Matt featured on ModernGuitars.com (now GuitarInternational.com) as columnist and feature writer/interviewer, and winner of several major online competitions (American Idol Underground, Garageband), garnering him local TV and Newspaper attention, including two spots on DC's FOX News, a feature article in the Washington Post, and congratulatory post and later a CD song insert Guitar Player Magazine, among notices online and in print. Matt has written for several online publications and interviewed many of the world's great guitarists.