{"id":14,"date":"2019-04-29T18:35:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/test-site\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2021-11-03T17:05:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:05:55","slug":"about-matt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/music\/about-matt\/","title":{"rendered":"About Matt"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fb7c46c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fb7c46c\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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elementor-size-default\">Matt Bates<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5371ca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5371ca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Matt Bates<\/strong> plays his original songs as a solo act at farmers markets, restaurant venues and festivals in southern Ontario. His is a singer-songwriter style with a principal radio category of adult contemporary. Matt\u2019s songs are inspired by the people, places and history of Southern Ontario. He sings and plays guitar, piano and saxophone (not all at the same time : )<\/p><p>As a songwriter Matt has been influenced by many genre\u2019s; Jazz standards for their complex harmonic motion and tension filled melodies, 60\u2019s Pop for breaking free from typical chord progressions and accentuation of bass and beat, Electronica and Ambient music for its ability to create space, and Country for emotions worn on your sleeve.<\/p><p>Matt has lived in Toronto most of his life before moving to his new home in the country north of Orangeville, Ontario.<\/p><p>Matt is represented by <strong>Everyone&#8217;s A Star Records<\/strong> and <strong>MarkerPoint Publishing<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e90da7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e90da7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c7b5fe\" data-id=\"7c7b5fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09203cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09203cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/05\/Matt-Performace.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/05\/Matt-Performace.jpg 333w, https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/05\/Matt-Performace-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e51b03\" data-id=\"6e51b03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fc36f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fc36f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Best Audience Feedback: <\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eae31d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3eae31d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300;\">\u201cThanks for telling the truth, man\u201d, at the Elephant\u2019s Nest Pub in Chatham, ON<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Matt Matt Bates Matt Bates plays his original songs as a solo act at farmers markets, restaurant venues and festivals in southern Ontario. 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