Speaker Sizzle Reels
The reel that gets you booked. Full editorial treatment: story arc, music, pacing. Built to work on a meeting planner's phone at 11pm.
Speaker Video · Music · Wichita, KS
Matt Bauer
He films speakers for a living. Sings Garth in the evenings.
Does it all for two kids and a wife who keeps Kansas honest.
Speaker Video Producer
Live Musician
Dad
01 About
Not one thing.
Never has been.
I started on cruise ships with Holland America Line, playing four sets a night to a room full of strangers who didn't ask to see a show. That'll teach you to earn attention.
Back in Kansas, I pivoted to video. Turns out the same instincts that make a room stay in their seats make a speaker's highlight reel impossible to skip. Ten years later, Motivational Media has filmed 250+ professional speakers across the country with a rig I carry on the plane in two bags.
The music never went anywhere. It just found a better home: a Garth Brooks tribute that books casinos, fairs, and anywhere in a 300-mile radius of Wichita.
The through-line, if there is one: I show up fully for whatever I'm doing. On stage. On set. At home.
10+
Years in speaker video
250+
Speaker clients
5
Camera 4K+ production
100%
Word of mouth
02 Video Work
Motivational
Motivational
Media
Speaker sizzle reels, keynote filming, and social content for professional speakers who need their story told on screen. Done right the first time.
Keynote Filming
5 camera, 4K+ setup that travels carry-on. Multi-angle keynote capture with wireless lapel and soundboard feed. Anywhere in the country.
Social Clips
24, 36, or 48 clips from your keynote footage. Every one edited for vertical and horizontal. Months of content from one event.
03 Music
The Music Side
Tribute Act
Matt Bauer
Book the Show
Matt Bauer
Sings Garth Brooks
A faithful, full-voice Garth Brooks tribute out of Wichita, Kansas. The stadium anthems, the ballads, the third verse of Friends in Low Places. No costume. Just the catalog, sung the way it was meant to land.
Solo Acoustic
Duo + Pedal Steel
Full Band
Album
Buy Album $9.99
Chapter One
A cover album of the songs that raised a generation. Recorded in Wichita. Feelin' Good. Hallelujah. It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere. Me and Mrs. Jones. Nine tracks.
- 01Feelin' Good3:54
- 02Hallelujah4:23
- 03Me and Mrs. Jones4:23
- 04It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere3:41
- 05Call Me Irresponsible3:20
- 06To Make You Feel My Love3:46
- 07I'm Yours3:58
- 08When You Say Nothing at All4:39
- 09Everything3:31
04 Family
The Real Work
Family Photo
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Being a dad is the job that doesn't end when the camera does.
Holly is seven and completely runs the show. She knows what she wants, she's not quiet about it, and she has her dad completely wrapped around one finger. Watching her discover the world is the best thing I've ever had a front-row seat to.
Noah is fourteen, which means he's cool now and I have to earn the conversations. I'm working on it.
Tash (Natasha) is a BCBA and autism specialist who somehow agreed to marry a video producer who also sings Garth Brooks for fun. She keeps everything honest. She's the reason the chaos is organized.
Holly
Age 7
Runs the house. Loves hard. The whole reason.
Noah
Age 14
Currently too cool. But we still have our moments.
Tash
Wife · BCBA
The smartest person in any room. Married up, no question.
05 Contact
Say Hello
Whether it's speaker video, booking the Garth show, or just saying hi. I actually respond.