Mattmac: The Blind Native Music Producer.
Making music is hard enough but can you imagine doing it blind? This inspiring young man has been blind from birth and has made music his passion in life. As a music lover myself, I truly have chills learning about this young man.
So who is Mattmac? Where does he come from? Let us learn more about the inspiration they call Mattmac.
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So Who Is He?
Matthew Monias also known as Mattmac is from the isolated Manitoba reservation of Garden Hill First Nation.
Mattmac has quickly established himself as a talented artist and as one to watch on the national music scene in Canada. Mattmac has taken his melodic, pop, and trap beats and inspiring story across the world.
He has performed with Nelly Furtado at Indigenous Day Live and We Day Canada Day on Parliament Hill in 2017 and keynoting at We Day Winnipeg 2019.
Mattmac has been blind from birth. He grew up surrounded by music both on the radio and singing in his community’s gospel choir.
Because of his physical disability, Mattmac began to struggle with depression at a young age and credits music for helping him cope with his reality.
Mattmac taught himself and he began to make beats and write songs when he was just 13 years old, and later taught himself how to play piano and guitar.
Despite his unfortunate circumstances he has impressive skills with beat production software and equipment and has been self-releasing music since 2009.
Mattmac was first launched into the music scene in 2016 when N’we Jinan, a traveling music studio visited his community and invited him to collaborate with them.
Pulling great inspiration from his personal story, they created a song and video titled “Help You See” that has since been watched nearly 200,000 times on YouTube and Facebook.
Mattmac has since received and rightfully earned a vast amount of press and performance opportunities across Canada, including a short documentary done by AMI-TV and a feature on CBC.
Mattmac credits his success to the support of the Blind & Famous group which is a USA based collective of blind music artists who wholesomely collaborate and connect with one another.
In addition to the success he has seen as a performer and producer, Mattmac has also developed himself as an inspiring speaker.
In 2017 he was invited to speak at the First Nations School Association of British Columbia on behalf of the N’we Jinan.
Right now, Mattmac is working on his debut EP set for release in September 2020. He hopes to continue to use his platform to inspire others to know that they can accomplish anything they set their mind to.
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