mattberlin + Musician in Los Angeles, CA

SEEKING

ABOUT

I'm looking for musicians who are interested in collaborating on new music and performing live.

I'm a producer at heart but am very skilled playing bass and really enjoy performing. I grew up on Rush, Yes, King Crimson, etc. and have been in bands that have opened for the likes of Dream Theater, Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, and Eleven. My tastes are very eclectic, and I enjoy working with musicians who from a wide variety of genres, so you'll notice an ethereal pop song and an ambient hip hop track on my profile, both of which I produced and played synths and guitar.

I've not been as active as I'd like for awhile. Last time I did something fun was during the pandemic, when I worked with multi-instrumentalist Billy Sherwood (Yes, Asia, World Trade) and drummer Jay Schellen (Hurricane, Yes) on a prog track "And In Arcadia I.." that's also on my profile.

You've read this far, so let's chat.

Screen name:

mattberlin

Member since:

Jun 20 2005

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Moderately Committed

Years playing music:

30

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

1 time per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Puscifer, Rush, Yes, Bill Laswell, David Bowie, King Crimson, Daniel Lanois, Gary Numan, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Tweaker, Michael Brook, David Sylvian, Dead Can Dance

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Expert

Electronic Music:

Advanced

Vocalist:

Moderate

Keyboard:

Moderate

Background Singer:

Moderate

Acoustic Guitar:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Ken Smith & Carvin basses, software synths and signal processing, various amps

MUSIC