09/06/2010 I just uploaded some new graphics I've been working on for my site. I am getting ready to produce a new album and needed to update the look of this site. It hasn't been really updated, as far as looks, since 2008 and I figured it was about time. Next I need to get some new pictures up! I also added a music player with 9 tracks to the music page. Now I need to add some youtube videos to the page also. You can download "2009 Collection" by clicking the image on the bottom of this page that says "MP3 Album". -Matt 01/27/2010 Hello peoples, I posted a couple of new shows up on the Schedule page today. The first is @ White Rock Coffee in Dallas and the second @ The Town Hall in Goldsby, Oklahoma. So go check them out. Come out to the shows and have fun! Also, The Halo Blue is performing at The Town Hall March 27th as well! -Matt 01/23/2010 Hey everyone, I am getting ready to start recording a new instrumental album and my good friend Becks of GnuFunk internet radio has decided to bring me on his show for an interview! So, I will have that posted as soon as it's complete. Also, earlier this week a had a chance to chill with my friends the Hood Christians. These guys are some awesome talented dudes, the reign from Dallas TX. Show some support, check out their page, listen to their music. They are also releasing their first album to be released on Autumn Street Records here very soon so check these guys out on Autumn Street Records @ http://www.autumnstreetrecords.com/hoodchristians. You can also check them out on Facebook, just click on the Facebook link on their page. The Hood Christians can also be heard every Friday on the Fish Bowl Internet Radio @ www.fishbowlradionetwork.com so give them a listen as well. -Matt 01/05/2010 Thank you White Rock Coffee for having me out to play on the 1st. It was great to share the stage with John W Spengler. If you are in the Dallas area you have to stop by White Rock Coffee it's a great place to just chill with friends. -Matt 11/20/2009 Thanks to The Town Hall music venue in Goldsby, OK for having me out to play! I had a great time and I really enjoyed hearing all the other bands who played. -Matt 11/02/2009 My new CD "2009 Collection" is now available on Amazon.com! -Matt 10/04/2009 Thanks Gypsy Coffee House for having me out to play! And thanks to everyone who supported me and bought CDs, and everyone else who was there. Thanks Urban Tulsa Weekly for printing my name! Thanks King's Coffee Co for having me out to play again. I always enjoy playing at your venue you guys are awesome cool! -Matt 09/09/2009 Here is a video from my show @ The King's Coffee Company. Sorry for the low quality audio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfpeX-ZQ81I. -Matt 09/06/2009 Thank you King's Coffee Co for having me come and play at your great venue! I had a really fun time playing! I will post some videos on my site from the show soon! -Matt 08/14/2009 Hello everybody, how do you do? I took a quick 10 month break. But now I'm getting ready to start recording some new tracks and have those posted ASAP! I've been busy working with The Halo Blue to complete "You're Cordially Invited" as well. I've started working with a German company called Spree Musik for mastering my tracks. And they've done a really great job so far. I hope to have some of my older music re-mastered and posted soon as well. Infact, my next CD should be mostly re-mastered previously released tracks. To check out one re-mastered track "Sunrays" check me out on the Autumn Street Records myspace at htt://www.myspace.com/autumnstreetrecords. -Matt 10/20/2008 The show in Tulsa was really fun! Thank you to the Gypsy Coffee House for having me come and play. I hope that I can come back sometime! And thank you to everyone who came out to see me play it was great to have so many people show up! Well, I'm getting ready for the show in Kansas now. It should be fun the King's Coffee Company is always a great venue to play at. And they have really good food aswell! -Matt 10/13/2008 There are some changes going on with my website right now and the music should be back soon. Also, my site has now been included at www.autumnstreetrecords.com Over the weekend my website was moved from one location to another on the server and not all of the content has been completely moved yet. Check back soon for more updates and show dates. I am really looking forward to Tulsa! -Matt 10/03/2008 The show went good at Starbucks. Getting ready for the show this weekend at The Prophet Bar in Dallas. And I should have the videos from the show ready on Saturday. :) -Matt 09/15/2008 Due to the weather this weekend from Hurricane Ike the show at Starbucks was re-scheduled for 9-20-08. I will be playing from 7pm-7:45. For details you can check the schedule page. -Matt 09/10/2008 Thank you to everyone who has downloaded my new CD, "Love of Life". And thank you for the kind feedback as well. If you enjoy the music and want to send me feedback you can on myspace at www.myspace.com/mattashton or write me an e-mail at "matt ashton @ matt ashton dot com". Also if you enjoy listening to "Love of Life" please tell your friends and family about my website, burn them a CD or hand out flyers. -Matt 08/25/2008 I had to cancel my show in Guthrie. The Town Hall (venue) has been sold. Very sad! But that's alright. If you are in OKC and know of any good venues drop me an e-mail and let me know. My e-mail is matt ashton @ matt ashton dot com. -Matt 08/15/2008 New mini b/w flyers! There are 5 to a page and the file is in a .doc format. Download them here flyers.doc. The script in the middle is in Hindi - "Matt Ashton Free Downloads" and the bottom is in Russian (Official Site Matt Ashton). Please print and pass them out to your friends! -Matt 08/12/2008 I wanted to let everyone know about my new Our Stage dot com profile. You can join our stage and vote for my song "Love of Life". To visit my page click on my page link. The songs are randomly selected for you to vote on. I am in the Spiritual channel. You can register as a "music lover", "artist" or "executive". To join the site go to www.ourstage.com -Matt 08/06/2008 A very late thanks to Lug Radio for talking about my website on their last podcast. I hadn't had a chance to download the last episode until my friend Nathan Hale from linuxmusicians.com told me that they had been discussing an e-mail that I wrote to them about my website. I wrote them to ask about open source contribution and mentioned that I made my website with The Gimp and KATE which are both open source software. I also use Mandriva Linux to do all of my production for my website. To listen to the episode go to www.lugradio.org and download the Jul 14th episode! Thanks Lug Radio! -Matt 07/27/2008 I added new links to the Links page. You can add them to your myspace, blog, or website and link to my page. -Matt 07/23/2008 Thanks to everyone who has downloaded my CD! It looks like there have been about 7 people per day so far to download it. Tell your friends to download my music too or better yet burn them a CD! Thanks for supporting my music and for downloading! -Matt 07/18/2008 7 new songs added to the download page and to the player! Love of Life She Calls Me Love Pale Moonlight Worthless We're All Helpless Sunrays Nothing Without God Go to the download page to download all of my new music. -Matt 07/16/2008 I started recording last night. I plan to have some music up by the end of the week! -Matt 07/09/2008 Booking is going well so far. If you would like to contact me to play you can write me at RTF_Records at hotmail dot com. It is always great to meet new people and make new friends in new cities. Also, my new friend Eric Aubrey is going to be playing at some of the shows in Oklahoma with me. His music is at www.myspace.com/ericaubrey Keep checking back, I'll hopefully be adding a lot more dates soon. -Matt 07/07/2008 Alright, so the title of my CD is going to be "Love of Life" and it will have 7 tracks, which I just finished writing the last of. I should be able to start recording soon. I was planning on starting about 7 months ago, but sometimes things don't go the way that we plan them to. But it's all good. I think the cd is good and hopefully everyone will be able to enjoy it and relate to the music. I was planning to have them done by the end of this month, so perhaps I will have them done by then. But I'm waiting until I've purchased the new equipment to start recording. I am going with just a vocal and instrument track as on most of my previous cds. I can't wait to get the new songs posted! God bless, -Matt 07/05/2008 Right now I'm getting shows booked for later this year in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and possibly more states. I can't wait to start playing again and I plan to give all of my new music for free on CDs and I always have songs for download on my website. I'm also planning to buy some new equipment. I have been playing shows with the same guitar and keyboard since 2005 and I think it's time to upgrade. That's all the new stuff I have going right now. -Matt 04/16/2008 I am getting ready to start recording my new CD. I don't have a name for it just yet. But I will start recording in just a few days. I am very excited. I'm going to be trying some new instruments on this CD so it should have a different sound than all of my other recordings. I added pictures to my page about a week ago and I'm excited about getting my CD done and starting to play shows again. -Matt 01/29/2008 Viewing the website, if you have any problem viewing the page you may need to upgrade your web browser. I've tested the site for Mozilla, Seamonkey, Opera, Firefox, Konqueror, Epiphany, Netscape, Internet Explorer 7, Safari and Flock. Everything seems to be working just fine. Although older versions of Internet Explorer aren't able to display the page properly. If you have any prolem with viewing the pictures on the photo page you may need to update Java aswell. Hope the site is working well for you! -Matt 01/28/2008 A collection of my music is being compliled from when I first started recording my music until my most recent records. I will have the CD available at my shows for sale and online also! 01/27/2008 New music will be available soon. I'm in the process of writing now and will soon be recording. Also, this is a new website and I will be adding much more content in the coming weeks.