New England native, Musician/Composer/Songwriter, Matt Flaherty, has earned a reputation for being a guitarist to watch out for. Matt’s music career started when he was in elementary school where he picked up the trumpet. When Matt turned 12, he started playing guitar, taking lessons from local instructors. After several years of success with the guitar, Matt decided to go to college for a degree in music performance in jazz guitar. During these years he studied with some of New York City’s finest musicians. He studied with Jamie Begian, winner of the "Charlie Parker Award," presented by the prestigious BMI Jazz Composers Workshop for his composition, ”Fuzzy Math.” He also studied guitar with Chris Morrison, who has played with acts such as John Patitucci, and Richie Cole.
In 2005, he graduated from Western Connecticut State University, earning himself a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz guitar performance. Since then Matt has been teaching in several music studio’s teaching guitar and bass. He has also been playing regular gigs throughout the east coast, playing at venue’s such as Toads Place, The Lion’s Den, Sugarloaf Ski Resort, and Sunday River Ski Resort. Matt has played with several well-known acts such as Dave Grippo ( Phish, Trey Anastasio Band ), Russ Lawton ( Trey Anastasio Band ), Jen Durkin ( east coast funk band Deep Banana Blackout ), Vinny Idol (producer of super hip-hop group D-Block), and Mystic Bowie ( Tuff Gong International recording artist ). Matt Flaherty expects these accomplishments to be only the beginning of a great career in music.
The Matt Flaherty Trio consists of Matt Flaherty on guitar, Matt Schmidt on bass, Ryan Decker on drums, and Mirco Altenbach on sax.
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Puppethouse 2006
Heyy!! I just wanted to let you know, that new songs are up on my page to listen to.. as well as my new music video (video is on the lefthand side)!! I also finally set up links to buy or download the album .. so please check it out! :) Thanks big bunches!
i forgot to tell you there is a mlb. com video overview of last years world series and there is a closeup of bydos and mike...i think your in there somewhere...i only saw a snippet of it
fuck yeah. did you get your hotel room yet? you should reserve that soon so we can all be in the same hotel. a block of rooms are reserved under graham/peterson. reacharounds are possible if you are lucky.
Thanks for being my friend ! Now you can have and download the title tracks to my three recent releases for free! Check em' out! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. <td width="178" height="35" ..&quo
That would be great, except Jiva Train is ending this summer, unfortunately. I have other projects in the works though, and I'll definitely contact you guys when they are up and running, peace
Hey Mates! It's time once again to help the Irish rock the vote...VOTE FOR "THE INDULGERS" IN THE 2008 WESTWORD MUSIC SHOWCASE AWARDS. The band has been nominated in the "Best World Music" category. Your vote is appreciated. You can support the THE INDULGERS and irish/scottish celtic music in Colorado by voting online at: http://westword. com/polls/musicpoll/ ***** Or you can go to our web site at "shamrocker. com" and click on the link for the Westword Music Showcase Awards. Online voting must be received no later than noon Monday, June 16th. Cheers to you for being our friend and your time and effort!
Bass Player magazine says the best value award goes to squier. whats going on buddy you gotta let me know if your coming to the east anytime soon. We can enjoy a day at yankee stadium maybe being that it will be shutdown next year. I still wanna get out there too.
