this is original music and still it’s rock and roll

music by Matt Jalbert // in progress or otherwise

• Before You Go Away ~ find one more love in the universe…
• Down a Golden Road ~ instrumental delight
• My Fourth of July ~ instrumental and groovy
• Skull ~ strings and dark
• Lulu ~ ode to Reich’s Six Marimbas
• Beautiful Women ~ horny as hell, banging on drums
• Mara Salvatrucha ~ for the Los Angeles Latino street gang
• Hilary Duff’s Lament ~ house beat with choice bits of Ms. Duff’s chatter

From 1984 to 1991, I performed my music with different bands in Los Angeles. The most enduring of those was The Beginners, with James Dresser on bass, Albert Buyco on guitar and vocals, and Todd Nosek on drums. Good guys all; they did great work with my tunes.

The Beginners, live in Los Angeles, 1988:

• Sing
• A Message

Good songs, I still think, but my voice just wasn’t there. These days, I mostly hang out with friends playing acoustic guitars. Sometimes I perform at San Francisco’s Wild Side West, or work on my newest rock and roll ambition, Junkalow.