Matt Jackson

So this is my first blog entry ever.

I wasn’t really sure how to start it when it came up earlier today, but after the events of the day I sat down and it became very easy. A couple months ago I had some fairly breakthroughs in my life and finally got the focus I needed to really succeed. The best way to describe the feeling I have now is clarity, what I once talked about as a dream is now a very real attainable goal. Since then I have been totally immersed in either work or occasionally family matters, and not the classic 90’s sitcom starring the lovable Steve Urkel. Although my new found ambition has yielded a mass amount of productivity and progress in my career lately something has felt like it was missing (besides my social life).

I wasn’t entirely sure what that was until tonight. It was that one of a kind lasting high that I get when my inspiration is being transformed into something beautiful. And that something for me is my music.

After a long day of meetings and an long and fruitful night of working on backup harmonies with my pianist Gary “The Wrecking Ball” Recchia (which he crushed).

I glanced over at my ukulele which seemed to be calling to me, I asked Gary to hand it to me and proceeded to play hook I wrote a couple weeks ago about my little sister. The original hook was inspired by my little sister, my older sister, and I, getting lost in massive corn maze on a freezing night with nothing but 2 dim flashlights and pumpkin ice cream (which was delicious but in hindsight a terrible choice of snack based on the temperature).

From the very first chord of the song I got a feeling in my chest that felt like the rest of it was laid out like a map. I then spent the next hour writing the rest of the song on the brink of laughter or tears from the high that I can only find when writing, which is one more sign that I’m doing EXACTLY what I was born to do (or emotionally unstable, the truth is probably somewhere in between).

As things start to really pickup this year I’ve learned tonight that no matter what, its always important to take the time to kick around a new cover song I wanted to learn, work on the arrangement of something, or just play a couple chords and freestyle. The life I hope to lead isn’t going to leave much time for that, but without creativity and writing, I can’t earn the songwriter part of my description, and for the millionth time, I am not a cover artist.

-Matt

Almost There is a live in studio six song cd available only in physical copies. It features never before recorded songs like, “My Love” and “Too Far Gone”.  Almost There also features a full band version of the hit song “These Hands” off of Matt’s Prove You Wrong album. Each CD has a special message and is signed by Matt himself.  You can pick up your own copy of Almost There for only $5!

I get asked quite a bit who does my photos. The process of finding a good photographer is a lot like finding a member of the band, you need a good connection, you need to build trust and most of all you need to have a good vibe. When we started exploring the various options out there for our CD art work we met with Sid in his studio in Nashua, NH. Sid’s down to earth demeanor won us over in a matter of minutes. His talent for capturing pure emotion in his pictures was apparent from the portfolio he showed us and we knew we found our man.

Over the months Sid became more than just our photographer, he became someone we consider a close friend. He has gone over and above all the time for us and we cannot thank him enough for all the hard work he continues to put into our dream. Sid truly is a master of his craft and we cannot recommend him more for all things photography related.

Thank you Sid from all of us at Team Matt Jackson, your friendship and dedication mean the world to us!

Check Sid out here: http://www.ceaserphotography.com/

http://www.facebook.com/ceaserphotography

On Saturday April 21st the whole band is playing a show in Nashua, NH at the Backstage Bar and Grill. This show is FREE for everyone and we have some surprises and giveaways for the fans in attendance that night. Make sure to RSVP to the event on facebook and SHARE it with your friends!

We will be releasing more info about some all ages shows in the coming weeks along with news about the EP, our Kickstarter project and a new music video.

We have been hard at work in the studio working on my brand new EP entitled, “Too Far Gone.” I am so excited for you guys to hear it and the time is getting closer. In the coming weeks we will be posting new pictures, videos and a some clips of some new music. In the mean time, enjoy the new site and make sure to SHARE it with your friends.

Much Love,

Matt