Ladies and Gentlemen, the rebirth of MattandCory has occurred today as our YouTube page was miraculously relaunched without warning. Almost a year after its termination, the last thing we all expected was to have MattandCory returned to us; but we take what we are given and we are ecstatic to have the legendary channel returned to us.
But what happens now? MattandCory are now free to take control of the ship that was lost so long ago, free to continue making videos that are MattandCory exclusive. Will this happen? The forseeable future is not known, but all sings are pointing to 'No'. Along with the termination of the MattandCory channel came the creation of TheTriangleChannel, a media phenomenon that exceeded everything that MattandCory ever was and is something that we all now hold dear to our hearts. And shortly after that, theDoeckers was formed and it is also cherished by the former MattandCory frontmen.
Although their former pride and glory has been restored, the duo can not easily be abandon these channels. So much has happened in a year that MattandCory can't just return everything to the way it was. This may be depressing to those MattandCory elitist who have been waiting for this day since the channel's original death (especially Reubnick who tried harder than anyone to get the channel back) but there isn't much that can be done.
All I can say is to stay tuned and watch this all unfold. You will be informed if anything new happens.
And also, thank all of you for sticking with us and we hope that you follow us further with TheTraignelchannel and TheDodeckers.
Love ya
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, November 27, 2009
Sky
Times are changing. Lives are moving on. The wheels are turning and no one knows what's around the next corner. All the same rules apply to MattandCory that apply to every other everything ever.
MattandCory has reached a point where simply making videos can't satisfy our internal hunger for completion. All of earth's creatures struggle to become complete. For some, it's easier than for others. But in the end, it usually takes some sort of change for the final pieces to fall into place.
I am writing this on Black Friday, so let's look at that as an example. What was once an entire month celebrating the trials and tribulations of our African American brothers and sisters has been reduced to nothing more than a mere 24 hours. 24 hours that immediately follow a major national holiday. If we are suppose to be able to take such an event seriously, it should be far separate from any other occasion and spread out over at least a month. It seems only fair in my opinion. But that is a change that has happened, and because it did, it's beginning to shape our nation for a new, unforeseeable future. Will it be exciting? Will it be frightening? The answer to both of those questions is "yes". But who is to differentiate between the feelings of fear and excitement? Are they not one in the same, only given different meanings in regards to the particular situation at hand?
The world is what we make it. Everything on earth is what it is because that is how we perceive it to be. In order to change the world, all one much do is simply change the meaning you give to it. Any problem or hardship can be overcome with a little bit of optimism and creativity. If more people loved each other, this world would be a better place.
What I'm trying to say with all of this is simply this: I don't know how many MattandCory videos are going to be produced, but the future seems pretty bleak. Nowadays, everyone has their own prerogatives and commitments that are more important than spending time making videos. But that's perfectly okay. Everyone has their own lives to live and that is the most important thing.
I know, personally, the mission is to have fun. Especially when it comes to video production. I used to be a real stickler because I took the business very seriously. It was a part of me and could be considered more than a hobby. Hours of time and effort were poured into all of the MattandCory classics as well as many of the videos on TTC. Since then the tides have turned. I, as well as others, simply do not have as much time in their lives to stew over video scripts and crazy editing techniques. We all still have fun, but much of the magic has worn off I think. The important thing to remember though is that we are all moving on to bigger and better things.
The spirit of MattandCory will always lie in the classic catalog of amazing videos (as long as they don't get deleted). We will always remember the number of great fans that we gathered while producing videos and will always be thankful for the great people we met through the net. If it all would just suddenly end right now, I would happy because it was a pretty wicked ride.
I wouldn't consider this "taking a back seat" to the video making biz as much as it is "taking the wheel of all new zords". Thunder zords to be exact. And MattandCory are the red dragon thunderzord because that thing isn't just a dragon, it can transform into a freaking person and pretty much take down monsters all by itself. We're pranksters and jokesters and we can't be topped. We are like the top hat of YouTube, and lying underneath the hat is a really tall something or other. But no one else has one. Just us. We'll still wink at you if we see you on the street, but don't ask for an autograph because we don't carry Sharpies with us. If you bring one, then maybe.
If you have trouble figuring out what the fuck I just said during this blog, don't sweat it. If you lose sleep over it, send an email to mattandcory@gmail.com and I'll try to clear it up, but I wouldn't count on it.
See you in the future.
Let the power protect you.
Matthew[11.27.09]
MattandCory has reached a point where simply making videos can't satisfy our internal hunger for completion. All of earth's creatures struggle to become complete. For some, it's easier than for others. But in the end, it usually takes some sort of change for the final pieces to fall into place.
I am writing this on Black Friday, so let's look at that as an example. What was once an entire month celebrating the trials and tribulations of our African American brothers and sisters has been reduced to nothing more than a mere 24 hours. 24 hours that immediately follow a major national holiday. If we are suppose to be able to take such an event seriously, it should be far separate from any other occasion and spread out over at least a month. It seems only fair in my opinion. But that is a change that has happened, and because it did, it's beginning to shape our nation for a new, unforeseeable future. Will it be exciting? Will it be frightening? The answer to both of those questions is "yes". But who is to differentiate between the feelings of fear and excitement? Are they not one in the same, only given different meanings in regards to the particular situation at hand?
The world is what we make it. Everything on earth is what it is because that is how we perceive it to be. In order to change the world, all one much do is simply change the meaning you give to it. Any problem or hardship can be overcome with a little bit of optimism and creativity. If more people loved each other, this world would be a better place.
What I'm trying to say with all of this is simply this: I don't know how many MattandCory videos are going to be produced, but the future seems pretty bleak. Nowadays, everyone has their own prerogatives and commitments that are more important than spending time making videos. But that's perfectly okay. Everyone has their own lives to live and that is the most important thing.
I know, personally, the mission is to have fun. Especially when it comes to video production. I used to be a real stickler because I took the business very seriously. It was a part of me and could be considered more than a hobby. Hours of time and effort were poured into all of the MattandCory classics as well as many of the videos on TTC. Since then the tides have turned. I, as well as others, simply do not have as much time in their lives to stew over video scripts and crazy editing techniques. We all still have fun, but much of the magic has worn off I think. The important thing to remember though is that we are all moving on to bigger and better things.
The spirit of MattandCory will always lie in the classic catalog of amazing videos (as long as they don't get deleted). We will always remember the number of great fans that we gathered while producing videos and will always be thankful for the great people we met through the net. If it all would just suddenly end right now, I would happy because it was a pretty wicked ride.
I wouldn't consider this "taking a back seat" to the video making biz as much as it is "taking the wheel of all new zords". Thunder zords to be exact. And MattandCory are the red dragon thunderzord because that thing isn't just a dragon, it can transform into a freaking person and pretty much take down monsters all by itself. We're pranksters and jokesters and we can't be topped. We are like the top hat of YouTube, and lying underneath the hat is a really tall something or other. But no one else has one. Just us. We'll still wink at you if we see you on the street, but don't ask for an autograph because we don't carry Sharpies with us. If you bring one, then maybe.
If you have trouble figuring out what the fuck I just said during this blog, don't sweat it. If you lose sleep over it, send an email to mattandcory@gmail.com and I'll try to clear it up, but I wouldn't count on it.
See you in the future.
Let the power protect you.
Matthew[11.27.09]
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Classics
Just to let everyone know, the MattandCory Classics channel is finally complete. I started it back in January but never got around to putting our videos up on it. But the other night I went through the entire Mattadncory catalog and picked the best of the best to throw up on the page. All the classic MattandCory memories are all now available, once again, to the public; so please check it out! http://www.youtube.com/mattandcoryclassics
Also, MattandCory is still sitting in a rut right now, but sit tight. We are both currently sitting on 2 different sides of a little battle but we are both on perfectly good terms with each other. It's kind of like when a marriage counselor tells a couple that they should spend some time apart and maybe see other people, not that we are married or are even having a dispute with each other; it's more like we are both rejuvenating ourselves by meeting new people so that we can bring these new experiences to the table and use them to crank out the greatest shit you've ever seen once we fully reunite.
God is love,
Rev Run
Also, MattandCory is still sitting in a rut right now, but sit tight. We are both currently sitting on 2 different sides of a little battle but we are both on perfectly good terms with each other. It's kind of like when a marriage counselor tells a couple that they should spend some time apart and maybe see other people, not that we are married or are even having a dispute with each other; it's more like we are both rejuvenating ourselves by meeting new people so that we can bring these new experiences to the table and use them to crank out the greatest shit you've ever seen once we fully reunite.
God is love,
Rev Run
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
in a lull
Tim and Eric season 1 was ground breaking. Season 2 set the bar. Season 3 shattered the bar. Season 4 went down hill. Season 5 is still in the dark, but we are all holding our breaths for something amazing. I like to view MattandCory as Tim and Eric. MattandCory started off ok, but then we excelled. As we started making more and more videos, we flew higher than all of our peers. Currently, we haven't been doing that great. Not at all. MattandCory has just finished it's figurative "season 4". We have hit our low. I don't think the fall of our channel has anything to do with it either. I think if we had kept our channel, we would still be in this same situation. It doesn't come as easy to us anymore. We have the ideas, and we usually have the ability, but our motivation is shot.
Cory and I drove around all day this memorial day. We drove around to film, and film we did. How much usable footage did we get out of our 6 plus hour excursion? Nothing. The two of us got up early to go film and returned home with nothing at all to show for it. Am I disappointed? I think we both are and it's heart breaking, but the problem is, we can't just jump into the car and film anymore. MattandCory set a bar. A bar that we can easily surpass, but it takes much more work these days. We have saturated ourselves with things like the latest technology, and the funniest of people, but this just makes it harder because it takes more work and more time to get people together, think up shots, think up lines, edit with the best of effects, etc. Something that we once were able to just go do is now more of a chore.
Back in the day, we could run out back, throw 300 balls on a trampoline and make a music video out of it. Today we need to write scripts, cast actors, and organize our time. It's hard to have fun when you have to put so much work into something. The bright side is, we love to do it. I am addicted to video editing, personally. If you give me a video to edit, I will have it done in a few hours and be waiting for the next one. If i get kicked out of a group of filmmakers, I'll make another group and film more videos because I love to film and edit so much. But the real task comes with getting a good idea and being able to plan it all out to perfection without losing interest in it, and I think "that" is what MattandCory's current problem is.
Cory and I come up with a number of ideas; some are too ambitious and there is no way we can pull them off, but some just take so much planning that we get sick of the idea and just toss it out. Before the fall of the MattandCory channel, we had a list of over 70 ideas that we have been saving up for years. Every once in a while we would pull something off the list and film it, but it soon became too much of a hassle. We kept thinking up new and better ideas, rapid fire style, and we would film those on the spot. We ended up deleting our video list and just threw close to 100 video ideas out the window without looking back. Since then I have started a new list and am currently working on those, but it's starting to turn out the same way.
To make a long story short, MattandCory is a lull. We are floating in limbo while we try to get our shit back together. Our season 4 is over and we can do nothing now but conserve our energy and plan ahead for a fantastic season 5 and hopefully get signed to another season and then another and another.
No matter what anyone says, MattandCory is not dead. It will never die. Our videos have always been about class and our videos have always been higher class than most. Where we stand now, our videos are higher quality than anyone's on the market (at our level). Cory and I make videos that are so far superior to everyone elses it's not even funny, and I think that that is something that's not going to change any time soon.
The standards of our videos are high, and luckily for us, we have stilts...we just have to get on them.
peace
maTTman
Cory and I drove around all day this memorial day. We drove around to film, and film we did. How much usable footage did we get out of our 6 plus hour excursion? Nothing. The two of us got up early to go film and returned home with nothing at all to show for it. Am I disappointed? I think we both are and it's heart breaking, but the problem is, we can't just jump into the car and film anymore. MattandCory set a bar. A bar that we can easily surpass, but it takes much more work these days. We have saturated ourselves with things like the latest technology, and the funniest of people, but this just makes it harder because it takes more work and more time to get people together, think up shots, think up lines, edit with the best of effects, etc. Something that we once were able to just go do is now more of a chore.
Back in the day, we could run out back, throw 300 balls on a trampoline and make a music video out of it. Today we need to write scripts, cast actors, and organize our time. It's hard to have fun when you have to put so much work into something. The bright side is, we love to do it. I am addicted to video editing, personally. If you give me a video to edit, I will have it done in a few hours and be waiting for the next one. If i get kicked out of a group of filmmakers, I'll make another group and film more videos because I love to film and edit so much. But the real task comes with getting a good idea and being able to plan it all out to perfection without losing interest in it, and I think "that" is what MattandCory's current problem is.
Cory and I come up with a number of ideas; some are too ambitious and there is no way we can pull them off, but some just take so much planning that we get sick of the idea and just toss it out. Before the fall of the MattandCory channel, we had a list of over 70 ideas that we have been saving up for years. Every once in a while we would pull something off the list and film it, but it soon became too much of a hassle. We kept thinking up new and better ideas, rapid fire style, and we would film those on the spot. We ended up deleting our video list and just threw close to 100 video ideas out the window without looking back. Since then I have started a new list and am currently working on those, but it's starting to turn out the same way.
To make a long story short, MattandCory is a lull. We are floating in limbo while we try to get our shit back together. Our season 4 is over and we can do nothing now but conserve our energy and plan ahead for a fantastic season 5 and hopefully get signed to another season and then another and another.
No matter what anyone says, MattandCory is not dead. It will never die. Our videos have always been about class and our videos have always been higher class than most. Where we stand now, our videos are higher quality than anyone's on the market (at our level). Cory and I make videos that are so far superior to everyone elses it's not even funny, and I think that that is something that's not going to change any time soon.
The standards of our videos are high, and luckily for us, we have stilts...we just have to get on them.
peace
maTTman
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Subscribathon 3
It's been a long time since our last subscribathon but we're finally holding the 3rd ever! After filming 2, we knew if we ever made a 3rd, it would be big; and I'm pretty sure this one should meet the standards because it's not just the MattandCory subscribathon anymore. It's the Triangle Channel Subscribathon. We are starting a new and it should be bigger and better than ever!
Our first subscribathon featured MattandCory and Ricky in the MattandCory basement. The two hosted the show as Ricky pretended to answer phones in the back while watching football and Sponge Bob Square Pants. They somehow managed to get close to half an hour out of it if my memory stands correctly. Subscribathon 2 evolved into a room with almost 10 people AND a green screen! The green screen was never utilized, but it was there. Subscribathon 2 was longer, producing NINE episodes and featuring a live band as well as the inception of the legendary Dance Master.
Subscribathon 3 should be something to look forward to. 3 will definitely show up 2 the way 2 showed up 1, and that alone is saying a lot. We had a lot of our friends and supporters help us out with subscribathon 2, but with the fall of MattandCory, we lost a big chunk of our fans as well. But thetrianglechannel has created a whole NEW fan base of eager youtubers who are ready to make videos and help out at a moments notice!
I don't want to give away too much information because I want the thon to be a surprise, but you can expect a LOT of guests and a LOT of featured youtubers from other channels. You can also expect more effects than any other subscribathon in the past (which really isn't saying a whole lot of anything). Also, a live band is being compiled to play at the event, and even though it will include members of The Nougat Crunch from Subscribathon 2, it will be sure to kick more ass than they did (no offense to The NC. They were good, but I have reason to believe they have gotten a lot better since then).
So, without further-a-do, I present to you the long wait until March 28th when TheTriangleChannel will host its first ever Subscribathon hosted by MattandCory. You can catch it live on blogtv but episodes will be posted throughout the week after its filming. If you would like to make a video and be a part of the thon, just make one (without copywrited music) and send it to us at thetrianglechannel@gmail.com before the 27th. We would be overjoyed to watch and use your video. And Reubnick, I know you're reading this. We are waiting for your video.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Destiny
TheTriangleChannel has flourished since it's creation; far exceeding that of the late, great MattandCory channel in subscribers. TriChan has been able to double, in a few weeks time, the amount of subscribers that MattandCory had accumulated in almost 3 years of their YouTube life. This accomplishment is something to be proud of, but it is also something to think about in a different light. It's bad enough to know that everything you had worked for for the past couple years is completely gone, but when you can surmount what you once had in such a short amount of time, it makes you wonder if you really had something special in the first place. This is however a silly contemplation considering MattandCory had (and still has) a number of big fans, but the thought remains. If spamming random YouTubers for two weeks can get you farther in the YouTube world than just being yourself and banking on the hope that people like your videos, what can be judged as good anymore? How do you judge who is popular and who isn't? How do you know if something you have is truly entertaining or if the majority of people just subscribe because you ask them to?
Nonetheless, TheTriangleChannel is an amazing channel, and I am overjoyed to be a part of it. TheSethShow is striving with devotion. Some of the work they have come up with in recent weeks has shown that they aren't stopping in their attempts to make it big and their video skits and bits are as funny as ever. Another of their powers is their ability to crank out new material at a moments notice. This gives them a strong upper hand as the leading force of TheTriangleChannel and I think they are doing a sensational job as they pave the way for all of our futures.
MattandCory, on the other hand, is a different story. Even though TheTriangleChannel is an cumulative network of TheSethShow, BDM, and MattandCory, I don't necessarily see it as being the true home of MattandCory at this current point in time. This is mostly due to the lack of new MattandCory material which is a result of my not being able to return home very often, which would give us the opportunity to film new videos. But until MattandCory can pick themselves up off the dirt, rediscover their roots, and make a new name for themselves at the summit of this virgin plateau, I will continue to believe that MattandCory are officially dead.
-Matt
P.S. We have to work together. Teamwork. Cooperation. COMMUNICATION.
Nonetheless, TheTriangleChannel is an amazing channel, and I am overjoyed to be a part of it. TheSethShow is striving with devotion. Some of the work they have come up with in recent weeks has shown that they aren't stopping in their attempts to make it big and their video skits and bits are as funny as ever. Another of their powers is their ability to crank out new material at a moments notice. This gives them a strong upper hand as the leading force of TheTriangleChannel and I think they are doing a sensational job as they pave the way for all of our futures.
MattandCory, on the other hand, is a different story. Even though TheTriangleChannel is an cumulative network of TheSethShow, BDM, and MattandCory, I don't necessarily see it as being the true home of MattandCory at this current point in time. This is mostly due to the lack of new MattandCory material which is a result of my not being able to return home very often, which would give us the opportunity to film new videos. But until MattandCory can pick themselves up off the dirt, rediscover their roots, and make a new name for themselves at the summit of this virgin plateau, I will continue to believe that MattandCory are officially dead.
-Matt
P.S. We have to work together. Teamwork. Cooperation. COMMUNICATION.
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