As some of you know, I am a part of a promotions company called Bus Stop Promotions. We bring quality artists to Columbus' best music venues. This year we are fortunate to have been given the Nationwide Arena Stage for Red, White & BOOM! Being in a band who has played...

In January of last year I started my 2013 Design Challenge, where I challenged myself to design a new t-shirt for every week of the entire year. This past week marked the end of my journey, and I couldn’t have done it without you. The shirts you see above are the culmi...

In January of this year I started my 2013 Design Challenge, where I would be designing a new t-shirt design for every week of the entire year. This past week marked my half-way point. The shirts you see above are the first 26 designs. Some inspired by you, some nostalg...

As many of you know by now, our band was chosen as 1 of 5 finalists in Verizon’s first Indie Icon competition. They flew us to to Chicago and put us up in the downtown Hilton. This picture of the city was our view from our room.

After settling into the hotel, we decide...

Thanks to all those following my 2013 Design Challenge. It’s been a fun and challenging process. As promised, I drew 2 winners for reaching 200 likes on my Matt Holley Design Facebook page. I went completely old-school with the process. I wrote down all 200 names on pa...

GROOVE U was started and is run by veteran music industry professionals, and is a revolutionary music career program built on a creative campus. Everything they do is guided by the principles that the music industry is creatively engaged, apprenticeship based, and rela...

Many of us see the new year as a time to try something new, get rid of something old, or reinvent who we think we should be. I normally don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but this year I did decide to give myself some new goals to reach. One of these goals is to design...

DESIGN TIP #1

Don't try to do all promotions in-house if you don't have someone who can make it look great. You'll save money in the long run by hiring a designer to do it right. Businesses who don't get this point will come off looking cheap and irrelevant in their per...

Well, if you missed the show on November 17th, I’m so sorry. We had arrived early to set up and do a quick sound check before the room was to fill with excited Buckeye fans. The Wisconsin game was going on just hours before our show. The room filled quickly as we finis...

On Saturday, October 27th, the Jared Mahone band was asked to open for multi-platinum recording artists, O.A.R., at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Saxophone player, Jerry DePizzo, asked us if we would like to fill the opener spot, and of course, we jumped at the oppor...