Album Notes

"...this is a storytelling album and it's clear that it's a real labor of love...this is a most original and engaging project and well worth making the effort to get a hold of." -CrossRhythms Magazine


Blah blah blah... he's played the Grand Ole Opry with Billy Currington... yadda yadda... he's released multiple solo and group independent albums... wonk wonk wonk... he does web design, writes novels, composes for musical theater, plays keys, juggles... yadda yadda yadda.

Matthew Ebel drinks a lot of coffee. You would too if you were fueling the kind of insanity he lives with on a daily basis. An average day might consist of working on web design, rehearsing for a weekend gig, writing a new chapter in his latest novel, and arranging a new tune for a forthcoming album. He's also an Audubon Society member, sponsors a child through Compassion International, and goes camping and skiing whenever he can get his tree-huggin' liberal northwestern butt out of town.

"If there's one thing I want people to get out of my work," says Matthew, "it's the Big Picture. Keeping all this stuff in the air is easy if you don't lose focus on why you're doing it in the first place. If I dwelled on the small stuff like 'getting to rehearsal on time' or 'sleeping', I don't think any of this would get done."

Matthew is currently working on material for a third solo album, a sci-fi/fantasy novel, two new websites, a few letters to congress, and the remainder of a 16oz latte. The best way to catch him is to watch him play at a bar or coffee shop and then lure him away with something shiny.

Ebel is easily distracted by shiny objects.