| Description | Price |
| First Hour | $350 (AUD) |
| Additional Hours | $100 (AUD) |
Great live music, basically. No frills, no nonsense solo acoustic music. Friendly, affordable, flexible, and dead easy to book. Servicing Melbourne West, Ballarat, Macedon Ranges. Looking for live acoustic music without the fuss? Hire Matt Basic.
Hi, I’m Matt. I’m a solo acoustic musician who sings and plays guitar. I live and breathe music, and love connecting with people through song. I offer no-frills, no-nonsense solo acoustic music. Simple as that. Discreet background vibes? Chilled Sunday session? Rowdy night at the pub? I’ll make it happen. I’m friendly, affordable, flexible, and dead easy to book.
= areas covered (up to 190 miles)
= free travel (up to 60 miles)
ABBA – Dancing Queen
ABBA – Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)
Adele – Rolling in the Deep
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane
Avalanche City – Love Love Love
Avicii – Wake Me Up
Backstreet Boys – As Long As You Love Me
Ben E. King – Stand By Me
Ben Harper – Steal My Kisses
Bette Midler – Chapel Of Love
Bette Midler – The Wind Beneath My Wings
Beyonce & Jay Z – Crazy In Love
Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
Blind Melon – No Rain
Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay
Bob Evans – Don’t You Think It’s Time
Bob Marley – No Woman No Cry
Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead or Alive
Boston – More Than a Feeling
Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
Bruce Springsteen – Dancing in the Dark
Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire
Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven
Bryan Adams – Heaven
Cab Calloway – Minnie the Moocher
Calvin Harris & Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
Christmas – Jingle Bells
Christmas – Let It Snow
Christmas – White Christmas
Christmas – Winter Wonderland
Chuck Berry – Johnny B Goode
Cold Chisel – Flame Trees
Cold Chisel – My Baby
Coldplay – The Scientist
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary
Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Midnight Special
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain
Crowded House – Fall at your Feet
Crowded House – Weather With You
Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time
Daddy Cool – Eagle Rock
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World
David Bowie – Space Oddity
Dragon – April Sun in Cuba
Ed Sheeran – Perfect
Ed Sheeran – Tenerife Sea
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Elton John – Daniel
Elton John – I’ve Seen That Movie Too
Elton John – Your Song
Elvis Presley – Blue Suede Shoes
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley – Hound Dog
Elvis Presley – Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
Eric Clapton – Layla
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
Estelle – American Boy
Etta James – At Last
Faith No More (Lionel Richie) – Easy
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Fleetwood Mac – Say You Love Me
Fleetwood Mac – Songbird
Florence & the Machine – You’ve Got The Love
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Foo Fighters – My Hero
Foo Fighters – Times Like These
Frank Sinatra – The Way You Look Tonight
Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
Ginuwine – Pony
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
Green Day – When I Come Around
Guns n’ Roses – Sweet Child o’ Mine
Hank Williams – I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)
Harry McLintock – Big Rock Candy Mountains
Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’
Henry Mancini – Moon River
Human Nature – Love Is All Around
Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World
INXS – By My Side
INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Jack Johnson – Better Together
Jack Johnson – I Got You
Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
James Taylor – Fire and Rain
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing
John Williamson – True Blue
Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
Joseph Spence (Ry Cooder) – The Great Dream From Heaven
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
Kenny Loggins – Footloose
Kenny Rogers – The Gambler
Lifehouse – You and Me
Los Lobos – La Bamba
Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World
Lyrnyd Skyrnd – Sweet Home Alabama
Maroon 5 – Sugar
Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Matchbox 20 – 3am
Michael Buble – Dream a Little Dream of Me
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
Newton Faulkner – Dream Catch Me
Oasis – Wonderwall
One Republic – Stop and Stare
Otis Redding – Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Paul Simon – Graceland
Pearl Jam – Better Man
Pearl Jam – Jeremy
Pharrell – Happy
Procol Harem – Whiter Shade of Pale
Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen – Somebody To Love
Queen – You’re My Best Friend
Radiohead – Creep
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
Redbone – Come & Get Your Love
REM – Man On The Moon
Robbie Williams – Angels
Rocky Horror – The Time Warp
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All
Ruelle – I Get To Love You
Ryan Adams – My Love For You Is Real
Seal – Crazy
Shawn Mendes – Stitches
Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2U
Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Stephen Sanchez – Until I Found You
Sting – Fields of Gold
The Angels – Take A Long Line
The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
The Beatles – Blackbird
The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun
The Beatles – Hey Jude
The Beatles – Norwegian Wood
The Beatles – Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles – With a Little Help From My Friends
The Beatles – You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
The Doobie Brothers – Listen to the Music
The Eagles – Tequila Sunrise
The Greatest Showman – A Million Dreams
The Jackson 5 – Blame It On The Boogie
The Killers – Mr Brightside
The Killers – When You Were Young
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
The Masters Apprentices – Because I Love You
The Monkees – I’m a Believer
The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
The National – I Need My Girl
The Police – Every Breath You Take
The Proclaimers – (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles
The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
The Romantics – What I Like About You
The Stranglers – Golden Brown
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
The Travelling Wilburys – End of the Line
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits
Tina Turner – The Best
Tom Petty – Learning To Fly
Tom Waits – Innocent When You Dream
Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Train – Drops of Jupiter
U2 – All I Want Is You
Vance Joy – I’m With You
Vance Joy – Riptide
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Nothing. Don't even need power or cover.
Nothing
Yes, both.
I provide recorded music in the breaks. You're most welcome to send your play lists through ahead of the event and make requests on the night.
Playing with George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic on the International Date Line on Taveuni Island in Fiji NYE 2000. We were the first people in the world to see the new millennium.
Engagement party / surprise wedding. Love to see the looks on people's faces when they realise it's a wedding.
Started on guitar at age 9. Later took up singing. My first professional gig was at 18 years of age, filling in for my guitar teacher in the legendary Melbourne coverband Max Loves 99.
Bob Dylan, Mr Bungle, Hank Williams, Beethoven, Sly Stone, Frank Zappa, Cream, Captain Beefheart, QOTSA, Soundgarden, Stravinsky, Hendrix, Bach. The greatest song of all time? Sheesh... maybe Strawberry Fields by The Beatles.
Takes me 30 mins to set up. Can play as long as you like. I'll typically do 45 min sets, but will always work around your schedule, and any formalities, and can stop or start at any time.
Yes. If there's no cover I'll use a battery-powered speaker.
Absolutely. Love requests. And if I don't know how to play the song I'll pop it on for you in the break.
Great variety of music. Friendly and accommodating. Fun and engaging.
Yes. I charge a travel loading of $100 per hour or part thereof for events more than 1 hour away from Blackwood, VIC.
Hepburn Shire Council
Hamton Property Group
Fuchs Lubricants
GWM Australia
Victoria Hotel Woodend
Blackwood Hotel
Greendale Hotel
Melton Entertainment Park
Creswick Football Netball Club
Daylesford Football Netball Club
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Religious Event
Charity Event
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
1950s Music
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Folk Rock
Jazz
Swing
Christmas
Easy Listening
Background Music
Pop
Acoustic
Covers
Disco
Funk
Motown
R&B
Soul
Vintage
Rock
Britpop
Classic Rock
Indie
Rock 'n' Roll
Alternative Rock
Lighting system included
Instrumental
100% acoustic (no power)
Can provide battery amplifier
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
PA / sound system included
Male vocalist
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