'Psychic' Success

" EG I have found Courtney Friel. And thanks so much for joining us on the strategy room it is Friday we've got a special fifteen minutes. Addition for you and on the show today. We have up and coming singer songwriter. Matt -- key here you a lot of fans know you on MySpace. And you're also. You know pretty. Good swimmer slash surfer. And adorable as well so we went missing in Milan in have you seen it compress them a little bit but tell us that that stuff. Okay."

" Come on from New Jersey originally an island Rhode Island now. I am slam. In college said you -- mountain. I sort of playing music. My software collagen. And it's just kind of took off and so that's where and then."

" And I love how you went into a psychic. Store. And the woman said TU you're going to be famous than she knew that your musician coming up that."

" What sort of playing music just for fun and I was communications major college and I went back home to injures it for college and Elizabeth for jobs in fields like communications. And being in and nothing was. Nothing felt right and so I was at the diner my local -- my hometown as a psychic placements -- into it. And so she knows when we came within two years. Fit and you took that kind of motivations and make it happened -- yet it wasn't that that she said but when she said that something clicked in me like this is supposed to do. So I'm gonna want to go to Rhode Island after that after that summer. And and -- house and into office started."

" And you know how to do you start building your fan -- and and you know we worked with a lot of."

" Artists and open up for her from famous people though coming up. What the time they really have much money so there isn't any. A ton of avenues except MySpace is getting kind of big and so we're really took a lot of time to find friends on MySpace and work. It's -- that's really what what what got me. Started in in in getting your presence and then with that I was able to get venues to see me in among the -- of the effects you."

" Open effort to eleven special yes greatness upon the have a -- transaction happen that -- scoured the web for her up -- people or. You had done -- show somewhere and they heard about you."

" It was some of the booking agent Rhode Island found out about me -- And Q what was -- colonel -- that day but he's the train mostly. And so they had an opening slot and he called me in. --"

" I love and that from their completely. So who are some of you know if you're from your inspirations with people police found little bit like cold plan that you're right yeah."

" It ranges from Blake Coldplay tow yard to old school hip hop. Two. You know hold serve the whole serve communities and music. And you know back in the day in the in the ninety's alternative music. Before that -- and James Taylor. And on the stuff --"

" I like they were -- New Year's show. And actually stick around on Monday here in New York -- do in this -- he. Drive I guess they do a lot of of charity work and the hard rock cafe. Having some special concert get thinner than the press release has extended -- this strategy here and think -- come home that's period. And then you've also worked with like some. Pretty successful music producers -- someone who worked with Jessica Simpson. "

" Yeah of this summer I recorded mind EP which is heart songs. It's four tracks and I recorded it with Michael blue and Andrew Williamson. They did not comically album and he also worked with one Republican. Five for Fighting in it and you were just ascension."

" So the pay you records that he could Al amount and then like you get a publicist. You know do you get a record label you promote on mind. I don't I don't -- one wins."

" To go back you know you do you can to get the best people behind you and and -- you wanna get the right team which feels right and you know first I mean there's millions of musicians out there trying zone. A lot of that I think is Larkin preparation. You know so for me it was much on the right managers first and everything else this costs -- compliance."

" How can put an end of this packaging and my manager. It. That they they let me do a lot of like the musician. In Newton and let the fun stuff. What do you think of our studio crest. -- You hit Clinton not you know little laid back and my within and you know people just interrupting our inner fear of fixing the microphone. So when you're performing in front of lots of your fans and stuff you get nervous Fletcher favorite experience fifth on the renewed those things."

" Not really -- usually. At first it did a little bit book. As a swimmer like having to compete all the time and learn had just deal with and I just touching you I think the attitude from the beginning like my whole styles I don't care. So actually did did you love shows which was my biggest show the time it was like 1500 people there and I knew that the lighting on this and so it. People -- there for about an hour waiting in those first acting so I went on Andy no one's there who's cheering because of some news from -- like introduction. And I certainly make guitar and it wasn't plugged in. In some people lets them play guitar and and done. And I can't so then I'm gonna ever know I went on a microphone -- did you guys wanted to plug my guitar and then researcher and it's turned it around. Stuff you know. Can't groupies. Narnia. "

" Now do you once and I won't mind like a MySpace sometimes. Friday. But yeah something attractive about a man playing an instrument on stage and having all in the other. You people cheering for him I think that we think the attractive attractive to. It track that. And Friday a brain is Brad attractiveness. Scale up. Philippe do you yeah do you had to -- Easier. You -- officer for the you have Lincoln and sources he'll pray yes that jacket. On the -- ocean Pacific. Is here in new music and like endorsements and have a bad enough to let me the living."

" point. Yeah means getting me dying of you know so it's taken -- more you know a lot more now. First I mean haven't I haven't worked a regular job and in two years but. But a lot of time juice just look at -- in my -- from. But it gets better."

" I have jobs on the brink of that this went TV monster.com. Job thing today. And there were like thousands of people literally you know in line -- threatening than I was thinking I mean he hasn't happened to. And that to go on the channel seeing and talk about that. Which is why we don't have them. Next time -- watch you play a little -- for a party you're on global thing. This is -- song called this way."

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" The songs on iTunes and I have album -- released before and this is. Before track EP it's and I can see him go grab it. And have you shot any music India's. Not like legit music video is. So this is slices and this just came out October 22 so how do you make."

" Modeling shoot for it. -- I did photo shoots again we're not for the -- had some that is fair to put on the screen well we have that little picture. Get your hand luggage -- a few years ago. And I had that we can keep."

" So what what -- your favorite part of this whole ride you've been and."

" The freedom. The excitement of a different things known in -- express yourself and your card."

" How many you know different cities do you go to like -- the time frame -- under to a it's kind of just picking up this past year."

" And now it's kind of -- truly an -- in the level but. Especially urban. LA. You know it's going south by southwest and Bryan Texas I was in Chicago. That in your -- in Boston. There's like."

" And -- so get us swim laps fair practice I don't like Selena Morris you can I discern gave it up the end for the sole --"

" And released there in Rwanda really. Whom I never opens her silent it's so close to here right. As miss the -- today and turn them that's okay. And well OAR is going to be on Saturday game on Monday at one hand. He -- as a -- intelligent I got the pitch for their charity thing I said why don't hit send this to. Defensive strategy room and sure enough there on and I guests Laura -- posting thanking my goodness sorry. This stresses like really hitting them clean it. Oh I did not made six of myself. Andy it's okay again if it it's right hand. So. I mean your music video and are we don't see it coming."

" Promise you guitars -- Not yet not yet. Powell I got a show coming up on the seventeenth. In New York City at the living rooms to showcase show. -- industry people but it's open to the public as well so it's at the living room. November 17 any --"

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" I okay. I did actually have to go. There's lot of breaking news today so I might. Not even be on the channel. And then turn on Fox News Channel in the background folks -- and cover myself but it. I appreciate you all watch seeing strategy room there was that a little condensed version of the -- dropped. We didn't we didn't get it's crazy and as usual. Although. Me and then says. I I I end up revealing myself somewhere another with it which tends to be the usual on Israel for all. -- I wish you the best of luck thank you very talented and I loved the song I'm sorry can't stick -- doable thing. And have that fun stuff to come back in and join one of our panel when we talk about lots of things cool. -- and in I'd love to come to your show."

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