Matthew Setzer

Who is Matthew Setzer?

Matthew Setzer is a musician, composer, and music technologist living in Los Angeles California. He is the guitarist for the gothic industrial band London After Midnight. In 2008 LAM played sold out shows in the US, Europe, and Mexico for the Un-American tour.

Matthew received a Bachelor of Music in Composition/Technology from the University of Montana in Missoula. He studied Composition with Charles Nichols. In 2008 Matthew graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a Masters of Fine Arts in Experimental Sound Practices. While at CalArts he studied with: David Rosenboom, Ajay Kapur, Mark Trayle, Ulrich Krieger, Morton Subotnick, and visiting artist Trimpin. At CalArts Matthew developed an interactive microphone enabling a performer to control audio/video elements with gestural movements. The idea came from watching rock vocalists move or squeeze the microphone to further portray emotion. While studying with David Rosenboom Matthew developed a musical electroencephalograph biofeedback system. He used the EEG system with Louis Fleischauer in a ritual suspension. Matthew and Louis have plans to showcase the EEG system in Paris with Louis's music/performance group A-M-F. Before CalArts Matthew trained with John Carruthers for luthier skills. From 2006-2008 Matthew worked as a luthier for the Moser Custom shop with Neal Moser. Matthew built his touring guitar from the ground up. In the spring of 2009 Matthew was the assistant for the Musical Robotics class at CalArts.

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