DEATH OF A MUSICIAN

#		Title	Length
1		mystery of life	4:10
2		long division	3:30
3		mountainside	2:50
4		a place I like	2:52
5		open road	3:35
6		do it again	2:39
7		I surrender	2:22
8		ready	4:19
9		imperfect heaven	3:19
10		my dolores	3:22
11		it's alright	3:30
12		the mirror	2:28
13		white boat	4:17
			43:13

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Matt Cutillo has been a musician since his birth in 1972. There is a picture on www.mattcutillo.com of matt with a guitar in his hands - at 1 1/2 years old. Matt's hero big brother John played Billy Joel and Mozart, Elton John and Dionne Warwick on the piano for him - which remains the first and most powerful influence on him other than the band KISS - who captured Matthew's attention around age 4 - along with the Who and the Coaster's 'Charlie Brown' and the Fonz from the TV series Happy Days. "Cool," the little guy thought to himself - and started playing with big brother's piano and acoustic guitar with 4 strings on it...then came favorites the Police and Skynyrd. The B52's and Hall & Oates were bearing heavily on the tiny little guy from Massapequa, Long Island.
At 11 he joins his first band and covers Motley Crue, Ozzy and Iron Maiden on bass. This goes on for the next 4 years - more various bands - into new wave and hard rock. Singing lead, background, playing guitar, lead, rhythm - anything to keep the music going he forges through unknown terrain constantly to keep busy. College bands in Nassau Community College, Oswego State University and then:
touring Germany from 1994 to 2003 he plays in round 22 bands in those formative 10 years - bubble gum, metal, elevator, disco, surf - anything to pay bills...
When Matt returned to his roots on Long Island in 2003 he realized so much had changed. There began the end of his former existance as he knew it. Relearning guitar from the fingerpicking standpoint and re-teaching himself drums, bass, and keys completely - notes and all, this is the sum of the parts of 34 years of being a musician.

The days of doing things 'just for the money' are over. No more talent shows, circus acts or cover gigs in zoot suits. Just pure honest alternative rock with many many audible influences.

Death of a Musician is about the change from musician to artist - the new beginning that only ego-death can give way to. Death is not a frightful, horrible thing - for without it there would be no change. There would be no way for new life.

Catchy acoustic numbers and introspective, pensive songs line the path down this album...from track 1 : "Mystery of Life" to track 13 "White Boat" the listener is treated with beautiful pristine sound quality and one artist on all instruments except sax, which is played by COOP STUDIOS studio engineer/musicman-extraordinaire Chris "Crispy Chicken" Laybourne also of Massapequa, LI.

Every song has been penned for you the listener. Enjoy!