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Mathew Pike

...REST IN PEACE THOMAS ZACHER...

About Me

My name is Mathew Pike, I'm 26 years old, I live in Niagara Falls, NY and this is my absolute solo project. I've played in many original bands in all different walks of music, ranging from Punk to Death Metal. I also played in numerous cover bands, which does get you a lot of exposure. But when you're in a cover band it's the kind of exposure that you don't want, so I broke away from that. Over the years, not really knowing what genre I fit in or exactly what style I wanted to write in to begin with. I wrote mostly acoustic songs, because I knew I could be perform them on my own. That worked out best for me since I was never really in one place for a long period of time. Now that I am stationary I can finally work on ensemble music. I do perform all of the parts on the recordings myself, but I can have them performed live with the help of fellow musicians that I am aquainted with. Hopefully, you will enjoy the pieces that I have selected to display on this webpage and I wil try to keep the genres staggered. Thank you everyone for listening and keep it brutal...
Musician Contributions:
PULLING ENEMIES - Michael Hatalak: Rythym Guitar and Bass
AUDITION TRACK - Cole Martinez: All Guitars, Drum Programming
TAPPING HARMONICS DEMONSTRATION BY MATHEW PIKE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/23/2006
Band Website: soundclick.com/mathewpikesoloproject
Band Members: Mathew Pike - All Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Drums, Keys

Ryan Gaines - Drums(only when specified)

Michael Hatalak - Rythym guitar(only when specified)

AND THE REST OF THE MEMBERS:

Influences: I have many influences, But to narrow it down to whom that inspire me the most are:

Devin Townsend

Chris Cornell

Ian Thornely

Jeff Buckley

Paul Masvidal

James Murphy

Stephan Forte

Greg Howe

Geoff Barone

Michael Hatalak

Michael Wilson

Andy Winter

Cole Martinez

Thomas Englund

Dave Grohl

Imogen Heap

Mattias IA Eklundh

Ihsahn

Katatonia

Mercenary

Zakk Wylde

Alice In Chains

Jason Becker

Henrik Danhage

Daniel Johns

Mike Patton

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Sounds Like: ...If you look at my influences, that will give you some idea of what I may sound like...

Record Label: NONE
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"YEARS OF FIRE" AUDITION TRACK...

This track I actually just recorded vocals for. I wrote the lyrics and recorded the vocals in one session. The vocals are louder than normal so the listeners could really hear what was going to make t...
Posted by Mathew Pike on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:23:00 PST