Radio Tour Info

Wednesday's Radio Shows:
If you'd like to listen streaming live tomorrow. I will be doing performances with interview at the following locations:

WAXO 95.9 FM - 8:30a.m. Central Time
WLLX 97.5 FM - 10:45a.m.Central Time
WJJM 94.3 FM - 2:15p.m. Central Time

So for all you Ohioans: 9:30am, 11:45am, and 3:15pm (That's Eastern Time).

The Groceries of a 6'10" Country Singer

Well, its that time again. Headed to Tony's Food Land for some food to eat at my house. Ive run out of supplies and need to have stuff around to snack on or eat for lunch/dinner. I dont really ever eat breakfast food for breakfast so eggs and waffles and orange juice are never on my shopping list. Since I am all 'beveraged' up at the moment, this will strictly be a food run! Here's what I am heading in to get!

The List:
Peanut Butter
Sugar Free Jelly
Low Carb Tortillas
Milk
Hot Dog Buns
Hot Dogs
Crackers
Shredded Cheese
Cottage Cheese
Crystal Light Mix (Cherry Pomegranate)
Q-Tips
Hand Soap

With these items combined, I create a few 'go-to' meals. Peanut Butter and Jelly Wraps, Quesadillas, and Hot Dogs are my usual meals (all are generally low-carb and high protein). Welcome to my world!

Better By The Beer

I couldn't wait any longer to write the song that has been growing in my head for the last couple days. Without realizing what I had said a couple days back, I told someone, jokingly, that I was getting better by the beer. I was told to text that line to myself and use it for a song and that is exactly what I did. Better By the Beer was written today by Kenneth Duncan, Chad Wilson, and myself. Hopefully I will be able to get it recorded soon and you all can hear this masterpiece!!!!
Tonight I'm headed to The Attic to play at the Renegade Junction which is headed by Crystal Hoyt. I'm excited to play some of my songs for the people that I have been hanging out with for so long that haven't gotten the chance to listen.
Last night was pretty cool. I hung out with Steve Cropper (Writer of "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay") and watched him work his magic, producing an Aaron Goodvin's Song called, 'Woman I Got'.

Important Dates:
Nov. 22 - The Attic (Renegade Junction) 8pm
Nov. 30 - Radio Tour through AL and TN
Dec. 2 - Co-Writing Session with Greg Johnson
Dec. 5 - Winners - (Whiskey Jam) 8pm
Dec. 17 - IPR Christmas Party (Youngstown, Ohio)
Dec. 22 - Vortex Lounge (Country Night) 8pm

UPDATES NOV. 21ST

I haven't posted anything in about a week so I guess I can try to play a little catch up with my updates.

I have confirmed dates for a few events which I am excited about:

Nov. 22 - Renegade Junction (at The Attic)
Nov. 30 - Start of Radio Tour through Tennessee and Alabama
Dec. 5 - Whiskey Jam (at Winners)
Dec. 17 - IPR Christmas Party (Youngstown, Ohio)
Dec. 22 - Country Night (at Vortex Lounge in Akron, Ohio)

Hopefully I will be able to book more shows in between those events but its a good start for December!
Some of the other things I've done lately:
-Support the Troops event at Red Rooster - Watched some amazing song writers perform their songs to help raise money for our soldiers.
-My Buddy Jim Dod came down from a hunting trip to check out Nashville and see what I've been up to. Took him on a tour of this amazing place that we call Nashville!
-Went to go watch my brother and Lead Guitarist, Jutt Huffman, play down at Bootleggers Inn where he and Alecia Arnall ROCKED OUT!
-Attempted writing a song with Aaron Goodvin and Crystal Hoyt but got too caught up in creative ideas for a comedy YouTube Channel.... COMING SOON TO A LAPTOP NEAR YOU!
-Watched the CLEVELAND BROWNS win this weekend!!! :)

As for what is coming up, I've got a couple good song ideas and I will begin doing more writing, most likely, as soon as I get off this computer.

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What a Tuesday!

I got up at 9am yesterday and started going over my songs for about 30 minutes. After I felt I had a good grasp on what I was doing, got showered and ate, I headed down to Music Row. At 1230 I got to play my songs for the Grand Opening Party at WTS Media.
A funny inside story: Literally, at the end of my second to last song, my guitar string (the stupid G String that I always break, BROKE)which was good timing because little did anyone else know, Jutt Huffman (my lead guitarist and back-up singer) and myself had planned on singing the last song of our set 'acapella'. SO, what looked like an unfortunate event, turned out just as we had planned. :)
After that I went down the block on 17th to Renegade Radio Nashville, an internet radio station that reaches out to 475,000 listeners. We were there to promote the Renegade Junction Writers Showcase held every Tuesday night on Broadway. I will be playing there Nov. 22nd It was a great time and I got to go on with Crystal Hoyt, Jutt Huffman, and myself. Jutt and I played 'Send Her Back To Me' and 'Let Me Change Your Mind'. It went over very well, we signed the wall, met with a promotional company and headed over to Edgehill Cafe to chill out for a while and think about how awesome the beginning of our day was.
At around 8:30pm, after a trip to Target to try to pick up chicks, Just Kidding, Jutt and I headed to the Renegade Junction and we were blown away by Matty Monk. If you've never heard of him, you have GOT to check him out! He's too good to not listen to! And that was another Tuesday in Nashville!

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CMA WEEK

Now that CMA Week has come to a close, Im looking back at ALL the things that happened and I am just going to bullet-point the things that I can remember off the top of my head right now... If I think of something later, I will update this blog post.

- Went to see Kenneth Duncan play his music with Lindsay Highlander and Mitch Rossell at Pucketts Grocery
- Met a few radio DJ's from around the U.S. who work with Grassroots. I told them to put me onto heavy rotation onto their stations!!! :) They took some pics with me and will put them on their radio stations websites.
- Took a limo ride after CMA's from Losers to Red Door Saloon. For those of you who do not know, its about 500 feet down the road..... Ya gotta start somewhere, right? :)
- Got to hear Jim Femino play his songs while we hung out after-hours in the studio. Jim Femino is an unbelievable songwriter who wrote country music's "Most played Country song of 2008". Not too shabby!
- Broke up a fight outside of Red Door Saloon!
- Met Natasha Bedingfield at Losers Bar. Told her she was unbelievable in her performance with Rascal Flatts. I didnt mention anything about the dress she wore that looked like someone shot Snuffalupagus from Sesame Street and wrapped it around her....BUT I swear she was staring at me a little more than normal... Maybe someday! :P
- Went to a party held by Buddy Lee Attractions (Jason Aldeans Agency) and got to watch Cat Scratch Fever and Stranglehold LIVE performed by the lead singer himself with band!!! MUSIC FACT: Cat Scratch Fever and Stranglehold were actually NOT sung by Nugent. It was Derek St. Holmes. Everyone thinks it was the Nuge...but St. Holmes ROCKED last night! So cool!
- Set up a co-writing appointment with Greg Johnson. He's had cuts with Clay Walker, Tracy Lawrence (on his Grammy nominated album) Brian McComas, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Lila McCann and others.
-There is more but those were definitely highlights!!!

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Let Me Learn Your Song

The best thing happened last night when I checked my emails. I received an email from a young kid that wanted to learn one of my songs so that he could play it for a girl before asking her to be his girlfriend. I was touched. With all the amazing love songs out there, he wanted to play one of mine. He asked me for the chords and I gladly gave them to him. I feel like this is one of those moments that I will be looking back on and telling my children about someday. That was just a short little moment, but it really meant a lot to me to hear that..... I hope it worked for him!
As things around Nashville pick up, I am running into so many great people in the industry. If there was ever a week in Nashville to go out and meet people, the week is NOW! Every single turn, I run into someone who will be helpful, potentially or currently, in some way. From Tour Managers, to Major Record Execs, I am learning so much about the "business" of music. I cant wait until all this networking starts REALLY paying dividends!!!
November is turning out to be a great month. I was asked to perform for WTS Media for their Grand Opening party. They sent invites to 1000's of people, so I hope the turn out is great! Its right in between Music Row at a very popular hang out spot off of Edgehill Dr.. Thats on November 15 at Noon. THEN, I get to play at the Renegade Junction Writers Showcase on November 22 at The Attic. Another great opportunity to "strut my stuff". Finally, at the end of the month I will be playing at the Whiskey Jam which is held at Winners for "Up and Comers" such as myself! Things are looking up.
In a few days my album will be fully reproduced and ready for physical sale. It will be a very good promotional tool to get the word out as well as a way to make some money on the side! (For $10, you can own one too!) I only have 1000 of them so you guys better hurry up and get yours!
Last night I attended Kenneth Duncans Performance at Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant. He played with Lindsay Highlander and Mitch Rossell. Kenneth wrote a lot of songs for Lindsay and all 3 of them rocked the house! Such a good time! After that was Whiskey Jam at Winners, a trip to Losers next door, and it was time for bed.

November 15 (12pm-2pm) - WTS MEDIA Grand Opening Party @ Edgehill Dr.
November 22 (8pm-11pm) - Renegade Junction Writers Showcase @ The Attic
November 28 (Still Pending) - Whiskey Jam @ Winners

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2 Chronicles 16:9

"For the eyes of the Lord search to and fro about the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him...." -2 Chronicles 16-9
From the very beginning of my path into Nashville, I have felt led to do country music. I have been able to deal with the departure of my former career as a basketball player because of that. I know God has a plan for what I'm doing and I am basically just being pushed down that path by Him now. By no means, am I perfect but I can say that is has nothing to do with ME on this journey. Big things are happening, have happened, and I know WILL happen here in my future. God knows my heart, he knows my mind. Everyone else can see from the outside, but will never know what it really means to me to be doing what I am doing down here! I love this place, I love these people, and I love me some country music! I'm so excited to see what is in store for my life!!!
It's always saddening to hear people question my passion and my belief in the what/why/and how of what I am doing, but in the end, it really doesnt matter how people perceive my feelings. It only matters to the "Big Guy Upstairs" and he KNOWS! :) BUY THE ALBUM

UPDATE NOV. 4TH

I'm gonna step back and look at the last week and let everyone know whats been going on. The shows in Columbus, Ohio this last weekend were GREAT! It was so good to see my friends and family and play MANY hours of music! In between shows, Justin and I had a photo shoot for some promotional stuff we will be doing. Emma Parker and her camera took some terrific photos which I posted onto Facebook for people to see! THEN, there was Thad Matta's radio interview on 92.3 WCOL that promoted my album and that was great too! Got a good response, and hopefully some albums sold on iTunes from it!! I stopped into the OSU Mens BBall practice on Saturday and the funniest thing Thad said was, "Matt, promise me one thing." I said "sure". He went on to say, "When I get fired from here, just let me be your tour bus driver, and make sure you get the tour bus with the cooler full of beer in it." He cracked me up!
After a LONG 8 hour drive home, it was nice to recover from that weekend on Monday.
Since then, We booked a songwriters show gig on Nov. 22nd at The Attic called the Renegade Junction hosted by Crystal Hoyt. We also have something set up with WTS Media's Grand Opening Party where we will be playing at their party some of my songs from my album. (If anyone is in need of CD Pressing, check WTS Media out. They're great!)
On a Sidenote, it looks like we will be having a GREAT drummer heading down from Ohio to join the band. Logan Snedeker is the name, drumming is his expertise and he has a great ability to play! He is passionate about his craft and I know its gonna be fun playing shows/events/gigs/parties with this guy!
Also, I went to play bball at the Green Hills YMCA and was astounded to find that John Griffin who works with Grassroots was such an UNBELIEVABLE basketball player. He scored 10 points in our first game and basically won the game for us!!! Great Job John!!!! :P



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Stations Playing My Single...

Thanks to Mandy West at Grassroots Promotion I am able to verify that radio stations around the country are playing my single, 'Part Time Lady'. At the moment, these are the stations that are DEFINITELY rotating my song through their playlists!

KMAV - Mayville , ND -
WYTM - Fayetteville , TN -
WAAZ/WJSB - Crestview , FL -
WYTM - Fayetteville, TN -
KCHS - Truth or Consequences, NM -
KJAE - Leesville, LA -
WJSQ/WLAR - Athens, TN
WJSN - Jackson , KY -
WPYB - Benson , NC -
WNKX - Centerville , TN -
WOCO - Oconto , WI -
KVSA - Dermott , AR -
WTYS - Marianna , FL -
WIZS - Henderson , NC -
KOFM - Enid , OK -
WDEB - Jamestown , TN -
WVMR/WVLS/WCHG - Dunmore , WV -
WEAG AM/FM - Starke, FL -
WIKQ/WGRV - Greeneville , TN -
WKUL - Cullman , AL -
KAGH - Crossett, AR -
WMMG - Brandenburg, KY -
KDZY - McCall , ID -
WBCU AM/FM - Union , SC -

Every Day I get more info regarding the locations of my single spinning!
Hopefully it will come into your neighborhood soon and invade your eardrums!!

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