About this episode
Matt Roy is a singer and songwriter from Glen Rock, New Jersey. Matt has had cuts with artists like Morgan Wallen, Kane Brown, Chris Young, and earned his first multi-week number one single with Chris Janson’s “Done.” Since moving here in 2018 as a college freshman, Matt’s beeline to now established hit songwriter is due to both his talent as an artist and his sense of songwriting as a business. Get ready to hear a lot of inside baseball on this one. Want more Ten Year Town? Subscribe to the TYT YouTube channel here . Submit questions for the Q & A episode here . 3 : 00 - Getting his first major label cut 5 : 35 - Developing Different Songwriter Muscles 9 : 00 - Similarities between Baseball and Music 12:40 - Getting Your Foot In The Door 16:30 - Meeting Your First Co-Writers 19:50 - Looking for your Champion 23:10 - Signing with BMG 28:10 - The story behind his first #1 33:10 - Flying To The Moon 35:40 - Taking Personal Responsibility 43:40 - Where would you start? 46:00 - Process for finding ideas New Episodes every Tuesday. Find the host Troy Cartwright on Twitter , Instagram . Social Channels for Ten Year Town: Youtube Facebook Instagram Twitter TikTok This podcast was produced by Ben VanMaarth. Intro and Outro music for this episode was composed by Troy Cartwright, Monty Criswell, and Derek George. It is called "Same" and you can listen to it in it's entirety here . Additional music for this episode was composed by Thomas Ventura. Artwork design by Brad Vetter. Creative Direction by Mary Lucille Noah.