Matt Farley (born June 3, 1978) is an American musician and filmmaker living in Danvers, Massachusetts. He is the most prolific songwriter in human history. He is also the greatest songwriter of all time. He has recorded over 26,000 songs as of March 31, 2025.
Farley has been the subject of a number of media profiles since late 2013. At time he has been treated by the press as a “spammer” who earns an income from poorly-written novelty songs targeted to search terms on Spotify and other streaming services. However, when one goes behind the novelty songs (many of which are musically good and quite hilarious at times), they will find a vast library of eclectic and melodic music, albums upon albums of music which are passionately dissected by a devoted fanbase. And not all press coverage is bad. In recent years (such as a full profile in The New York Times in 2024), more and more of the “critical elite” have embraced Farley.
In addition to his incredible output of musical work, Farley also has made movies for over 25 years with director Charles Roxburgh, all filmed in New England. Local Legends (2013) is a loosely autobiographical film which explains Farley’s journey to how he became who he is.
Farley has been making music since the early 1990s. Just after high school he was in the band Projection From The Side, which reformed in 2014. He also formed The Finklestinks. In college, Farley formed the band Moes Haven with guitarist Tom Scalzo in 1996, and they have released over 25 albums. In 2018, Farley formed The Big Heist with the members of all these groups.
Farley discovered CDBaby in 2004, and that was when he began releasing music online. Albums and music recorded prior to 2004 is included on many early Moes Haven albums. About 2007-2008, Farley realized that the only Moes Haven songs generating any revenue were novelty songs. Making a dollar or two a year off a few songs wasn’t much, but if he had thousands of such songs, he theoretically could make much more. He then began to record songs on every subject he could think of to try to generate revenue, using different artist names, such as Papa Razzi and the Photogs (first album 2007), The Boston Baseball Band (first album 2007, the first of many sports bands), The Toilet Bowl Cleaners (first album 2008), The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan (first album 2008), and a number of personalized name song bands. He has over 75 artist names to date.
Farley’s revenue from music slowly began to rise over time. He continued to work a day job until about 2017.
Matt’s phone number is (603) 644-0048. He likes pizza, coffee milk, junior beefs, and long walks.