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Ohio native and Morehouse College alum, Mateo grew up in a musical household so his musical journey was somewhat preordained. His grandfather was a heralded jazz and session guitarist at King Records where he played for the likes of James Brown and Charles Brown. His grandmother was an acclaimed singer who toured Canada and the Northeast, so it only made sense for Mateo to start playing classical piano at the age of five.
“I grew up doing [music], and ended up going to school,” says Mateo. “I had not planned on doing music as a profession. I was going to do it on the side because I didn’t think it was something you could really make money off of. I was kind of like everybody else. You know, you go to college, get a good job, make that paycheck every two weeks and push everything else to the side.”
Mateo enrolled into Morehouse College majoring in music and business. Upon graduation, Mateo moved to New York where he became a strategy consultant. But no amount of numbers could replace his number one passion; music.
“I hated every moment of it. I was like, ‘I’m going to do music’,” recalls Mateo. “I quit my job and everything just started to flow for me..."
Mateo is signed with Grammy-award winning producer Kerry "Krucial" Keys, and the two have been working on Mateo’s debut album. The project has been deemed as a true hybrid of R&B, Pop and Alternative music.
“Krucial is definitely one of those producers who doesn’t live within the constraints of a box,” states Mateo. “He’s not afraid of live instrumentation, horns and strings – things that you can’t do with your computer.”
Say Its So featuring Alicia Keys by MateoMusic
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/say-its-so-single/id466355843
[source: ThinkTank Marketing]
[source: ThinkTank Marketing]
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