Member Since: 5/1/2008
Band Website: myspace.com/matthewdanielsounds
Band Members: piano, fender rhodes, logic, rim shots, up right jazz bass, pen, paper, lined paper, words, thoughts, family, friends, apple macs, london, soul singers, jazz singers, rappers, spoken word artists, the music industry, listeners...
Influences: Marvin Gaye, Dinah Washington, Erykah Badu, India.Arie, Anthony David, Sarah Vaughan, Thelonius Monk, Donny Hathaway, Johnnie Taylor, Shirley Brown, Myron, N'Dambi, Shuggie Otis, Otis Redding, Adriana Evans, Keite Young, Nathaniel Mayer, Ledisi, Vinx, Cassandra Wilson, Fertile Ground, Navasha Daya, Jaguar Wright, Kem, Roy Hargrove, Leela James, Rachelle Ferrell, Missy Elliot, Take6, Carleen Anderson, Geno Young, Aaliyah, MeShell Ndegeocello, Millie Jackson, The Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Conya Doss, Glenn Lewis, Marcina Arnold, Julie Dexter, Jason Yarde, Soweto Kinch, Tony Kofi, Lyfe Jennings, Vivian Green, DJ Spinna, Osunlade, Carole King, Rubén González, Omara Portuondo, The Dramatics, Candi Staton, Sam Cooke, Guru, Coleman Hawkins, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Angie Stone, Donnie, Miriam Makeba, Teddy Pendergrass, Orchestra Baobab, Koko Taylor, Robert Johnson, Cat Power, Bessie Smith, Yahzarah now Purple St. James, Blue Six, Truth Hurts, Dr. Dre, Vieux Farka Toure, Ursula Rucker, Tyler James, Truby Trio, Susheela Raman, Somi, Salif Keita, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Ruth Brown, Ron Carter, Roy Ayers, Res, Raw Artistic Soul, Wunmi, Ra-Re Valverde, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Peru Negro, Pharoahe Monch, Ohmega Watts, NuSpirit Helsinki, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Nneka, Nekta, Minnie Ripperton, Michael Franks, Mia Miata, Lynden David Hall, Tawiah, Leon Ware, Koop, Keziah Jones, Strange Fruit Project, K-OS, Karen Bernod, Joss Stone, Jhelisa, Jeremy Ellis, J-Live, J Boogie Dubtronic Science, Irma Thomas, Incognito, The Ipanemas, Ibrahim Ferrer, Gossip, Gnarles Barkley, Estelle, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Questlove, Fried, Fela Kuti, Fantasia, Femi Temowo, Esther Phillips, Dwight Trible, Eric Roberson, Dudley Perkins, Deborah Bond, Darien Brockington, Cody Chestnutt, Cree Summer, Burt Bacharach, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Beady Belle, Bah Samba, Alice Russell, Baby Washington, Anita O'Day, Al Jarreau, Ali Farka Toure, Alicia Keys, The Undisputed Truth, R. Kelly, Busta Rhymes, Jeff Buckley, Otis Clay, William Bell, John Coltrane, Nancy Wilson, The Delfonics, Goodie Mob, The Emotions, Smokey Robinson, Rick James, Eddie Kendricks, Ice Cube, Florence Ballard, Madukwu Chinwah, Santogold, Lenny Kravitz, The Jones Girls, Nine Inch Nails, Gabrielle, Desree, Maxwell, Archie Shepp, The Hot 8 Brass Band, Ricky Fante, Big Mama Thorton, The Bell Rays, Black Kids, Tricky, Tracii Chinwah...
Sounds Like: When Sunny Gets Blue by Sarah Vaughan, I Won't Cry Anymore by Marvin Gaye, I Heard Love Is Blind by Amy Winehouse, Tupelo Honey by Cassandra Wilson, Tragic Inevitability by Lalah Hathaway, Flapjacks by Dwele, Deep by N'Dambi, Bob Marley & The Wailers - Satisfy My Soul, Raheem DeVaughn - Mo Betta, Maxwell - Sumthin' Sumthin', Baby Washington - I've Got A Feeling, Dinah Washington - Soft Winds, Roy Ayers - The Third Eye, Glenn Lewis - Lonely, Candi Staton - You Don't Love Me No More....
Type of Label: None