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Matt Curlee

About Me

Musician and producer Matt Curlee is the president and creative director of Third Strand Music, a sort of musical think-tank/factory-floor dedicated to the creation of moving and forward-looking works through the power of collaboration. Through a journey that included two stints as a student and one as an instructor at the Eastman School of Music, and a touring and recording career as a classical artist, Matt eventually found his true passion in creative partnerships with the people he loved. Third Strand is a true family of composers/arrangers, songwriters, session players, and producers who marshal the collective power of their right brains for projects with independent musicians and songwriters, filmmakers, visual artists, really anyone with a great idea.Currently cooking in the Rochester, NY studio of Third Strand, as well as the world-class Studios at Linden Oaks, studios in NYC, and elsewhere, with Matt's own band, room4one, is a pop/rock/alt project entitled This Time, featuring TSM artists Holly Kluge, Bob Padgett, and Mandy Elliot on lead vocals. Showcasing the entire Third Strand crew with Matt on piano, Fender Rhodes, B3, and production, it’s truly been a labor of love…look for the lead single A Single Breath in the coming months, with the album to follow. You can track the progress of this past-deadline, over-budget, but totally-worth-it project at www.mattcurlee.com. (Written by Steve Davies)

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Member Since: 09/11/2006
Band Website: room4one.com
Band Members: This Time credits will include...Holly Kluge | lead vocals, guitar, percussion; Bob Padgett | lead vocals Mandy Elliot | lead vocals;Yours Truly | keys, anything I can get my hands on; Steve "Action" Davies | electric guitar; John Allison | acoustic guitar Ben Parris | drums; Ike Sturm | bass;Alisa Curlee | vocal textures; Bob Padgett | vocal textures; Rebecca Padgett | vocal textures;Ryan Ferreira | electric guitar, guitar fx; Tim Albright | one-man trombone choir; Corinna Albright | viola; Ingrid Bock | cello; Ted Poor | additional drums;
Influences: The amazing musicians with whom I am priviledged to work, of course, but also Aphex Twin, Bach, Richard Bona, Brahms, Bijork, BT, Michel Camilo, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Paquito D’Rivera, Maruice Durufle, Brian Eno, Bill Evans, Bill Friesell, Frou Frou, Peter Gabriel, Egberto Gismonti, Herbie Hancock, Imogen Heap, Dave Holland, Keith Jarrett, Kenny Kirkland, Kneebody, Kronos Quartet, John Mayer, Bobby McFerrin, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheney, Thomas Newman, John Patitucci, Arvo Part, Astor Piazzolla, Sergi Prokofiev, Public Enemy, Rachmaninoff, Radiohead, Steve Reich, Richard Robbins, Paul Simon, Madeline Sturm, Sting, Esbijorn Svensson, John Tavener, U2, Bebo Valdes, Cuong Vu, Stevie Wonder, and many others.
Sounds Like: Aww geez...I dunno. I wish it sounded better.
Record Label: Maskaraid Productions/nEMEsis Records
Type of Label: Indie

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