Modern Drummer Festival 2003 part 2

52.43 min
Modern Drummer Festival 2003 featured an almost unprecedented cross section of great drummers and percussionists.
Features Louis Santiago, Jr., winner of the Undiscovered Drummer Contest in the over 18 category, The Hip Pickles, The Nathaniel Townsley Trio, Matt Wilson and His Band, Steve Smith and Vital Information, Mike Portnoy and Yellow Matter Custard, and the Drumbassadors.

Matt Wilson is a singer/songwriter who is best known as the not overly serious lead of the band Trip Shakespeare. While Matt was an English concentrator at Harvard he met John Munson and Elaine Harris and formed the band Trip Shakespeare. After the breakup he was a drummer for a Minneapolis band called Polara. He also produced for bands like Steel Shank, Magnet, The Wonsers, and Velma.

In 1998 he released an album called "Burnt, White and Blue" on his own label Planet Maker Records.

He had an online project called "Main Output" at MattWilson.com (which is now owned by a different Matt Wilson) where he posted songs in progress (like "The Follidaze of Highland Heights", "Raking Service" and "Troublemaker") and funny photo journals but eventually abandoned it.

From 2001 to 2005 Matt Wilson and John Munson performed as The Flops. He had promoted his new band with John Munson as the Dark Nights with theDarkNights.com but the domain has expired. Matt Wilson's brother Dan Wilson later led the band Semisonic.

Modern Drummer Festival 2003 part 2
Matt Wilson


Track Artist/Band Title
13. Matt Wilson & His Band - Andrew's Ditty
14. Matt Wilson & His Band Question & Answer
15. Matt Wilson & His Band July Hymn
16. Matt Wilson & His Band Nibble
17. Steve Smith And Vital Information Snare Drum Sounds Demo
18. Steve Smith And Vital Information Drumset Improvisation
19. Steve Smith And Vital Information Rattletrap

See Modern Drummer Festival 2003 part 1
See Modern Drummer Festival 2003 part 3