5.6.10 Congrats to Matt's student's who placed in the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music's Scholarship Competition! Fingerstyle 15 to Adult: 1st Place: Dave Melbey, 2nd Place: Nancy Landry.  Rock and Blues Under 15: 1st Place: Louie Schurrer, 2nd Place: Samson D'Amato, 3rd Place: Kevin Ballecer.  Rock and Blues 15 to Adult: 1st Place: Connor Peck, 2nd Place: Zak Rickun, 3rd Place Ben McHenry.

5.4.10 A Review of The WIU Guitar Festival.  Matt played on the opening night concert Friday night, and gave a lecture demonstration on alternate tunings on Saturday.

4.15.10 Matt's Fingerstyle Concert @ The Conservatory is April 22nd!!

3.28.10 Matt will be playing and teaching at the WIU Guitar Festival! 4.910 and 4.10.10!

12-13-09 Planning Canada tour dates with La Guitarra for February!

10-1-09 Matt is mentioned in Randy Otto's article in the Bay View Compass.  (Guitar Department Concert 10.25.09)

8-26-09 Singer Songwriter Joe Barbieri added lyrics and vocals to my instrumental, Signal.  Check it out here: I'm an Old Man

8-2-09 Planning some roadwork early November with jazz guitarist Matt Warnock and Classical guitarist Brad DeRoche.  Watch for dates in WI, IL, MI and possibly Canada!

4-15-09 Echowood Music newsletter.

10-21-08 Some pics of Matt playing with Slumpbuster at Summerfest 2008 turned up on the online site Backstage Gallery. Check out this site!!!

8-29-08 Matt's upcoming solo concert at The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music on April 30th 2009 received a nice preview in this article from The Bay View Compass.

2/15/08 Slumpbuster plays it's first show to a sold out Turner Hall in downtown Milwaukee.  Greg Koch headlined the evening. See pictures: click here

5/06 Matthew's debut CD, Signal is available now! Go to the Store page to hear samples.

Signal was recorded between November 2005 and March 2006 in Minneapolis, MN. Produced by Dan Schwartz and mixed by Tim Snow, this record was a joy to make.

"This record is full of music. Matt is an excellent guitar player, and you can definitely hear that on this recording, but his melodies come first, which makes me want to listen to this record over and over." -Dan Schwartz, Producer