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The song, “Money at the Moon”, has that alt-country, saloon duet feel that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Steve Earle album. I could picture Mark Knopfler rockin’ this tune too. Don’t know what it is… But this song belongs to Matt Hartin. You never get a second chance to make a first impression, right? This tune reached out and grabbed me, and I’ll be checking out more of Mr. Hartin. - Ickmusic.com
Discography
LET IT GO the EP 2007 Available at iTunes,Amazon,etc
Track Listing
Let it Go
Stick Around
Just Enough
Money at the Moon
Down South
Go Home Now
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Bio
www.matthartin.com
MATT HARTIN
Songwriter. Singer. Aggressive. Transplanted Yankee. Wanderer. Independent.
Cook. Brewer. Drinker. Never-Was. Probably-Won’t-Be. Optimist. Sleeper. Abettor. Baseball Fan. Joker.
Writer and Recorder of 6 song EP Let It Go.
THE SONGS OF LET IT GO
LET IT GO
Written very quickly in the spirit of its title. A young song that yearns to be heard should not be labored over.
Defining line: “Put the charm on the dash and then you’re gone.”
STICK AROUND
A young man takes a long drive through the heartland of his country in search of reason. He encounters an old man in the slow lane who happens to be driving with both hands clad in oven mitts and firmly on the wheel. The young man comes to understand that we all have our reasons.
Defining line: “When you never stay in one place how do you ever expect to be found?”
JUST ENOUGH
There is that moment when two people meet where hope intersects with reality and truth lurks around the corner. The inspiration for this song was taken from the novel,
LOVE PARK, by Jim Zervanos.
Defining line: “I know just enough to break your heart tonight.”
MONEY AT THE MOON
While attending an art gallery opening, a painting caught my eye. The title was
Throwing Our Money at the Moon. I spoke to the artist, Jamie Frankie, who told me that he and his wife like to take their coin jar down to the big tree in the field behind their house when the moon is full. They make a wish and throw their money at the moon. Mrs. Frankie’s first name is Penny. Seriously. Thus inspired, the words just spilled out and were put to a melody I had laying around for a long time.
Defining line: “It’s just you and me and that tree we planted with our secrets
in the ground.”
DOWN SOUTH
The wanderer’s creed: wherever you are, there must be someplace better.
Defining line: “Swing wide round Philadelphia cause I know there’s trouble there.”
GO HOME NOW
A closing time conversation between a bartender and a sad drunk, this could have happened anywhere but it was after a great show at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville by the hardscrabble rock band MARAH. Coincidence? I doubt it.
Defining line: “Hey man, you hear this one? Well brother, I think I’ve heard them all.”
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