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"I have had my new bass mic for a couple of weeks now and I wanted to follow up and thank you for getting it to me right after the NAMM show. I am extremely pleased with the mic having have had the opportunity to try it in a variety of situations. I have tried most of the high-end bass pickups and mics on the market and I find your bass mic to be the best sounding solution available, even better than the expensive large diaphragm mic I've been using to date. The sound-guys love it, my band-mates love it and more importantly, I love it. I am now getting the clear natural sound that has always been my goal. Thanks again for this great microphone! "
- Zac Matthews

Listen and watch:
	Marty Paglione Pod Cast with Tony Miceli
	Tony interviews Marty about some technical issue's related to AMT Microphones and technical information in general. Microphone bleed, rejection rate, etc etc..

Instruments:
Acoustic Bass

AMT products used:
AMT S25B
AMT SP25B

A native of Great Britain, now residing in Los Angeles, Zac Matthews is making fast work of an exciting career in the West Coast's burgeoning Jazz community. He has performed with such jazz greats as Don Menza, Pete Christlieb, Bill Watrous, Henry Mancini, Bobby Shew, Marvin Stamm, Bud Shank, Rob McConnell, Marcus Printup, Nancy King and Don Shelton among others. Zac is frequently in the LA recording studios, leading to recordings for such estimable record companies as Motown, Columbia and Sony and for film and TV.

Zac credits study with John Clayton, Christopher von Bayer, Ray Brown, François Rabbath and Paul Ellison as the biggest influences in his development as well as having the opportunity to work directly with the likes of Branford, Wynton and Ellis Marsalis, James Moody, John Heard, Phil Woods, Howard Roberts, Milt Jackson, Mel Lewis, Dennis Irwin, Hal Galper and many others.

With Bass Performance and Music theory/History degrees from Washington State University and a Masters degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California Zac's command and knowledge of music bursts forth in inspired improvisations, creative arrangements and a deep respect for the music's heritage and future. Add to this a generous dose of travel, study and teaching across Europe with a keen interest in history, philosophy and art and you'll find a well rounded musician.

Honored in Down Beat, Jazziz, Cadence, Victory Review and numerous newspaper features, Zac was also recognized as the outstanding WSU Music Senior (Presser Scholar) and USC's Outstanding Jazz Studies Graduate student.

Zac has been very involved with education working with numerous aspiring musicians in workshops, clinics and private lessons. Zac currently teaches at Pasadena City College and at Cal Poly Pomona. He has taught at USC, the Los Angeles Music Academy., the Bud Shank's Jazz Workshop, Frank DeMiero's Jazz Camp, Burton Music Camp, Whitman College, Columbia Basin Jazz Festival, Bellevue Jazz Festival, the University of Idaho Jazz Festival, the British Columbia Interior Jazz Festival and was the Director of Burton Jazz Camp near Seattle, Washington. Zac has lectured on Jazz, Jazz history and other subjects in Washington, Oregon and California.

Zac uses and endorses, Bag End loudspeakers, Thomastic Strings and the AMT Bass microphone

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