Matthew Lien

Matthew Lien (lee-ENN), a resident of Canada' Yukon Territory, has been composing, recording and producing music for most of his life. Singing traditional German and American folk songs as a child with his family, he graduated to the guitar and piano by the age of 10. With formal music lessons leaving him uninspired, he abandoned them after a few weeks and proceeded to teach himself piano and music theory, drawing inspiration and knowledge from friends and family.

The Adventure Begins

Matthew's adventures in studio production started in High School, which led to his early experimental productions such as "The Matthias Project", and his first professional demo recording with his post-high school band, Down To Earth. These experiences drew him deeper into the limitless world of sound production, and eventually to his first solo self-produced album, "Music To See By", which was produced over the course of 3 years and officially released in 1987.

Following the release of "Music To See By", Matthew's second album "Bleeding Wolves" reached multi-platinum status within a year of its international release in 1995. In southeast Asia, primarily in Taiwan and mainland China, Matthew has achieved phenomenal (and, for a foreigner, unprecedented) success. Matthew's two releases, "Voyage To Paradise" and "Touching The Earth," occupied Taiwan's International Top 20 pop charts ahead of such artists as Eric Clapton, Celine Dion and The Backstreet Boys. "Touching the Earth" remained on the Top 20 charts for 11 weeks, sharing the charts with a second resurgence of "Bleeding Wolves".

Matthew's unique approach to music production has yielded six solo albums, an album with the Wildlands ensemble, and numerous other projects and commissioned works. In addition to his studio work, Matthew is known for his exciting live performances which are regularly sold out and have attracted audiences of over 30,000... even in the pouring rain!