Matt Walters (musician)

Matt Walters is an Australian entrepreneur and musician based in country Victoria, Australia. Walters has toured with musician Tori Amos.^[1] His music found an audience online when he self released his debut album, Farewell Youth, in 2011.^[2]

Career[edit]

Matt Walters was originally signed to Mercury Records (Universal) whilst studying film at RMIT University in Melbourne in 2009.^[3] His debut album, Farewell Youth, was released in 2011.

In 2015, Walters launched Parlour, an online platform for artists to book in house shows with their biggest fans.^[4]^[5] The platform has been used by notable Australian and US artists and has facilitated over 2000 gigs worldwide.^[6] Parlour's technology concentrate(s) on using data that artists can gather from platforms such as Facebook, Spotify, and other similar platforms, to actually figure out where an artist can tour and where their fans actually exist.^[7]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of albums, with selected details
Title	Details
Farewell Youth	Released: 2011 Format: CD, digital Label: Mercury (2763947)
'NightWalk	Released: November 2014^[8] Format: digital Label: Everyday Rebellion

EPs[edit]

List of EPs, with selected details and chart positions
Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
Title	EP details	AUS Physical ^[9]
Echo On	Released: 2009 Label: Mercury (2704433) Format: CD, digital	—
Talking in My Sleep	Released: October 2010 Label: Mercury (2751625) Format: CD, digital	30
Vacant Heart	Released: February 2013^[10] Label: Matt Walters Format: Digital	—

References[edit]

^ "Tori Amos at The Riverside Theatre, Brisbane". The Music.
^ Dwyer, Michael (16 December 2012). "Random Act Helps Turn A Life Around". The Age. Fairfax.
^ Nicholas Jones (12 May 2011). "Georgia Fields Vs Matt Walters". The Brag. The Brag.
^ Michael Dwyer (8 May 2015). "Melbourne musician Matt Walters created the Airbnb of live music venues". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Rachael Brown. "Lounge room gigs create 'unique experience' for music fans". ABC.
^ Eddy Lim (15 June 2020). "Parlour announces return with "post-iso party" gigs". NME.
^ Annie Guest (13 April 2018). "House gigs might save musicians and the social fabric of your neighbourhood". ABC.
^ "NightWalk". Apple Music. 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 296.
^ "Vacant Heart - EP". Apple Music. 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Tori Amos at The Riverside Theatre, Brisbane". The Music.

[2] Dwyer, Michael (16 December 2012). "Random Act Helps Turn A Life Around". The Age. Fairfax.

[3] Nicholas Jones (12 May 2011). "Georgia Fields Vs Matt Walters". The Brag. The Brag.

[4] Michael Dwyer (8 May 2015). "Melbourne musician Matt Walters created the Airbnb of live music venues". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[5] Rachael Brown. "Lounge room gigs create 'unique experience' for music fans". ABC.

[6] Eddy Lim (15 June 2020). "Parlour announces return with "post-iso party" gigs". NME.

[7] Annie Guest (13 April 2018). "House gigs might save musicians and the social fabric of your neighbourhood". ABC.

[8] "NightWalk". Apple Music. 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

[ARIA-9] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 296.

[10] "Vacant Heart - EP". Apple Music. 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

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