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Matthew Dotson spent many years of his life fiddling around with tape machines and rusty garbage in the sleepy town of Sycamore, Illinois before managing to acquire an undergrad degree in Media Studies from Northern Illinois University. Following this he remained at NIU to obtain a degree in Computer Music and New Media Technology under Dr. James Phelps. Currently he is pursuing a PhD in Composition at the University of Iowa where he studies with Michael Eckert and Lawrence Fritts. He has had works performed in Chicago (Roosevelt University), Kansas City (Electronic Music Midwest), Mississippi (Electroacoustic Juke Joint), San Diego (New West Electro-Acoustic Music Organization), Vancouver (Signal and Noise), Poland, Argentina, Brazil and Italy (SoundLAB IV).