Nice New Players

Check out my nice new players. I like the youtube windows but due to compression the quality isn't quite as good as the virb players I've now embedded. Plus they look a lot sexier!! So there are at least 4 video's if you haven't found them all. Take a look and let me …

Master Musician Unleashed

Here it is!!! My first animation.

Check out my brand new page; Master Musician. Let me know what you think, enjoy.

Team Name: The Losers and Matt

This is not a musical post and will be lost to the UNCATEGORIZED black-hole category : )

I hate pub quiz's. When I go with mates we always do quite well until we get "in 1974 what ... blah blah blah". That's when we know we haven't got a chance having the handy cap of …

Shoes Have Less Soul

I'm off to another Soul Gig on Saturday and it's another blind one. I hope the group is as good as last weeks. At least it's not in Wales, although the difference to Stratford is still a little harsh. Especially as I have a gig in Huddersfield first thing on Sunday morning.

Emailed in Question; Orchestra VS Big Band

Hey Jason,

Thanks for sending me your email Jason. That's a pretty hard question to answer but I'll do my best : ).

I guess I can just tell you the things that I find tricky between the 2 genres. I think that you will have to draw your own conclusions based on your …

Long Live Enormous!!!

I've been a fan of Enormous Since I was thirteen. When I first heard 'My Type' I found myself having to sit down and learnt the trumpet solo. It's safe to say that Enormous weren't just a hit with me but a massive hit with my mates too. I brought their CD on our Music …

Audio Relief - Ear Protection

I bought a pair of these on the run up to a gig this weekend - Soul Bands are usually Ear Splitting their very nature.

Obviously as a professional musician I need to look after my ears so I carry a pair of foam ear defenders in my trumpet case.

You know the ones. …

Gigging with: The New Disciples Of Soul

My gig last night was with The New Disciples Of Soul in North Wales. The venue was a nice place called Ruthin Castle where we were playing for an RAF wedding.

The group was pretty hot. I had a bit of a mediocre night myself, played well, did the job but didn't do any …

Brand New Page; Studio

The Studio Page is brand new to mattrobertsmusic.com . I was sorting through some photo the other day when I realized that I didn't have a section on my site for my studio work. I hope you like the page.

New Video Going Up Next Week

I've now finished Master Musician (going up next week) and I've added a new page which will be up tomorrow.

Not to forget a New Track that I've added to my Virb Player called Trumpet Soloist Samples. So you can check that out as well. It's a few sample clips fomr the …

Another Weekends in Wales

Before this months I've probably only been to Wales 3 times in my life but now it's becoming a weekly thing. I'm depping

Lost Night

Last week I joined some of my old college friends (sax players and pianists) to watch the last few episodes of Lost back to back. I really crashed the evening as the guys did this on a weekly basis and asked me along for the finale.

The planning was fantastic, from the …

Big Swing - Student Ball

The gig on Friday Night was pretty standard. Although the singers were so into it we lost 20% of the set to audience chat. It was a slow start but they mobbed the dance floor for the last number so I think they appreciated it.

The venue was in a marquee -

Weekend Wedding, Wales to Weston-Super-Mare

Saturday was a long day. I took a team out to do a wedding that started in Cardiff and then went to WSM. We ended up having a 4 hour break between sets where we ate fish and chips, walked down the peer, went on a ghost train and played Frisbee on the beach. It felt very …

In the Swing

I've got a gig playing lead with my old group the Big Swing tonight. I had to leave because of my move to London in September but I said I'd help them out and dep if they ever needed it.

It's only been a few months since I handed my notice in but it will be a little …

Back On The Case

This has been the longest gap between posts since I started blogging. Sorry.

Things have been busy. I had a terrible gig in Cardiff where the band get soaked to the bone, my Tom Tom caught on fire whilst I was driving (I'm trying to get that fixed) and my Mac has had a …

High Hitting Eurobusk

The interest in the Eurobusk video has been bigger than I expected. The hits through youtube and

Page Update; Sound Ideas

Here's another one for you. I am putting the final touches to Master Musician today. This will be up before you know it. I hope you like the update/ clean up of my pages.

Page Update; Biography

It's not overly exciting but it's updated.

I've just got back from a wedding gig in Cardiff where I stood with my fellow musicians in the pouring rain. We were drenched. It wasn't a fantastic day. But work is work and we sounded great : ).

Page Update; Freelance

I spent some time updating the the content of this page yesterday. I'm going to try and update my entire site this week. Adding new things and improving presentation of the body. The bones of the site will be getting a dust and theme tweek at some point as well.

I'm out …