Matt Bronleewe
Matt Bronleewe | |
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Birth name | Matthew Ryan Bronleewe |
Born | percussion | December 13, 1973
Years active | 1993–present |
Website | www |
Matthew Ryan Bronleewe (born December 13, 1973) is an American record producer, musician, novelist and songwriter.
Biography
Matt Bronleewe was born on December 13, 1973, in Dallas, Texas.[1] As a boy, he moved to central Kansas, Lorraine, with his family so his father could take on the family farm, where he was raised with his two younger sisters. The family moved onto the farmstead a few years later and Bronleewe lived there until he graduated from Quivira Heights High School in 1992.
Bronleewe studied music at
Bronleewe was married in August 1994 and lived for one year in Sterling, Illinois where he continued to work on his studies.
In the summer of 1995, he was invited to reenter the world of music when another Greenville College student,
Bronleewe continues to collaborate with various musicians in the American Christian music scene such as
After building a name for himself in the music industry, Bronleewe turned to the literary world. In August 2007, he released his first book, Illuminated. The thriller conspiracy novel has been likened to stories such as The Da Vinci Code and National Treasure.[2] The book is the first in a five-part series published by Thomas Nelson Fiction.[3] House of Wolves, the second book in the series, was released August 12, 2008.
Bronleewe also co-wrote the song "For the Love of God" with Rebecca St. James; it appears on her 2000 release, Transform.[4]
From 2005 to 2007, he blogged for the e-zine Infuze Magazine, until the website closed in early 2008.
In 2009, Bronleewe joined Dan Haseltine and Jeremy Bose to form a new band, The Hawk in Paris. The band released a seven-song EP, His+Hers, in 2011, filled with melancholy love songs reminiscent of 80s synth-pop groups like Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys.[5] In 2012, The Hawk in Paris released a three-song EP, Freaks.[6]
Personal life
Bronleewe was born in
Notes
- ^ Texas Birth Index (2002). "U.S. Public Records Index". Family Search. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ISBN 978-1595542496.
- ^ a b "Welcome to MattBronleewe.com". Matt Bronleewe. Archived from the original on September 20, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
- ^ Transform google.com [dead link]
- ^ "The Hawk in Paris: An Interview With Dan Haseltine | NoiseTrade". blog.noisetrade.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011.
- ^ Freaks iTunes [dead link]