Tomorrow Music Orchestra at Strobe Studios in Chicago, IL.
Darts & Arrows at Strobe Studios (check this series out!!!)
director/curator: ears&eyes Records/Festival. we are happy to help out (slash) represent groups such as Video Gum Culture, Jason Steele Ensemble, Silences Sumire, James Davis Quintet, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, GKduo, Zing!, Pedway, QMRplus, Box 3, Maurice, and The Hall Monitors. check out the myspace or website.
born/raised in piedmont north carolina. in his youth, matthew played cornet/trumpet and later, began playing electric bass. he played in the school big band and jazz combo, along with metal/rock bands, primarily with barre gambling and jesse haff who remain the source for north carolina-based metal group, www.DaylightDies.com. after high school, he attended the university of north carolina at asheville and played with a lot great musicians, including guitarist sam macy, doctor/pianist charles murray, drummer chad henderson.
after graduating from UNC-A, he moved to new orleans. he began playing with various musicians, such as drummer milton villarrubia III & quin kirchner, guitarist tom sandahl, reedist gilly roth from rotterdam, pianist william thompson IV, (see: www.WATIV.com), among others.
eventually, in new orleans, he started a master's degree in 'classical' composition at the university of new orleans and studied with a wonderful professor, Dr. Jerry Sieg.
after hurricane katrina, he moved to chicago where he continues to compose, perform, and organize.
Discography:
(album, group/band, label, year)
• Junkyard Pluto, Lucky 7s, Clean Feed, '09
• Return is Selective, Silences Sumire, Ropeadope Digital, '08
• Lost to the Living, Daylight Dies, Candlelight, '08
• For Jeremy, Robin Boudreaux's New Symphonics, Tipping Point, '08
• Holiday for Vacationers, The Other Planets, ears&eyes/Att.Span., '08
• Jar Cell Dirge EP, Pedway, ears&eyes Records, '08
• Magnetic Flux, Zing!, ears&eyes, '07
• Volume One, ears&eyes Records (compilation), '07
• Uhzoid, QMRplus, ears&eyes, '07
• ITS TIME, Chicago Junglebop Syndicate, IZM, '07
• Farragut, Lucky 7s, Lakefront Digital, '06
• Introducing ::, GKduo, ears&eyes, '06
• Live @ Ice Factory, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, ears&eyes, '06
• neon jesus garage, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, ears&eyes, '06
• New Orleans/Katrina=Chicago+Santa Fe, Grilly Biggs, Hi. May., '06
• High Mayhem Festival 2005, High Mayhem, '06
• Eightballs in Angola, The Other Planets, Attention Spaniel, '06
• Live @ Elastic, The Hall Monitors, ears&eyes, '06
• Baghdad Music Journal, WATIV, High Mayhem, '05
• Redshift, Redshift, Independent, '05
• backGammon, backGammon, Independent, '06
• Dismantling Devotion, Daylight Dies, Candlelight, '05
• no bitch ass hurricane can stop us, Grilly Biggs, Independent, '05
• LIVE!, QMRplus, ears&eyes, '05
• High Mayhem Festival 2004, High Mayhem, '05
• To Tide You Over, Grilly Biggs, Independent, '04
• Live at Left Bank, Macy-Golombisky Duo, Independent, '01
