BIOGRAPHY
Matt Tyler is a 26 year old Acoustic Folk/Rock, singer/songwriter
from Birmingham, England.
Matt records, writes and produces on his own label
Dannyboy Records and has a Worldwide Digital Distribution deal with Orchard
Music, 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 over a quarter of a million.
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, Radio Wolf and Vale FM amongst others.
He is a two time semi finalist in The UK Song
Writing Contest (05 and 06).
Matt has been gigging for over 8 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 (Leamington Spa).
In addition he has also played festivals such as The Acoustic Festival
Of Britain, Oxjam, Warwick Folk Festival, Fuse Festival, Buskathon, Birmingham
Artsfest, Gigbeth, Luton Fringe Festival 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 2009/2010 Matt played support to
Birmingham Music Legend Raymond Froggatt on his UK tours "Blue and Gold
Tour 2009" and "Fields Of Rock & Roll Tour 2010".
Matt has played with many other big names in the music
industry including the likes of 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 2012. More news on them soon!!!
www.myspace.com/lostheroesmusic
Recent releases include:
“Brilliant Disguise” (November 2006) DMB003, A Springsteen tribute album
featuring songs from the Boss’ many eras of music with a Tyler twist.
“Dead Flowers By Midnight” (July 2007) DBM005. My first solo all original
material album.
“Jonah’s Revenge” DBM008. (November 2008).
And his brand new album "No
Lifeguard Required" DBM009. (April 2011).
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, live dates, an online shop and
much more.
You can email Matt Tyler at matttyler4928@yahoo.co.uk
You can also hear Matt Tyler's music on his ‘myspace’ website www.myspace.com/matttylermusic.
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To view Matt Tyler's regular video posts
check out his youtube Channel www.youtube.com/matttylermusic
You can add Tyler to your ilike artists and add/dedicate his songs to your
facebook profile here:
http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/MATT+TYLER
Matt also runs his own Internet
radio station “Matt Tyler Radio”. Its on air 24/7 and you can listen in now at:
www.live365.com/stations/matttylermusic