By Martin Sitter

I met Matthew Loel T. Hepworth at winter NAMM, where he was working as a product specialist in the Steinberg booth. It quickly became apparent to me that Matthew was the perfect trainer for our new line of Steinberg tutorial videos … let me tell you a bit more about Matthew.

Matthew Loel T. Hepworth was predisposed to be in music and the arts. His father was a professor of music and his mother is a well-known dance instructor - needless to say, the arts were very influential during his upbringing.

Later, Matthew developed an interest in computers. In 1984, he hooked a Prophet 5 to his Commodore 64 via MIDI with Steinberg’s Pro16 software … and he was hooked!

Since then, he’s become an accomplished musician playing a variety of instruments, including Bass Guitar and Theremin. You can catch Matthew playing both these instruments in a band called, ZenTherStick (www.zentherstick.com.) 

Matthew also works as an independent product specialist for Steinberg, Yamaha, and Tascam. He’s also deeply involved in professional video and photography. But his love of music keeps him busy with teaching, writing, mixing and mastering.