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Matt Cullen - Composer

original music for any project

About Me


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Matt Cullen - Composer - Original music for any project.
All styles. Film, TV, Commercial, Game, etc.
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Short clip of a Stu Hamm groove

Guitar Hero 4


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Music:

Member Since: 10/29/2003
Band Website: MattCullen.com
Band Members: Matt Cullen

Influences:

frank zappa, primus, mahler, bela fleck & the flecktones, led zeppelin, prince, stravinsky, stanley clarke, marcus miller, red hot chili peppers, thomas newman, stewart copeland, beethoven, jaco, peter gabriel, stevie wonder, of montreal, john cage, john coltrane, james brown, parliament-funkadelic, danny elfman, hans zimmer, bootsy collins, guns & roses, dumazz, victor wooten, shostakovich, prokofiev, the darkness, debussy, nelly, jay-z, nine inch nails, tool, paco de lucia, miles davis, bill evans, cold war kids, wayne shorter, old korn, level 42, bjork, jerry goldsmith, n.e.r.d., jimi hendrix, jethro tull, ben harper, fugees, frank sinatra, bruce cockburn, eve, the beatles, tori amos, tower of power, 311, air, paul simon, the reverend horton heat, shootyz groove, kenny garrett, weapon of choice, steely dan, sugar hill gang, pink floyd, dr. dre, snoop doggy dogg, the aquarium rescue unit, digable planets, *old* metallica, coldplay, the mighty mighty bosstones, vince guaraldi, medeski martin & wood, cake, vertu, dave matthews band, rage against the machine, rem, jeff beck, sherman/sherman, blues traveler, ravel, the doors, jake shimabukuro, nirvana, phish, steve vai, busta rhymes, jane’s addiction, mozart, outkast, dire straits, stanley jordan, soundgarden, *old* michael jackson, nwa, aaliyah, blind melon, crosby stills nash & young, tree, earth wind & fire, nas, billy joel, bernard herrmann, robert randolph & the family band, sly & the family stone, larry graham, rusted root, the roots, chaka demus & pliers, public enemy, charlie parker, maceo parker, operation ivy, ulu, ice cube, spoon, buddy rich, soulive, ozomatli, bob marley & the wailers, alice in chains, pixies, velvet revolver, james taylor, dream theater, talking heads, michael manring, oteil burbridge, john mayer trio, oscar peterson, rush, curtis mayfield, ray lamontagne, charlie hunter trio, beastie boys, pearl jam, jimmy smith, antibalas, michel camilo, kanye west, lauryn hill, cypress hill, fishbone, john williams, mendelssohn, james newton howard, james horner, tan dun, ennio morricone, sausage, les claypool, beck, johnny cash, dave brubeck, charles mingus, philip glass, wendy carlos, elton john, rick james, alan silvestri, jurassic 5, alanis morrisette, life of agony, george duke, sharon jones and the dap-kings, donald fagen, the decemberists, sting, the police, the meters, the gap band, tom petty & the heartbreakers, david bowie, foo fighters, common, audioslave, ella fitzgerald, afro celt sound system, the white stripes, radiohead, earth wind & fire, eric clapton, elvis presley, muddy waters, holst, rimsky-korsakov, the postal service, the shins, matisyahu, sigur ros, saint-seans, satie, beach boys, iz, puccini, bartok, harry nilsson, the slip, weather report, red garland trio, ligeti, andres segovia, cloud cult, death cab for cutie, cannonball adderley, return to forever, sonny rollins, oskar cartaya, tchaikovsky, carley simon, modest mouse, chick corea, wes montgomery, rufus wainwright, sufjan stevens, menomena, !!!, datarock, king crimson, count zero, animal collective, john patitucci, mika, natalie macmaster, dilated peoples, metric, editors, daft punk, massive attack, +/-, mgmt, animal collective, jumbling towers, tears for fears, jim noir, moi caprice, mogwai, yo la tengo, the chemical brothers, sleater-kinney, goose, vampire weekend, kate nash, panda bear, webern *motown*
Sounds Like: Original Music
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Shins' "Mine's Not A High Horse" - guitar solo transcription

my guitar solo transcription : Mine's Not A High HorseGreat song by The Shins... I've loved this solo for awhile so why not transcribe it?   Turn up the CD and play along ... it's a fun solo...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:40:00 PST

Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her" - bass groove

intro transcription : I Was Made To Love HerIt's a Stevie Wonder classic... all bassists know this groove.  just let the groove bounce around on the verses...Peace,Matt ...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:46:00 PST

My bass transcription of 'What So Never The Dance' as played by Bootsy Collins!

TRANSCRIPTION : What So Never The DanceThis is one badass funk tune.  It's only to be found on the Back In The Day: The Best Of BOOTSY album.It's a song by House Guest, one of Bootsy's bands, fro...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Tue, 30 May 2006 05:44:00 PST

Mozart's Musical Diary ... this is a MUST see

Mozart's Musical Diary - with 75 musical excerptsIt's been just over 250 years since Mozart's birth.All the major symphonies across the world will be dedicating extra programs to his music.  You ...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:29:00 PST

My bass transcription of 'Rooster' by Oteil & The Peacemakers

Oteil and the Peacemakers from their album Believer main groove to 'Rooster' : Rooster - Bass line - PDF Fun line to play.  Oteil plays it on his 6-string of course ... so I transcribed it for t...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:56:00 PST

My bass transcription of 'Almost 12' by the Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

Who doesn't love this Grammy winning piece by Bela Fleck & The Flecktones?   It's from their Left of Cool album if you don't know it ... check it out!  Here's the first minute or so of t...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:20:00 PST

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring sketches...

Great find @ our LOC: Library of Congress - Aaron Copland Collection : Appalachian Sprng [sketches] 102 pages worth!  hi-res scans for each, too. ...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:29:00 PST

Support the Animals - Please Adopt...

There are 45 cats and dogs for every person born. Only 1 out of every 10 dogs born ever find a permanent home. Only 1 out of every 12 cats born ever find a permanent home. 800 dogs and cats a...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:45:00 PST

if you know me, you know my favorite snack...

my #1 snack.... melt some butter, get that salt ready, pop some corn... yum yum!    i make it on this thing almost every night.  everyone should have one of these poppers. ...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:57:00 PST

current cd i can't stop playing...

intense music from a great composer, this was a commissioned work that was recorded about 7 years ago by an incredible string ensemble.   it's definitely worth checking out.  listen to the m...
Posted by Matt Cullen - Composer on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:27:00 PST