Bekker: Seattle Based Acoustic Pop/Rockers Matt Bekker and Bryan Watson Follow Blasts of College Touring—including Sororities across the Northwest—with ‘First of Things to Come,’ Their Debut EP on Eclectic New Indie Label Sound Records
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Four years ago, Matt Bekker was a shy Seattle area high school student who, after getting thrown out of several rock bands for being “too jazzy,” wrote his first song with the John Mayer-Dave Matthews-David Gray vibe—and found an instant natural expression.
Now he’s earning the praise of KZOK 102.5 FM Classic Rock Morning Show Host Bob Rivers as “One Of Today’s Next Great Singer-Songwriters.”
Matt recorded that song with a friend, and much to his surprise, the track received airplay on some local radio stations—truly the First Of Things To Come, the name of his upcoming debut EP on the new Seattle based indie label Sound Records as part of Bekker, the acoustic pop/rock band the singer, songwriter and guitarist fronts with keyboardist, bassist and backing vocalist Bryan Watson.
The October release of First Of Things To Come follows an exciting whirlwind year and a half since Watson became a permanent member of the band. Together, they toured over 50 colleges in 10 states in a span of six months, including a recent stretch of 61 days and 31 colleges in nine states, from their home base of Washington to Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California
While they gig in Seattle about five times a month and have headlined at hometown hotspots like El Corazon, The Columbia City Theatre, Studio Seven, KTUB, The Old Redmond Firehouse and The Lyons Den, Bekker and Watson also regularly perform for sororities and frat houses and at major events like a recent festival at Oregon State where they performed with R&B artists Sisqo and Swayze.
While Bekker mostly hits the road as a duo, recently as a three piece they shared the stage with 2007 American Idol runner-up Blake Lewis at an acoustic benefit show in Seattle. They’ve also played with artists like Butch Walker, Blue Scholars and Pedro the Lion and placed in the Top Eight out of over 7,000 bands at a national battle of the bands contest hosted by Bodog.
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