Over the years Matthew has worked with many producers, engineers and players of great status and reputation.

 Living in LA, having had the opportunity to meet and work with such talent has brought about vast experience

 and knowledge by observing and learning from other pros. But most of all, developing his skills as a writer,

 player engineer makes Matthew the perfect producer. He has developed recording techniques that use his

 experience of old-school with modern recording, creating a bigger and better sound without having to spend

 long, tedious hours setting up mics and testing for sounds– which sometimes can take days. You can check out

 Matthew's credits in his biography.

 Matthew's expertise gets him well ahead into the project while others would still be in the process of discussion

 and set- up. He can see what a project needs and goes after it promptly while keeping in mind the artists, genre,

 image and message. This is what gives Matthew a great advantage over most other producers and engineers. The

 work is completed without the endless rhetoric between musicians, engineers, producers and anyone else with an

 inflated opinion. The "trial by error" process (which is how most projects are done) is eliminated. Achieving an 

 objective by knowing what is needed is much more effective than knowing what you want by chance or after

 you've heard it.

 Being a player of many instruments, as well as styles of music, makes Matthew very diverse in his ability to get

 exactly what a composition needs and what the client wants, if not more. Usually a client has an idea, but that

 idea needs nurturing by a professional. Most often clients who need music created for their projects are at the

 mercy of the producer and or the engineer. If ether one of them are inexperienced or just lacking in skills, the

 project will suffer the consequences. Due to the development of software, today's professionals rely more on

 technology and less on feeling and vision. This is why so much of today's art and music ends up looking and

 sounding generic.

 Nowadays most project are plagued with "too many chefs in the kitchen" which we all know spoils the brew. Art

 and music projects cost the earth because of too many fingers in the pie. Producers, engineers, session players

 and artists often are way overrated and cost much more money than they are worth. They take longer, using

 more resources to create less. It seems that a lot of  people in the production business make a great deal of

 money doing very little. Most of them who are overseeing projects hire someone who hires someone else, who

 in turn hires other people to complete the respective segments of a project. This raises the cost by tenfold but

 does not guarantee good results. The client ends up paying for the expense of extra personnel as well as a

 facility. Not so with Matthew. He can handle all your needs in his environment. He knows the meaning of "less

 is more" better than most people in the business.

"I have worked in music production and the Motion Picture Industry for over 20 years and during this time

I have watched productions grow larger in crew, personnel, writers, producers and in budget, but have

witnessedthe decline of quality and originality every year. It has gotten to the point where it is so over

the top that it isridiculous. If time is money, than saving timeis a virtue, but today saving money and

having quality is a rarity". ~ Matthew Hirte

    Don't be fooled by fancy talk, big facilities and equipment. Get into the mode of saving money but still getting

something that has great value. Approach a record company with a finished product, not a demo.

This page is still under construction. To listen to music that has been produced, engineered and performed by Matthew

click here.

To  listen to Matthew's personal music, click here.