Nashville, Tennessee
35 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Lyricist, Vocalist

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"Throwing Punches In The Dark"

BIOGRAPHY

He has been compared to everyone from Leonard Cohen to Counting Crows, from Jeff Buckley to John Lennon. But Matthew Perryman Jones’s spirit-carressing, tender tenor is instantly likeable on its own terms. Furthermore, his poetic musings on his Throwing Punches in the Dark collection are interwoven with a production of dazzling layers and textures. That makes this debut CD a totally breathtaking listening experience. As many times as I’ve heard Stephen Collins Foster’s 150-year-old “Hard Times� reinterpreted, this guy made me listen to it like a brand-new song.

-Robert K. Oermann (Music Row Magazine)

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Alternative Pop, Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Smoldering Wick Music, I own my own publishing

Contact

Management: kirk@artistresourcegroup.com
Music Supervisor: lynn@secretroad.com
Booking: Laurel@silverleafbooking.com

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / electric guitar

INFLUENCES

The Pixies-for the invigorating madness, U2-for the transcendence, Emmylou Harris-for lyrical brilliance of "Red Dirt Girl", Daniel Lanois-for the magic, Travis-for the melodies, David Gray-for the raw poetry, Rufus Wainwright-for knowing how to write and sing a great melody, Patty Griffin-for being Patty Griffin, Luciano Pavarotti-for looking like he was going to kick your ass when he'd sing and then forgive you when he finished. Those are just a few.

DAY JOB

singer-songwriter

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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SONG CUTS

"Lifeline" - Mat Kearney/City of Black & White

SONG PLACEMENTS

Save You - Kyle XY/ Save You - Private Practice/ Save You - One Tree Hill/ Save You - Bones/ Save You - Royal Pains/ Waiting On the Light to Change - Eli Stone/ Beneath the Silver Moon - Eli Stone/ Feels Like Letting Go - One Tree Hill/ Out of the Shadows - Kyle XY/ Swallow the Sea - Royal Pains/ One Thing More - The Hills/ Where the Road Meets the Sun - Grey's Anatomy/ Where the Road Meets the Sun - To Save a Life/ Bomb Scare - Raising the Bar/ Amelia - One Tree Hill/ Out of Reach - One Tree Hill/ Stay Beside Me - Trauma/ Breaking Out the Windows - Kyle XY/ Rain or Shine - Bones/ Sinking Wishes - Jockeys

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

1st place Georgia State Skateboard champion - 1987

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Sessions: David Bazan

It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....