Shelby & Tieg + Matt Bednarsky
In Concert at TSS Live!
- Price: Donation (see below)
- Date: Fri, Jan 30, 2015
- Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
- Venue: Theta Sound Studio (directions below)
- Location: Burbank, CA
Randall Michael Tobin in conjunction with Concerts In Your Home presents Theta Sound Studio LIVE! — A chance to see amazing artists before they become the hottest ticket in town!
TSS Live! is your ticket to hearing top artists, many of them from outside of L.A., hand-picked by award-winning music producer Randall Michael Tobin just for this series. For a nominal donation (all of which goes to the artists), you get admission to Theta Sound Studio’s main room to experience two artists, each performing their own set in an intimate environment. Additionally, your donation entitles you to receive one CD from each artist! (see below for details)
Parking is free and refreshments will be served during intermission.
Seating in the main room is limited to 22 guests. But there are a few seats available in the control room where you can watch, listen, and see Randall Michael Tobin work his magic at the mixing console.
We’re quite excited to bring you an awesome evening of original acoustic music featuring two acts that will have you spellbound: Shelby & Tieg, and Matt Bednarsky (keep reading…).
SHELBY & TIEG
So much of the music young people listen to, write and perform today is dark and even nihilistic. Then along comes a gleam of light in the form of Shelby & Tieg, a singing-songwriting folk-pop duo from Los Angeles, of all places. This is the kind of music your mother would love to have you love if you were thirteen. It’s also music that is so fresh and beautiful that your mother – and father, for that matter — will be enchanted with it, as well.
Armed with gorgeous voices and only an acoustic guitar, they have created a unique sound in their choice of harmonies. They are both trained musicians. Shelby is a studio singer, and Tieg a guitar teacher. In their concerts, they perform original songs as well as covers, including “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” and a few Disney classics like you’ve never heard them sung before.
Anyone, particularly young people, who aspire to a singing career should not miss Shelby & Tieg. They will show you how it’s done. Their work might be summed up in one word – no, two: refreshing, and beautiful! — bio by Deborah Hand-Cutler
MATT BEDNARSKY
Put a guitar in his hands and give him an atmosphere in which to sing and you’ll soon realize that Matt Bednarsky brings something fresh and exciting to music. Browse his YouTube channel with more than 200 covers and originals and over 2 million video views and you’ll get an idea of his talent, prolificness and diversity. Click around his online community throughout Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and you’ll see his commitment to and gratitude towards his growing fanbase. It’s clear, Matt is no ordinary musical artist.
Born to a mother with a classical pedigree and a professional jazz guitarist father, Matt grew up in Shelton, Connecticut, engulfed in music. He began violin at the age of 4 (soon after left behind), began the guitar at age 8, and started singing probably not long after he could make farm animal noises. He first put pen to paper in songwriting at the age of 12, finding it as a way to creatively engage.
After high school, Matt attended New York University and studied Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, psychology and music. This choice of studies led to fluency in these three languages (in addition to English), and spurred him on a creative pursuit: to combine foreign languages with the universal language of music. After studying abroad in Italy, graduating from NYU, and living at an orphanage in Trujillo, Peru for eight months, Matt’s musical roots sprouted one step further and he recorded his debut EP entitled Ready. With two songs in English, one in Portuguese and two in Spanish, this was the beginning of a tenacious recording drive.
In January of 2012 Matt flew down to Tennessee and worked on his follow-up album alongside producers Dave Flint and John Griffin. Crafted as a collection of four lyrically rich and musically layered tracks, Matt’s sophomore EP entitled Happy Go Lucky was released on May 1st and reached #8 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts, gracing the listings with the likes of Norah Jones, James Taylor and Carole King.
Having spent the majority of 2012 based in New York City, Matt made the move to Nashville for 2013 to dive into Music City’s vibrant scene. His unique style draws influence from a variety of genres including pop/rock, folk, jazz, and blues and is characterized by poignant, thoughtful lyrics and soothing yet powerful vocals. Continuing to write and perform meaningful and high quality music, Matt seeks to be heard by and connect with as many people as possible.
Since the move, Matt has released an acoustic demo album entitled Fragments and Glimpses, as well as the Christmas EP Acoustic Tidings, both of which you can download for free at www.noisetrade.com/MattBednarsky.
However, breaking through to another level, in March of 2014 Matt released his first full-length studio album, entitled A Bigger Picture. In part executive produced by Ed Cash, this record represents the culmination of Matt’s musical journey thus far. He hopes it inspires, challenges, and entertains you, as well as stirs within you the sense of yearning we all find inside of us.
Matt is currently touring the country, and recently opened for soulful American Idol Season 9 Runner-Up Crystal Bowersox at City Winery Chicago.
Suggested donation options: Single Guest: $20 (includes concert and one CD from each artist); Couple: $30 (includes concert for two and one CD from each artist). You may also donate $10 (per guest) for the concert only and purchase CDs later for whatever the artists usually charge.
This event will fill up fast!
RSVP via e-mail to rmt@thetasound.com to reserve your seat(s)!
Directions to Theta Sound Studio:
Note: Due to the increasing unreliability of global e-mail communications, it is recommended that you also call 818-9-555-888 to confirm your reservation.
To see/hear a taste of the magic from our previous concerts, go here.
Thanks for supporting live music by great artists at Theta Sound Studio LIVE!