Matthew Montgomery
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I've been into music for as long as I remember -- for the first twelve years of my life, I stuck mostly to classical and a little jazz my parents listened to. I'm 19 now, and I listen to a little bit of everything, except for silence.Band/artist history
I was born in 1986. I've been playing the guitar for a while now.
As far as musical recording goes, I started in 2002. Details below.
My first three recordings were in March of 2002. I had just listened to the amazing Steve Burns for the first time -- a demo of "Troposphere," to be precise, and, immediately in awe of his sonic style, set out to capture that same sound. I was amazed that even with just a demo, he could create music so spectacular. My recordings were nothing like his, other than the fact that I used a slow attack for some parts. One of tracks was a tribute to pirates, the other two were nonsensical. I called one of those "Noing," because I found it so incredibly annoying to listen to.
In the summer of 2002, I recorded a seven song demo simply titled "The Skamarth Demos." I "released" -- burned and stuck a small label on -- fifty copies of this, so it's floating around somewhere. Oftentimes I think I put more effort into the song titles than the actual songwriting, but that was my strategy, I suppose.
In 2003, I recorded a great deal of songs, mostly acoustic. (I was too lazy to hook the electric up to the computer.. go figure.) I did it mostly to amuse myself. Total release consisted of one CD filled with MP3s given to a friend. I still have the wave files somewhere.
Also in 2003, a group of friends and I recorded under the moniker "" We were spacey, experimental, and really not all that great. Most of our music was harsh and abrasive, and not fun to listen to. We played at a school talent show, nothing too exciting. One of our "singers" was a Japanese foreign exchange student who could outscream little girls. Got some laughs out of that, it was hilarious. Over the course of about eight hours stretched over two days, we recorded an album and released it the following week. There were several songs with reversed vocals, which I believe are the most interesting tracks on the album. There are also two completely different versions of one song -- the first is played as it was written, for a standard band with standard vocals, the second has an epic piano (epic is used loosely here) with more drug-induced-sounding vocals.
In December of 2003, I recorded a set of demos as "." All acoustic, indie-influenced music, The recording quality is not bad, and the music is fairly straightforward. Not much really happened here.
From August to December, 2004, I recorded a set of twenty or so acoustic demos, this time under Matthew Montgomery. It was also the first time I really sang in my music, so it was an experience, to be certain. I also composed a small set of electronic pieces with Propellerheads Reason, also released under my name. I originally had plans to release an EP, but these fizzled.
It is now August of 2005. I recently started a project with a friend of mine (who, in a short amount of time, will be leaving for a religion-centric two-year excursion to Canada), . The focus of this project is primarily acoustic music with influence residing in folk, blues, jazz, progressive, and indie. We hope to release either an album or an EP (or perhaps both) depending on how much music we can complete before Joe leaves. It will be released for free online through musicGeek.org Records, Internet Division. Physical copies may also be produced and sold, depending on perceived quality.
Another project I've recently started, this time with good friend AJ Rasmussen, is . It's primarily electronic, at this point.
My current plans, after Cuppa' Joe and Moonty, consist of branching off into more interesting, cohesive solo work. I'm also heavily interested in composing more electronic music, and am currently working on developing a style to call "my own," though it's arguable that no style is really one's own. Future plans include working with other musicians who are willing -- those in the Southern Utah area that are interested should contact me at matt(AT)musicgeek(dot)org.Have you performed in front of an audience?I played live at a talent show once. It was fun, nothing too incredible, though. I would like to play live, once I actually write some songs and remember them.
Your musical influences
Steve Burns -- I recorded my first song after hearing a demo of "Troposphere" online. Other major influences include Weezer (my first favorite modern rock band), The Beatles (of course), Brian Eno, and Nathaniel Carroll, who reminded me that amazing musicians are real people, too. Well, most of them -- I don't think any of Dream Theater is human.What equipment do you use?
Oscar Schmidt Delta King OE-30, Takamine GS-330, Harmony Flying V (modifications in progress), Westone Spectrum MX, Korg Ampworks Modeling Signal Processor, Behringer Tube Ultragain MIC200 pre-amp, MXL990 condenser microphone, Peavey Rage 158 practice amp, Cakewalk Sonar 4 Producer Edition, Propellerheads Reason 3All comments (1)
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