About
The person behind the music . . .
More Than Music. A Mission Fueled by Lived Experience.
The Stories Behind the Songs
Australian-born and based in Salzburg, Austria, —Matt—Baseline— is a singer-songwriter whose music combines the raw energy of his ’80s Australian pub-rock roots with honest, emotionally driven songwriting.
Music has been a constant throughout Matt’s life — through relationships, change, struggle and recovery. After living with bipolar disorder for more than 25 years, those experiences have naturally found their way into his songs.
Rather than hiding the difficult chapters, Matt writes about them openly — exploring vulnerability, connection, resilience and the search for a way forward.
Today, music and Mental Health advocacy sit side by side in his work: songs first, but songs with something to say.
Meet Matt
Matt’s story has always involved a fair bit of adventure.
At 17, he left Australia as an exchange student in the United States — the beginning of years spent travelling, exploring and connecting with people around the world.
Long before social media made it normal, Matt was using the early internet to coordinate his travels and meet up with people across Europe and beyond.
Eventually, he went looking for somewhere he could combine everyday life with another great passion — skiing. That search brought him to Austria, where he settled and made the Salzburg region home.
Music travelled with him throughout it all. From his Australian pub-rock roots to life in Europe, the places he has lived, the people he has met and the experiences along the way have all helped shape the songwriter he is today.
From Music to Advocacy
For Matt, Mental Health advocacy grew naturally from lived experience and music.
After more than 25 years of living with bipolar disorder, songwriting became a way to express difficult experiences and open honest conversations. Performing in Mental Health settings around Salzburg showed how music could connect people beyond labels and diagnoses.
That journey ultimately inspired ROCK for Mental Health 🩵 — bringing music, lived experience and community together to make Mental Health easier to talk about.
Music That Connects
Whether on stage, at a community event or performing in a Mental Health setting, the aim remains the same: to create genuine connection through music.
Every song is an opportunity to start a conversation, share an experience and remind us that Mental Health is part of all our lives.
What began through music has grown into an independent initiative bringing artists, Mental Health organisations and communities together.
Music that Inspires, Heals and Connects.