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    <description>On the surface, 22-year-old Florida native Matt Hires seems to be the epitome of the sunshine state: bare-footed, artistic, and coolly easy-going. But there’s a lot more to him than meets the eye. As a child, Matt was introduced to different musical genres by his father. It was Matt’s father that passed along his old, handmade acoustic guitar from 1977 to Matt when he was sixteen years old - the same guitar that Matt uses today. A homeschooler, Matt taught himself to play the guitar. During high school, Matt gravitated towards the punk/hardcore scene, which is a far cry from his own introspectively powerful acoustic pop sound. Although he was a hockey player and enjoyed surfing and skateboarding, Matt was self-proclaimed nerd. “I collected tons of Star Wars toys as a young kid, made my own Star Wars movies with them that usually starred my pet hedgehog, Prickles, and wrote my own Star Wars stories - they were pretty bad,” Matt recalls of his early childhood. Though Matt might have outgrown his fascination with Star Wars toys, he never outgrew his love for music. By the time he was seventeen years old, Matt wrote his first song, and began performing in public a year later. Soon thereafter, Matt and a few of his friends decided to start a band, Brer. They recorded two albums, The Sun Is Rising EP and Microwavable. “There were ups and downs, band members came and went, but overall it was a great time, and a great experience. We also evolved a lot musically over our fairly short existence, and I grew a lot as a songwriter and musician,” says Matt. Now, as a solo artist, Matt is poised to captivate audiences with his endearing personality, melodic sound, and undeniable talent.</description>
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      <description>Hey friends! I hope you're all doing well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is kind of a big day for me. A day that I've been looking forward to for a long time now: my debut album, Take Us To The Start, is available, exclusively, on iTunes! I've been working on it for a while and am psyched that you can all now download it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, I'd like to thank my producer, Eric Ivan Rosse for his dedication to my music. Most of all, I'd like to thank everyone who is reading this for all your support; you've helped get me to this point and I'm really looking forward to what's to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So without further ado, I present Take Us To The Start. Please &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/14g_jzoo_" title="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vY2xpY2subGlua3N5bmVyZ3kuY29tL2ZzLWJpbi9zdGF0P2lkPUdSU1kwOWhoYkVFJm9mZmVyaWQ9MTQ2MjYxJnR5cGU9MyZzdWJpZD0wJnRtcGlkPTE4MjYmUkRfUEFSTTE9aHR0cCUyNTNBJTI1MkYlMjUyRml0dW5lcy5hcHBsZS5jb20lMjUyRldlYk9iamVjdHMlMjUyRk1aU3RvcmUud29hJTI1MkZ3YSUyNTJGdmlld0FsYnVtJTI1M0ZpJTI1M0QzMjA1NjM3NzAlMjUyNmlkJTI1M0QzMjA1NjM3MzklMjUyNnMlMjUzRDE0MzQ0MSUyNTI2dW8lMjUzRDYlMjUyNnBhcnRuZXJJZCUyNTNEMzA/dTE9TUhNeVNwYWNlQmxvZw=="&gt;download the album on iTunes&lt;/a&gt; download the album on iTunes for $7.99 now and tell your friends to do the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again. You'll be hearing from me soon.&lt;br /&gt;-Matt</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/matthires/blogs/2009/07/29/3Iwre0Xz/take-us-to-the-start-available-now</link>
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      <description>Hello everyone. Starting today, you can listen to my album, Take Us To The Start exclusively on &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/24Vj0sb4n_" title="http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh112523169699150427"&gt;Pandora&lt;/a&gt;  for the ENTIRE MONTH of July! You can also Pre-order &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/243OFtb4n_" title="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=320646228&amp;s=143441"&gt;Take Us To The Start&lt;/a&gt; on iTunes for only $7.99 and download my first single  "&lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/24nj_ub4n_" title="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=GRSY09hhbEE&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewAlbum%3Fi%3D320264813%26id%3D320264763%26s%3D143441%26uo%3D6%26partnerId%3D30"&gt;Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song&lt;/a&gt;" now! I’ve teamed up with &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/24BGOvb4n_" title="http://www.sonos.com/landing/sweepstakes/Default.aspx?id=6010&amp;utm_source=AtlanticRecords&amp;utm_medium=Online&amp;utm_campaign=Matt+Hires"&gt;Sonos&lt;/a&gt;, the makers of this awesome wireless multi-room music system to premiere the album.  This system lets you play any song in any room from your iTunes, Internet radio, Pandora, etc.  They’re going to give one of my fans two ZonePlayers (1 ZP120 and 1 ZP90) plus an iPod Touch (with the free Sonos app, your iPod Touch becomes your Sonos controller). This will let you play and control music in two rooms of your home. Enter for your chance to win here.   Make sure to check out my brand new MySpace and imeem pages, become a fan on Facebook and follow me on Twitter. Thanks all for the support!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; -Matt</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/matthires/blogs/2009/07/02/xq0GH8mp/pandora-album-premier-and-itunes-pre-order</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:26:03 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>A Perfect Day by Matt Hires</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:26:03 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song by Matt Hires</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:25:26 -0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:11:12 -0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:11:11 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>State Lines by Matt Hires</title>
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      <title>Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song by Matt Hires</title>
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      <title>Tampa Show Moved to The Orpheum!</title>
      <description>Matt's show on June 26th has switched venues. The show will now be at The Orpheum in Tampa. Show info is below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Orpheum&lt;br /&gt;1902 N Ave Republica De Cuba&lt;br /&gt;Tampa, FL 33605&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Tickets- &lt;a href="http://links.imeem.com/24hiNn4Qm_" title="http://www.daddykool.com/product_info.php?products_id=321"&gt;http://www.daddykool.com/product_info.php?products_id=321&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/matthires/blogs/2009/06/19/rOvtXxvU/tampa-show-moved-to-the-orpheum</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:43:31 -0000</pubDate>
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