My
name is Matt and I, despite what the rockabilly clothing may tell
you, I was born and raised in the southern most portion of Kentucky
and not southern California. I recently got married to my lovely
wife, Gracie Hale, just days before writing this bio, so she hasn't
killed me yet. Anyway, I have been playing the guitar for about
six years and am entirely self-taught. Most of my influence came
from artists like Allan Holdsworth,Shawn Lane, Johnny Hiland,
Brent Mason, Rusty Cooley, Albert, Freddie, and B.B. King, Bumblefoot,
Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Victor and Reggie Wooten, Joe Stump,
Frank Gamble, oh well you get the idea... lots of players ranging
from jazz, blues, metal, folk, etc. Likewise, through my ethnomusicological
studies and appreciation of various cultural musical expressions,
that I have found a deep love for African, Afro-cuban, Latin,
Chinese, Japanese, Idian, Native North America, traditional North
America string music, and other musical generes which have been
a joy in my musical worldview.
I have been
providing private and public musical lessons for nearly five years
and have enjoyed every minute of it. Today, I spend most of my
time practicing, composing, recording, and creating lessons for
my private students as well as future lessons for Shred Academy,
and studying musical culture.
I can be reached
at my email at matthew.hale@wku.edu
for any reason and would love to hear from you, and don't forget
to check out my first insturctional, The Art of Motion, as well
as my other instuctional materials which are in the works.
