BYE, BYE MAJOR LABEL!
NEW WEBSITE!
FREE LIVE ALBUM DOWNLOAD!
WEEKLY SUPRISES!
NEW ALBUM!
Hey y'all- lots going on around here, as you can see from the header.
So, let's get after it-
BYE BYE MAJOR LABEL!
After two years of being on Universal Republic records and releasing 'Under Summer Sun', my stint with a major label is over and I am back to being an independent artist. I love the people at Universal Republic and had fun giving that approach a shot, but i'm indie at heart, and i am so excited to get back to my roots! The last couple months have been full of me coming up with ideas and dreaming about what the next step in my musical journey is, and I'm really stoked about sharing some of that with you in this email as well as over the upcoming months.
NEW WEBSITE!
So, yeah. The old one hadn't been updated since LAST December. This one will be updated a lot more frequently, and with features like Twitter commenting, and the ability for me to update the site from my iPhone, this thing is going to be constantly changing, so bookmark that mutha!
FREE LIVE ALBUM DOWNLOAD!
Ok, so I did a tour a year and a half ago called the 'Where We Started' tour. I brought my friend and artist Justin Rosolino out to be my side man/guitar player/stunt double on a series of shows in small, listening-room type venues across the U.S. The first show of the west coast run was in Seattle at the Triple Door, and it turned out to be a super special night. We just so happened to be recording that night, and listening back to it, I thought 'People will want to hear this.' So, that's what we're doing, for free.
I called it 'If it Ain't Broke...Live from Seattle' because we literally didn't do any edits to the recording besides making sure the tracks were split accurately. Because of that, there are some missed notes here and there, rants that go on way too long, and the first 2 seconds of 'Carolina' are missing. But hey, you can't have it all, eh?
To get it, just click
HERE. the set list is special, the performances are full on, and I really can't WAIT for you to have this thing- tell your friends, spread the word, It will only be free through the end of the year!
WEEKLY SUPRISES!
I've got an idea for how to utilize this new Twitter phenomenon, and I think it's going to be cool- follow me (
@mattwertz) and I'll be letting you in over the next week of what's gonna happen, but it involves me giving stuff away every week...
NEW ALBUM!
So, now that i'm indie again, it's time to start crackin on new music, and I'm so
excited to announce that I've been in and out of the studio over the last month and will continue that over the next couple until I have an album's worth of material that is better than anything i've ever put out before. Keep checking
mattwertz.com and the twitter feed for updates on that!
I guess, above all, I want to just say 'THANK YOU' for continuing to be with me, spreading the word, and letting my songs be a part of the soundtrack of your life.
more on the way-
Matt