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The Best Of The Early Years 1993​-​97 Vol. 1

by Matt Norton

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Mirror 03:46
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The Choice 03:35
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So Crazy 02:39
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Painted Bear 04:04
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My God Is Faithful (free) 04:14
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Rumors 03:07
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In the Fall of 1993 Matt Norton packed up his belongings and headed 1000 miles south from his home in Montour Falls. NY, to Greenville IL to study the Contemporary Christian music industry. As the sounds of big hair bands and sound's of his youth were being replace by grunge and alternative rock, their was a fresh sound emerging that Matt could not help but be influenced by. Literally right in front of him, in his dorm floor lounge the group Jars Of Clay was formed, writing their infectious songs right outside of his dorm room. Their influence along with Newsboys can be strongly heard in such songs as "Mirror", and "So Crazy". Matt borrowed founding Jars Of Clay member Matt Brownlee's acoustic guitar for the recording of The Direction album, which was tracked and mixed in Greenville College's own Studio "A" & "B" over the course of the a two year year period. It is believed that, that same guitar was later was sold to recording artist Plumb.

After Moving To Granite City, IL and Marring Melissa Holloway on September 31,1995 Matt recorded his third full length self produced album "Devotion Wisdom & Love" with some inexpensive digital recording equipment in their Bentley Street upstairs apartment. While both albums have now been long out of print, and some of the masters lost in moving, Matt was able to rescue and restore some of the best tracks from some well worn cassette tapes. While the recordings are not without blemish Matt was able to bring them back to life so that new and old fans alike can enjoy and experience these landmark recordings,

Songs shush as Paintef Bear, Songs of Forgiveness, Rumors, Living On Empty, and Mirror have remained Matt's favorighs over the years. "The Choice" was recently re-recorded in more of a symphonic power rock style and is performed regularly by his band Broken By Grace.

Songs from these albums were also sent to a prominent Christian record company at a reps request after listening to an early demo of "My Lost Toupee", later released on "Work In Progress" and "Fear Not"!

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released August 31, 2013

All Songs (c) & (P) Matt Norton & Melissa Norton (Matt Norton Music) 2013 pending. Original (C) & (P) 1995,1996 Matt Norton, Melissa Norton, Refining Fire Records

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Matt Norton & Broken By Grace- Melodic Progressive Rock/Post Grunge Band

Matt Norton/Broken By Grace blends progressive post-modern grunge with AOR, Contemporary Praise and Worship and pop punk.

For fans of: Alter Bridge, Stryper, D.C. Talk, Matthew West, Jeremy Camp, Bethel Music, Journey, Def Leppard, O.C. Supertones, Petra, Disturbed, Skillet, Creed, Evanescence, and other great bands from the 70’s to early 2000’s
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