The Whomping Willows (Blog)

Happy New Year, wizard kids!

A few weeks ago I wrote a new song, entitled From Ginny To Luna. The inspiration for this song came directly from recent live performances of Draco and Harry, in which I’d substitute “Ginny and Luna” for Draco and Harry during the last chorus as a means of demonstrating that Ginny is badass enough to find her own happiness and not just pine over Harry when he’s distracted by other romantic pursuits. My plan for this song was to make a music video and hopefully release it in late January or early February.

However, as the New Year approached, I decided I wanted to make a statement to open up 2012: Since a few people have expressed concern that my new side project, Matt Maggiacomo, would become my sole musical focus at the expense of The Whomping Willows, I wanted to begin 2012 with the release of a new wizard rock song to reassure people that I’m still very much invested in the wizarding world!

And so I decided to release the song now on iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp and worry about the music video later. This kicks off one of my new year resolutions: I plan to write and record at least two new songs per month, release them all as digital singles, and maybe eventually compile them onto a CD (likely in time for summer tour). I think this will keep me in a creative mindset and it’ll also give Whomping Willows fans something to look forward to every month between now and June!

Here are the various places where you can get From Ginny To Luna:

iTunes

Amazon

Bandcamp

Love,
Matt