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Matthew Murdick
@matthewmurdick.bsky.social
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ixi remix finalist/runner-up. Loudmouth, producer, musican, other "more professional" things usually not mentioned publicly. #WoTSkies #StarWars Profile pic #AltText - Matt smirks wearing a derby hat, green shirt, while playing a B3 organ.
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A bingo card set up with various possible scenarios that might occur in a WoTIdol video.
August 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Day 5: #WoTIdol2025 #WoTIdolHints #TheWheelOfTime #WoTSkies
August 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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T’S HYPE TIME!!! #WoTIdol2025 #WoTIdolHints #TheWheelOfTime #WoTSkies
Day 1: 🏄‍♀️
Day 2: light the fuse
Day 3:
Someone wearing glasses and a jester hat.
August 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Epic score too!
Matt in glasses singing, wearing at Wheel of Time shirt and an Ashoka Tano hat.
August 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I'm getting antsy, to hear YOUR submission for #WoTIdol 2025! And guess what? You now have until August 6th to submit - so you now have a full week to get yours in! Even if you haven't started yet I know you can get yours in! Let's double the current count by the new deadline! @wotidol.bsky.social
An image with purple pink and blue lettering stating 30 entries so far for WoTIdol 2025, and an extension of the deadline to submit your entry by August 6th, 2025.
July 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Well I'm finally back to making some actual progress on this... my submission for #WoTIdol is already in, of course, but I want to get to hear your submissions! Deadline is August 3, 2025! DO IT! Rules, guidelines and submission form here: wotidol.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Headed out for a couple days...if I happen to get into trouble "I'll send an SOS to the world":
June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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My latest project requires a policy: "Don't ask -(because I) won't tell!" - but needless to say it's one of the most ambitious things I've ever done, requiring a total of 129 tracks so far (don't worry - currently I've bounced it down to a mere 68 tracks for mixing) - and only using 9 busses so far.
A screen shot of Matt's DAW showing a total of 129 tracks in use for the project, 68 of which are being used at the time of the screen shot.
March 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Softly, softly, in the shadows... Bustin' Blockbusters talks #WoT S3E01-02:

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A character from the Wheel of Time, Moghedien, creepily draws on a sandy floor, one hand extended toward the camera, exposing the fact than her fingers are darkened or blackened from the knuckles down to the tips.
March 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I thought it was just an homage to the way the ends of many spiders' legs look! I'm sure there is an actual story reason - but that was my simplest explanation that I could come up with to keep me from creeping out.
a close up image of a jumping spider. Red arrows are directed towards the ends of each of the spider's legs to highlight how the ends are darker that the rest of the leg.
March 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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HARD argree! (sorry for the wrinkles - had to pull it out of the hamper because I wore it Sunday)
A wrinkled green Wheel of TIme merchandise shirt lies on the counter. The caption on the shirt reads Straight Outta Two Rivers in white and cuttaway black colors.
March 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Lorne is always SO relieved that when I "approve" of his score 😂 - this time for S3E01 of #TheWheelofTIme!
A private chat message between Matt and Lorne Balfe on another social media sight. Matt's message sent at 1:57pm CST says "Just saw 301 of WoT - excellent job as always!" - a reply from Lorne comes in 50 minutes later - 2:47pm CST that says "Fantastic news"
March 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I feel you there! I move everything to external drives - my Holiday WoTIdol (audio and video combined) was nearly 40 Gig!
The image is a Windrows Folder Properties tab showing that "little town" - the folder holding all of Matt's files from his 2024 Holiday WoTIdol entry amounts to a total of 38.4 GB of data. The folder is located in Matt's External Drive (H: drive)
March 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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A patron of a zoo, wearing a grey and black striped long sleeved puts an arm around and leans against a life-sized or slightly larger than life-sized panda bear statue in a seated postion eating a stalk.
February 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A patron of a zoo, wearing a grey and black striped long sleeved puts an arm around and leans against a life-sized or slightly larger than life-sized panda bear statue in a seated postion eating a stalk.
February 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Don't think is was the original run - or maybe it was just being "held over" (remember that when theaters used to put "held over" ontop of the poster when the movie stayed in the theater longer than 2 weeks? Do they still do that?) - anyway I saw it in spring of 76
The image is the original movie poster for the movie JAWS. An overly large great white shark head points towards the surface of the water, where a female in a two piece swimsuit does the "free style"/ crawl swimming stroke. The word JAWS is printed in big red letters at the top
February 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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A screen capture of Matt's DAW - the fast moving parts are represented with pink colored wave forms - Thom (muted in the first pass) is in purple wave forms, and the easier parts (muted in the first pass) are orange-ISH. The second pass has all tracks unmuted in this arrangement of "Man Who Can't Forget" as performed by Thom Merrilin in the first season of Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime.
February 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Not exactly a #WoTSelfieSundy post, but it does quite eloquently portray my weird brain. The lesson here is always do the tough stuff FIRST - then the rest feels easy...
February 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The Video in the post that this post responds to shows a video screen capture of Matt's DAW running and playing the arrangement of "Man Who Can't Forget" with the actor who plays Thom Merrilin on the Wheel of Time TV show singing lead vocals (the top purple colored track( while Matt's parst (in yellow and blue) accompany him.
February 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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I've spent most of the week working on a different (and exciting!) project from this one but I just finished the first part of the arrangement for "Man Who Can't Forget". Thom continues to be a diva, but we've gotten him his bowl of "Only Green M&Ms" so.... #TheWheelOfTime #WoTSkies
February 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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So doing this "Man Who Can't Forget" cover I decided to call in a special guest - Thom himself - to use as a guide for my arrangement. Problem is - he's kind of a stickler for a different tempo than I want to do - so I had to "negotiate" intensely with him to get him closer to my speed:
#WoTSkies
February 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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THIS ONE - OMG! Terrified... by the truths she's learned 😭
Lan picks up Moiraine, dressed in blue with dust and sand all over her clothing. Her facial expression resembles terror and suffering.
February 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Here is my rough cut of what I think you were asking for
February 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Ok - this is rough - but it's what I got....
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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actually my absolute favorite shot from the trailer is THIS one!
A wide shot of the Rings Ter'angreal in Rhuidean - two bodies appear to be suspended, or being flung through the air - one of the bodies is likely Moiraine herself, since the shot prior showed her stepping through the same object.
February 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM