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Matt Urmy, founder of Artist Growth, transitioned from performing artist to tech innovator, creating a platform that empowers independent musicians to manage their careers effectively. His journey highlights the power of creativity and entrepreneurship in navigating an ever-evolving industry.In this episode, Michael and Matt dive deep into the challenges artists face in managing their careers, the rise of AI and its impact on creativity, and the tools artists need to thrive in a tech-driven world.What You'll Learn:How artists can adapt to a rapidly evolving industry and thrive as entrepreneurs.The role of AI and emerging tech in reshaping music management and creativity.Why accountability, education, and community are key to empowering artists.-----To learn more about Artist Growth visit: https://www.artistgrowth.com/Book an Artist Breakthrough Session with the Modern Musician team: https://apply.modernmusician.me/podcast
Together with American Songwriter, we had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Urmy over Zoom video! The East Nashville-based singer/songwriter Matt Urmy muses on the duality of the human experience today with the release of his new concept album ‘South of the Sky.’ Inspired by Willie Nelson’s two-sided narrative album ‘Phases and Stages,’ Urmy’s ‘South of the Sky’ attempts to explore and celebrate the multi-dimensionality of human life. Early praise for ‘South of the Sky’ has come from American Songwriter who said the music “boldly dives headfirst into the multi-dimensionality of human nature” and NPR Music, who featured early album singles “Raging Hearts” and "Blind" in their New Music Friday playlists. Each song on the album has a mirror image of itself on the opposite side. While Side A single “Helpless Fool,” is a moment of self-introspection, “Family,” on the other end, examines outward interactions and how one's actions and relationships with others can help inspire and ignite change.Also an accomplished entrepreneur, father and author, Urmy was recently featured on The First Act podcast where he spoke about his company Artist Growth, a cloud-based software which helps streamline workflow for music industry professionals. In the episode, Urmy dove into his expertise and perspective on how indie artists can use social media to connect with and grow their audience.Urmy also recently released his first-ever children’s book, Go Ask The Moon, which follows its non-binary protagonist Hoo, as they attempt to discover what makes them unique. As Hoo attempts to find the peace of a good night’s sleep, as well as passion, they come across various creatures of the night who help guide them. The book follows Urmy’s two previous collections of poems, Ghosts In A House (2007) and The Rain In The Bell (2015). More about Matt UrmyBorn in New York City and raised in Nashville, TN, Matt Urmy is a singer/songwriter, poet and entrepreneur. He founded Artist Growth, a cloud-based artist management & record label collaboration platform, which services both Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group as well as artist managers at companies like Red Light Management, Vector Management, C3, Maverick, ROAR and many others. Urmy lives and works in Nashville with his partner Jaime - a pastry chef at popular East Nashville restaurant Lockeland Table - and their two boys, Ezra and Ocean. Matt’s debut album, 2017’s Out Of The Ashes, was a Rolling Stone favorite and compelled them to call Urmy, who dueted with the late John Prine on the album, an Artist To Watch. We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #foryou #foryoupage #stayhome #togetherathome #zoom #aspn #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetworkListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!
On today's episode, we've got Matt Urmy. Matt is the founder and CEO of Artist Growth, a cloud-based software which helps streamline workflow for music professionals. As an independent musician and poet, Matt shared his expertise and perspective on how indie artists can use social media to connect with, and grow, their audience and how to thrive while attracting attention from labels, management and agencies.
Singers/ songwriter Matt Urmy calls into the podcast to talk about his latest project South of the Sky.
Matt Urmy talks to Tom about pivoting from being a touring musician to becoming an entrepreneur and founding Artist Growth, which now counts major labels and touring companies among its clients. Matt also discusses some of his favourite LPs with Tom: John Prine's John Prine, Townes Van Zandt's Flyin’ Shoes, U2's The Joshua Tree, Dave Matthew Band's Remember Two Things, Counting Crows' August and Everything After, Patti Griffith's Living With Ghosts and Radiohead's OK Computer.
Songwriting, stolen weed, and growing your career with John Craigie and Matt Urmy. First, John Craigie jumps in to talk about expectations of connections but a couple of things you should know is that John is a songwriter armed with wit and truth. “the lovechild of John Prine and Mitch Hedberg.” describes him perfectly. Recently John released a song with Jack Johnson, “I Wrote Mr. Tamborine Man”. We talk about the power of lyrics and the first line, songwriting, and even types of writing songs. In 2018 his studio album Scarecrow was released and hailed as transparent and truthful which is a constant in his life. Be sure to visit www.johncraigiemusic.com for upcoming tour dates including his #KeepItWarm tour and new music, and follow him at @johncraigie. Matt Urmy talks about his perspective of songwriting, entrepreneurship, and owning your career. When Urmy was four years old his family moved to Nashville, TN, where he lived until college. He graduated with a BA in creative writing from UT, Knoxville, and an MFA in poetry from Spalding University in Louisville, KY. He has also studied traditional healing practices with the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Maori, for nearly 20 years. Aside from publishing two books of poetry (2007 & 2015), Urmy also released his debut album in 2017, Out Of The Ashes, which was produced by the late, legendary, Cowboy Jack Clement. Rolling Stone Country named Urmy as one 10 artists to watch, and The Nashville Scene called it, “…the most fascinating Nashville album of the last decade…” In 2012, Matt founded the groundbreaking software company, Artist Growth, which he ran as CEO until 2018, raising millions in venture financing and forging deals with the most iconic institutions in the music industry. He now serves as Chief Strategy Officer and has clients ranging from Universal Music Group, Vector Management, Red Light Management, Maverick, C3, Qprime, and countless other labels, artists and management companies. So in this episode, we capture what Artist Growth is and where is the platform heading for artists and an industry. The platform really is shaking up the industry and making the creator really take ownership of their career. We take a ride on the failure train and because you’re failing doesn’t mean you’re a failure, but rather it’s a learning experience for success. For everything about Artist Growth visit www.artistgrowth.com and everything about Matt at www.matturmy.com. Also, follow him at @matturmy and @artistgrowth.
When you hear the word musician, the first phrase that usually comes to mind is starving artist. Our guest on this episode wants to change that, by giving musicians the tool to run their music like a business. Matt Urmy is a successful author, musician, and founding CEO of the music software company, Artist Growth. He is anything but a starving artist. Artist Growth is a software program and mobile app that links an artist's entire team and all their touring information with real-time sharing, extreme data security, custom access permissions from any device, for any team of any size. On top of that, they even connect up and coming artists with funding opportunities for growth without a credit check, using future bookings as collateral. As if running Artist Growth wasn't enough, he's also a successful musician with a new album dropping in the fall, a poet and author and a devoted family man.ONE37pm Senior Editor of Culture, Brian Anthony Hernandez sat down with Matt to hear how many failed attempts there were before Artist Growth was a success, the motivation behind his new record and how he prioritizes his family without letting his career suffer.
Wednesday night’s gathering of the Roots clan will be an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of Cowboy Jack Clement, the kindly and eccentric genius songwriter and producer who passed away in 2013. One of our guests, the songwriting entrepreneur Matt Urmy, was a great friend and protégé of Jack and arrives with an album Jack produced before his studio burned up in a bad fire. For a while, we explored the idea of a night formally paying tribute to Cowboy Jack but the right mix didn’t come together. That said, looking at this week’s lineup, with its variety and individuality, I feel sure Cowboy would have loved this week’s show. And I’m sure you will too. Featured: Matt Urmy Mipso John Nemeth Will Kimbrough & Brigitte DeMeyer
I’ve got an old school blues cover of Libba Cotten by Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi, honky-tonk from Matt Urmy, more country from that Jason Eady album, a hand clapper from Valerie June, rock & roll from Killbuck and the new string band album from Joseph Huber. "Ep349 For people who are train wreckers" originated from Americana Music Show.
Matt Urmy is the kind of intentional musician we talk about all the time on this show. An artist and an entrepreneur (among other things), Matt brought his wisdom about fueling and balancing the flames of multiple passions, what it was like to grow up in Nashville compared to what it's like now, almost losing his entire album in a tragic house fire, working with 'Cowboy' Jack Clement, the journey of starting Artist Growth and MUCH more. Check out his new album here: www.matturmy.com Check out Artist Growth: www.artistgrowth.com --- This episode is brought to you by Nashville For Hire - the easiest way for you to hire Nashville's best music professionals for your next recording project from anywhere in the world. Find the music pros your music deserves at www.nashvilleforhire.com
Matt Urmy is a former touring musician, now turned tech entrepreneur. When Matt was a touring artist he often had trouble organizing his contacts, managing finances and keeping track of gigs while on the road. Sound familiar to anyone? Anyhow, Matt actually did something about it and created a cool new web based app and company called “Artist Growth”. Artist Growth is a great web based app that helps musicians and managers streamline the touring process. It’s designed to help you sort your finances, merchandise, royalties and much more, all in one place that’s always available online. And it’s also a great discovery tool where record company A&R reps can also potentially find your stuff as well!
In today's microcast, we have a second scene report from the University of Tennessee Knoxville's Writers in the Library Reading Series featuring Nashville singer/songwriter and poet Matt Urmy.
Have you ever thought of a product that you thought would be a good idea, but didn't know how to bring it to market? Well, that's exactly what Matt Urmy did. As an accomplished musician, he saw a need for a product and set out to create it. Never mind that he didn't have any business background, or deep pockets to fund it, or any experience creating mobile apps. He had a vision, sought out the resources he needed, and now he's involved in agreements with labels so big they are household names. How did he do it? He shares some of his experiences on this interview with us.
It's podcasting time again!! This time poet and musician Matt Urmy sat down with us for a very pleasant afternoon. We had so much fun, in fact, that we talked for 3 hours. To save your sanity, I've distilled the conversation and the music down to just under and hour. For you listening pleasure, you can get the 'cast at ITunes, or simply download it here (right click and 'save file as'). Matt is wonderful, but if you want the true experience of what it was like in the HCT living room that day, I suggest you listen to it after only 5 or so hours of sleep, when you are hungover and have started drinking at lunch time. I won't admit whether those were the exact conditions of the day, but recreating those conditions might actually make us sound less obnoxious (or at least you'll understand us better). Matt is one of those people you want to spend a starry, warm night on the porch with. Bottle of whiskey, guitar, fireflies and endless delightful conversation. He's pretty, he's smart, he sings with a soul-nicking raspiness. I've never had conversation with that I didn't leave inspired. Songs in the podcast are all Urmy's originals and include: New Year's Morning The Old Photograph Cry Freedom Poor Man's Blues The Lament of Martine Cup of Grace Renaissance Rodeo Plus a lot of talk about stories and poetry and music and other good stuff. You can find Matt on MySpace, his website and YouTube. His new album should be available shortly ('round about July, don't worry, we'll keep you apprised).
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