Nothing unites people like music

Then famed DJ Sam Felt aired it on his weekly radio show.

His most recent Matt Dubb release, “L’Chai Olamim” with Mordechai Shapiro and Benny Friedman, is one of his most successful songs. Within its first few months, the song had over two million streams.

“The song blew up. It became an international sensation and is currently played at weddings and events throughout the world. Every day I’m getting tags from everywhere, New York to Australia – it’s an incredible and humbling feeling.” and observant and enjoy good music. I am not listening to controversial or inappropriate music. Electronic music to me is very spiritual.

Matt wants to bring his positive messages through music to as many people as he can.

“Sometimes, people might think I’m not spiritual because of my external image. But really, I’m deeply religious and spiritual. Similarly, my music breaks boundaries and bridges the gap between spiritual and not spiritual.”

Judaism plays a huge role in Matt’s life and animates every part of his day. “Judaism is the best thing in the world because it grounds me and gives me a lot of purpose and meaning. I don’t view Judaism as a restriction; I view it as a guide to life. All my music comes from a very spiritual place. I feel more do music, my business will fall apart. I’m passionate, but I can’t let it take over my business.

“The music industry has a lot of ups and downs. It’s a lot of hard work. It could happen overnight for some people, like winning the lottery. But what I realised is that it might look like an overnight blowup, but really it was five or ten years of hard work.”

Making an Impact

“When I get feedback from followers, it keeps me going. The more people I reach, the greater I feel. People are responding with such positive messages. Someone on YouTube commented that my music caused him to put on tefillin for the first time in 10 years. Another person wrote, ‘this song got me through hard times.’ All these comments make me want to keep reaching more and more people, and will hopefully make a difference.”

Matt was once stuck in Germany for Shabbat because his flight had experienced an emergency landing.

He’s still working as a DJ, but mostly for Jewish events and parties. He is hustling, playing in venues and simultaneously trying to build the success of MŪNTII, which is a lot of work. “I’ve gotten messages from people from college campuses all over the US telling me they love my MŪNTII songs.”

He wants to bridge the gap between secular and Jewish music, as well as build bridges between people. “Music unites people like nothing else.”

Priorities

Matt is very spiritual.

“I view myself as a religious Orthodox person. I keep Shabbat, kosher and pray daily with a minyan. At the same time, I am very open-minded. I don’t feel that it’s a contradiction to be religious connected when I am working on my music.” Matt also prioritises learning Torah and also maintains a relationship with Rabbi Gershon Ribbner, a teacher who encouraged him to play gigs while in yeshiva.

Matt is also focused on his business. He founded a finance company, which provides working capital for businesses. He explains that balancing his finance business and musical career is his biggest challenge.

“Even though the majority of my day is focused on my business, my passion is for music. So, no matter how busy I may be with work, I will still take a day off for a studio session. Or I might stay up late working on music and therefore will get to the office a bit late. These two priorities create inner conflict. If I only

“I was davening at The West End Synagogue in Frankfurt. I met this couple, soon to be getting engaged. He was in the process of converting and told me my music gave him inspiration while becoming a Jew. He expressed how much my music helped his process.”

It’s stories like this that fuel Matt’s passion.

“Music enables me to connect to millions of people. I may not know them or ever see them, but I feel that I can make a difference in their lives. That’s what makes this all worth it.”

Someone once approached Matt and asked, “Why do you do this? Don’t you have a successful business?” Matt responded, “My passion for music is bigger than money. Find your passion and pursue it.”

Look out for Matt’s upcoming MNTII collaboration with Alex Clare and other exciting projects.