Have you ever been in the middle of telling someone a story
when you suddenly got distracted by something shiny? I mean like completely lost your train of
thought, started telling different stories about things that don’t even matter
kind of distracted? Then after an
extended off topic session you return to your original conversation, trying to
pick up exactly where you left off? Come
on, I can’t be the only one right? Well
consider this blog my return to the conversation we started several weeks ago.
So last we left off I was telling you all about my new album. How we released it in July, and how it’s available all over the place and how you should all go out and buy it right now. And I’m sure you all did go buy it online, which is mighty awesome of you. Now I’ll just sit back and wait for that check from iTunes to come rolling in so I can put milk in my kids cereal (using your kids to guilt people into supporting you is a great example of both parenting and marketing, or as I like to call it parketing!). So let’s quickly knock out a few of the other things that happened this summer so we can get to all the cool things going on right now!
After releasing “Give It All Away” (which did I mention is available now on iTunes, Google Play, etc…?) we pretty much hit the road for a month! Our tour started in Michigan at the first annual Rock The Island Festival in Saginaw, MI. We got to share the stage with some amazing artists including Scarlet White, Grits, Press Play and the incredible Thousand Foot Krutch! After the show we packed up the van and headed west. Our tour would take us through Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa and back to the fabulous Mitten State known as Michigan. We got to play at some awesome churches, festivals, youth events, and one of our very favorite summer camps nestled in the foothills of Rapid City, SD. The tour went really well, we made a lot of new friends, got to see some new places and learned a lot of new things! Important things like driving through the Rocky Mountain National Park is really hard on your fully loaded with equipment little minivan!! We made it home safe and sound, and even took a nice little vacation with our families to reconnect.
Over the course of the summer we had a couple of changes with our live band members. Our longtime drummer and close friend Josh Minor got accepted to Bible College in Redding, CA. Even though we are all bummed to see Josh go and miss him like crazy, it is very obvious to all of us that God is doing some seriously cool things in his life and really opened the doors for him and his wife to move across the country. But I can promise you this isn’t the last you will be seeing or hearing from Josh as the drummer of this band though, as we intend to keep him involved as much as possible. We have been very blessed to have some new folks come in and jam with us recently, and we are very excited to be taking some fresh new faces on the road with us this fall. Among these new rockers are Mr. Don Zuker on lead guitar, and the fabulous Brian Histed (drummer for A King At Heart). You may even see our good buddy Evan Profant playing drums on some upcoming dates. Some of the names might be different, but these guys are amazing musicians and we are stoked to have them on board!
So what’s on the horizon here at Matt Moore Industries you might ask. Lots of stuff!! Here is a list of just a few of the things you can expect this fall/winter.
* Lots of new tour dates!
* A new radio single
* An official music video or two
* A new cover song series on YouTube
* Lots of new contests, merchandise, and other goodies
* A new remix project featuring a number of Christian rappers/DJs/and other artists
* And of course plenty of shenanigans along the way!
So that’s a bit of what’s going on here. Thank you all so much for your love and support. I know I don’t tell you all enough how much I really appreciate you guys. Please help spread the word and we hope to see you all at a gig real soon! God bless.
So last we left off I was telling you all about my new album. How we released it in July, and how it’s available all over the place and how you should all go out and buy it right now. And I’m sure you all did go buy it online, which is mighty awesome of you. Now I’ll just sit back and wait for that check from iTunes to come rolling in so I can put milk in my kids cereal (using your kids to guilt people into supporting you is a great example of both parenting and marketing, or as I like to call it parketing!). So let’s quickly knock out a few of the other things that happened this summer so we can get to all the cool things going on right now!
After releasing “Give It All Away” (which did I mention is available now on iTunes, Google Play, etc…?) we pretty much hit the road for a month! Our tour started in Michigan at the first annual Rock The Island Festival in Saginaw, MI. We got to share the stage with some amazing artists including Scarlet White, Grits, Press Play and the incredible Thousand Foot Krutch! After the show we packed up the van and headed west. Our tour would take us through Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa and back to the fabulous Mitten State known as Michigan. We got to play at some awesome churches, festivals, youth events, and one of our very favorite summer camps nestled in the foothills of Rapid City, SD. The tour went really well, we made a lot of new friends, got to see some new places and learned a lot of new things! Important things like driving through the Rocky Mountain National Park is really hard on your fully loaded with equipment little minivan!! We made it home safe and sound, and even took a nice little vacation with our families to reconnect.
Over the course of the summer we had a couple of changes with our live band members. Our longtime drummer and close friend Josh Minor got accepted to Bible College in Redding, CA. Even though we are all bummed to see Josh go and miss him like crazy, it is very obvious to all of us that God is doing some seriously cool things in his life and really opened the doors for him and his wife to move across the country. But I can promise you this isn’t the last you will be seeing or hearing from Josh as the drummer of this band though, as we intend to keep him involved as much as possible. We have been very blessed to have some new folks come in and jam with us recently, and we are very excited to be taking some fresh new faces on the road with us this fall. Among these new rockers are Mr. Don Zuker on lead guitar, and the fabulous Brian Histed (drummer for A King At Heart). You may even see our good buddy Evan Profant playing drums on some upcoming dates. Some of the names might be different, but these guys are amazing musicians and we are stoked to have them on board!
So what’s on the horizon here at Matt Moore Industries you might ask. Lots of stuff!! Here is a list of just a few of the things you can expect this fall/winter.
* Lots of new tour dates!
* A new radio single
* An official music video or two
* A new cover song series on YouTube
* Lots of new contests, merchandise, and other goodies
* A new remix project featuring a number of Christian rappers/DJs/and other artists
* And of course plenty of shenanigans along the way!
So that’s a bit of what’s going on here. Thank you all so much for your love and support. I know I don’t tell you all enough how much I really appreciate you guys. Please help spread the word and we hope to see you all at a gig real soon! God bless.
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