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About Me

I'm a mandolin player. I guess I'm a non-traditionalist, as I don't play bluegrass or old-time exclusively (worth mentioning that I'm also a pretty crap mandolinner by bluegrass standards), but weave the traditional role of the mandolin into other genres of music. I grew up on jazz and classical music and have always tried to apply improvisational flexibility and harmonic complexity to everything I play. I started playing music when I was about 9 years old in Fresno, CA. Went to a pretty progressive arts-magnet school and was exposed to a lot of forward-thinking stuff...to what extent that has paid off, I'm not quite sure. In my own music I try to echo the voices of Miles Davis and Frank Zappa, via my mandolin heroes like Sam Bush, Chris Thile, and Mike Marshall.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/19/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/matthewmcavene
Band Members: I'm currently working with a singer/songwriter/folk rocker named Matthew McAvene. Our band is as follows:Matthew McAvene: Guitar and Vocals ... Paul Wilcox: Bass ... Steve Campbell: Drums ... Me: Mandolin, Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
Influences: Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Sam Bush, Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Jeff Tweedy, Gary Louris, David Byrne, David Grisman, and most importantly, my dad.
Sounds Like: I've always strived to borrow only the finest aspects of everyone else's music...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Matthew McAvene Shadowland EP

Hey all...listen herelemme know what you think.anders
Posted by anders bergstrom on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:42:00 PST

First studio session with Matthew McAvene

So...last night we wrapped our first studio session. It was a really cool experience and (although we haven't heard the mix yet) we're all pretty happy with the outcome. We did 4 tunes over at Peter...
Posted by anders bergstrom on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:47:00 PST

Recommendations...

ok, in case you're looking for some new tunes...check out these two lasses:Jesca HoopRupa and the April FishesSerious music.take it easy.a...
Posted by anders bergstrom on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:13:00 PST

Quick notes about the songs...

Take Five: This was a really fun tune to record...I was living in Saipan at the time and had met a gentleman named Ben Scales at a volleyball tournament. I was pickin' the mando and he happened to b...
Posted by anders bergstrom on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:32:00 PST