Giving away a free Album tonight on UStream

That’s right, folks, Songs from the Vault, vol. 1 is now available via CD Baby! To celebrate, I’ll be giving away a free copy (or maybe more) tonight at my weekly UStream show!

Details for how to get the free CD will be announced during the show, but the CD (or CD’s) will be given away at the end!

Just show up tonight at 6pm Eastern US Time at http://matthewebel.com/ustream


"I Blame The Spy" Video Contest

Studio RecordingsFans of Team Fortress 2 from Valve Software now have a chance to win a full year of the All-Access Pass from Matthew Ebel dot net (a $99 value) and show off their movie-making skills.

All you have to do is make an in-game music video (aka Machinema) using “I Blame The Spy” and you could win a full year of free music from Matthew Ebel dot net!

Full contest details available at www.matthewebel.net


Spring 2009 VIP Song Winner Announced

It’s that time of year… time to pick the first-ever Matthew Ebel dot net VIP Song winner! Congratulations to VIP Subscriber Tony Carcieri, he’ll be getting a custom-written song from Matthew sometime soon!

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Contest Winner: Name That Mugshot

A little over a month ago I posted this contest asking folks to caption this great photo:

My room mates and I sat down and deliberated, picking the best entries and deciding on which one would eventually take the prize- one free month of a Matthew Ebel dot net All-Access pass. We recorded our reactions to the best entries here:
Mugshot Contest Winner.mp3

The winner? Below the fold…
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Vote for me on Sellaband

REAL quick, I promise… I’m part of their “Artist of the week” popularity contest right now and I need your votes. If you’ve already pre-ordered my next album you can vote daily, otherwise just make your mark once and you’ll help me out!

Just hit http://www2.sellaband.com/sixpack.html for more info and to see the competition.

Just LOG IN and VOTE at http://sellaband.com/matthewebel as often as you can. Thanks!


New Contest: Name That Mugshot

Update: Contest entries have ended… time to decide on a winner!


Matt Needs A Drink
Originally uploaded by RoninOtter.

Pay attention, you could win a Matthew Ebel dot net All-Access Pass for one month! My room mate RoninOtter took this picture as we were testing out some of his new photography equipment. Right after he posted it, C.C. Chapman mentioned it looked like a mugshot.

Well, C.C., you’re absolutely right.

So what’s the contest? Reply to this blog post and tell me:

  1. Where I was arrested
  2. What I was arrested for

The winning entry will be picked on Feb. 1 by a panel of random friends who haven’t entered the contest. Yes it’s totally subjective and will be based on whatever makes us laugh the most. If you really want to skew your chances, try photoshopping this and posting to your own blog, but make sure you link to it here in the comments with your official entry.

Contest ends at the end of January 2009 and you can enter as often as you like!

Leave your entries here…


Update: I thought it would go without saying that entries containing vulgar language or epithets would be deleted. Apparently, it needs to be said. Be tasteful.