Born in Alabama, Matt Williams started in music early, learning to play with various instruments including drums, piano, and xylophone, up to and through high school. Here he found collaborators with whom he began his musical publishing career, being first published in 2003.

He deployed for multiple tours to Iraq and Afghanistan after joining the U.S. Army at 18, with one recovery period due to injuries acquired in an IED attack.

His religious views and many events in his life, including his experiences in war and the untimely passing of his father soon after his return to civilian life in 2012, have served as inspiration in his musical composition.

He maintains an active presence on social media, interacting with his fans as he writes songs, and ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to produce and publish his first solo album in October of 2015, centered around his most well-known song, “You’ll Make Her Cry.”