Mateo Monk Music

This isn't intended to be a "how to" video, in fact it's only the second time I've made one of these and I learned how to do it watching others on Youtube! I just enjoy woodworking and video editing, and figured I show my folks and friends how these router bowls/trays are made. I am opening up a woodshop in my new barn however, and this "Woodworking with White Wolf" has a nice ring to it. Who knows? Maybe it will become a "thing"!

I made this condensed, "best of" version of my "Wildlife In The Badlands" video to be able to share on Instagram. That video featured my own original music, but for this one I chose a track that has been making me happy lately: "Mrs Robinson" played by my favorite alto sax player, Paul Desmond. I shot all this footage during the Spring of 2021 when I was living in my van. The Badlands is one of my favorite places in America. It never fails to enchant!

Shot in the Spring of 2021. Music track is "Marta and Romao" by Paul Desmond.

Shot during the Spring of '21. The audio is "Nada Terma No. 2" by Steve Roach.

Rodeo on 7/10/22 in Sundance WY. Background music performed and recorded by Mateo Monk.

In July of 2021 I bought a 40 acre ranch with no covenants in northeastern Wyoming, adjacent to the Black Hills National Forest, and 30 minutes from Devil's Tower. I plan to live here all the rest of my days. It's a dream come true. Who could ask for anything more?!

I made this for a friend upon special request. This was filmed atop Warren Peak in the Bear Lodge district of the Black Hills in Wyoming, just north of Sundance. I've been studying the dholak drum quite seriously since December 2020 and have really fallen in love with the instrument. I mosty play traditional (ancient) Indian rhythms and songs, and this is the first time I've tried accompanying one of my own songs on the drum.

I filmed this on Easter 2021 as an offering to God/Nature.

In the Everglades of Florida, the more fish you catch, the more you draw gators. They try to steal them off your line, and the more they succeed, the more aggressive they get until they work themselves into a feeding frenzy. When I shot this, I didn't have my good camera or a tripod with me, so I had to do what I could with my iPhone. I'm heading back out however, properly equipped in hopes to capture better footage more professionally. Stay tuned! Subcscibe!

Shot in the Florida Everglades during March 2020 on a Panasonic Lumix G85 camera. The background music is from ambient artist Steve Roach, not my own.

A short ride through a burnt section of the Kootenai NF in northwest Montana set to the original track "Space" off my first live album, "Mateo Monk: Live Volume I". This forest was not burned in the extensive fires of 2020, however the smoke seen in the air is from those fires. On this particular day the smoke wasn't too bad. On the two previous days it was very thick and grey, making for quite an eery scene.

This another promotional video I put together using live footage from the past few years. The song is my original "Music Is My Prayer." More info at mateomonkmusic.com.

This is just a little edit I put together for promotional reasons, using live footage from the past few years. The song is "Water" off my album "State of Affairs" available on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon. I performed all instruments and vocals, and engineered and mixed the track. Mastered by Thomas Blondet. Visit howlofthewhitewolf.com for all my creative offerings, and sign up for the monthly newsletter while you're there! Copyright Mateo Monk Music 2020. All rights reserved.

360 photo by Jeremy Shanahan. Music by Mateo Monk

A new, all-original, poetry reading series featuring insightful, spoken reflections on the theme of spiritual liberation. Some call it the Spirit, some call it the Atman. It is not my job to label it, only to express it. I’m like a man who one day awoke to discover his hands on fire. Everything he reached for to smother the flame, only ignited upon touch. Before he even got to his feet, he had set his world on fire. To speak is not my will, but my service.