Profile
Name:
Matthew James Andrae
Channel Views:
82,985
Total Upload Views:
905,739
Style:
Folk-Rock
Joined:
Nov 10, 2006
Latest Activity:
3 days ago
Subscribers:
2,625
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About Me:
Imagine waking up to 15,000 new emails with 1000 new ones coming in every hour. The emails are from people you don't know who want to congratulate you, share their most personal emotions about your music and meet you in person. Among these thousands of emails are others who want to sign you to their record label, manage your career, schedule interviews, and book your act. The first thing you might think is that you are still dreaming. "I remember smiling in disbelief" says Matthew Andrae, "Nobody gets that many emails except maybe Russell Crowe".
Since Andrae posted a video on You Tube last December of himself singing "Sweet Celine" and accompanying himself on the Guitalele (a cross between a classical guitar and a tenor ukulele), the song has racked up 603,102 views and touched many listeners.
"I posted a song I wrote ("Sweet Celine") for my new daughter on You Tube. I had been hearing all about You Tube for a long time from my fans (Andrae plays music at a lounge in Santa Fe New Mexico) but I never really understood the global reach of the site. I bought an $18 webcam and posted my most recent song, just to see what would happen".
What happened was an overnight leap from lounge singer to international recording artist. "Sweet Celine" garnered over half a million views in five days. Mathew's other videos have given him over 800,000 combined views. Matthew has signed a recording contract and is now set to launch a new album on the world stage. "In the past six months, I have been able to work with some of my musical heroes and make the album of my dreams. I am extraordinarily fortunate"
Matthew's music combines the groove of a Stevie Wonder with the emotional charge of a Tracy Chapman. Produced by Dominique Fillon and recorded by Helik Hadar in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Paris and Australia, Matthew's new album "Born" boasts an all-star line-up of truly great musicians and technical staff with fourteen Grammy awards between them. Members include Steve Rodby from the Pat Metheny Group who supplies the bass foundation along with Stephane Huchard on drums and Mark Punch for the guitars. This fantastic acoustic pop album which reveals Matthew's incredible melodies and deep lyrics were mixed by Helik Hadar who's recent work includes not only Tracy Chapman, Walter Becker and Madeleine Peyroux, but also was responsible for recording the 2008 Album of the year Grammy award winning album from Herbie Hancock.
Background image: Eric Schaftlein
Main thumbnail image : Jamey Stillings
Record Label:
Banco Music
Label Type:
Independent
Band Members:
Matthew James Andrae
Influences:
Michael Hedges
Sounds Like:
Matthew Andrae
Country:
United States
Albums:
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Subscribers
(2625)
Many blessings and love to you, my friend,
CG
U ROCK!
Sara