Matt Cusson, award winning singer, pianist, and composer joins Taylor Kelsaw and cohost, Michael McCallum. They discuss Matt’s musical influences – from Brian McKnight to James Taylor – and about Leaving LA, which will be featured on his 2016 CD. He is in Lansing to perform with Phil Denny.
Matt has had many experiences and they touch on some of these:
- His work with TV and Broadway;
- Working with Megan Hilty and Cee Lo Green;
- Appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno;
- Appearance on ABC’s The View;
- Opportunity to sing with NBC’s The Voice 2011 winner, Javier Colon;
- Featured in Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror tour in 2010;
- Winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Content for Matt Cusson’s song, One of Those Nights;
- NBC’s The Voice 2011 winner, Javier Colon, introduces Matt to a woman who would become his wife;
- Matt as performed with Stevie Wonder, James Tayor, The Roots, Babyface, Christina Aguilera, Livingston Taylor (James Taylor’s brother), and toured with his friend, Brian McKnight;
- Three time winner of Amateur Night at The Apollo;
Matt shares his website and social pages: Website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
They wrap up their time as Matt talks about what might happen with his music in the future, and he shares that he would like to be known as a kind of renaissance music maker.
