Matt Walters (musician)

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Matt Walters is an Australian entrepreneur and musician based in country Victoria, Australia. Walters has toured with musician Tori Amos.[1] His music found an audience online when he self released his debut album Farewell Youth in 2012.[2]

Career[]

Matt Walters was originally signed to Mercury Records (Universal) whilst studying film at RMIT University in Melbourne in 2009.[3] His debut album, Farewell Youth, was released in 2011.

In 2015, Walters launched Parlour, an online platform for artists to book in house shows with their biggest fans.[4][5] The platform has been used by notable Australian and US artists and has facilitated over 2000 gigs worldwide.[6] Parlour's technology concentrate(s) on using data that artists can gather from platforms such as Facebook, Spotify, and other similar platforms, to actually figure out where an artist can tour and where their fans actually exist.[7]

Discography[]

Studio Albums

  • NightWalk (2014)
  • Farewell Youth (2011)

EP's

  • The Vacant Heart EP (2012)
  • Talking in My Sleep (2010)
  • Echo On (2009)

Singles

  • Cheap Clothes (2020)

References[]

  1. ^ "Tori Amos at The Riverside Theatre, Brisbane". The Music.
  2. ^ Dwyer, Michael. "Random Act Helps Turn A Life Around". The Age. Fairfax.
  3. ^ Nicholas Jones (12 May 2011). "Georgia Fields Vs Matt Walters". The Brag. The Brag.
  4. ^ Michael Dwyer. The Sydney Morning Herald https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/melbourne-musician-matt-walters-created-the-airbnb-of-live-music-venues-20150508-ggxfur.html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Rachael Brown. "Lounge room gigs create 'unique experience' for music fans". ABC.
  6. ^ Eddy Lim (15 June 2020). "Parlour announces return with "post-iso party" gigs". NME.
  7. ^ Annie Guest (13 April 2018). "House gigs might save musicians and the social fabric of your neighbourhood". ABC.

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