My new album "The Soundtrack Part II" is available free for download today! As always my music is licensed under Creative Commons. Also it is available for sale on Amazon. Hope you enjoy it, friend me
on facebook, and check back for my new stuff this later this year!
-Matt
08/28/2011
I am working on a new album titled "The Soundtrack Part II" as a followup album to "The Soundtrack". The album will be released
early next year 2012 it will be creative commons, and that means free! The album will feature MR SEEDZZ as well. Please check back for
the album and more updates!
-Matt
05/01/2011
My new album The Soundtrack is available today on Amazon.com and on my Music page.
I wanted to give a quick explanation of the track titles. I will translate them to English from the languages
they are in. The reason that I named the tracks in languages other than English was simply out of gratitude to those
who have visited my website this year and because I have a hobby of language study. I'll list the track names and translation
however I won't list the language of the track because there are some titles that apply to many languages and I don't want
to exclude any of them.
Il Nuovo Caviale - "The New Caviar"
Sa Hohchifo Ut Tushca - "My Name Is Warrior"
Voler Dans Le Silence - "Flying in the Silence"
Sali Se Intuneca - "Halls Grew Darker" (From the Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok poem)
Sunahara - "Gold"
Luntaat - "The Ransom"
Santo George Y El Dragon - "Saint George and the Dragon" (From the hagiography of Saint George)
Weihnachtsschlummer - "Christmas Nap"
Nacht De Rit Sprong - "Night Driving Jump"
O Golpe - "The Strike"
Kraj - "The End"
The other tracks on the album that were not listed above:
Let Me Sing 2011 - I recorded "Let Me Sing" in 2005 and I wanted to sample a portion of the track for the new album.
Modernity - Bhangra and Desi music and culture have grown more and more popular around the world increasingly for years. I
have been inspired by many artists personally. I wanted to create a rhythm and tune to show this influence in my music. I chose
the name Modernity because of the influence of this music and culture in modern society.
Happy Go Lucky 1985 - I recorded "Happy Go Lucky" in 2003. I sampled the intro guitar section for this track. I added several effects and
instruments on this track that I felt were audibly identifiable as being 80s.
I really hope that you enjoy my album. Thank you so much for downloading and supporting my music. Please pass
it on to a friend!
-Matt
03/04/2011
Thanks to everyone in following cities for visiting my website this last month and please
check back soon for my new album "The Soundtrack". It's Creative Commons and that means FREE!
Dallas, Lewisville, Lake Dallas, Chickasha, Maitland, Lincoln, Oklahoma City,
Phoenix, Moscow, Flower Mound, Denton, Nepean, Lambeth, Chennai,
Wichita, Brownwood, San Angelo, Sulphur Springs, Augusta, Slough,
Dover, London, Klamath Falls, Whitby, Long Beach, Calgary, Carthage,
Manchester, Lancaster, Westminster, New York, Frisco, Southport, Grapevine,
Chicago, Skiatook, Berlin, Irving, Cedar Park, Deventer, Udine, Atherton,
Minneapolis, Windhof, Buenos Aires, York, Suceava, The Colony, Newton, Tulsa, Adair, Melbourne & Upland!
-Matt
02/20/2011
Well, things have changed with the album plans but still working hard on the new album. Hopefully will have it
completed by June this year. You can check out one of the tracks "Let Me Sing 2011"
on youtube.
-Matt
12/23/2010
Well, it's almost Christmas and I've still not started recording! Oy! Still not sure what my next albums is going to
sound exactly like, but I know it's going to be different. I'm working with my friends G.O.D. Nation, Amazing, Mike T-Slop, Chicago Slim, Mr MJ Seedzz and a few others to complete the album.
Title and release date to be posted early 2011.
-Matt
11/03/2010
I am so glad that it's gotten cold out. This is my absolute favorite and most productive, musically, time of the year. I am about to get started on some new music for an upcoming album and have been hard at work on writing for my band's album, Katy's Window. God is good and has been completely hooking me up with good news.
-Matt
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.
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.
