The Beginning
My parents like to joke that the reason I'm so musical is simply because they exposed me to so much music while I was a developing embryo inside my dear mother. A few days before I was born, my parents went to a symphony in St. Louis. Perhaps this is why I love orchestral music. We'll never know for sure, but I do know that if it wasn't for my parents pushing me into music, I would never have developed the burning passion I have for music of all types that I have today.
My parents started me in piano lessons when I was around five years old. Needless to say, I pretty much hated piano for those first few years. However, I kept practicing and playing probably because I loved the attention.
My parents started me in piano lessons when I was around five years old. Needless to say, I pretty much hated piano for those first few years. However, I kept practicing and playing probably because I loved the attention.
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Some Early Piano
I tried my best to round up some videos of me playing piano, but unfortunately I can't find many. Some of these priceless videos were lost in the promise of cloud storage that would stick around forever. You know how it can be... Anyway, enjoy some of these clips of me playing the piano as a pre-teen and younger!
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Newer MusicHehe, I've done a horrible job documenting what pieces I've learned, but I'll do better from now on. I'll continue to post more of my piano music on here as I learn and record it. Here's a few more songs I performed however.
At this point in my life I've also been playing the piano at my church for nearly 3 years. I play the piano every Sunday for the congregation when we sing hymns. It's helped me become very good at sight reading and has helped me learn how to keep a steady tempo. I'm happy I was given that responsibility. |
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Time for Some Singing
Piano will always be my passion, but along with it comes a love for singing, which was once again started at a very early age. My mom always had countless children song CD's in the car to sing along to wherever we went, and I had this karaoke machine that I would sing with all the time. I started trying to make my own pop covers around 2014-2015 and continued trying. However, I was not quite satisfied. This dissatisfaction with my singing voice would stick around for quite a while until I realized that my voice just needed more maturing. With that in mind, don't cringe too hard when you listen to some of these covers. I was doing my best!
At this time, I also tried to get into producing EDM music, specifically a genre called Tropical House. That didn't go super, duper well, but again, I was trying. Even though, I never found amazing success in producing, I met some awesome people around the world via Skype and other online social media. These people made a huge influence in my musical career and shaped my musical career quite dramatically. One key person goes by the name of OutaMatic. He's the nicest guy I've met online and has spent hours upon hours helping me and trying to make me successful! Please do check out his stuff and leave him a nice comment!
At this time, I also tried to get into producing EDM music, specifically a genre called Tropical House. That didn't go super, duper well, but again, I was trying. Even though, I never found amazing success in producing, I met some awesome people around the world via Skype and other online social media. These people made a huge influence in my musical career and shaped my musical career quite dramatically. One key person goes by the name of OutaMatic. He's the nicest guy I've met online and has spent hours upon hours helping me and trying to make me successful! Please do check out his stuff and leave him a nice comment!
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Some Newer Music |
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Since those extremely cringe-worthy covers, I've made some more music, but it's a bit more pleasant to say the least. Here's a song I produced all on my own. This is the peak of my producing hobby, but definitely not my singing. I never actually posted this song because I wasn't ever satisfied with how the vocals sounded. Either way, I thought it was good enough to include here.
Finally Something Good
The moment I got to high school, and began being involved in high school choir, my singing abilities sky-rocketed. Being surrounded by other young-adults that cared about music like I did made the experience infinitely more enjoyable than middle school choir. Not to mention, I had an amazing high school director or who helped of each of his students personally.
Below are two acapella arrangement I sang. The first is a song we sang in choir and the second is a song from our church hymnal. I enjoyed making both of them and I don't think they sound too horrible for limited recording/editing equipment.
Below are two acapella arrangement I sang. The first is a song we sang in choir and the second is a song from our church hymnal. I enjoyed making both of them and I don't think they sound too horrible for limited recording/editing equipment.
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My Final Song Under the Name "Marten"For the longest time I used the producer-name Marten for all my music uploads, but I've finally decided to retire it and go back to my old name, Mattkx4. This cover is the last cover I made using the name Marten. From here on out, all my songs will be under the name Mattkx4. Please enjoy! This is the first cover I was actually happy with and I hope you feel the same :)
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