Music Matt and The Whole 9 Yards

I was born with some internal complications and spent the first 14 years in and out of hospitals missing out on the chance to go to preschool, play any sports, or hang out with many kids my age. I also happened to be born to very musical parents who would drag my sister and I to their shows each weekend where I got my fill of top 40 hits from the late 70's and 80s. Hearing harmonies and rhythms for that long without the chance to perform, I eventually just started writing my own songs. I worked out the awkwardness of performing at hundreds of open mics around where I live and started getting pretty good and started colaborating with other artists. During this time I had bought a route of preschools from another music teacher and began going around to these schools introducing the children to all the instruments of the orchestra. That led me to write songs to help them learn which turned into a hit CD. (Good Day) Then I realized I needed to sell the CDs so I got a band and we've been performing for about 4 years now. The act is so poplular in my area, that I felt it's time to take it to the next level and we're working on Wiggles (only cooler) format DVD as well as 2 other CDs for children and one for the adults!
I'm very proud to have made it this long in the music business without a 'real' job in 12 years and I think my philosophy of interacting with children as people without talking (or singing) down to them has really been the reason I am so successful. It's all about the kids!