Love Bravely is a cross-genre music project and creative community founded by rapper/singer-songwriter, Matre, in collaboration with a wide network of musicians, artists and creatives. We believe art plays an important role in the time we’re living in and that it holds a critical seat at the table of global change. We’re committed to working together in support of this potential, inspired by each other’s work and the creativity around us. Music—and all art—opens doors, and when they’re open we can experience ourselves and our world differently. We’re grateful for this experience, and that from this place, when the doors are open, we can begin to see new ways forward.
Love Bravely creates music, writing pieces, videos, community dialogues, and other creative collaborations. For updates about this work and to support it, you can connect with us on Patreon or subscribe to our Substack mailing list with the button below. To get in touch directly email us at mcmatre@gmail.com. Thank you for your interest and support!
Hey family, Thank you for stopping by, and welcome to this new project… In late 2019 I left my home base in L.A. and went to spend some time in rural, upstate New York. I stepped away from projects I was working on, and stopped posting on social media. I was reaching the end of a stage of my life, and could feel I was ready for a change. The world was in a crazy place and I felt I needed to take some time to try and better understand my own path, and how I could contribute. Five months later the pandemic started, things got even more intense, and this helped deepen my exploration of these questions.
When I started this time of reflection I didn’t know if I would write music or not, or if music was the direction things would take, but soon songs started to come. As they came they guided my process. Little by little they’ve helped me understand more about myself, about this moment we’re living in, about working to support change, and about the role art can play in all of this.
Love Bravely is a project I’m launching to help share these new songs and to invite conversations and connections. I think about LB as a band that’s unusually big, because it includes everyone who makes this music possible, as well as artists and collaborators working in a lot of other mediums. This work—like so much of my work over the years—is able to move forward and grow because of the support and encouragement of so many people. In this spirit, Love Bravely is a community supported project and we deeply appreciate all your contributions, interest and collaboration… Thank you for tuning in and being a part of this with us. More music, writing, and all kinds of creations on the way...
peace & thanks,
Matt (Matre)
