Matt Brown: Guitar Enthusiast, Master Student and Performer

Matt Brown began playing the guitar at the age of 11. “It was a rule in my family to learn and play an instrument for at least two years. I had been introduced to a lot of great music at the time by friends and their older siblings. I was really into bands like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Smashing Pumpkins, so the decision to pick up the guitar came pretty easily.”

Matt’s musical training has always followed a very structured path. He began studying the guitar with Dayton, Ohio guitar great Danny Voris. “I began learning scales, chords, and basic songs like any other guitarist.” After breaking his left wrist after playing for only a year, Matt began to study music theory in great detail. “I wanted to keep going with my lessons, but I obviously couldn’t play at all. Danny basically gave me the equivalent of a freshman year music theory course in the span of two months.” These months proved to have a huge impact on Brown’s approach to the instrument.

Brown continued his music education at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. He completed a degree in Classical Guitar Performance in 2002. While at Capital, he also studied jazz guitar and recording techniques in great detail. “I’ve never had any desire to perform jazz music. Its lack of relevance to modern culture has always turned me off. However, nothing will improve your chops more than studying this music.”

Matt Brown currently resides in Dayton, Ohio. He teaches lessons locally as well as at Capital University’s Community Music School. Matt’s recent projects include writing and recording with his new, as of yet nameless band as well as the formation of a cover band called The Dirty Cunnies.