Matthew Mars plays Q-chord, melodica, strumstick, guitar, laptop and various and sundry things that are hit with a stick (with varying degrees of proficiency). And he can sing a little bit too. It has been his great privilege over the years to collaborate with some truly remarkable musicians, the short list of which includes guitarists Mark Smith, Gary Lucas, Steve Wynn, Tracy Thielen, Tom Ianniello, Andrew Lorand, Probyn Gregory, Matt Colleran, Peter Ford, Gary North White and Steve Hunter, bassists Todd Sickafooose, John Carfi, Miiko Watanabe, Fernando Saunders, Jeffrey Roden, Ruben Ramos and Brian Mastalski, drummers Gary Gershunoff, Ralf Balzer, Danny Gayol, Scott Crago, Abe Laboriel, Jr., Michael Tempo, Jeff Stern, Michael Barsimanto, Anthony Zimmitti, Rich Mangicaro and Pete Moloney, cellist Martin Tillmann, stickist Casey Arrillaga, accordionist Dutch Klees, pianists Bob Remstein, Brandon Meyer, Anna Ferraro, Naomi Beard and Annie Herring, vocal coach and surrogate mother Lis Lewis, singers Steve Kruse, Wendie Colter, Emily Richards, Carole Hampton, Aaron Knapp, Anna Montgomery, Kira Arrillaga, Leslie Brenner, Sally Zito, Lisa Turner, Kerri Anderson, Kathrin Shorr, Tanya Winch, Molly Bryant, Jack Black, Maureen Davis and Cliff Ulrich, multi-instrumentalist/producer Andrew Bush, producers Joe Vanelli, Joe Chiccarelli, Rob Laufer, Michael Blum, Kevin Moloney, Bobby Colomby, Billy Ray Hearn and Hans Kline and the three best harmony singers in the land, Sue Niblock, Tamara Niblock Severenuk and the baddest motherfucker of them all, my muse, the great Jennifer Hardaway.
Influences
joan armatrading, massive attack, ellyn maybe, SA griffin, karl wallinger's world party, warren zevon, randy newman, jane siberry, moris tepper, sparklehorse, stephen stills, dan bern, jeffrey roden, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and my mom.
AUTHOR. god the motion picture (dance of the iguana press, los angeles, ca). hello my name is aberdeen (inevitable press, laguna beach, ca). drink me (with amelie frank) (valley contemporary poets press, los angeles, ca). pat benatar medley (inevitable press, laguna beach, ca). the dead zoo (cassowary press, los angeles, ca). widely anthologized and published in lit. rags, zines-a-go-go, and online. SPOKEN WORD PERFORMER. member, semi-finalist venice beach slamm team, national poetry slam, austin, tx 1998. readings at beyond baroque, mark taper auditorium, fringeware, city lights, nyuorican poets cafe, ps 122, bumbershoot, iguana cafe, KXLU, KPFK, KCRW. winner NEXT magazine's southern california's best poet (x2). PUBLISHER/EDITOR. edited books by ellyn maybe, scott wannberg & nelson gary for dance of the iguana press. founded sacred beverage press with amelie frank, producing the award winning lit mag blue satellite for 6 years as welll as books by ellyn maybe, the carma bums, elliott baker, francEyE, erica erdman, jeannette clough, nelson gary, richard osborn hood, and the VCP anthology series. MUSICIAN. been in some bands, sung a lotta songs, made a lotta records, produced some too, notably molly bryant's take it easy and amelie frank's the essential girl. VIDEO ARTIST. live video mixing and editing-on-the-fly for DJs jr vasquez, white party palm springs, NYE at the mayan, gay pride at the shrine auditorium, privilege in los angeles. also directed/edited/scored a short film of francEyE's asteroid poem number zero called 1997 fx-11. the full story at matthewmars.com/
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Matthew my brother! How the hell are YOU Mr Dudeness? What a treat hearing from you today and thanks so much for the awesome kind words. I hope you're doing very well my friend. You know, I don't think I ever knew what the title of that song was. Now I do! Fill me in on all the haps someday soon will ya? Give my hellos and love back to Jennifer.
