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Mat Britain-Steel Drums, Percussion, Drums;
Mat Britain has pursued his love of percussion from the plains of Kansas to the island of Trinidad. He has traveled numerous times to Trinidad and performed with the Amoco Renegades Steel Band at the prestigious Panorama Festival. Living in Nashville, Tennessee, he directs the Vanderbilt University Steel Drum Band program and leads his professional steel band Deep Grooves.
Mat's recorded efforts include the steel drum solos on the quadruple platinum hit "When The Sun Goes Down" and Grammy nominated "Shift Work" by mega-star Kenny Chesney as well as recent Chesney cd releases "Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates", "Be As You Are" (Songs from an Old Blue Chair), and "The Road & the Radio". You can also catch some of Mat's music on numerous tv and radio jingles, episodes of "Live with Regis & Kelly", and if you are up really late at night, re-runs of "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous".
Mat has shared the stage and/or recording studio with music industry veterans such as Grammy Award winning artists Lee Greenwood, Neal McCoy, Charlie Pride, and Louise Mandrell, as well as Nashville's newest stars the Warren Brothers, Rebecca Lynn Howard and Steve Azar. He can also be found touring the country with the Britain/Moore Duo, a unique and creative percussion collaboration with long time friend and Marimba master Dan Moore.
As an educator Mat directs the Vanderbilt University Steel Band program including four seperate steel bands; a beginning, intermediate, and advanced band, as well as the "First & Ten" steel band made up of all Vandy football players! He is also an internationally recognized clinician, working with steel bands in the US and abroad. His most recent teaching highlight was as a faculty member at the 2008 Taipei International Percussion Summer Camp where he taught and performed with 175+ students from Taiwan.
Mat is indeed an All-American percussionist with a global perspective that permeates his grooves, style, and musicianship. He is a proud endorser and clinician for; Pearl Percussion, Zildjian Cymbals, Innovative Percussion mallets and sticks, and XL Protector cases.
Selected Discography;
Kenny Chesney-"When The Sun Goes Down",
Kenny Chesney-"Be As You Are" (Songs From An Old Blue Chair),
Kenny Chesney-"The Road & The Radio"
Kenny Chesney-"Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates"
Neal McCoy-"Thats Life" Duet with Charlie Pride- "Youre My Jamaica",
Lee Greenwood-"Wounded Heart",
Lee Greenwood-"Stronger Than Time",
Lee Greenwood-"All-Time Greatest Hits",
Keith Stegall-"Passages",
Britain/Moore Duo-"Little World of Rhythm"
Selected Jingles/TV;
"Live with Regis & Kelly",
"Tony Romas" Restaurant,
Adventure Island Water Park,
As The World Turns,
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
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