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The Matt Pistol Project

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The Matt Pistol Project was formed around the year 2000 when two friends Hannu and Peter were enjoying playing guitar and writing songs. Devoted to their cause these two friends kept on playing and formed a solid team of songwriter and lead guitarist.
Hannu's strong vision of storytelling and songwriting and Peter's bluesy and sentimental playing style were soon reinforced by bass player Jouni, keyboard player Markku (who is also Hannu's brother) and drummer Aleksi.
The band signed a management deal with Petri Ekman and Koetinkivi Oy in the beginning of the year 2006 and soon after that the band started working with producer Michael Blair (who has performed with Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello... produced Ryan Adams, Soul Asylum...). The Matt Pistol Project recorded four songs in April 2006 with Mr. Michael Blair. On April 2007 the band signed a publishing deal with the Stockholm based MARSONGS Publishing.
These songs have a strong meaning to the band and it's singer- songwriter Hannu and they're delivering meaningful images thru stories from different sides of life - its up and downs and heavens and hells.
The deep, dark and beautiful Matt Pistol Project-journey has begun.
This is what the band's friend and producer Michael Blair wrote about The Matt Pistol Project:
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It is an honor and a pleasure to collaborate with The Matt Pistol Project. Hannu and the band have angels and devils firmly planted on their shoulders. This conflict creates music that shoots straight out from their very big hearts. They express genuine feelings with well structured songs, and I am fortunate to be able to work with them in this environment.Listen closely.
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Pick Up The Phone

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Member Since: 8/20/2006
Band Website: mattpistolproject.com
Band Members: Hannu - Vocals, Acoustic guitar
Peter - Lead guitar
Jouni - Bass
Markku - Keyboards
Aleksi - Drums

Management:

Koetinkivi Oy
Petri Ekman
PL 614
33101 Tampere, Finland
www.koetinkivi.fi

Publishing:

MarSongs
Roger Östman, Head Of A&R
Östgötagatan 93
116 64 Stockholm, Sweden
www.marsongs.com
www.myspace.com/marsongs

Type of Label: None

My Blog

MPP hitting airwaves in Breakthruradio.com

Hello friends!Yeah today we're debuting in DJ Darkside's Rock Block - show in Breakthruradio!Be sure to check that out. And if you miss it, don't worry; you can listen all their shows afterwards. :)Ha...
Posted by The Matt Pistol Project on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:50:00 PST

There Is An Angel For Everyone (Acoustic demo) - added

Hi friends!I was listening through our demos and found this. Listened it couple of times and decided that you would like to hear it too. :) This is an acoustic demo version of this song and it was rec...
Posted by The Matt Pistol Project on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:58:00 PST

The MPP has signed with MARSONGS Publishing

We are happy to announce that The MPP has signed a publishing deal with MARSONGS Publishing. So in any publishing and/or licensing matters please contact:A&R Roger ÖstmanA&R/Writer Michael Blairwww.ma...
Posted by The Matt Pistol Project on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:42:00 PST

Pick Up The Phone - The Video

Hello friends!We added video for you to watch. I think it's pretty cool. I wanna say thanks to the wonderful people in Voionmaa. Peace.Hannu
Posted by The Matt Pistol Project on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:21:00 PST

Review in Finnish @ Classic Rock Suomi

Please check out great Finnish webzine Classic Rock Suomi @ www.classicrocksuomi.comThere is also a review of our promo-cd in Finnish by Jari Kaikkonen.Hannu
Posted by The Matt Pistol Project on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:20:00 PST

Featured indie artist in HOT ROCKS RADIO

Hello dear friends!You can now request our music in Hot Rocks Radio. We have been added to this cool station's "FeaturedIndie Artists" list. Nice! Please tune in at address www.hotrocksradio.com and s...
Posted by The Matt Pistol Project on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:37:00 PST

Mad Pistol Project

The Matt Pistol Project - Mad Pistol Project - Mats Pistol Projekt.It's seems to be your choice - or it seems that for some of theorganizers. On saturday we were performing under the name Mad PistolPr...
Posted by The Matt Pistol Project on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:06:00 PST

First Blog

The Matt Pistol Project finally has its Myspace pages up and running! The three MPP songs you find on the player are called Boulevard, Pick Up The Phone and When The Winners Go Home. These songs were ...
Posted by The Matt Pistol Project on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:53:00 PST