Matt Tyler.

Matt Tyler is a 24
year old singer/songwriter from Birmingham.
Influenced by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, and Dylan he performs
in the genre of Acoustic Rock/Folk.
Matt records, writes and produces on his own label Dannyboy Records and has a
Worldwide Digital Distribution deal with Orchard Music of New York.
His music is available on all good digital music stores worldwide including
iTunes, eMusic, Napster, Amazon, 7 Digital etc… as well as Matt Tyler’s own
website and eBay. Downloads are now in 6 figures worldwide (100,000+).
Tyler has received airplay up and down the country (UK) on Radio Stations such
as BBC Radio WM, BBC Radio Leicester, BBC Radio Shropshire, BRMB, Beacon FM,
Isles FM (Record of the week), Loch Drummond FM, Radio Wolf and Vale FM amongst
others. And was also twice a semi finalist in The UK Song Writing Contest (05
and 06).
Matt has been gigging for over 7 years now and played over 600 gigs. Playing
venues such as Birmingham Town Hall, The Birmingham Rep, Wolverhampton Civic
Hall, Buxton Opera House, Southport Theatre, Prince of Wales Theatre (Cannock), The Crescent Theatre, The MAC, The Custard Factory, The
Birmingham Library Theatre, The Old Rep, The Cavern (Liverpool) and The Hard
Rock Cafe (Birmingham) and The Royal Spa Centre.
In addition he has also played festivals such as The Acoustic Festival Of
Britain, Oxjam, Warwick Folk Festival,
Fuse Festival, Buskathon, Artsfest, Gigbeth and Sutton Arts Fest.
In 2006 Tyler completed a successful mini tour of The USA. Playing dates in
Nashville, Memphis, and Florida.
In 2008 he embarked on a tour of the Midlands on The Dead Flowers By Midnight
Tour 2008.
In
2009 Matt played support to Birmingham Music Legend Raymond Froggatt on his UK
tour "Blue and Gold Tour 2009".
Matt has played with many big names in the music industry including the likes of
Raymond Froggatt, Steve Gibbons, Trevor Burton (The Move), Allan Taylor (English
Folk Legend) and Mick Feeney (Irish Folk Star).
Matt
is also part of the band/duo "Lost Heroes£ with Jacob Lloyd. They are
currently working on new material and are due in the studio 2010. More news on
them soon!!!
www.myspace.com/lostheroesmusic
He also runs his own Internet radio station “Matt Tyler Radio”. Its on air
24/7 and you can listen in at: www.live365.com/stations/matttylermusic
Additionally, there is “Matt Tyler T.V.” at:
www.youtube.com/matttylermusic
Recent releases include:
“Brilliant Disguise” (Nov 06) DMB003, A Springsteen tribute album featuring
songs from the Boss’ many eras of music with a Tyler twist.
“Dead Flowers By Midnight” (July 07) DBM005. My first solo all original
material album.
And the latest, follow up album “Jonah’s Revenge” DBM008. (Nov 08). Once
again, all self-penned.
Tyler
is currently working on his brand new album "No Lifeguard Required"
(DBM009). 2010 Release.
For more info on Matt Tyler and his music check out the website www.matttyler.co.uk
There you can find the latest news updates, gig listing, and online shop and
much more.
You can email Matt Tyler at matttyler4928@yahoo.co.uk
You can also hear some of his new tracks on the ‘myspace’ website and view
some of his videos at www.myspace.com/matttylermusic.
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facebook profile here:
http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/MATT+TYLER
Matt is now on bebo too! At:
www.bebo.com/matttylermusic