By popular demand, Matthew Ebel dot net members can now purchase previously-released (and currently expired) Studio Recordings as a six-month archive album. All the tracks you’ve been missing are now ready to order!

The first six months of tunes have been re-mastered and are available in three flavors: Round plastic, Apple Lossless, and MP3. All formats are high-quality, but the CD and Apple Lossless are full 16-bit CD quality sound. Round discs ship within a week of purchase!

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Welcome WBUR listeners! For those of you who aren’t familiar with who I am, Andrea Shea’s article for WBUR covered a whole lot of it, but there’s plenty more here on the site. Honestly, the best way to get to know me is to catch one of my weekly online concerts. If you’re curious about the subscription thing, that’s over at Matthew Ebel dot net.

Listen to the WBUR segment right here:
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For those of you who are regulars here, the segment has finally aired on WBUR. Andrea came to both a UStream show and my first annual VIP Beer Bash and talked with me about how struggling musicians are making it in this economy.

There are some great quotes from Chris Penn and Adam Curry in there, and even one poor soul who’s kinda scared about all this newfangled technology stuff. I don’t know who this Dave Wildman guy is [apparently he writes for the Boston Globe... does this mean I can quote him now?], Googling his name didn’t turn up so much as a website or MySpace page, but he seems to think that I’m only into the online concerts. He even likens me to “a talented street performer on the information superhighway”.

Hopefully the hundreds of you that saw me live at FWA and Megaplex know better!

Anyhoo, check out this video interview that didn’t air on the radio. And be sure to drop by WBUR.org and leave a comment for Andrea and the radio station!

The first annual Beer Bash for my VIP Subscribers was a smash hit! Granted, it was 90 degrees outside, but what better way to cool down than with some ice cold, home-brewed beer? Fortunately, some of my VIP’s agree with me on this one.

Check out the photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewebel/sets/72157621940221849/

Just a video update about Matthew Ebel dot net.

• The “I Blame The Spy” video contest is now over, results will be announced soon!
• The annual VIP Goodie Bags have now been ordered and will be shipping out soon. If you’re a VIP, you’ll get yours either in the mail or at the Beer Bash.
• It’s not too late to sign up for VIP Beer Bash 2009. If you’re a VIP member, be sure to grab a ticket here. If you’re not, you can still become a VIP at matthewebel.net/subscribe… but tickets are closing soon!
• Last, the new Matthew Ebel dot net Store will be opening soon with Songs from the Vault, vol. 1. Now you can grab the songs that you missed from the first six months! You’ll need to be an All-Access or VIP subscriber to get that, tho!