Matt Brouwer - Official Artist Page on iLike - free music, pictures, videos

/ Artists
/ Matt Brouwer

In partnership with MySpace Music | Help / FAQ

Sign in or Create your own profile

Fans: 707

- Bio

Matt Brouwer

Come to my town

Get ringtones »

“I hope my music is an invitation for people to engage in the celebration of life, both the great times and the difficult stuff too. No matter how the specifics of our experiences differ, the essence of what we go through is the same. Music helps us celebrate those big moments and also offers comfort and hope in dark times as well. Music provides that common ground. Beyond one song or one album, my dream is to grow old with an audience and share the years, never being afraid to go deep into the conversation of what it means to be human. I’ve seen how music can bring clarity and resolve to our experiences in a way that marks that passage of time and helps assign meaning to those moments we often take for granted. With this new CD I think that’s the message, being compelled to aggressively seek out that kind of connection with an audience that lasts beyond the shelf life of a product because we were courageous enough to dig a little deeper.” ~ Matt Brouwer Matt Brouwer was born in the eastern Canadian town of Truro, Nova Scotia. He is the sixth of seven kids born and raised on a dairy farm. In college Matt began to take music seriously and he started a band with a few friends there. “We got together because we had a need to ask some deeper questions.” He remembers, “We were not skilled musicians, just willing to do whatever it took to be together.” Eventually, what came as a result of that experience was the CD Imagerical, which garnered international attention, received two Vibe Awards (Canadian People’s Choice Award), was nominated for a Juno Award (the Canadian Grammy equivalent), and produced two top 10 CCM radio singles. This album had strong Christian and gospel roots influenced by the music Brouwer grew up with in the church. But instead of becoming typecast in a familiar genre, Brouwer began to stretch out as his writing encompassed more comprehensive subject matter, not in contrast to his original message, but in a way that spoke to the heart of the human experience. His second CD, Unlearning, was the moment of transition. A rare and lyrically gripping project, this album propelled Brouwer more in the direction of a singer/songwriter, showing signs of a fearless honesty emerging. The project was a clear departure from the highly produced Imagerical CD, stripping away all of the commercialism became an important step in laying the groundwork for an exciting push into the national spotlight. The result was Matt’s first appearance on the Billboard Charts with a 21 single “I Shall Believe” (CCM AC) and a top 5 single on the New Music Weekly Indie Top 40 Chart with “Surrender”. Growing anticipation finds Brouwer returning to the studio in early 2008 with veteran, Grammy award winning producer, Michael Omartian, to enter into the next phase of his career. Building on the authenticity and depth of Unlearning, Matt is ready to launch his career at a new level. His new CD, "Where's Our Revolution", will be released August 26th to both the CCM and mainstream AC/Top 40 markets.

Latest bulletin 08.25.09

New CD Released Today!

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that "Where's Our Revolution" hit stores TODAY! We're so excited about the release of this Deluxe Editi...

More...

View all (11)

Photos posted by Matt Brouwer

View (3)

Blog posts

View all (6)

Related artists

Genesis (Phil Collins)

Other Links

Fan Wall

Add a post

Sep 10, 10:10 PM

this is really song.. we can always believe in Him.. he won't let us down :)
Aug 27 2008, 08:05 PM

For all the people in this world that just wanna give up on life.....
Matt Brouwer
Jul 20 2008, 08:32 PM

hey everyone! keep in touch, I hope to see you in my travels this year, matt
Mar 12 2008, 04:54 PM
Dec 29 2007, 09:26 AM

Matt can't wait to hear you live again! Go West Young Man!
Jul 12 2007, 01:44 PM

omggg. i luv matt brower!! he went to camp Cho-yeh and i got HOOKED!. he's AMAZING!!!
Jul 08 2007, 04:36 PM

A song from Matt Brouwer is a must to listen too is "I Shall Believe" which has Sheryl Crow featured in the song singing background vocals. I believe also she is the one who wrote the song. Matt Brouwer's music is awesome. Maybe second beyind Jeremy Camp ;-)

Link to this artist page

on iLike.com:

on Facebook:

There are upcoming tour dates for Matt Brouwer
See tour dates

Videos posted by Matt Brouwer

I Shall Believe - Matt Brouwer

Matt Brouwer promotional video

Popular music videos

Sanity

I Shall Believe

Featured songs

Featured Buy

Beautiful Now
Loading...
Featured Buy

Please Say
Loading...
Featured Buy

Where's Our Revolution
Loading...
Featured Buy

Running to Begin
Loading...
Featured Buy

Writing To Remember (The North Horizon)
Loading...
Featured Buy

Sometimes
Loading...
Featured Buy

I Shall Believe
Loading...
Featured

Why Can't We Be Honest
Loading...
Featured

All I Want
Loading...
Featured Buy

Come Back Around
Loading...
Buy

The Other Side
Loading...

Other popular songs

View all

Recently recommended by fans

Buy

New Beginning
Loading...

taylor o: "bithday gift! "

People who like Matt Brouwer

Played the most by: Cody V (455 plays)

Most recently played by: Sam W (4 days ago)

Cindy M
Tquan M
Cody V
Kathy C
stefaniBONDY
M3lvick s
Lisa M
rswindoll
gracey12
Mitch M
Laura R
j l

Some listeners

View all

Albums

The B-Sides Recording Vol. 1

Come Back Around (Single)

Sometimes (Radio Edit)

Where's Our Revolution (Delux Edition)

Where's Our Revolution (Deluxe Edition)

Flixster - Stop watching bad movies.

* iLike is a trademark of iLike.com and not affiliated with Apple Computer. Reproduction, publication, or public exhibition of materials provided at this site is prohibited.