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Concrete Alibi - Moon Wizard
05:06
Concrete Alibi - Horizon
03:41
Concrete Alibi - Devil (SHINEDOWN COVER)
03:29
Concrete Alibi - Look To The West
04:10
Concrete Alibi - Last Flight
03:08
Concrete Alibi - What I've Done [Linkin Park] cover
03:01
CONCRETE ALIBI - MEDICATION (Queens of the Stone Age) Cover
02:03
Seize Freedom - Subway To The Sea
03:12
Seize Freedom - Red Eye (Official Music Video)
04:04
Seize Freedom - The Hard Way
03:47
Seize Freedom - Faster
03:47
Happy (NF cover) - Matt Lars
03:58
Waiting For The End - Matt Lars (LINKIN PARK cover)
03:00
Matt Lars - Direct Message (Official Music Video)
03:05
Matt Lars - Deteriorate (Demon Hunter cover)
03:46

A little about me

I am Matt Lars Maxwell. I sing, write, record, produce music, perform it, and occasionally pretend to be an amateur at general construction and fixing cars. Thank you YouTube.

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You can find me actively with Concrete Alibi, Seize Freedom and Matt Lars.

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I picked up a guitar when I was 12, took four group lessons at Boscov’s department store in Binghamton, NY.  Not your typical story of "love at first play", in fact, I rarely played for the next year.  What I did know was that I wanted to be a musician.  That meant I needed some skill on various instruments in order to write and sing well crafted tunes. I continued working at guitar and of course, I learned to love it.  Who wouldn't!  

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I began performing regularly in Danbury, Connecticut at places like The Empress Ballroom, Club Eleven, and Cousin Larry's. After a few years, and a few bands I set my sites on Los Angeles.  I drove to California in an old beat up van that I bought for $500. At any moment the engine sounded like it might explode. The exterior was a number of different colors, due to all the junkyard replacement parts like doors, hood, bumper and grill. So, before my drive from Connecticut to California, I painted the van with a roller and some cheap white paint in my buddy’s driveway, while it was snowing. That van was packed up with my life. I left just enough space on the back seat, so I could crawl in a narrow opening and sleep in the back row. After 40 hours of driving, I arrived in Los Angeles with auditions lined up with three different bands. 

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In Southern California, I continued to perform and play in venues like The Whisky, and The Viper Room in various bands. I had a lot of fun. However, I never seemed to get any further than playing gigs and recording demos. And so I took a break from performing. More recently I have restarted releasing music and pursuing songwriting in various genres. 

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I married my best friend and currently we live in South Carolina. 

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My identity is not defined by what I do, but how I treat others.

© 2023 Matt Lars.   mattlarsmusic@gmail.com

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