Recorded May 1st 2021 at Schuyllkill Valley Fair Grounds
Jibberjazz Productions event Some Kind of Jam 15
Audio recorded by Assorted Studios
Audio mixing by The Watermelon Room Recording Studio

Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Acoustic Guitar & Vocals: Madison Gerish
Banjo: Aaron Mirenzi
Bass: Colin Rappa
Drums: Victor  Sigmund

Kung Fu La La LIVE at Some Kind of Jam 15

Recorded May 1st 2021 at Schuyllkill Valley Fair Grounds
Jibberjazz Productions event Some Kind of Jam 15
Video recorded and edited by Karl McWherter Photography
Audio recorded by Assorted Studios
Audio mixing by The Watermelon Room Recording Studio
Lyrics & Music written by Madison Gerish

Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Acoustic Guitar & Vocals: Madison Gerish
Banjo: Aaron Mirenzi
Bass: Colin Rappa
Drums: Victor  Sigmund

A Patsy Cline Medley" Lyrics

I’m always on to something big, 
And I’m always in my head.
Not falling harder than I did,
From the 18th floor;
Who would ever wanna ever do that? 
Stars in my eyes and hats on the wall,
Half of that hasn’t changed.
I’m being productive and getting involved,
But part of me feels like playing;

A Patsy Cline medley,
Deeps blues on a Wednesday,
I’m back at the old routine.
Did you gals miss me?
Singing songs drinking whiskey,
Buzzing like a sewing machine. 
Welcome to the world, everything’s a mess.
You were born to die now you’re scared to death;
Running all the numbers never getting to the bottom of it. 

Everybody’s looking for the real thing;
Everybody’s looking for a win.
Let me show you baby how much I care;
I’m a self loathing maniac, a sad little girl,
And if I can’t have you then no one else can.

A Patsy Cline medley,
Deeps blues on a Wednesday,
I’m back at the old routine.
Did you gals miss me?
Singing songs drinking whiskey,
Buzzing like a sewing machine. 
Welcome to the world, nothing makes sense.
You were born to die now you’re scared to death;
Running all the numbers never getting to the bottom of it. 

I’m never going back again;
How many times have I told Josey that this year?
 It’s good to have a friend when you’re disillusioned,
And death will end this ringing in my ear.
Wild rose and tangerine grove,
I guess you look at everyone and everything that way.
I was writing bird songs and feeling like a fraud
,And mornings make me feel like playing;

A Patsy Cline medley,
Deeps blues on a Wednesday,
I’m back at the old routine.
Did you gals miss me?
Singing songs drinking whiskey,
Buzzing like a sewing machine. 
Welcome to the world, everything's a guess.
You were born to die now you’re scared to death;
Running all the numbers never getting to the bottom of it.

A Patsy Cline Medley @ SKOJ15

Recorded May 1st 2021 at Schuyllkill Valley Fair Grounds
Jibberjazz Productions event Some Kind of Jam 15
Video recorded and edited by Karl McWherter Photography
Audio recorded by Assorted Studios
Audio mixing by The Watermelon Room Recording Studio
Lyrics & Music written by Madison Gerish

Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Acoustic Guitar & Vocals: Madison Gerish
Banjo: Aaron Mirenzi
Bass: Colin Rappa
Drums: Victor  Sigmund

"Unsung Hero's Song" Lyrics:

Milliners, we're a dying breed,
You can bury us in the factory.
And I'm always having dreams,
Of dying tragically. 
And it's nothing a needle can't fix,
On a sewing machine. 

There's only so many notes to play, and so many words to say,
And then there's something. 
Oh I can't believe, oh I can't believe,
Someone so simple could've fooled me. 
I'm getting caught up in my own head, with your new friends,
I was getting greedy. 
I feel alone, we're all alone, but I'm most alone,
When you're with me.

You were talking while the music played,
Away from me and closer to the stage.
Well I never wanted to dive so deep beneath the surface, so deep beneath the surface,
And you were saying nothing at all. 
Rumors for days, it's just like Lindsey says,
"I'm never going back." 
And you were saying nothing at all. 
I said, "that's how the story ends."
You said, "you're always talking about the end." 
But in the end, if the end, is my only truth,
And if you could take it all in, 
I think you'd sing about it too. 

I was crying at the Maryland House,
Thinking about my grandma's life.
How she died alone, 
Was a good friend and a good wife. 
Oh I wish I could right my wrongs,
And sing an unsung hero's song. 
Get in the car,
And put down the curtains and lights. 

But you were still talking while the music played,
Away from me and closer to the stage.
Well I never wanted to dive so deep beneath the surface, so deep beneath the surface,
And you were saying nothing at all. 
Rumors for days, it's just like Lindsey says,
"I'm never going back." 
And you were saying nothing at all. 
I said, "that's how the story ends."
You said, "you're always talking about the end." 
But in the end, if the end, is my only truth,
And if you could take it all in, 
I think you'd sing about it too.

Unsung Hero's Song @ SKOJ15

Air Mattress in Outer Space
Performed 4.8.22 at Cult Classic Brewery (Stevensville, MD)

Written by Madison Gerish
Acoustic Guitar / Vocals: Madison Gerish
Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Harp: Aaron Mirenzi
Drums: Victor Sigmund
Bass: Colin Rappa

Air Mattress in Outer Space @ Cult Classic 4.8.22

Everything Breaks My Heart
Performed 4.8.22 at Cult Classic Brewery (Stevensville, MD)

Written by Madison Gerish
Acoustic Guitar / Vocals: Madison Gerish
Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Harp: Aaron Mirenzi
Drums: Victor Sigmund
Bass: Colin Rappa

LYRICS:

Oh, I’m falling forever
I look at the cat she looks back and says,
“Do you think that it gets any better?”

I said everything takes time everything should take time,
But everything breaks my heart 
Everything takes time, everything should take time,
But everything breaks my heart

Nothing ever changes around here
Nothing ever changes around here
Nothing ever changes

Cold, do you remember what happened last December? 
What kind of person wants to live forever?
If you don’t know that you’re crazy, you’re even more crazy, don’t know shit about, you haven’t seen crazy yet 
It’s a dark dark matter and no bodies talking bout it

Oh, I’m falling forever
Who would want to live forever? 
Everything takes time, everything should take time,
But everything breaks my heart

Everything Breaks My Heart @ Cult Classic 4.8.22

Walk Away as the Door Slams by Lil peep > 
Peoplehoodedness written by Madison Gerish 

Acoustic Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Acoustic Guitar / Vocals: Madison Gerish

Lyrics
All your free loving friends are ignorant and blessed, 
So I guess I'll just grind my teeth
Subcultures can be just like Babylon,
If you're not learning anything 
All these tie dye lies behind my back, 
I'm the iconoclast with the hat dressed in black
I was accepting I was nothing and realized no ones flying this ship,
But it's a long hard fall from the 18th floor in midtown on this side of the bridge
And I'd be lying to myself if I said I wasn't a little afraid to die,
But it's torturous living, it's torture not knowing why

Life is fast and delicate, 
And a person can be strong and feminine,
It's a crime to prescribe the right medicine
And no one knows what happens when we die

But ya said you'd meet me on a north bound train,
So I'm riding the rails again,
With my high tolerance for pain
It's a shame we can't all fake and pretend
We're all just breathing alone staying busy
You'll always see me how I was in the city

Shoulder to shoulder an empathetic voyager leads us in the sacred rites
A fire is blazing and the world is changing, and humans still ain't doing it right
Jam cults the psychedelic demise,
Reason deserves a reprise

Cause life is fast and delicate,
And it's wise to be human and sensitive,
Paid education doesn't measure intelligence,
And no one knows what happens when we die

A band is just a band,
And music can ease life's pain
It's a human-being that's playing and singing,
With a heart-beat, voice and a brain
Everybody's blood is red,
And everybody's blues are blue
We're already lost,
Why be more confused? 

Life is absurd and suffering,
And ignorance is sure of anything
Let me know when you stop breathing,
Cause no one, I said no one knows what happens when we die

Lil Peoplehoodedness @ SKOJ16 4.30.22

Matte Black (Theme Song)
Written by: Madison Gerish
Acoustic Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Acoustic Guitar / Vocals: Madison Gerish

Lyrics
If you follow me down every black hole,
I promise we'll end up with nothing to show,
But there'll be dancing and strings,
And an engine that sings,
Runs on self reliance and burning hot coals
I need an existential, influential , free thinking mind,
Who can fly me round the universe for hours at a time,
Who's unsure, but sensitive and knows where he stands,
Accepts that everything dies,
Before you do the dance
A dark matter band
A dark matter band
A dark

A Yankee Schooley mountain man from the hills of the northern sky,
Wondered how he should live his life, and what it means to die
That clergy man said don't you worry your mortal head,
Just like Jesus Christ we'll all rise from the dead

Hallelujah praise the lord! Wouldn't that be nice?  
But the absurd and the darkness never close their eyes. 
And that young mountain man saw through those fearful lies,
And wrote songs about the cosmos and the injustices of life

With a fire in his belly and a hat upon his head,
He called on his intrepid traveling friends
They picked on songs of freedom, wailed on songs of change,
And they sang about the glory of the end

Ashes to ashes, cash to cash,
Bring out the man in black
For the forgotten and the old, 
And all them stories never told
Bring out the man in black

As bold as a Red Wing Black Bird that haunts the meadow land marsh,
Wandered this wild wide country on every cat tail in every bar
Plays for everyone and no one,
With tears rolling down his face
The Garden is starting to look more and more life space
Sometimes he fought like and won,
The oldest of 3 sons,
He lived for the exception and the exception's what he was
But you can't stop time,
And everything dies

Ashes to ashes, cash to cash,
Bring out the man in black
For that ever hovering death,
And so much doesn't make sense so,
Bring out the man in black 

Everyone's a hypocrite,
And god don't give a shit
I'm at my best,
When I'm at my saddest

The dance is uncertain and it's fast,
And nothing's so much more than that,
So bring out...

If you follow me down every black hole,
I promise we'll end up with nothing to show,
But there'll be dancing and strings,
And an engine that sings,
Runs on self reliance and burning hot coals
I need an existential, influential , free thinking mind,
Who can fly me round the universe for hours at a time,
Who's unsure, but sensitive and knows where he stands,
Accepts that everything dies,
Before you do the dance
A dark matter band
A dark matter band
A dark matter band

Matte Black (Theme Song) @ SKOJ16 4.30.22

Train Song
Performed 4.8.22 at Cult Classic Brewery (Stevensville, MD)

Written by Madison Gerish
Acoustic Guitar / Vocals: Madison Gerish
Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Banjo: Aaron Mirenzi
Drums: Victor Sigmund
Bass: Colin Rappa

LYRICS:
On the rails I'm in the wind and I'm fearless
On the hill I'm taking my time
I'm breaking these chains, lord you can't go insane
If you already lost your damn mind

Sing a train song for the traveling gypsy
Sing a train song to buy me some time
15 to life says the court house
Ain't no justice in a courthouse crime

We live in a world where money talks
But my voice is a steam engine from hell
I sold my freedom to the devil
Now I can sing louder than a church bell

People have been caging other people
Since the beginning of human-kind
Why can't we evolve?
Why can't we absolve from putting boxes into boxes every time?

Sing a train song from New York to New Jersey
Sing a train song to buy me some time
15 to life says the court house
Ain't no justice in a courthouse crime

We can't atone for the sings of our fathers
But I can live in the moment for myself
If life after death ain't what you'd expect
Tell the judge that you'd like to help yourself

Train Song @ Cult Classic 4.8.22

Unsung Hero's Song
Performed 4.8.22 at Cult Classic Brewery (Stevensville, MD)

Written by Madison Gerish
Acoustic Guitar / Vocals: Madison Gerish
Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Banjo: Aaron Mirenzi
Drums: Victor Sigmund
Bass: Colin Rappa

LYRICS:
Milliners, we're a dying breed,
You can bury us in the factory.
And I'm always having dreams,
Of dying tragically. 
And it's nothing a needle can't fix,
On a sewing machine. 

There's only so many notes to play, and so many words to say,
And then there's something. 
Oh I can't believe, oh I can't believe,
Someone so simple could've fooled me. 
I'm getting caught up in my own head, with your new friends,
I was getting greedy. 
I feel alone, we're all alone, but I'm most alone,
When you're with me.

You were talking while the music played,
Away from me and closer to the stage.
Well I never wanted to dive so deep beneath the surface, so deep beneath the surface,
And you were saying nothing at all. 
Rumors for days, it's just like Lindsey says,
"I'm never going back." 
And you were saying nothing at all. 
I said, "that's how the story ends."
You said, "you're always talking about the end." 
But in the end, if the end, is my only truth,
And if you could take it all in, 
I think you'd sing about it too. 

I was crying at the Maryland House,
Thinking about my grandma's life.
How she died alone, 
Was a good friend and a good wife. 
Oh I wish I could right my wrongs,
And sing an unsung hero's song. 
Get in the car,
And put down the curtains and lights. 

But you were still talking while the music played,
Away from me and closer to the stage.
Well I never wanted to dive so deep beneath the surface, so deep beneath the surface,
And you were saying nothing at all. 
Rumors for days, it's just like Lindsey says,
"I'm never going back." 
And you were saying nothing at all. 
I said, "that's how the story ends."
You said, "you're always talking about the end." 
But in the end, if the end, is my only truth,
And if you could take it all in, 
I think you'd sing about it too.

Unsung Hero's Song @ Cult Classic 4.8.22

Matte Black (Theme Song)
Performed at Pine Ridge Fall Festival (September 17, 2023)
Written by: Madison Gerish
Electric Guitar: Daniel Skinner
Acoustic Guitar / Vocal: Madison Gerish
Drums: Miles Huffman
Bass: Pete Lister

If you follow me down every black hole,
I promise we'll end up with nothing to show,
But there'll be dancing and strings,
And an engine that sings,
Runs on self reliance and burning hot coals
I need an existential, influential , free thinking mind,
Who can fly me round the universe for hours at a time,
Who's unsure, but sensitive and knows where he stands,
Accepts that everything dies,
Before you do the dance
A dark matter band
A dark matter band
A dark

A Yankee Schooley mountain man from the hills of the northern sky,
Wondered how he should live his life, and what it means to die
That clergy man said don't you worry your mortal head,
Just like Jesus Christ we'll all rise from the dead

Hallelujah praise the lord! Wouldn't that be nice?  
But the absurd and the darkness never close their eyes. 
And that young mountain man saw through those fearful lies,
And wrote songs about the cosmos and the injustices of life

With a fire in his belly and a hat upon his head,
He called on his intrepid traveling friends
They picked on songs of freedom, wailed on songs of change,
And they sand about the glory of the end

Ashes to ashes, cash to cash,
Bring out the man in black
For the forgotten and the old, 
And all them stories never told
Bring out the man in black 

As bold as a Red Wing Black Bird that haunts the meadow land marsh,
Wandered this wild wide country on every cat tail in every bar
Plays for everyone and no one,
With tears rolling down his face
The Garden is starting to look more and more life space
Sometimes he fought like and won,
The oldest of 3 sons,
He lived for the exception and the exception's what he was
But you can't stop time,
And everything dies

Ashes to ashes, cash to cash,
Bring out the man in black
For that ever hovering death,
And so much doesn't make sense so,
Bring out the man in black 

Everyone's a hypocrite,
And god don't give a shit
I'm at my best,
When I'm at my saddest

The dance is uncertain and it's fast,
And nothing's so much more than that,
So bring out...

If you follow me down every black hole,
I promise we'll end up with nothing to show,
But there'll be dancing and strings,
And an engine that sings,
Runs on self reliance and burning hot coals
I need an existential, influential , free thinking mind,
Who can fly me round the universe for hours at a time,
Who's unsure, but sensitive and knows where he stands,
Accepts that everything dies,
Before you do the dance
A dark matter band
A dark matter band
A dark matter band

Matte Black (Theme Song)

The Adventures of Matte Black is a Gothic Americana band led by Madison Gerish & Daniel Skinner, featuring a rotating line-up of their intrepid traveling friends. Madison's philosophical, vulnerable and disarming lyrics dance with Daniel's subtle yet moving melodies, all while leaving space for their talented caravan of musical comrades. The music is rooted in deep improvisation and an emphasis on being courageous when facing the absurdities of life.

A Patsy Cline Medley @ SKOJ15

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