i grew up in north hollywood, ca and played music in los angeles for a while with ventilator, possum dixon, medicine and permanent green light among others. i now live in austin, tx.

______________________________________________________________

song info:

"compilation tape" (devine) - matt: vocals, bass, guitars, extra drums; drums: byron reynolds. released on turn 5, almost there records in 2009. recorded by matt and joe landon in austin and elsewhere, mostly in 2008.

"thanks" (laner/devine) - performed by ventilator. matt: vocals, bass, guitars; drums: byron reynolds. recorded by matt in north hollywood, 1997 and released on rock folk suicide, almost there records in 2008.

"my life is right" (bell/eubanks) - matt: vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards; geoff lasch: guitar; brad laner: guitar solo; carrie clark and shannon rierson: backing vocals; george duron: drums. released february 19th, 2008 on the compilation thank you friends: an almost there records salute to big star. recorded by matt in austin, 2007.

______________________________________________________________

october, 2008: austin label almost there records released rock folk suicide -- twelve previously unreleased recordings by ventilator, matt's old band. see more info at the ventilator myspace page.

available at CD Baby and on iTunes.

______________________________________________________________

i edited my profile with thomas' myspace editor v4.4.