The Musical World of Michael Sampson.

Co produced/arranged by Michael Sampson and David Preston and Mixed and Mastered at MatscaN Music, Thomas Duffy’s album Set Yourself Free is a great sounding showcase from this production duo. Recorded at the LibLab studio in Belfast it also shows off the quality of recording available here. This album is sure to have a broad appeal with it’s mixture of upbeat rock/pop tunes and down tempo ballads. You can listen to excerpts and purchase the album from the links below.

2010 has been a busy and exciting year! As well as appearing in 80 live performances MatscaN Music has completed quite a few tasty big projects. Some of the highlights are:

-The Wee Weirdies, officially together since February we’ve managed to write and record our 1st EP which we launched at the fabulous Empire Music Hall gig to 250 people along with our friends The Emerald Armada, we’ve played many other gigs, had a couple of radio appearances and launched our new website. The Wee Weirdies have been a great excercise at fully managing an artist, from project planning to recording, marketing, booking gigs and promotion.

-The Emerald Armada, MatscaN Music mixed and Mastered the Armada’s debut EP A Few Good Friends. You can listen to a couple of tracks off it here, but i recommend that you get in touch with the band to get yourself a copy!

-Rachel Austin, I performed on Rachel’s EP The Age Of Wisdom which sounds fantastic! You can listen to and purchase The Age of Wisdom here. All the recording has also been done for her follow up EP The Age Of Love and this should be out early 2011 so keep posted and join her mailing list cuz this will be a big year for Rachel!

-Emer O’Neil’s debut album 2 Pints of Guinness and a Taxi Fare Home was released in November. This is a really nice recording of a beautiful talent, Emer has a unique voice and playing style. MatscaN Music had the privilege of handling full production, mixing and mastering of this record. Check it out at www.myspace.com/emeroneill1982 and don’t forget to bug Emer for a copy.

-Thomas Duffy. At the Lib Lab myself and David Preston took care of project managing, arranging, producing, and finally performing on local singer songwriter Thomas Duffy’s Debut album Set Yourself Free. This album was finally mixed and mastered at MatscaN Music. Although this album will officially be released in early 2011 you can listen to snippets and purchase it at amazon.

-Here’s hoping for more adventure and excitement in 2011! It’s already off to a good start for MatscaN Music as work is underway mixing and mastering the forthcoming Scorpion Jack album, this record will be hot!

hope you all have a good new year, michael…

The wee weirdies website is now officially open! www.theweeweirdies.com

MatscaN Music is now officially a record label! and our first release The Wee Weirdies EP will be launched at The Empire music hall in Belfast on thursday 2nd December. Alongside our buddies The Emerald Armada who are also releasing their 1st ever cd! It’s set to be a fantastic night of music and will feature special guest appearances from Craig McConkey and Scorpion Jack. £8 will get you in and a copy of both cds so it’s a bargain! Come along and enjoy the fun. If you can’t make it down to the launch you can still download the EP from:

amongst many other retail sites.