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NEWS
 Fall
2007
Matt was selected as the producer of
and piano performer for the debut album “Santa JG Swings”
( www.meathmedia.com),
featuring John Meath, long time Boston-based producer of
children’s television programming such as “Where in the
World is Carmen San Diego”. John recently performed songs
from the CD with the Beantown Swing Orchestra.
Matt also joined with an additional
music ensemble, Teen Plant, which performed in a November
residency at the Cambridge, MA art space The Lilly Pad.
The group developed and performed an array of original,
experimental rock music, which will become the basis of a
full album to be released in the Winter of 2007/2008.
Additionally, Matt expanded his
production activities with Rhythm, Rhyme, Results, which
has been developing an even more creative and robust
curriculum as it prepares for product distribution.
Summer 2007
During the Summer of 2007, Matt
continued with his production and performance work for
Rhythm, Rhyme, Results, which is developing a novel,
music- based full academic curriculum to be offered to
inner city youths.
Matt also performed on keyboard and
guitar and vocals with a number of music groups at venues
in Boston, including Felt-Boston, as well as at music
festivals throughout New England.
Spring 2007
Matthew
has continued to work on music production projects for the
Cambridge, MA, hip-hop based educational company Rhythm
Rhyme Results, including a project in conjunction with the
American Audiology Association. In addition, Matt recorded
and mixed the album “Root and Branch”, an album of folk
music performed by The Goodhue Family.
Matt
also performed on the organ and recorded with the new
Boston-based blues/rock group The Jeff Colt Group and
continued to create and produce music and video content
for the group Hurra Kam Rada and HKR TV.
In June,
HKR’s “The Milkman” music video was selected as the 2007
Best Music Video (Non-professional) by The Alliance For
Community Media (www.acmhometown.org)
as part of its national “Hometown Video Awards 2007”
festival, celebrating creative programming presented on
community television throughout the United States.
Winter 2007
During
the Winter of 2007, Matt was involved in a wide range of
music projects…from creative, to performance, to
production…Including: The Harvard Jazz Band Reunion Show,
held at Sanders Theater at Harvard University; performance
and production of a video for the Martha Stewart Show;
Bandleader for The Bartlett Jazz Quartet, which includes
international jazz artists that perform at corporate
functions throughout the Boston area; and engineer and
mixer for a 10-track, music “Math” album by Rhythm Rhyme
Results, a company using hip hop music to enhance
educational techniques.
Matt
also continued his broad range of activities for the
music/theatrical group Hurra Kam Rada, including the
construction of the HKR website, the creation and
production of a number of music/podcast/video projects and
keyboard/laptop/vocal performances at several
entertainment venues in the Boston area. One of HKR’s
shows was featured on the new podcast “Boston
Underground”.
Also,
while not the eventual winner of Doritos’ ‘homegrown’
advertisement contest “Crash the Super Bowl”, Matt’s ad
submission was eventually featured on “The ABC World
Evening News” during a piece covering the highlights of
the contest.
Fall 2006
In
conjunction with Gagnon Productions, Matthew O’Malley has
created and produced the score to the thirty minute
documentary film “Thanksgiving”, commissioned by businessman
and philanthropist S. Daniel Abraham. The score consists
primarily of original music composed by Matthew O’Malley,
who performs his work on the piano, accompanied by violinist
John Hammond of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
In
addition, Matt O’Malley also created and produced a 30
second television commercial submitted as a candidate
advertisement for a Super Bowl contest being conducted by
Doritos called “Crash the Super Bowl”.
The
advertisement features original sound design and music by
Matt O’Malley and a cast of performers from the Boston band
Hurra Kam Rada. In the end, Matt’s advertisement finished
among the Top 10 vote-getting submissions, out of
approximately 1200 contestants.
Matt also
continued to perform as a piano soloist and with several
jazz and popular bands at private and public venues
throughout the Boston area.
Summer 2006
Matt
O’Malley has joined with the Boston band
Hurra Kam Rada as a
music and video producer and director, writer, arranger and
performer. “HKR”
plays
a blend of rock, jazz, R&B, experimental, funk and ambient and
can be found at
www.myspace.com/hurrakamrada.
Matt also participated
with the local television production unit in Arlington, MA as
a co-director of the live production of that community’s “Town
Day 2006”, a two-day, nine hour, multi-venue,
eight-camera production covering an extensive array of
activities and events celebrating one of Massachusetts' most
historic towns.
Spring 2006
O’Malley
Music Productions has constructed its own sound/recording studio
in the Boston area. Studio resources included a full range of
recording, mixing, computer and software capabilities, allowing
it to work with both soloists and small ensembles on a
schedule-friendly basis.
In addition,
OMP has developed a strategic partnership with a local
television studio, allowing it to have generous and flexible
access to excellent physical and technical facilities for
music/visual/hybrid projects. Resources available at the studio
include, several video cameras [mini DV and SVHS] and related
video software, a full digital editing suite, sound mixers and
related software, digital photography equipment and software and
a large performance studio, equipped with a green screen.
Also, during
the spring, Matt O’Malley and friends performed their music at a
number of venues throughout the Boston area.
Winter 2006
Matthew O’Malley
has joined the
Manhattan Producers Alliance,
a New York City based collaborative of award-winning composers,
producers, sound designers and music supervisors. With studios
located at its convenient Midtown Manhattan location, The
Manhattan Producers Alliance offers clients in the film,
television, advertising and online worlds a unique source and
network for innovative music creation and production.
Fall 2005
Matt
O’Malley teamed up with Harvard roommate and singer/songwriter
Nick Diaco to produce Nick’s debut album/CD “Two Souls”. The CD
introduces Nick Diaco as a rising singer/songwriter, offering a
wide-ranging and refreshing set of twelve engaging and captivating
songs. “Two Souls’” can be found and enjoyed at Nick’s website (www.nickdiaco.com).
In addition to producing the album, Matt O’Malley was the arranger
and engineer and performed extensively as a multiple
instrumentalist, as well as back-up vocalist.
Summer 2005Matt O'Malley
will be performing in concert in his hometown of Topsfield, MA at
the end of June. Matt will be joined by several friends and
members of the Harvard Jazz Band for a fun and inspiring night of
jazz and musical variety.
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