Matthew C. Bauder is a guitarist, singer/songwriter, and producer of guitar-driven music that primarily blends one or more rock subgenres, but sometimes also wanders into pop, country, blues, folk and jazz realms as well.

Born and raised in the small rural town of Alburtis, Pennsylvania, one of Matthew’s first musical influences was watching syndicated reruns of The Monkees on TV and playing along to the music on his set of cheap bongo drums.  

When he was 11, MTV hit the airwaves and he couldn’t take his eyes or ears off of the magic of music and all the spectacle that went along with it.  The 80’s pop on MTV, along with classic rock of the 70’s and 80’s that was played on the local radio stations, caused Matthew to fall madly in love with bands like Boston, Kiss, ZZ Top and The Cars, putting the desire in him to want to be a real musician.&