Rebel News Podcast - SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ Matt Brevner： Recording artist and Rebel video journalist says there's “More Of Us”

00:00:00.000 Oh hey Rebels, it's me, Sheila Gunn-Reed, and you're listening to a free audio-only recording

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00:00:15.120 like that's the convenience of not being tied to terrestrial radio.

00:00:18.540 Now tonight my guest is someone I think you already know, it's my Vancouver-based colleague

00:00:25.140 Matt Brevner, he's a videographer with us, but what you might not know is that he is

00:00:32.000 a Juno Award nominated recording star, he's also been nominated for a Much Music Video

00:00:39.380 Award, and he joins me tonight to talk about his new single, More of Us.

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00:01:38.820 Have conservatives walked off the battlefield of the culture war? Not entirely. I'm Sheila

00:01:44.020 Gunn-Reed and you're watching The Gunn Show. Change politics, change culture, as conservatives

00:02:06.460 often say, but we say that a lot. We don't actually do all that much about it. With the exception of

00:02:11.680 our friends at the Daily Wire, there are really not a lot of conservatives producing movies and

00:02:17.200 music, especially the big-budget Hollywood kind of movies with actual stars in them. It's why I'm

00:02:23.220 such a fan of Ghostbusters, the really, really old one. It feels like that was the last time that a

00:02:28.300 pro-small business, anti-professional student, anti-municipal government, anti-environmental

00:02:33.440 protection agency movie was ever made, and it was perfect. But that movie's coming up on like 40 years

00:02:39.580 old. I'm dating myself here. But now part of the problem of the lack of conservative content in

00:02:44.440 Hollywood and in pop culture is the cancel culture enforced in the industry. Matt Brevner is a

00:02:51.420 Vancouver-based recording artist. He was nominated for a Much Music Video Award. He was also nominated

00:02:57.220 for a Juno, and then he was canceled just like that for being a Christian. The music industry's loss, 0.80

00:03:05.680 however, was our gain. Matt joined Rebel News as the expert videographer working with Drea Humphrey,

00:03:11.540 and he's done some incredible work in front of the camera reporting too. Matt's been covering

00:03:17.880 the normal people being harmed by the government's overreaction to the coronavirus from the very

00:03:24.220 beginning. And he's also covered the division harming society that's being stoked by politicians

00:03:29.020 and the media every day. And so he did what he does. He wrote a song about it. It's called

00:03:33.700 More of Us, because there's more of us than them, people who feel our way. And it encourages

00:03:39.160 people not to feel alone, maybe tune out the mainstream media for a minute and come together

00:03:43.880 in person. The song also encourages people who are waking up on the other side of the lockdown

00:03:49.160 argument to reach out across the aisle. And it encourages us on our side to show a little

00:03:55.240 grace if they do. Joining me tonight to discuss why he wrote More of Us and what he's working

00:04:00.960 on next is Canadian music sensation, no matter what the mainstream media says. Matt Brevner.

00:04:07.420 I can't help but look around and feel like things are getting out of hand.

00:04:13.820 We've been told to trust the science, but the science just doesn't make sense.

00:04:19.360 They say it isn't mandatory, but they also say you jab or you drop.

00:04:23.180 But if it doesn't stop the spread, it makes it feel like this is just a facade.

00:04:30.320 What about the healthcare workers? What about the frontline nurses? 1.00

00:04:36.620 How quickly we forget that they were working 18 hours a day.

00:04:41.600 What about informed consent? What about due diligence?

00:04:46.320 It seems a country that I used to call home is surely slipping away.

00:04:52.780 I can't help but look around and feel like minds are slowly starting to change.

00:04:58.520 Cause even if you're triple vaccinated, know that segregation isn't the way.

00:05:05.040 Freedom is a choice and it's available to all if we choose.

00:05:08.440 But first things first, we gotta turn off the news.

00:05:15.180 Yeah, what about the healthcare workers? 0.65

00:05:18.560 What about the frontline nurses? 1.00

00:05:21.800 How quickly we forget that they were working 18 hours a day.

00:05:26.780 What about informed consent?

00:05:29.880 What about due diligence?

00:05:32.820 It seems the country that I used to call home is surely slipping away.

00:05:36.540 If you're late to the party, there's plenty room at the table.

00:05:41.740 This side, don't discriminate. 0.85

00:05:44.020 I'm calling on every single man, woman, child of the able.

00:05:47.180 It's time to take the streets and liberate.

00:05:49.620 But please don't be a part of the problem. 0.98

00:05:51.600 Staying willfully ignorant. 0.92

00:05:53.040 Cause there's just way too much at stake. 0.96

00:05:55.380 Yo, it's okay to change your mind.

00:05:57.100 You can admit you were wrong.

00:05:58.420 Cause where there's perfect love, there ain't no shame.

00:06:02.420 Heavenly Father, show me what I don't understand yet.

00:06:05.120 I got my marching orders, I don't fully know the plan yet.

00:06:08.060 Hold on to my Bible before bed, no it ain't been yet.

00:06:10.980 Did you know the makers of the vaccine make the Xanax?

00:06:13.760 I would never lean on corporations for morality.

00:06:16.500 Cause they put their profits over people for their salaries.

00:06:19.400 Know they wanna make you bend the knee for your normality.

00:06:21.920 I know you're feeling all alone, but in reality, there's way more of us than them.

00:06:28.120 There's way more of us than them.

00:06:33.760 There's way more of us than them.

00:06:39.500 There's way more of us than them.

00:06:45.060 There's way more of us than them.

00:06:50.700 There's way more of us than them.

00:06:53.500 There's way more of us than them.

00:06:56.320 There's way more of us than them.

00:07:03.320 There's way more of us.

00:07:07.040 There's way more of us than them.

00:07:10.100 There's way more of us than them.

00:07:40.100 There's way more of us than them.

00:08:10.100 So joining me now from his studio, I guess, in Vancouver is my friend and colleague

00:08:30.560 and recording sensation, Matt Brevner.

00:08:33.680 Matt, thank you so much for joining me.

00:08:35.860 Um, I think your music is sort of taking the internet a little bit by storm as much as the

00:08:44.760 mainstream media kind of wants to ignore what's happening.

00:08:47.740 And we'll get to that in a second.

00:08:49.720 But first, what prompted you to write and record this song?

00:08:56.440 Sure.

00:08:57.000 Well, I, it's kind of interesting that you asked that because during my, my, my career

00:09:05.080 with Rebel News so far, I really tried to make a focus on, cause I had a career before that

00:09:09.500 being in front of the camera.

00:09:10.420 I wanted to stand behind the camera.

00:09:12.240 I really wanted to do my best to honor the subjects that we were filming, honor the stories

00:09:16.720 we were covering and do my best to really work with Drea and put together, you know,

00:09:21.080 the news in an honorable way.

00:09:23.260 So I kind of took a step back and over the last year, I've been really let down by the

00:09:28.300 lack of, of artists, um, speaking up on behalf of what's happening in our country and in our

00:09:35.060 world right now.

00:09:35.880 I understand people are kind of afraid to do that, but the arts needs to be, you know,

00:09:41.120 the frontline of, of the voice of, of rebellion and social justice movements.

00:09:45.080 And ironically enough, over the past couple of years, they've been very loud and very

00:09:49.100 vocal when it, when it's convenient and, you know, there's corporate bucks behind it,

00:09:53.860 but when it's not convenient and your reputation or your job is on the line, it seems that fearless

00:09:59.020 artists, that's almost an oxymoron these days.

00:10:02.980 So I just felt inspired to write the song.

00:10:05.520 Um, I've been having a lot of conversations with friends of mine that are, um, maybe on the

00:10:10.980 further left side of the spectrum, but we remained relationship.

00:10:14.740 And, uh, and, uh, a sense of normality and staying cordial through all of this, the business.

00:10:21.960 Um, but I've noticed people are just starting to kind of change their minds, especially with

00:10:25.660 the latest restrictions over, over the Christmas holiday, where people kind of just feel like

00:10:29.600 they did everything that they were supposed to do.

00:10:31.440 And it still wasn't enough, um, with lockdowns and closures and not being able to, you know,

00:10:35.780 see their families over Christmas or whatever.

00:10:37.360 And I think people are pretty fed up with it.

00:10:39.320 So I just felt like, I just felt inspired to write a song.

00:10:42.300 So yeah, it came out pretty quick.

00:10:44.360 I wrote the thing in like 20 minutes.

00:10:45.720 And as soon as we wrote it or I wrote it, I reached out to a friend, uh, B Dice, who

00:10:50.720 helped me put, uh, put the video together.

00:10:52.880 Um, and I was like, man, we need to shoot a video.

00:10:54.780 And then, you know, basically two weeks later it was out.

00:10:57.680 No, I think it's really, I think it's really beautiful for all your skills to come together.

00:11:03.280 Um, and you could draw on that well of experience over the last year, telling the story of the

00:11:11.620 normal people who are so impacted by these lockdowns.

00:11:16.320 We hear all the time from the fancy TV doctors and we hear from the politicians and, but especially

00:11:24.540 for you, Andrea, the work you do in Vancouver is you're just talking about the normal people,

00:11:29.680 the forgotten people, the people who live with the consequences of these big decisions.

00:11:34.420 And not only are their lives being ruined and their relationships with their families being

00:11:39.920 destroyed, but then their politicians and the media are calling them names and, and, um,

00:11:48.720 stoking fear and division and hatred towards them.

00:11:52.280 Um, yeah, they're being absolutely demonized from the top down.

00:11:56.880 Um, basically, you know, our, our, our top government officials are inciting violence

00:12:01.280 against people who for legitimate reasons, uh, choose or are not physically even able

00:12:07.100 to receive this, uh, medical treatment.

00:12:09.420 Um, and it's disgusting and it's, it's, it's shameful.

00:12:14.520 And I think, you know, a lot of people, most people in society, they have faith in their

00:12:20.740 institutions, whether that be the government or big media or what have you.

00:12:26.580 Um, so they're just kind of doing what they're told and, and they don't all have the time

00:12:31.340 to do the research that, that we do.

00:12:34.340 I mean, we're in the news, it's literally our job to be informed.

00:12:37.320 Um, so it's, it's, it's unfortunate, you know, there needs to be some accountability to

00:12:41.580 think critically and, and try to do better.

00:12:44.980 Um, but fear is a huge motivator.

00:12:47.040 And when the loudest voices in our world are, you know, screaming, you're going to

00:12:51.340 die, you're going to die. 0.99

00:12:52.940 These people are going to kill you. 0.98

00:12:54.420 It's like, how can you not be susceptible to that sort of rhetoric?

00:12:58.620 You know, what I like about your song is, well, a lot of things, but in particular, um, the

00:13:04.640 message of anti-division, you see the problem as division.

00:13:09.020 Um, and so the, for me, the message of the song is, look, you know, you might have been

00:13:18.800 an early adopter of the fear rhetoric and, and division, but it's okay for you to wake

00:13:25.320 up and realize that you were wrong and come on over to our side.

00:13:29.760 And I hate to use our side, their side, but come on over here.

00:13:32.920 We don't care how you came to believing in freedom, but get here.

00:13:41.060 Yeah.

00:13:41.640 And I mean, maybe this will resonate with some people.

00:13:45.760 Maybe it won't resonate with some people, but I'm a, I'm a Christian.

00:13:49.340 I'm a, I'm a believer of the, of the teachings of Jesus Christ and he doesn't discriminate.

00:13:54.980 It's like, if they're not for us or if they're not against us, they're for us.

00:13:57.940 So, and everyone has a checkered past, everyone falls short of the, of the, of the glory of

00:14:03.480 God, yet it's available to all of us.

00:14:06.040 And I think with something like, there's no room for pride or ego when you're trying to

00:14:11.120 win hearts and win, win minds.

00:14:14.300 And again, it's, it's, it can be a bit of fear on both sides, justified, completely justified,

00:14:21.300 but still fear.

00:14:22.020 And it just deepens the trenches of, of division.

00:14:26.040 So there needs to be some grace and some humility and some patience for one another, um, regardless

00:14:32.960 of your, of your understandings and your ideology so that we can actually have a peaceful discourse

00:14:38.000 and not just like throw grenades at one another because things will never change if, if that

00:14:42.220 continues, you know?

00:14:43.760 So, um, now I wanted to ask you, I, I've sort of been watching the YouTube comments on your

00:14:49.880 video and, uh, the response overwhelming, like 99 point.

00:14:56.700 I don't actually think that I've seen a bad comment left.

00:14:59.900 I haven't looked in a couple of days, but the response from your fans, tell me about it.

00:15:06.400 Yeah, it's, it's been strange because it's mostly been new people.

00:15:09.600 I think, um, leading up to this release, just because of, you know, the, the work we've

00:15:15.140 been doing journalistically, uh, the truth can be polarized.

00:15:18.500 Well, the truth is polarizing.

00:15:19.780 So there's a lot of folks, maybe from, uh, liberal minded folks from the music industry

00:15:24.680 that have kind of written me off or said heinous things about me in the past, but those voices

00:15:29.120 are definitely being silenced because I think what this song is doing is it's, uh, creating

00:15:33.600 an opportunity for people who feel disenfranchised or marginalized to be like, oh, wait, like,

00:15:39.220 I'm not weird or I'm not crazy.

00:15:41.500 There's actually, you know, tens of thousands, millions of people that are going, not only

00:15:45.860 think what I think, but are going through exactly what I'm going through right now.

00:15:49.720 And I've received thousands of messages from nurses and doctors and, and professionals

00:15:54.640 that have been fired, fired and, and, uh, demonized and whatever.

00:15:58.720 And it's just like, yeah, it's giving people hope, which is just such a blessing.

00:16:02.840 And it's far beyond anything that I expected or, or could have hoped for.

00:16:08.520 And yeah, it just, it's just beautiful.

00:16:10.960 It's really beautiful to see.

00:16:12.540 Well, and as a mom, uh, with a 12 year old, I was really happy that, um, you know, it's,

00:16:18.960 you know, conventional pop culture music.

00:16:21.660 However, no swears, no, it was, it was great.

00:16:27.020 Cause it's something that you, I feel comfortable letting my daughter listen to and, and learn

00:16:31.460 all the words too.

00:16:32.200 And I noticed that other parents in the YouTube comments felt the same way.

00:16:35.720 And again, one of those things where you're not alone, you know, there are other parents

00:16:39.060 who are desperately looking for music that you, you, you know, the, you see your kids

00:16:43.800 singing along to and you're like, no, no, no, you can't sing about that.

00:16:46.020 But she doesn't even understand what the words mean.

00:16:47.760 Um, I'm so glad that there's none of that in, in your song, obviously.

00:16:52.740 Yeah.

00:16:52.860 I mean, music is a, it's a vessel, um, and it really, it resonates with the spirit.

00:16:58.380 And even if you go back thousands and thousands of years across different, uh, ethnic groups,

00:17:03.600 different tribes, different ideologies, music was always such a powerful binder for theology

00:17:08.240 and for concepts.

00:17:10.060 So we have to really be careful about the music that we allow into our brains, even if it seems

00:17:15.320 innocent, even if it seems like it's just party music or it's just whatever it's, there's

00:17:20.360 some very grotesque, uh, messaging in contemporary pop culture, contemporary music, even just pop

00:17:26.680 music generally going back to, you know, 50, 60 years, it's usually about either, you know,

00:17:32.200 sex drugs and rock and roll.

00:17:33.400 That's just what it's always been about.

00:17:34.800 So to be able to, you know, counter that with, with, with some positive messaging in a package

00:17:41.060 that's maybe familiar to people, um, I think that's, that's what I'm trying to do.

00:17:46.040 You know, that's all I could hope for.

00:17:47.580 And if, if it resonates with people, whether it's, you know, 10 people or a million people,

00:17:51.620 then that's, it's all a bonus from there.

00:17:54.680 Now, I know what your fans think.

00:17:56.700 I know what your new fans think.

00:17:58.560 What about your former, and I guess current, because you are recording, you're a recording

00:18:04.380 artist.

00:18:05.020 What is the response from people within the industry?

00:18:07.580 People you used to be colleagues with or, or, or no longer who are sort of part of when

00:18:12.040 you were initially canceled.

00:18:14.380 Have you heard from any of them?

00:18:16.100 There's been a few people that have DM'd me and reached out kind of saying, Hey, I've

00:18:20.660 been following everything you've been doing for the past year and a half and speaking

00:18:23.740 out against the public narratives.

00:18:25.540 And you're really brave.

00:18:26.960 You're really courageous, which is like, I, I appreciate that, but it also, to me, I don't

00:18:33.220 really see it as being brave because we're courageous because it takes a lot of courage

00:18:38.600 to just take it on the chin and deal with things the way they are.

00:18:41.960 Because if we don't speak up, like the, the fabric of our country is being completely ripped

00:18:46.780 apart and destroyed, maybe beyond repair, unless we all speak up and it doesn't have

00:18:50.680 to be on a huge level.

00:18:52.080 It's just having stern conversations out of love with people that we care about.

00:18:56.840 And then this stops.

00:18:57.640 It's, it's really it.

00:18:58.780 Like we have this passive aggressive PC undertone and everything we do in Canada relationally.

00:19:04.900 And I think it's really one of the reasons why Canada is really struggling right now throughout

00:19:09.100 the pandemic and all the issues that are arising from it, because we're afraid to have conversations

00:19:13.020 with one another.

00:19:15.320 Anyway, sorry, that's, that's a bit of a rant, but I have received some, some nice messages.

00:19:18.980 I think because the, the, the reception of this has been so overwhelmingly positive and global.

00:19:25.340 I think a lot of people that maybe did me dirty or I've had not so nice things to say about

00:19:29.980 me in the past are just shutting up right now.

00:19:32.320 And that's great.

00:19:34.720 Yeah.

00:19:35.040 I was going to say, I think that's probably the best you can hope for.

00:19:37.780 Yeah.

00:19:39.040 Now, um, you, I think I saw this trend for quite a few days at 13, but 12, I think you

00:19:48.820 got as high as 11.

00:19:49.580 I'm not sure if you broke the top 10.

00:19:51.220 Did you?

00:19:52.440 Uh, not that I'm aware of.

00:19:53.920 It got as high as 11.

00:19:54.840 Um, but that's still pretty, that's what I'm saying.

00:19:58.840 That's, that was my next question.

00:20:00.920 So number 11, YouTube music.

00:20:04.580 I think you're probably the number one song Canadian artist for sure.

00:20:10.380 So you would think that that might be something that, um, music journalists, um, entertainment

00:20:18.500 journalists in this country might be interested in this independent artist with his, um, you

00:20:26.240 know, his self-written music.

00:20:28.980 He's filmed all the footage in the documentary or most of the, or in the video, or at least

00:20:33.400 most of it.

00:20:34.200 He put together the video on his own.

00:20:36.460 What a great story that you trended all the way at, uh, number 11, but they don't seem

00:20:42.920 to care.

00:20:43.420 Do they?

00:20:43.800 Why is that?

00:20:45.320 Yeah.

00:20:45.500 I mean, surprisingly, I haven't even had even people, even guys that have supported me in

00:20:51.540 my whole career, like small publications haven't, it's been crickets.

00:20:54.740 It's no one's really posted it.

00:20:56.540 Um, but they're afraid they're either afraid or they think that this message is dangerous.

00:21:00.720 And the only reason why they would think that a message of unity and Hey, like maybe don't

00:21:06.000 demonize people who are being, you know, fired for their choices.

00:21:10.020 Like the only reason why that message is dangerous is because it puts a crack in the narrative and

00:21:14.100 they're very subscribed to the narrative.

00:21:15.740 So, yeah, I mean, this is just, again, just pointing out the hypocrisy of, of, of the media

00:21:21.400 zeitgeist and, and big corporate news and whatever else.

00:21:25.520 And it's, it's nothing new, but it's still unfortunate because I mean, it's one thing

00:21:30.820 if a song is, is trending with a label behind it, where you have access to everything, you

00:21:35.040 have a big marketing budget, but I mean, this song has been blocked on basically every, every

00:21:41.340 step of the way.

00:21:42.380 So it's really just come from, you know, the help of, of, of our, of our supporters.

00:21:46.760 Um, a few, uh, like Tom McDonald shared the song, uh, Zuby shared the song and luckily

00:21:55.060 a dark horse podcast shared the song, but it's really just been going through like by

00:21:59.440 word of mouth.

00:22:00.440 Um, and it's interesting because yeah, like Google blocked all the ads, Facebook blocked

00:22:05.520 all the ads.

00:22:06.020 So it's literally just like, Hey, check this out.

00:22:07.840 Hey, check this out.

00:22:08.620 Hey, check this out.

00:22:09.580 So it's, it's like a real grassroots movement and still crickets when it comes to, comes to

00:22:16.660 media.

00:22:17.320 So, ah, well, their loss, you know?

00:22:20.200 Yeah.

00:22:20.440 You're being passed around like a mixtape.

00:22:22.440 It's kind of fun to see, to see that, um, the people as much as, you know, the, the powers

00:22:31.500 of big tech are trying to suppress the will of the people, the people are still speaking.

00:22:36.980 Um, so much so that you trended at number 11, which is such an incredible accomplishment

00:22:44.760 given what you're up against with big tech censorship, but the lack of resources by which

00:22:50.180 you did it.

00:22:50.680 I mean, it's again, good news story.

00:22:53.140 You think any reasonable entertainment journalist in Canada would be like, holy heck, look at

00:22:57.120 that guy.

00:22:57.540 But no, the, I think your politics are wrong.

00:23:01.380 I think it's, it can be a, uh, encouraging thing though for our viewers, because the only

00:23:06.960 reason why this message has been able to get out there so far is because you guys have been

00:23:10.340 sharing it because you care about it because it resonated with you because you wanted people

00:23:14.760 to see it.

00:23:15.840 So there's this misnomer that, oh, I'm just one person.

00:23:18.360 What can I do?

00:23:19.320 Well, you can do a lot.

00:23:20.920 You have a voice, you know, you, you can do a lot.

00:23:23.280 And if we make enough noise, people can't ignore us.

00:23:26.060 You know, the song was wedged between the weekend and Disney.

00:23:29.920 It's insane.

00:23:30.860 Like we're talking billions of dollars of, of access between those two, those two institutions.

00:23:35.980 Right.

00:23:36.200 So it's just, it, it really starts to put a crack in like the veneer of the, the big tech

00:23:42.360 oligarchy, the overlords.

00:23:44.020 It's like, no, we just have to work.

00:23:45.840 We just have to stand up for what we believe in and, and, and rep the things that we love

00:23:50.320 and appreciate.

00:23:51.020 And if that's enough, I really believe it.

00:23:54.200 Well, I think the success of the song is a testament to the accuracy of the message

00:23:58.800 in the song in that, um, you know, you're the message of the song is that you're not

00:24:04.260 alone.

00:24:04.880 And if you, if you're finally realizing that you were maybe wrong about this issue, it's

00:24:09.320 okay.

00:24:09.720 We understand, get over here.

00:24:11.240 Um, and that's sort of what's happening with how well the song is doing.

00:24:19.040 People aren't alone and there are more of us than them.

00:24:22.020 And that's why the song is doing so well, because there are more of us than them that care about

00:24:28.340 this issue.

00:24:29.280 And YouTube can't block that.

00:24:32.540 Yeah, they really can't.

00:24:33.920 And if they do, I mean, it's been populated in so many different channels, uploading it

00:24:38.860 and across different networks.

00:24:40.020 There's multiple uploads on BitChute, multiple uploads on Rumble, which aren't mine.

00:24:44.760 I have no idea about who uploaded them or, or, yeah, I couldn't tell you, but I don't

00:24:48.960 even care about that because I just want, I want the message to get out.

00:24:51.640 I'm hoping that this, you know, just invokes conversation.

00:24:55.660 Um, it's not about garnering all the views into one video so that my ego can get hyperinflated.

00:25:00.420 That's not what it's about at all.

00:25:01.520 So, yeah, I think, um, we just have to use the tools at our disposal, even though the

00:25:08.520 messages like ours are being blocked, whether that means, you know, we get a content strike

00:25:12.680 or we can't get a mortgage or we can't have access to our banks or whatever it is.

00:25:17.540 There's always going to be a way around it because it's, it's this, like I was, I was

00:25:21.880 speaking with, with Ezra, I mentioned we're in a cultural hegemony right now where 1% of

00:25:26.760 the population has the loudest voice and they claim to represent the 99%.

00:25:30.800 But in reality, they don't at all.

00:25:32.280 They only, they only represent themselves, but the 99% is afraid and we haven't realized 0.98

00:25:36.920 yet that we actually hold the chips.

00:25:39.360 So now I don't want to take up too much more of your time because this is the middle of

00:25:42.820 a work day and you're working on, you're working on one of Dre's videos.

00:25:46.740 So I don't want to take you away from that.

00:25:48.760 Um, but what's next, Matt?

00:25:50.660 Like what's next for you?

00:25:52.100 How do you build on this success and what's the next project?

00:25:55.760 Well, I'm working on some new music right now.

00:25:57.780 Um, there's going to be some pretty exciting announcements coming in the next few weeks.

00:26:02.860 I'm hoping we can maybe work on that together.

00:26:05.500 You bet.

00:26:05.840 This is all happening like super real time.

00:26:08.160 And clearly, you know, it's, it's interesting because I had, I had fully put down music.

00:26:13.000 Like after what I went through and, and taking the job with Rebel, I'm like, okay, I'm entering

00:26:17.080 in a new season of my life.

00:26:18.400 I'm going to focus on video.

00:26:19.540 So I'm going to focus on journalism, but I feel like God's restored that for me and

00:26:24.900 he's calling me back into it.

00:26:26.500 So I'm, I'm ready to go pretty hard on the music stuff.

00:26:29.560 I'm lining up some collaborations with some artists that I think our fans and our viewers

00:26:33.880 will really know and love, which is crazy, but nothing ready for announcements yet, but

00:26:39.000 just know I'm working, I'm working hard and I'm going to keep promoting the song and

00:26:43.080 the video.

00:26:43.700 Hopefully hop on some podcasts, do some more press and keep spreading the message.

00:26:47.920 That's incredible.

00:26:49.720 And you're doing all of this while working more than full time for us with Drea in Vancouver.

00:26:56.880 So that is an incredible accomplishment.

00:26:58.760 I never worry if you're working or not.

00:27:01.940 Matt, one last thing for people who don't know, how can they find your work and how can

00:27:07.920 they support the work that you're doing?

00:27:09.600 Sure.

00:27:10.100 Well, if you go to brevener.com, it's a landing page I set up and it has access to, you know,

00:27:16.260 merch if you want to support that way.

00:27:18.260 The music video is on there.

00:27:20.120 And also there's a link to the song, which is available for download.

00:27:25.120 There was a mix up.

00:27:27.020 They're saying there was a mix up with distribution.

00:27:29.720 So the song currently isn't on Spotify or Apple or any of the mainstream streaming sites.

00:27:35.100 They're saying it could take as much as, as two business weeks.

00:27:38.220 I don't know.

00:27:38.800 It could be a while.

00:27:39.420 So if you want to get the song, if you go to bandcamp.com or brevener.bandcamp.com, which

00:27:44.280 you can redirect through brevener.com, you can download the song for free, you know, or

00:27:49.280 if you feel like chipping in a penny, a dollar or whatever else, you can also download the

00:27:53.480 song by donation there.

00:27:55.740 Great.

00:27:56.140 And that money basically goes straight to me and trying to, to market this, the song

00:28:00.020 and do more press and, and some alternative marketing.

00:28:03.180 And so, yeah, well, I hope you don't get too successful and then leave us, but I also hope

00:28:10.620 that, you know, that if, if you do, your voice is used to amplify, um, the stories of normal

00:28:17.520 people, which is exactly what you're doing for us.

00:28:19.480 So, you know, either way, God's will, right?

00:28:22.400 Well, rebel, rebel is my family.

00:28:24.100 And we're, regardless of where this, this ride takes me, it's been, you guys have encouraged

00:28:28.760 me to step into my giftings and do this.

00:28:31.080 So I'm so glad this is home for me.

00:28:34.540 Okay.

00:28:34.820 And I'll try not to be selfish about it.

00:28:38.420 Okay, Matt, uh, thank you so much for taking the time.

00:28:41.040 Um, I don't want to take you away from your regular job.

00:28:43.940 Um, and I cannot wait to see what you do next.

00:28:47.440 Thanks, Sheila.

00:28:48.120 I really appreciate it.

00:28:49.360 Thanks.

00:28:49.620 I don't even really know who said it first, but it was constantly reinforced by Andrew

00:29:04.740 Breitbart before his passing that politics are indeed downstream of culture, as in to

00:29:11.020 change the political landscape.

00:29:12.460 We first need to change the culture instead of completely tuning out of it, which is something

00:29:17.500 that I know I'm a little bit guilty of.

00:29:19.200 And I think Matt's music is one step in the right direction of re-normalizing being normal

00:29:25.600 again.

00:29:26.580 Now, if you'd like to support Matt's work, I'll include a link to his website and to

00:29:29.700 his band camp in the description of the video today.

00:29:32.920 Thanks so much, everybody, for tuning in.

00:29:36.080 As always, I'll see everybody back here in the same time and the same place next week.

00:29:41.040 And remember, don't let the government tell you that you've had too much to think.

Rebel News Podcast - January 13, 2022

SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ Matt Brevner： Recording artist and Rebel video journalist says there's “More Of Us”

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