EP 12 | Matthew Barouch from Above The Sun

Matthew Barouch is a Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist from Staten Island New York. In Episode 12 of my weekly podcast Miltrick Media, we discussed his biggest influences and what made him want to become a songwriter. Matthew talked about his childhood and how his parents classic rock influences struck a chord with him when he was young and how he fell in love with numerous bands his parents enjoyed. Some artists that were impactful included Paul Simon, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Carole King, Van Morrison, and Oasis. When he was 19, Matthew took a songwriting course in college that really flipped a switch and made him want to pursue songwriting. This class made him realize he can pursue songwriting and it all felt natural and organic. Later on in the episode we talked about his band Above The Sun, a rock band from NYC which perform in the tradition of the great rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s, combined with pop-punk influences of the 1990s. We talked about their debut album "Excitation" as well as the music videos for "Empty Words" and "Dumb. We discussed how in late 2020 after months of working with industry relations company Big Noise, the band’s single “Empty Words” ended up on the ballot for “Best Rock Performance” and “Record of the Year" Grammy nominations. Subscribe To My YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2c7ozujY8F7hevwqLkBXnw/featured Miltrick on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miltrick_/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miltrickmusic/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/miltrick_ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/miltrick Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@miltrick Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/miltrick_ Stream my music on Spotify & Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/miltrick/1505956592 https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tOolCdSdiJiFHu05tf7mO?si=bOSMunV4Sl-k1hQ_Y49IrA Matthew/Above The Sun on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/mbarouch/ https://www.instagram.com/abovethesunmusic/