Matt has a highly skilled ear for music, and possesses an innate ability to identify hit songs. This ability has seen Matt sell over one million albums nationwide.

In the 1990s, Matt founded Mo Brown Productions, where he worked closely with Mark Pope, (Executive Producer of the ARIA awards). The company quickly become the pre-eminent Hip-Hop and R&B label in this country and is credited with single-handedly reviving the Hip-Hop and R&B scene in Australia. One of the label’s acts, Kulcha, enjoyed extraordinary success in Australasia, with a string of top-20 singles and over 140 000 records sold.

Later, Matt was recruited by Bomb Records to be the fledgling label’s A&R Manager. One of his first signings, Disco Montego, had two top-10 singles and won two APRA Awards for “Beautiful” and “U Talkin’ 2 Me”. Matt also unearthed and signed Jeremy Gregory, who within weeks was contracted directly by Warner Music in the United States.

Because of his musical credentials, A&R track record and most of all his uncanny knack to detect hit music, in 2002 Matt was invited to join Warner Music Australia. His first initiative was the introduction of the R&B Super Series compilations which, since their inception, have gone on to sell over 250 000 copies.

Matt also worked closely with Ed St John and Lachie Rutherford, having the creative dexterity to partner them with heavy-hitting New Zealand Hip-Hop act Savage. Their first single, “Moonshine”, was recorded with international superstar Akon and went on to achieve gold certification, selling over 35 000 copies.

Matt then went on to compile the critically acclaimed Straight From The Art Australian Hip-Hop compilation which, upon release, was awarded Triple J’s album of the week. This success only affirmed Matt’s reputation for releasing credible mainstream music. At around this time Matt was also appointed A&R Manager of Magic Dirt’s most recent studio release, Snow White.

In 2003, Matt was presented a demo by music manager Francis Coady of a little-known act named Thirsty Merc. Instantly recognising the band’s overwhelming potential, he signed them to Warner and began to work closely with them. Over the course of the next twelve months, Matt, along with his producer-of-choice Lindsay Gravina, guided the band in the development of their songs and their sound.

The band’s debut, self-titled album was released the following year and spawned a string of smash-hit singles, such as “Emancipate Myself”, “In The Summertime” and “Someday Someday”. The album stayed in the ARIA charts for more than 50 weeks and is now just days away from achieving double platinum status. The group were also nominated for four ARIA Awards and their song “Someday Someday” was nominated for the prestigious APRA Song Of The Year award.

Due to the phenomenal success of Thirsty Merc’s debut album, The A&R Department was hired and Matt was appointed A&R manager of the band’s sophomore album, Slideshows. This release debuted at number 4 on the ARIA Charts and has already achieved gold status.

In 2007, having achieved monumental success with Warner whilst concurrently building a formidable reputation, Matt decided to leave the major label and become Managing Director of The A&R Department. Since then he has been working with artists such as The Beautiful Girls, Shihad, Mia Dyson, Cog, Epicure as well as continuing his work with Thirsty Merc, Fast Crew and several others.