Matt Channing--Electric and acoustic guitars, bass, keys, samples and loops.
New album, "Affluenza", in progress.
Influences
David Torn, Robert Fripp, Jeff Beck, Robben Ford, Roy Buchanan, Richard Thompson, Mike Stern, Alex Lifeson, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Frank Zappa, Kate Bush, Radiohead, Hogarth-era Marillion, Bill Hicks, Brian Eno, Steve Reich
I started writing songs in high school, learning to play the guitar in a variety of styles. I gravitated most towards blues and roots music, a la B.B. King, and Roy Buchanan, as well as pop songwriters like Randy Newman and especially the Beatles. In Robben Ford, I found a musician who seemed to synthesize everything I was trying to accomplish.
I attended the University of Denver as a music major, but grew disillusioned with the program offered at the time I attended, thinking that while it was thorough in offering everything a fledgling musician could hope for in terms of instruction in harmony, theory and performance, that it was stodgy and unrelated to forging a music career in the real world.
Upon finishing my coursework, I logged time in a diverse number of bands, ranging from country/western swing to rock, pop, funk and fusion and blues.
Tiring of the non-musical aspects of live performance, I built a small recording studio, and began concentrating more exclusively on composition, writing underscoring for various small theater and film projects.
Along the way, I continued writing pop songs, and am now ready to unleash them on an unsuspecting world.
I'm more interested in writing songs for others to cover than in finding a record contract for myself. I write in a variety of styles, and am on the lookout for parties looking for fresh material.
Thanks for the add, I love your music btw!
If you get a chance, please take a listen to our first New Age release "Instrumental Piano Music" by Solo Piano Relaxing Music. We'd love to know what you think of it!
Regards
LR
Hey Matt! Just stopping by to say hi. I hope your weathering the depression/recession/economic suckhole. I'm back in school for a master's, Christie's still teaching, and Paige is still growing. Paige loves playing drums. We're going to visit Chicago this summer, maybe our schedules will mesh. Later, hadji
Hey, had some problems finding Had Matter on iTunes. Hope you got it up. Have you tried emusic, too? I have a monthly subscription there, and they're very indie-friendly. Hope you're well.
hey matt, how's it goin? so how long will it take 4 me to start a revolution & over rule the u.s. government & start a country of my own? what do you think?
Hi Matt... Internet issues at home has me at the library today. But the good news is they have SPEAKERS! I LOVE your stuff... really. And you know I promised to tell you the truth.
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