Matteo

30 years young. I was raised in the beautiful "Golden Triangle"...For those of you not familiar with the book "The 10 most Desireable Places to Live in North America", this is hotspot # 6, located in S.E. Texas, known for its pristine air and magnificant refineries - whose millions of lights can transform the smoggy night sky into brilliant shades of orange and yellow. I would imagine the Northern Lights to be the closest thing akin to this almost natural form of beauty....... I grew up playing the piano. I was "stongly encouraged" to do so by my parents for many years, but at age twelve I won my freedom and was allowed to quit taking lessons. At age fourteen I found that playing the piano attracted women.....I now make my living playing the piano........As a teenager I was the keyboard player in several ground breaking bands - most notably the wildly famous hip hop group T.F.O. - and also played piano for my church. My church hired me to be "band leader" while I was attending the local university. As a side note, if ever offered the position band leader, make sure you read the fine print. Apparently in Texas that position, in addition to the musical obligations, includes toilet cleaning and the removal of gum from under the chairs in the choir loft. ......For about a third of my life I had a band called Among Thorns. The guys are really amazing. We made a bunch of good music and had a great time. The band called it quits summer of '05.......Somewhere in the middle of all this I moved to Nashville with my band, and that's home for us now.... Currently I'm playing piano with some really talented gentlemen - Chris Tomlin, Jason Morant , and Bebo Norman - and when I am bored I eat cheese...the end.