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Matty [new Coldread song up!]

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About Me

I play synth/samples/Kaoss for Coldread. Basically, my band is my life. I've wanted to be a professional musician ever since I was ten years old and I listened to my first Doors record. There's just something about the lifestyle that's always appealed to me. I just don't see myself settling down into a nine to five job or ever wearing a tie to work. I have too much fire inside me to just let it burn out in a cubicle somewhere. I love to travel to new places and experience new things. I love meeting new people and developing new relationships. I've always loved performing and have always tried to express myself through different platforms. I've been a writer, actor, and singer before finally settling down with my keyboards, where I feel most comfortable. I've always been kind of a nerd, so it only seems natural to me to immerse myself in programming electronics. I honestly believe my band has all the pieces to the puzzle, we just have to figure out how they fit together. Please check us out. This is my life's passion and everything that I live for. I promise you won't be disappointed.
www.coldread.com
www.myspace.com/coldread
www.battleofthebands.com/coldread
www.bandspace.com/coldread
www.cafepress.com/coldread
www.purevolume.com/coldread
www.garageband.com/coldread
AOL: KeysToColdread
Now available at all Newbury Comics
8 Tracks recorded and produced by Max Illidge (40 Below Summer/Blackmarket Hero)
You can also order this cd through the mail, just Send $5.00 + $2.00 shipping to: Coldread Po Box 66 Abington MA 02351
Email us for TICKETS!

Aside from all that, I'm pretty laid back. My mantra is work, work out, rock out, sleep, repeat. I love to have fun any way I can, whether that means playing or going to shows, having a drink or two with my friends, or simply sitting in the middle of nature and absorbing as much of it as possible. I honestly believe this earth is a gift from God created for us. Every day brings a beautiful sunset to enjoy, like some great work of art painted on the sky. Listening to birds chirping and wind rustling through trees is more beautiful than any symphony. The landscape of the earth is itself one great piece of art. Go to Arizona. Walk to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Feel the ice cold water of the Colorado River running through your fingers and you'll see the world the same way I do.

My Interests

Work, work out, rock out, sleep, repeat. That's basically my whole life. I love programming and playing keyboards, synths, samplers, my Kaoss pad, and any other gadget or gizmo.

I love experiencing new things. Travelling is a passion of mine and I'm thankful I get to do so much of it with my band. I've been blessed to be able to visit places I never thought I'd see, like NYC, Philly, Houston, Las Vegas, L.A., and San Francisco. Of all the cities I've been to though, none of them can compare to the natural beauty of places like Red Rock National Park in Sedona, Arizona, or the Grand Canyon. One of these days I hope to go back there and sleep on the shore of the Colorado River.

I love astronomy. Ever since I was a kid I've always been fascinated by other planets and the limitless possibilities of the universe. I believe somewhere out there on one of those planets some creature is looking up at the stars wondering if I'm real or not, and I think that's pretty cool.

I love classic pin-up art. Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page are my favorite models of all time, Marilyn for her timeless beauty and Bettie for her risque fearlessness. I honestly believe Marilyn Monroe is the most beautiful woman ever, living or dead.

I'd like to meet:

The better half that makes me whole.

Music:

Music is such a powerful force. It can pump you up, mellow you out, get your body moving, get you in the mood, or just about anything else you want it to. It's such an honor and priviledge to make music and be a part of something so powerful. I listen to a lot of metal and classic rock, some alternative, and some weird stuff too. This is what my CD shelf looks like:

Alice Cooper
American Head Charge
A Perfect Circle
The Beatles
Bjork
Black Sabbath
The Bled
Bury Your Dead
Bush
Chimaira
Converge
David Bowie
Deftones
The Doors
Eminem
Fear Factory
Forty Below Summer
Fozzy
Gizmachi
Green Jello
Guns n' Roses
Gwar
Incubus
In Flames
Jack Off Jill
Johnny Cash
Killswitch Engage
KMFDM
Korn
Led Zeppelin
Aimee Mann
Marilyn Manson
Matis Yahu
Metallica
Milla Jovovich
Ministry
The Moody Blues
Mudvayne
Mushroomhead
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
No Doubt
Norma Jean
The Offspring
On Broken Wings
Otep
Ozzy
Pantera
Pink Floyd
Poe
The Prodigy
Rage Against the Machine
Rammstein
Rasputina
Scarlet
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Shakira
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins
Soundgarden
Stabbing Westward
Switchblade Symphony
System of a Down
Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers
Tool
Trivium
Twisted Sister
Type O Negative
Underoath
Voltaire

Movies:

I have to admit it, I'm a huge Star Wars geek. No, really, a HUGE Star Wars geek. I defy you to try to stump me on Star Wars trivia. I also LOVE zombie movies, anything with Bruce Lee, the Matrix trilogy, and anything with Milla Jovovich (except Ultra Violet, that movie was godawful!)

Television:

MMA has become my new favorite obsession. I love to watch UFC, Pride, BodogFight, the IFL, WCL, WEC, or anything else I can find. Fedor Emelianenko is my favorite fighter, but there are so many that I love to watch it makes it hard to have just one. I also like Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddel, Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, Karo Parysian, Tito Ortiz, Mirko Cro Cop, Brock Lesnar, Andrei Arlovsky, Michael Bisping, and Royce Gracie.

Here's Fedor becoming the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of all Existence

Books:

I don't really do much reading anymore, but I love the work of Chuck Palahniuk. And you need to read The Ultimate Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. It might save your life someday.

Heroes:

Anyone living their dream

My Blog

soul exposure

so here's my deal. in a past life i sent a lot of bad karma out into the world, much of which still comes back to me. i let a lot of personal issues and failed friendships consume me and make me bitte...
Posted by Matty on Sun, 27 May 2007 11:15:00 PST

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SAVEBOBMELVIN

go there
Posted by Matty on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:01:00 PST