Award winning Blogger from North Wales, founder of the Blazing Minds website and former founding member of Remergence.

JUNO award winner and Canadian-native Matt Brouwer made his debut in the Spring of 2001 with his Reunion Records release Imagerical. The once praise and worship leader turned CCM artist relies on a combination of pop and adult contemporary stylings to communicate his gospel-based message.

Growing up on a dairy farm in the Canadian providence of Nova Scotia, Brouwer is the sixth of seven children. It was not until high school that he became interested in pursuing a musical career, going on to study music at Prairie Bible College in Alberta, Canada. While in college, Brouwer and fellow music majors began a worship night called MNW (Monday Night Worship). The weekly service soon grew from 20 people a week to hundreds of participants and Brouwer along with fellow MNW band members received performance requests from colleges and church worship services across Canada. It was not long before the group was contacted by Christian record labels and later that year Brouwer signed a solo deal. 

Brouwer has released 4 studio albums to date, scoring several top 10 and top 20 singles on the Billboard Christian Music chart in the US as well as numerous top ten singles on the Canadian CANCON chart for CCM stations. The 2009 album, "Where's Our Revolution", was produced by music legend Michael Omartian, and featured guest musicians like Vince Gill and Amy Grant. The album was awarded a Canadian JUNO award for Best Contemporary Christian/Gospel album of the year. Brouwer followed up this success with the album "Till The Sunrise" in 2012. ~ Ashleigh Kittle

Encouraging and equipping you for your purpose and destiny. Dr. Rus D. Jeffrey has 30 plus years of mainstream broadcast experience and 20 plus years of pastoral ministry experience.

Life is Hard is a songwriting duo/independent artists based in Houston Texas.  Our style/genre encompasses Rock, Pop, Country, and CCM.  

Our influences include The Fray, Oasis, The Eagles, Collective Soul, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Johnson, Deep Purple, U2 and many more.  

We released our first, self-titled EP in September, 2011:  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lifeishard11

We released our first full-length album titled "Rise Again," in December, 2012:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lifeishard20

Following are several places where you can purchase our music:  http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/LifeisHard

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/life-is-hard/id404923919

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Again/dp/B00AUJS1OI


Join our SoundCloud Group here:  http://soundcloud.com/groups/american-songwriters

If you are interested in music marketing/recording tips, check out our podcast interview here:  http://songwritingpodcast.com/lifeishard/

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