MP3 Matt Stoops - Not Up For This

"Stoops has the more traditional singer songwriter material with a voice like a more robust Jules Shear and songs that seem to gain power with each verse."
-the stranger

11 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Pop, POP: Folky Pop



Details:
Matt Stoops was born on July 8, 1978 in Rochester, NY only to move three years later to Ft. Collins, CO where he grew up. Matt started studying the piano, classically, at the age of 6 and continued to study both piano and voice throughout high school.

Stoops started writing and playing his own music while still living in Colorado at the age of 20 in the year of 1998. He moved to Seattle in 2000 and spent the next four years writing, performing, producing, recording, and promoting himself musically (as well as being a school bus driver and a full time barista). His first compilation of musical works, "Not Up For This", was completed under his own steam in the spring of 2002. On October 1, 2003 Simple Simple Simple records became an official, simple, small business by which Matt continues to reveal himself artistically. He has played at the Hopvine Pub, Penny Cafe, Connor Byrne Tavern, Mr. Spots Chai House, The Rendezvous, and Firehouse Coffee (all in Seattle).

In March of 2005 Stoops moved to Redhook, Brooklyn. He is eager to share his music with the kind folks out East. Stay tuned for more info including new music and live shows!