links
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here are some links of interest.
venue sites
la bec rouge- great venue with 3 levels of food and entertainment, right on hampton beach in nh. open year round, 7 days.
tinker's nest- great irish pub with a huge selection of beers and excellent live entertainment in warren ri.
hugh o'neill's pub- wonderful irish pub in downtown malden ma.
music product sites
rick's music world- matt's favorite music store in raynham ma.
curt mangan strings- matt is a sponsored artist and uses curt's strings and picks exclusively.
dark matter designs- artwear and accessories
artist sites
slapshot- matt's brother mark plays drums with the legendary hardcore band.
rick berlin- boston legend, writer, singer, author rick berlin. matt plays on several mp3s on the site. rick was instrumental in helping out my career early on.
paul mangone - former extreme/montage bass player/writer/multi-instrumentalist. matt plays on 'wish you had someone now' on paul's latest album, 'fly by wire.' gary cherone, another former bandmate of matt and paul's also performs a number.
gary cherone- former frontman for extreme, van halen, tribe of judah has lots of new projects in the works. gary is a former bandmate and an old friend. see what he's doing these days...it will always be something worth checking out.
mike mangini- matt's former bandmate in the rick berlin band. mike's career has been a long and interesting one with steve vai, and many other artists.
philip bynoe- phil and matt go back a long way, from high school and "the maldones" to the rick berlin band. phil is a sought after session player and a regular with steve vai and kevin eubanks.
joe pet- joe pet, while drumming for rick berlin's "orchestra luna," was the guy who gave us our music business jump-start. 'us' meaning matt mckay, drummer paul geary (extreme drummer, godsmack and fuel manager) and singer gary cherone in a group called "adrenalin." joe went on to play for many top artists, including joe perry, and produced and played drums on one of matt's releases in the early 90's. joe is now in the DJ and entertainment booking business.
music resources
clever joe music industry resource for canada and beyond
guitarnotes.com
