Matthew Brooks has been beating his head against the proverbial music wall … Read Full Bio ↴Matthew Brooks has been beating his head against the proverbial music wall since the late '80's. Time after time he watched as projects that seemed to be on the brink of fruition collapsed due to; financing problems, label collapses, ego's, personality clashes, girlfriend/wife interference, or cold feet on the part of involved individuals. Finally deciding that putting together a complete album first and THEN looking for bandmates and a label would circumvent these plaguing issues, he wrote and recorded his latest project: "Steel Testament/RISE UP" over the course of the last year at the recording studio he built on his 6 acre property in Hubbardston, MA. The songs that make up his latest effort: "Rise Up", are born of such diverse experiences as: living through the artificially inflated skyrocketing gas prices of recent memory, a 10 year battle with depression and the horrific effects of SSRI anti-depressant medications, the peace he was trying to bring to feuding family members, and the more general evil that results from the vacuous self-involvement which is so prevalent in modern society. In addition to being part of bands that headlined shows whose opening acts included "The Dream" (which later became Ex-Dream - or as most people know them: Extreme) and opened for rising stars like: Joan Jett, Queensryche, and Cinderella, Matthew has done virtually every other job the music business has to offer. He has crewed for acts like Styx and Stevie Winwood; he has done security at several large rock festivals, including the long running "All Good Music Festival" in West Virginia; he has been a popular engineer at several small to mid-sized recording studios; and then progressed to producing acts like Thrashqueen and Killerfoxx. He has done stints in the A&R capacity at several indie record companies; he has worked as a marketing consultant both in the US and in England; and done graphic design and copywriting work for several start-up independent record companies whose ads appeared in publications including "Circus" magazine and "Hit Parader". Matthew Brooks was also a successful artist and sculptor through the '90s whose work was documented in the book: A Glimpse Beyond The Veil, The Art of Matthew Brooks; published in 1998 of which the (then) European minister of culture remarked: "It is a rare thing to find such talent in this modern age.". He painted the image that is used on the cover of the "Rise Up" Demo CD and displayed on the main page of this EPK. What the future holds is anyone's guess, but Dr. Gil Markle- former owner of Longview Farm Recording Studios (Think Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens, etc.)- was kind enough to critique the mixes, providing invaluable assistance. Matthew is quick to point out, however, that "Whatever is good is to the credit of Dr. Markle, all the flaws are my own." Enjoy!
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6. Lock And Load
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@mugogrog
@@BE74297 You should be made aware that basicly everything in that article is false or very misleading. I'll pick one of the 20 things just to show you that it is:
"6. Polio outbreaks hit throughout the summer, only during pesticide spraying times." This is not the case seeing as there were outbreaks in countries that were not actively using said pesticides either at all or to near the same degree, yet Polio hit those countries just as hard. I should add that Jason Christoff has no relevant expertise in Medicine, Chemistry or anything remotely relevant to the issue, but he does have a business that makes money from peddling misinformation.
The author is claiming that Polio cases were in fact due to pesticides and heavy metal poisoning, he is also trying to make the case that vaccines are some nefarious poison.
He completely misses the fact that Polio is a virus that has been observed through electron microscope photography. It is an Enterovirus to be specific. The damage and symtoms from Polio are very distinct from poisoning (people who subcumb to Polio also don't have any more of those toxins and heavy metals in them than any healthy person).
In addition Polio is still around but not in countries where you'll find higher levels of heavy metals or arsenic but in the countries where vaccination has been hard due to anti-western and religious propaganda and trouble with delivery in general. Other than in Afghanistan and Pakistan Polio has been erradicated globaly.
I hope you learned something. And please do apply a modicum of skepticism to what you come across. There are people claiming all sorts of things but generally the ones that are worth a damn have some serious science to back up their claims. In Christoff's case he neither has any data backing his assertions up, there is a mountain of scientific evidence that show that his claims are complete lunacy.
@6idangle
@@SwordOfS false sir, there have been remarkable periods of human regression throughout human history: it is a mistake to think of human progress as perfectly Linear at all times. The period following the Bronze Age for 500+ years was a step back in human advancement of almost 1,000 years.
The collapse of the western Roman Empire meant the end of centralized European states for almost 900 years.
It took Europe 1400 years to get running water again for context.
Humanity has taken some MASSIVE steps back.
The last 250 years are an aberration and represent a unique period of explosive human knowledge and Ingenuity which is not sure to last forever given history.
We are but one climate catastrophe from losing some of the conveniences we know.
@netonnaanigbogu8304
Woah,this is the best video you've ever done,so inspiring and I love how the whole world teamed up to stop polio,thanks for this masterpiece and thanks to everyone who helped stop this disease
@Flamsterette
*WHOA
@Flamsterette
@Some random illager on YouTube بس لا والله ما عليك Arabic and Spanish? Bot.
@Flamsterette
@Some random illager on YouTube بس لا والله ما عليك You are a bot.
@hacker-xl4mp
@@atharvarajsachdeva849 ya what are u taking about
@hacker-xl4mp
O u play. Minecraft
@johncruckshank5727
I am one of the 300,000 survivors at age 79. Polio 9/5/1953 - paralytic unable to walk. Never into an iron lung. Use a wheelchair 24/7. Confined to home living on S/S. I feel for Paul and am sympathetic with his situation. Good luck to him, my prayers go out to him. Thanks for this video. John Cruckshank, Carver MA.
@BE74297
Search Jason Christoffś article 20 Thing You Donẗ Know About Polio. And itś not a vyurus.
@anonymous-is4hy
Holy shit! Man, i'm telling everyone right now... I would never have the strength to be able to do this... maybe i'm just saying it out of pathetic willpower, but i feel so helpless seeing how strong you all are having the INABILiTY when I DO... I just am wesk, that's all
@mugogrog
@@BE74297 You should be made aware that basicly everything in that article is false or very misleading. I'll pick one of the 20 things just to show you that it is:
"6. Polio outbreaks hit throughout the summer, only during pesticide spraying times." This is not the case seeing as there were outbreaks in countries that were not actively using said pesticides either at all or to near the same degree, yet Polio hit those countries just as hard. I should add that Jason Christoff has no relevant expertise in Medicine, Chemistry or anything remotely relevant to the issue, but he does have a business that makes money from peddling misinformation.
The author is claiming that Polio cases were in fact due to pesticides and heavy metal poisoning, he is also trying to make the case that vaccines are some nefarious poison.
He completely misses the fact that Polio is a virus that has been observed through electron microscope photography. It is an Enterovirus to be specific. The damage and symtoms from Polio are very distinct from poisoning (people who subcumb to Polio also don't have any more of those toxins and heavy metals in them than any healthy person).
In addition Polio is still around but not in countries where you'll find higher levels of heavy metals or arsenic but in the countries where vaccination has been hard due to anti-western and religious propaganda and trouble with delivery in general. Other than in Afghanistan and Pakistan Polio has been erradicated globaly.
I hope you learned something. And please do apply a modicum of skepticism to what you come across. There are people claiming all sorts of things but generally the ones that are worth a damn have some serious science to back up their claims. In Christoff's case he neither has any data backing his assertions up, there is a mountain of scientific evidence that show that his claims are complete lunacy.