Matthieu Rachmajda

Mathieu Rachmajda
Matthieu Rachmajda live in open air concert
Background information
Birth name	Mathieu Rachmajda
Also known as	MattRach
Born	February 15, 1991(1991-02-15) France.
Origin	Gommegnies, France.
Genres	Rock Hard Rock reggae
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Bass guitar, guitar, battery[disambiguation needed ], banjo
Years active	2006–Present
Labels	Independent
Associated acts	MattRach
Website	mattrach-official.com
Notable instruments
Fender Stratocaster Telecaster Fender Stratacoustic

Matthieu Rachmajda (also widely known as MattRach) is a French musician who was born on February 15, 1991. He comes from the Gommegnies region in France.^[1] Matthieu, although most popular for his interpretation such as "Canon Rock" and "Vive le Vent d'Hiver", also plays battery (drums) and bass. In an interview with French news channel Canal+, he admitted that he played more bass and battery to avoid having automatism while playing guitar and therefore keeping his improvisation natural.^[2] He rose to fame through his adaptation of Canon Rock in guitar.^[3] Achieving an astonishing 72 millions views on YouTube,^[4] he is considered of one of the most popular French artists on YouTube and on the internet. He now plays with his band called Mattrach's & Play.

Biography

He grew up in Gommegnies, a small and isolated village in Northern France. For his sixth Christmas, Matthieu received his first electric guitar, a Jim Harley. He soon started taking lessons from a professor and started learning classical guitar along with music theory. For nine years he kept learning this way but is not taking lessons anymore. His primary guitars are Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster and, for acoustic songs, he uses a Fender Stratacoustic.

In February 2003, he joined the familial musical band. From 2004 through 2007, he gave multiple concerts and shows throughout the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, playing remixes and compositions.

In July 2006, aged fifteen, he interpreted Canon Rock, a neoclassical arrangement of Pachelbel's "cannon in D" by JerryC. He uploaded his performance on YouTube. It became a tremendous success soon after. In the next weeks, he was invited to the French TV show Le Morning de Cauet and played "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple live.^[5]

Matthieu is sponsored by Fender since 2007. His compositions and songs are sold mainly through iTunes.

Matthieu affirms that his favorites songs are Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses, Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix, Child In Time by Deep Purple, Communication Breakdown by Led Zeppelin and Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Due to his growing and demanding musical career, Matthieu decided to drop out of school in 12th grade.^[6]

The album made by Matthieu and his band came out on May 24, 2010.^[7]

Discography

The 1st of August 2006, MattRach released on legal digital downloading platforms his first CD: MattRach :

1. Dynamic Day
2. Is back
3. lol
4. Monophonic
5. On The Run
6. The conquistador
7. Welcome in my Square Head
8. You
9. 2007
10. Dark Paradise
11. Se déchirer dans sa chambre
12. For Y
13. Groovy Nightmare
14. Tornado
15. Undergroove
16. Wait in my Room

Then on the 24 of May, 2010, MattRach released his first album named Mister Jack with his band Mattrach's & Play :

1. Encore Raté
2. Errance
3. Vous en voulez encore
4. Over
5. Nurse
6. Shopping
7. yxeS reniD
8. La Rencontre
9. The Alright Song

...

Shows and Concerts

MattRach's first concert was at Scène Bastille in Paris on February 28, 2009, in front of a full crowd.

On July 10, 2009, he participated in the festival called Nuits Guitares at Beaulieu-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes. He played along side Calvin Russell, John Butler or even Patrick Bruel.

On July 18, 2009, he took part in the festival called "Nuits de la guitare" at Patrimonio in corse.

External links

• Official website of MattRach

References

1. ^ http://fr.netlog.com/mattrach
2. ^ http://www.infos-des-medias.net/mattrach-au-grand-journal.php
3. ^ « “Mattrach”, guitariste virtuose de 17 ans, nouvelle coqueluche d'internet », france24.fr
4. ^ Youtube : Mattrach
5. ^ http://www.virginradio.fr/antenne/Emissions/Cauet-se-lache-sur-Virgin-Radio/videos/MattRach-le-virtuose-de-la-guitare
6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHbVMt7Oy-Y&feature=related/
7. ^ http://www.mattrach-official.com/

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