"Look up and see the angels* The gates have opened up for you* I hope your mind is peaceful* And love is everything you do" ~Matthew Jay
In September of 2003, the music world lost one of its brightest up and coming stars with the death of English musician MATTHEW JAY.The young folk/pop artist was on the road to becoming one of the premier singer/songwriters of his generation.Though Matthew was often compared to revered acts such as Elliott Smith and Nick Drake, it was only a matter of time before he would make his own indelible mark within the music industry in his own right.
The buzz from his introductory EP's "Four Songs" and "Friendly Fire" helped to set the stage for Matthew's full-length debut record "Draw". The album spawned the hit singles "Let Your Shoulder Fall" and "Please Dont Send Me Away," and was well received with critical acclaim. Shortly after the albums' release, Matthew embarked on a world-wide tour as a support act for artists such as Starsailor, Dido and Tracy Chapman and gained fans all over the U.S., Canada, Europe and Scandanavia. The future was bright for Matthew. He was destined for great things in his career, but sadly his life was tragically cut short at the tender age of 24 due to a fall from a 7th story window in Nottingham, England.
Inspired by the outpouring of love and condolences from fans, Matthew's family decided to release the album "...too soon" as a memorial to their beloved son and brother. The cd contains b-sides as well as previously unreleased material and rare remixes of Matthews' music and in the coming months, more of the songs Matthew was working on before his untimely passing will be released to the public.
Though Matthew is no longer with us, the memories remain.He will never be forgotten, as his legacy will live on forever through the music that he left behind.
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Creating this tribute page for Matthew was a labor of love for me. He was a friend and an inspiration to me. Mere words cannot begin to express the impact that Matthew had on my life and I will never forget him. He was a joy and a light in so many of the lives that he touched, not only through his music, but with his friendship.
Matthew was brilliant, funny, compassionate, and had a keen insight and sensitivity about so many things. He was an "old soul", wise beyond his years and his music was a reflection of all of these qualities that made him such a dynamic and wonderful person. So it is with love and great honor for me to be able to create something like this to commemorate such a beautiful spirit as Matthew Jay.
With this tribute page, I warmly welcome those of you who were there since the beginning of Matthew's career as well as all new fans who are just now getting exposed to his music. I thank you all so much for adding me as a friend and helping me to keep Matthews' memory and legacy alive.
Just stopping in to say hello. I just changed the Playlist, but Matthew was on there for about 4 weeks. Hope life is giving you the best in all of your endeavors. Have a great weekend.
hey! just wanted to stop in let you know that I've changed my artist name to Adrian Edward but it's still me, I'm not going anywhere! lol! have a great day much love ~adrian edward
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Thank you again for the wonderful Tribute to this incredible artist. I still have Matthew Playlisted. I never tire of hearing him. He's an amazing talent and we are lucky to have his music. Stop by and say hello :)
Thank you for accepting me as part of the Tribute Family. I am just sorry I didn't know of Matthew and his amazingingly beautiful talent sooner. What an amazing artist...
Hi Karen How are you? Great news isn't it that Matthew's latest album is now in EMI's business to business library - available for the media around the world to purchase. Love Hilary
Hi Karen Hope you are feeling good. Just wanted you to know that the Matthew Jay Tribute Concert was a truly amazing evening and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the artists for giving their performances to benefit Amnesty and Unicef - they were all superb. Matthew I'm sure would have been really satsfied to hear his songs performed so well by Helen Boulding, Passenger, Dlugockecki, James Walsh and his brother Eddy with The Matthew Jay Band. An evening I will always remember. Hope you have had a chance to view the pics www. 2amphotography. co. uk/music/matthewjay/ http://gallery. me. com/tony. jay/100016 http://gallery. me. com/tony. jay/100017 A Big thank you to the promoter Mark Smith, who made it happen and also Tony Moore who MC'd and stage managed the night with complete professionalism. Hilary and Tony x
this music will be with me through my whole life. i assocaite Draw with some very significant times... its an album i go back to time and time again. its feels like a little treasure... its perfect for whatever i'm feeling. thank you so much.
We're really excited about the Matthew Jay Tribute Show - it is going to be so awesome. It will be great to hear Matthew's tracks come to life again, and to share the stage with some awesome peeps.
We're currently in the studio tonight (see below), Marie's adding Cello to 'Call My Name Out' - sounding beautiful!
Hey, stopping by to wish you a great weekend. I have had a long week so I am looking forward to some relax time. Hope all is well. much love ~adrian adriannrhen. com
Hi there! How's it going? Thanx for accepting my request! Come check out the songs from my brand new EP on my page! I'd really appreciate your opinion of them:) Cheers Itamar
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