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About Me

Matthew Yorke
Matthew started playing bass the summer of 1998. Growing up listening to Rush and Queen, then later on, Black Sabbath, Our Lady Peace, Metallica and Rage Against the Machine he quickly developed a musical ear and learned, on his own, as many songs as he could from each band. Right from the beginning, his rhythm and being a perfectionist was maturing.
It wasn..t until the summers of 1999 and 2000 where he attended the Canadian Conservatory..s Summer Rock Program that his taste in music changed. There he met Larry Hall and Pat Riley. Mr. Hall taught him about playing the bass, and Mr. Riley showed the many other genres of bass playing that are out there, particularly, Funk.
Over the next few years, Matthew..s musical library expanded substantially. Now, he can pretty much listen to, enjoy and play any genre of music thrown at him.
Matthew was formally the bass player for the Halifax based band, Faded Blue. He contributed to their song writing process in a positive and creative manner and can be heard on their CD, The Blue Mountain Gate.
Equipment
Oakley
Ibanez
BC Rich
Washburn
Cort
Squier
Yamaha
Planet Waves
Elixir
Dunlop
Line 6
Rapco
Peavey
Hercules

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/matthewyorke
Band Members: Matthew Yorke ~All Instruments and Sounds~
Influences: Geezer Butler, Les Claypool, Jason Newsted, Michael 'Flea' Balzary, Victor Wooten, Geddy Lee, Tim Commerford, Robbie Merrill, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bootsy Collins, Metallica, Incubus, 311, Black Sabbath, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Joe Satriani, Rage Against the Machine, The Eagles, April Wine, Primus, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, POD, Genesis, Tool, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, A Perfect Circle, Dead Can Dance
Sounds Like: Matthew Yorke Performs With Faded Blue on Christmas Daddies

Was Away For A Weekend And Came Home To Find This:

Thanks For All The Continued Support
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Future Updating

Hello All;Just a quick note that in the near future, I will be revamping my little site here. It's been way too long since anything happend and to be honnest I don't like it anymore.Unfortunately no n...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:34:00 GMT

New Songs RE: Quality

Hey Everyone,I just want to bring to your attention that the songs on my site are rough mixes and that everything may not line up very well. This problem will be fixed later in the future.ThanksMatthe...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:46:00 GMT

Updated Space, New Song

Hey AllI finally have finished my Myspace layout. What you see now, is what it'll be (hopefully) for a while. Although I might be putting on some new pictures, new songs, etc. in the future, the overa...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:05:00 GMT

Matthew on Myspace

Hello All!I finally have a Myspace suitable for public viewing. Mind you there are a few minor details that I have to add and fix, but those are only minor and you may not even notice t...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:51:00 GMT