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April 25, 2007 Newsletter from Matthew Tavis Johnson
AGENDA –
I. Introduction
II. “Walk With Me” is out!
III. My website and FREE sheet music
IV. Future Plans and services
V. The FREE CD Winner!
VI.The FREE song for all of my subscribers J
Intro…
Hi everybody! Since I am long overdue for an update, here we go! For those
of you that don’t know me that well here’s an incredibly brief introduction:
I grew up in Santa Cruz CA, and started playing piano at age four. Though
my Dad plays professionally, I was separated from him when I was five but
continued to play on my own. I have never had lessons, but probably
averaged three-four hours a day on the piano from 6th grade through College.
I graduated from Oregon State last June, and now work in Portland. I’m
trying make a living playing the piano…but that’s a work in progress! I
love hearing from people and getting to know my fans and supporters, if you
have any ideas for me on how I can do that better please tell me. Thank
you!
A little bit about ‘Walk With Me’ released April 23, 2007… (will be back in
stock hopefully tomorrow!)
A new CD, entitled “Walk With Me”, is out as of yesterday!! Sorry for the
delay but yes, I have finally released my 2nd album!! Most of the songs
were written over the past year to two years; it is a collage of friend and
fan favorites.
I wrote the song ‘Walk With Me’ to encourage friendship. Do you know someone
that is a very nice person but at some point has been so overwhelmed by life
that they don’t act how they normally would? I personally know a few people
like that, and this song is also for them. ‘Rise Above’ was actually a live
recording, and I had not originally planning to put it on the album. When I
asked my family and close friends what their favorites were, that was
usually up there: so I decided to put it on! The ‘Black Keys’ trilogy was
written mainly for my brother Aaron, who I am very close to, and anyone else
who loves songs in a minor key. It has a bit of a different tone than most
of my songs, but I think the emotion and intensity of it is really fun.
Natsuki’s Song was written for my friend who has returned home to Japan, I
will miss her very much. The CD is available via Cdbaby
(http:www.cdbaby.com/cd/mtj2) and will be available on iTunes within a
month! If you have any questions, feedback, or any input about this CD let
me know! I love to hear it and/or help out.
My website and free sheet music…
As many of you may have already seen, I know have an ‘official’ website at
www.matthewtavisjohnson.com. I haven’t updated it much yet, but plan
to update it more and more as time goes on. If you play piano or know
someone who does, feel free to download the “A Glimpse at Happiness” sheet
music from the “Sheet Music” page on my website. It may not be free
forever, so download it while you can! J I have been getting a lot of
requests for various sheet music – which is awesome! Please be patient on
that end: I am working hard to get more sheet music made and released. The
next sheet music will be for the song “Bem’s Theme” which I plan to have
ready within 2-3 months.
Future plans…
I will be going into the studio on May 5th to record a new album called “The
Light CD” which is actually half of a project, the other have (as you may
have guessed!) Will be called “The Dark CD.” I’m really excited for this to
release because I think it is my best work yet! The Light CD will focus
more on happy songs primarily a major key, and the Dark CD will focus on
intense/sad songs in a Minor key. There isn’t an estimated delivery date on
this product yet, but there will be one soon, and I will keep everyone
posted on that with all of the details etc. I am now doing home concerts as
well, so if you are interested and in the Oregon/Washington area please
contact me and I can send over the appropriate details. They will
eventually be up on my website as well.
Closing….
Thank you so much everyone for reading through this and supporting me, I
can’t explain how much it means to me. As I mentioned earlier, if you ever
have any questions/comments/ANYTHING don’t feel hesitant to contact me about
it, I always love hearing from you guys! Note – this newsletter will be
sent out via myspace as well, but there will be no special deals/free
cd/song giveaway.
The FREE CD Winner for the April 25, 2007 Newsletter is….
#62 Sayaka Nishida! Please contact me within to weeks, or I will redo the
drawing, thank you =) Congratulations!!
The free song for everyone is …. #8 The Journey from the Walk With Me
album! - Download link –
http://www.matthewtavisjohnson.com/files/thejourney.wma
Sincerely,
Matthew Tavis Johnson
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