Matthew Gray:
CLASS OF 1987
Watsonville High SchoolClass of 1987
Watsonville, CA
Aptos High SchoolClass of 1987
Aptos, CA
Moreland Notre Dame SchoolClass of 1983
Watsonville, CA
Holy Cross SchoolClass of 1983
Santa cruz, CA
Westlake Elementary SchoolClass of 1981
Santa cruz, CA
Matthew's Story
Life
I am married to a great woman named Melanie. We live in Bloomington-Normal, IL. We have two daughters Grace Marie Gray, born in 2005 and Annie Jean Gray born in 2012. 7 years apart!
Melanie and I met on the internet- she was looking for a friend of hers and kept finding my profile on a popular search engine. She somehow got the courage to email me, and we kept in touch for a year without meeting. We met in person in January of 2001, and things went just great after that. We got engaged in October of 2001 at Shadowbrook in Capitola, CA. We were married in Los Angeles on August 10, 2002 at the Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon Church, then had our reception at the Brandview Collection in Glendale, CA.
I am working now as an Uber & Lyft Driver, however, I have recently switched from being a BMI Writer Member to becoming an ASCAP Writer/Publisher (AzwesoSongs.com) . As many of you might remember that in High School, I wrote poetry. and while still at WHS I started collaborating on songs with Prior Engagem...Expand for more
ent (Jon Fesmire, Chris Harrington, Tony Fesmire & Phil Harrington). This led to writing lyrics for "Stop Running Away!" a musical starring Chris Harrington and the rest of the cast. This also led to my path to becoming a better Lyricist. I attended Cabrillo College and Trebas Institute of Recording Arts (Music Business Administration). In 2018 I won a 3-day badge to go to the ASCAP EXPO in Hollywood, CA where I met childhood hero and Oscar Winner Paul Williams, Chairman & President of ASCAP. I currently am working with other writers - "The Best Is Not Behind Me" with WANZ (who was featured in the Grammy Winning song "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore is one co-write that is a highlight for me because we met through Grammy U, - Update: I am in school at Full Sail University where I completed a Business Certificate and working on getting my Bachelor of Science Degree in Digital Cinematography.. I hope to get involved mainly within Film and Music.
HIghly recommend adding me on FB as I am rarely on Classmates.
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