The Netherlands’ Matt Blue is a Cancer Survivor

New talent 18 year old Matt Blue, whose striking cover of Jason Derulo’s “What If” was featured in this space last month, did a TwitCam chat this afternoon.

He revealed that an album is being recorded in Belgium, that he’s in talks with major labels about the record, and that he has performed live in and outside of the Netherlands.  I asked:

@billcs: @mattbluemusic What was the turning point that made you want to sing, perform and record?

@mattbluemusic: @billcs Well i was diagnosed with cancer last year that made me wanna sing for a living

@mattbluemusic @billcs I fought it and it’s cured now!

Congratulations Matt!!  That is always so amazing for me to hear.  As you all know our favourite 8-bit Heart guy, Simon Curtis, also beat cancer but at a younger age.  And my 17 year old son has a close friend who had cancer at age 11 and is now clean.

You can hear Matt’s music on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/user/MattBlueMusic

The pic  below is from a print screen shot of Matt, so you can have a good look at him 🙂