The Grey Matters was recorded in its entirety between May of 2020 and May of 2021-- entirely arranged, performed, produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Wulf Downard. The bonus material includes remasters of three recordings made before 2020: "Porto Alegre," "Fliege, Täuschen Sie!" and "Valse du Loup et du Corbeau."

The Grey Matters is currently available on nearly every streaming platform and digital music outlet in the world.

All music on The Grey Matters composed by Wulf Downard, except for:

• "Manufactured" and "What Once Was" composed by Shawn Staples, Wulf Downard, Brandon Boucher, and Greg Martinez.

• "Renaissance" composed by Wulf Downard and Shawn Staples

• "Rights of Man/Cooley's Reel," Irish traditional tunes

All lyrics on The Grey Matters written by Wulf Downard, except for:

• "The Habit" lyrics by V.O. Downard and Wulf Downard

• "MMORG" lyrics by Wulf Downard and V.O. Downard

All compositions, lyrics, arrangements, recordings, performance, publishing, and distribution rights are reserved and are copyright 2021 by Wulf Downard. All remixes and alternate versions of songs from The Grey Matters were produced and arranged by Wulf Downard.

"The Gift of Anger" contains a short sample of Liam Neeson's dialogue from Batman Begins, used without permission. "The Grey Matters" contains a short sample of Mark Hamill's dialogue from Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, also used without permission.

Although Wulf is not endorsed by any manufacturers at present, prospective endorsement opportunities are certainly welcome for consideration. For reference, on The Grey Matters Wulf used:

• Fender FSR Stratocaster electric guitar (modified with Texas Special pickups and neck pickup toggle on-switch)

• Epiphone G400 electric guitar (modified with Seymour Duncan JB and Screamin' Demon humbuckers)

• Ibanez GAX75 electric guitar (modified fretless with EMG 81 and 85 humbuckers)

• Gretsch G2220 electric bass

• Ibanez PNB14E-OPN acoustic electric bass

• Oscar Schmidt OG10CEF acoustic-electric guitar

• Oscar Schmidt OM10EST acoustic-electric mandolin

• Epiphone EB-0 electric bass (modified fretless)

• D'Addario, DR, and Fender guitar/bass strings

• Shearwater alto G and wide-bore soprano D whistles

• Becker alto A and soprano E-flat whistles

• Oak nickel C whistle

• Generation nickel C, F, and E-flat whistles

• BOSS Dr-880 and Dr-202 drum machines

• Roland Sp-808EX

• DigiTech Whammy pedal

• Morley Bad Horsie Wah pedal

• ZOOM B1X bass effects pedal

• MidiPLUS keyboards

• Shure Beta87A and SM57 microphones

• Peavey Amplification

• Steinberg UR22mkII

• Cubase LE AI Elements 10 recording DAW with Groove Agent and Halion Sonic suites

• Various plugins

• Various percussion instruments, including plastic buckets and the acoustic guitar top

Special thanks to Brandon Boucher and V.O. Downard for creative consultation.

In the lyrics to "The Grey Matters," Wulf says, "I'm not one to conform, but I often imitate." Music, even when original, is always imitative in some way or another of that which came before and that which surrounds the composer. Wulf wishes to thank the following notable artists, bands, or personages (in no particular order) for their inspiration and influence:

V.O. Downard; Pen Drago; O. Min; Brandon Boucher, Greg Martinez, and Shawn Staples of The Lazarus Effect; St. Vincent (Annie Clark); Jon Crosby of VAST; Korn; David Bowie; Trent Reznor; Prince Rogers Nelson; David Grohl; Eric Cicolani; Tool; The Dread Crew of Oddwood; Casiokids; Masters in France; Deftones; Queen; Queens of the Stone Age; Spacehog; Liz Phair; Filter; Sir Paul McCartney; Gilbert Newton Lewis; Rage Against the Machine; Toadies; Audioslave; Soundgarden; Daft Punk; NoFX; Dropkick Murphys; Charles Mingus; Ween; Eels; Cake; Primus; Quincy Jones; Bootsy Collins; Phil Collins; Corrosion of Conformity; Dubliners; Butthole Surfers; Frank Herbert; Timothy Zahn; Jack White; U2; Pearl Jam; Brendon Smalls; Eddie Izzard; System of a Down; Amon Amarth; Rammstein; Rush; Beastie Boys; Frank Zappa; Dweezil Zappa; Steve Vai; Joe Satriani; Al di Meola; Eric Clapton; Stevie Ray Vaughan; Linkin Park; Danzig; Muse; Miyamoto Musashi; Type O Negative; Led Zeppelin; Boston; AC/DC; John Williams; Hotei; Hans Zimmer; The Prodigy; Lo Fidelity Allstars; Tricky; Portishead; Franz Ferdinand; The Strokes; Gorillaz; Husky Loops; Medeski, Martin, and Wood; Mint Royale; The Second Coming; Candlebox; Type O Negative; Christopher Gunning; Rancid; Jim Parker; The Black Keys; Wolfstone; Gaelic Storm; Sergio Mendes; Incubus; Disturbed; Staind; Sting; Baroness; The Sword; Opeth; Alestorm; Black Sabbath; Tim Reynolds; David Gray; Tenacious D; Jerry Cantrell; John Scofield; Smashing Pumpkins; Screaming Trees; Silverchair... so many more to mention than this, but this list could just go on and on forever...