at Somewhere Beyond Echoes facebook page.
 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Somewhere-Beyond-Echoes/106572052741049

Goodbye John Tomaske

The voice of Somewhere Beyond Echoes and one of the greatest men I've ever known, John Tomaske died In November of 2011. I never made a mention of it in these places where we connected with those who found our music. It crosses my mind at times, but the task feels daunting somehow, as if it brings it to a new reality.

Largely, I just haven't known what to say.. and no words do any of it any justice, and nothing makes a difference to the fact that he is gone.

His love and passion to make music the driving force and most important center of our lives brought me into the same. I would not even remotely be the person I am now had my life not become intertwined with his back in 1999.

Before I met John, it never really occurred to me to have a band, or to try to make music my lifes direction. Music was fundamentally the most important thing I ever knew in my heart. it was the only thing no one could take from me or dictate what I would do with.

It was always the thing that I retreated to when I found myself in places or situations or in company where my heart did not belong. And I think that above all else is what we shared in common, which made our brotherhood something irreplaceable. For all the years of laughter, love, tears, work, difficulty, and battles we fought, sometimes against one another, I've never known another person on this earth who understood that feeling of disbelonging the way he did. It made the whole process of making our music together so much more important to us. I've never shared that bond with anyone.

It's difficult to imagine what, if any future Somewhere Beyond Echoes would have. This band was the love of John and I together. There are times I imagine finishing our unfinished work alone.. but time will tell if that is the right course.

To those of you who were moved by the music we made together, who downloaded the record, shared it with your friends, shared your experiences of our music with us...it brought us much joy to have watched that music grow wings and live on its own.

And I've felt wrong for not saying anything, because John would have wanted you to know how much he loved that you heard his voice, read his words, took a piece of the years of heart we poured into that record.

Thank you all so much.

-Matthew

FREE MUSIC TO SHARE

As always, our music has been free to download. The location has changed again. You can download "A Whisper in the Garden" by clicking HERE
Thank you for listening.
-Matthew