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Matthew Ulm

@mattulm.bsky.social
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I play bass and do stuff with computers. Website :: www.1bluebass.com New Album :: too.fm/qag6ovr

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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 1h
Big numbers are being used to play a psychological trick on the public.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 4h
When Amazon announced it would pour $1 billion into communities over the next 5 years, the headlines did exactly what PR hoped they would do. They made the company look immensely generous. To the average person, a billion dollars is an unfathomable amount of money.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New demo piece added to my #portfolio ‘A Light In The Cupboard’ by Matthew Ulm is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/9U... #FilmSky #MusicSky
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Stream A Light In The Cupboard by Matthew Ulm | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
Stream A Light In The Cupboard by Matthew Ulm on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Never heard of the documentary until this. youtube.com/shorts/Y... #StreisandEffect #Musk #Documentary
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How platforms censored the ‘Musk’ documentary
Here’s how platforms censored ads for the ‘Musk’ documentary.YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook owner Meta, and, predictably, Musk’s own platform X all fir...
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The House reimburses lawmakers for D.C. expenses. bostonglobe.com/2026...
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Through reimbursements, the House has supplemented its pay
Government ethics experts say the program itself isn’t necessarily troublesome, but they called it a symptom of a larger failure of Congress to reform itself.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They will complain about ACA being a drain on the economy, budget, or (insert other GOP song & dance) in 2 years. finance.yahoo.com/pe...
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Trump to send $500 ACA refund checks to roughly 1 million Americans
The Trump administration is mailing refund checks to Americans who it says were overcharged due to Obamacare plan exchange user fees.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Again hourly Jobs drive the growth. Sectors including education and healthcare, along with leisure and hospitality, drove the bulk of the job creation. finance.yahoo.com/ec...
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'It's a strong report': US private sector added 90,000 jobs in September
Private companies added 90,000 jobs last month, besting expectations.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Before AI could write a film score, one musician in Chicago was already doing it differently. 1bluebass is Matthew Ulm, composer, multi-instrumentalist, home-studio architect.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s time to look past the rhetoric. A movement that fights for mega-corporations and personal trading profits while wrapping itself in the flag and the cross isn’t fighting for the working man. It’s fighting for the portfolio. #Trump #Greed #USPolitics
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Portfolio :: Jack Missed His Flight
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Portfolio :: Jack Missed His Flight
This was the first full piece I've scored since splitting my processing workload across two machines. Something felt slightly off in the timing when I reassembled the pieces. Might just be me, might not. Let me know if you see/hear it too. Aside from that, this one was a lot of fun. I've been digging through public domain films on the Internet Archive, looking for movies with no music, or ones where I could swap out the original score for something of my own.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just made the cut and I’ve been invited to score some test scenes to an actual paid composing gig. Sorry, but yeah me!
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We all want to believe in the dream. That a music supervisor will discover our track on SoundCloud and hand us a break. Scammers know this all too well, and they will exploit it to con independent artists out of our hard-earned money. #scam #soundcloud youtube.com/watch?v=...
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"$5,000 for My Song?" Exposing a Music Licensing Scam #scam #soundcloud
We all want to believe in the dream. That a music supervisor or brand will randomly discover our track on SoundCloud and hand us a big break. Scammers know t...
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Music will be safe for now. #Music #AI #Opinion
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Music will be safe for now
This is not going to be a traditional book report. In that sense I will go over the book a little bit, and maybe why you should read it, but instead, and surprisingly, this book reaffirmed my belief that in the long run, human made music will still be around for thousands of years, and we will always have musicians who excel at their craft, along with amazing songwriters, performers, producers, and engineers.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Music will be safe for now. #MusicSky #AI #Humanity mattulm.substack.com...
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can you say #WarCrimes? The Haaretz report alleges that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a direct, 45-minute phone warning from UAE President … about an impending … Hamas operation roughly a week and a half before the October 7, 2023 attacks.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Little victories in #ohio “last week Democrats voted down a bill written by crypto billionaires to unfairly shield their industry from government oversight.”
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Even as some worry that Trump will defy the Constitution and run for a third term, I’ve come to doubt that he can finish his second. I am beginning to believe this as well. Shortly after midterms maybe.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You are not the algorithm's target demographic. You are the gap between the ad and the content. You are what gets skipped. This music was made FOR you. By someone who is also you.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way refineries have replaced crude production as the world’s main energy chokepoint reflects the fact that refining capacity has been reduced more than crude production.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you haven’t changed your oil in a few, time to do it. “”” The current world energy crisis, then, is largely a crisis in petroleum products, refined from crude oil, rather than in petroleum itself “”” paulkrugman.substack...
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Of Donald and Diesel - Paul Krugman
Never mind crude oil; distillates are the problem now
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Diesel going up more, and therefore the cost of everything will go up. bbc.com/news/article...
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Largest attack on Moscow sees Ukraine fire hundreds of drones, mayor says
Moscow's mayor says 450 drones were downed during the overnight barrage, in which two people died.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hey look at that, whinny Kegsbreath is now forfeiting American hegemony in the region. I think it is safe to say that Iran has 'won' this engagement. Hegseth: "Europe needs the Strait of Hormuz more than we do. Get on a boat. This is their fight, not ours."
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I took a studio production course. First assignment: make an 808 beat. Most people used samples. I picked up my bass. One-third of this track is live bass. The rest is the machine. Together they sound like something that shouldn't work and absolutely does.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Portfolio :: Cyberpunk Demo Channeling Vangelis for a Blade Runner-Inspired Soundtrack Building my film score demo reel; one genre at a time. This one's cyberpunk. When I first opened this project, it was labeled "Cyberhuman." One word, and I was instantly in Blade Runner territory. That means…
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Portfolio :: Cyberpunk Demo
Channeling Vangelis for a Blade Runner-Inspired Soundtrack Building my film score demo reel; one genre at a time. This one's cyberpunk. When I first opened this project, it was labeled "Cyberhuman." One word, and I was instantly in Blade Runner territory. That means only one thing: Vangelis. Lush analog synths, that slow cinematic wash of sound — it's a sound I've always wanted an excuse to chase.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More people losing healthcare. azcapitoltimes.com/n...
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Just a moment...
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Over $50 to fill up a Toyota even these days.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congress on vacation with work to be done. Call me shocked. idahocapitalsun.com/... #GildedAge2
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Just a moment...
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The grift is just from every angle these days. #GildedAge2 idahocapitalsun.com/...
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Just a moment...
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Warmer summer nights in store for us all I think. arktimes.com/arkansa...
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Arkansas summers are getting hotter — especially at night - Arkansas Times
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How Quick Fixes Borrow from the Future #Greed #USA #Billionaire
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How Quick Fixes Borrow from the Future
A man I used to work with in Chicago had a habit of taking out small loan every Tuesday to cover his Monday night choices.  By Thursday, he was working for free just to pay off the interest on Tuesday.  He thought he was solving a cash problem.  In truth, he was simply renting tomorrow’s lunch to pay for yesterday’s dinner.  
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Follow the Money #GildedAge2 #Capitalism
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Funny how the billionaires keep making money on the things they build and then tell us to be afraid of. julieakins.substack.... #GildedAge2
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The AI Threat May Also be a Pump & Dump Variation
I may have underestimated the craven grift. I apologize.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Somewhere right now there's a stencil on a wall that costs nothing and says everything. Somewhere right now there's an instrumental track recorded in a home studio that does the same thing.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As long as we are fighting each other over crumbs, nobody looks up to see who owns the bakery. It keeps the spotlight off the real drain on our livelihood. #billionaire #DontLookUp #GildedAge2 wp.me/pgUqIh-1ew
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The Gospel According to San Jose » Mathius Einai
The line dividing us isn't a border on a map, nor is it a difference in how we pray. It is the simple, unvarnished distance separating the boardroom from the shop floor.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"$5,000 for My Song?" Exposing a Music Licensing Scam #scam #soundcloud youtube.com/watch?v=...
youtube.com
"$5,000 for My Song?" Exposing a Music Licensing Scam #scam #soundcloud
We all want to believe in the dream. That a music supervisor or brand will randomly discover our track on SoundCloud and hand us a big break. Scammers know t...
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Video Monday :: Mastering Free Courses #Video #Learn #Music #Mastering
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Video Monday :: Mastering Free Courses
Master.com Free Courses You do have to create an account to access these videos.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The conservative movement relies on keeping working people angry about culture wars so they don't look at the financial ledger. They use religion to make you feel like part of the team, while they reap the benefits of insider economic access. #Trump #Greed #USPolitics
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Don’t give the country over to a bunch of crazy people because you happen to disagree with us on a policy issue here or there.” Is this the DJT years? Whinny boomers what to hold onto their money a bit longer?
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The party of grift continues, while they get you to promise to commit election fraud. event where the concession stands charged $17 for chicken tenders and $25 for a hot dog combo, on a night the official theme was affordability.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Somewhere in Paris in 1981, a man with a stencil and a can of spray paint decided that art belonged to the street, not the gallery. Somewhere in Chicago in 2026, a composer with a bass and a home studio decided that film scores could be done by anybody, not just Hollywood.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Portfolio :: Western Wasteland A foray into a wasteland of sound and space, somewhere between Ludwig Göransson and Ennio Morricone.  Göransson has scored many of Ryan Coogler's films, Tenet and Odyssey for Christopher Nolan, and all the Mandalorian we've seen on TV and the big screen. Morricone…
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Portfolio :: Western Wasteland
A foray into a wasteland of sound and space, somewhere between Ludwig Göransson and Ennio Morricone.  Göransson has scored many of Ryan Coogler's films, Tenet and Odyssey for Christopher Nolan, and all the Mandalorian we've seen on TV and the big screen. Morricone needs less introduction — most Americans know him from the spaghetti westerns, especially The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A foray into the western wasteland sound. Think Morricone's spaghetti westerns meet the desert-air openness of Mandalorian scores. Clarinet, dulcimer, PVC digeridoo & more. Laid off in my 50s. Building a new life through music. 🎥👇 youtube.com/watch?v=... #FilmScore #Morricone
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The Wasteland | #filmmaking #musiccomposer #filmscore
A foray into a wasteland of sound and space, somewhere between Ludwig Göransson and Ennio Morricone.  Göransson has scored many of Ryan Coogler's films, Tene...
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why is it that people who wave the flag the most or some of the most selfish people?
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The old politicians used to stoke division from a wooden soapbox. Today, they do it through an algorithm optimized for rage. They tell the working man his real enemy is the migrant looking for work, not the board of directors cutting his benefits. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ew
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The Gospel According to San Jose » Mathius Einai
The line dividing us isn't a border on a map, nor is it a difference in how we pray. It is the simple, unvarnished distance separating the boardroom from the shop floor.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fourth time is a charm I’m sure. #TrumpPromises finance.yahoo.com/ec...
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Trump's $5,000 midterm 'dividend' is at least his fourth promise of cash for all Americans. None came to pass.
If the GOP wins both the House of Representatives and the Senate, "you win with us," President Trump said Wednesday, promising "a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And only a small number of people will ever see any of this money. finance.yahoo.com/te...
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‘Not Tens Of Billions, But Tens Of Trillions’: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Is Like the New Electricity and the Scale Is Unlike Any Tech in History
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Commerce Secretary Lutnick at a G20 event that the AI infrastructure buildout will reach tens of trillions of dollars -- far beyond current company capex -- comparing it to metered energy infrastructure sold by the token.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Imagine if a Democrat ever tried to buy votes. finance.yahoo.com/ec...
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Trump Promises $5,000 Payment to US Adults if GOP Wins Midterms
President Donald Trump floated a dividend for American voters if his party wins the upcoming November midterm elections, promising a $5,000 payment to each US citizen adult if Republicans keep control of the House and Senate.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Now it’s triple….. finance.yahoo.com/ec... Rut Row shaggy…….
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Bond yields hit 3-year high as Scott Bessent triples Treasury bond buybacks
The 10-year yield climbed to 4.841%, its highest since November 2023, as Wall Street had anticipated a larger buyback operation
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So much winning! finance.yahoo.com/ma...
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Brent oil crosses $100 for first time in two months as Middle East conflict flares
Brent oil prices crossed past $100 per barrel on Wednesday as fighting in the Middle East flared up.
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Matthew Ulm @mattulm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The current US administration is an embarrassment.
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