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Matt

Six degrees of seperation.

About Me

The subject has been playing any percussion instrument he can get his hands on since 1997 and has also been teaching since 1999. In this time he has played in a vast variety of musical settings from a range of cultural backgrounds and genres. This includes performances with touring international artists from Spain (Joaquin Ruiz, Juan Soto, Arcadio Marin), India (Chandrakant Sardeshmukh), and Turkey (Latif Bolat) and support slots for Talvin Singh (UK) and Krafty Kuts (UK). The subject is competent in a wide variety of percussive styles and has travelled widely including trips to Cuba, West Africa and South America to experience and study percussion first hand. Oh yer, and he also loves his Eskimo Pies.The subject has played in numerous bands and is currently a member of Percussion Junction, Obrobini, Aiwa and also plays with others from the musicians from Sydney and Wollongong some of which you will find on his Myspace friends list.The subject is always up for a jam and venturing into new projects with other artists.The subject does not believe the the subjugation of the human spirit.

My Interests

Playing percussion like congas, bongos, djembe and anything else that needs a good thumpin'. Dabbling with a Trumpet...

Music:

Love music, but especially interested in 'world music'. Not much into the Top 40 pop scene, but anything from 41 backwards is on the cards. Ask me my favourite artist and I would tell you like most people that that is a hard one but Tom Waits comes to mind... so much out there

Movies:

Baraka is one of my favourites a great flic but I fell asleep the last time I watched it. Never sat through the whole of Eraserhead but I have tried to watch it about 4 times. Pan's Labyrinth was a great flick I saw recently.

Television:

Newstopia

Books:

To Have and to be; The outsider; Siddatha; 1984;

My Blog

The First Blog

This is the first blog on my blog. I hope you have enjoyed it. Cheers matt  
Posted by Matt on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:04:00 PST