Matt Guillory (born January 16, 1974) is an American

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. He mainly plays keyboards and tends to write

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. He has often been compared to the Swedish keyboard player

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, famous for his work in the power metal band

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. Matt Guillory has worked for Mike Varney, appearing on several mid 1990s records as session player. Guillory also works with

James LaBrie Kevin James LaBrie (born May 5, 1963) is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead singer of the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, which he has been fronting since 1991. Early life Kevin James LaBrie was born in Penetanguishene, ...

, best known as

Dream Theater Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts. The band comprises John Petrucci (guitar), John Myung (bass), Mike Portnoy (drums), James LaBrie (vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards). Dream Theat ...

's vocalist, as a composer and keyboardist on the singer's first five solo releases. He was one of the founding members of the

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based progressive metal band Dali's Dilemma. Guillory is a long time user of the Roland JD-800 synthesizer, which he plugs into a Line 6 Pod amp modelling/effects unit and a wah pedal to create a more guitar-like tone for his lead sound.

Discography

* Dali's Dilemma – ''Manifesto for Futurism'' * Mogg/Way – ''Edge of the World'' – keyboards * George Bellas – ''Turn of the Millennium'' – keyboard pads & keyboard solos * George Bellas – ''Mind over Matter'' – keyboard solos * John West – ''Mind Journey'' – keyboards * James Murphy – ''Convergence'' – keyboards * James Murphy – ''Feeding the Machine'' – keyboards * Various Artists – ''Encores, Legends & Paradox: A tribute to the music of ELP'' – keyboards *

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– '' Age of Impact'' – keyboards * James LaBrie's MullMuzzler – '' Keep It to Yourself'' – keyboards, piano * James LaBrie's MullMuzzler – '' MullMuzzler 2'' – keyboards, piano, sampling * James LaBrie – ''

Elements of Persuasion ''Elements of Persuasion'', released March 29, 2005, is Dream Theater singer James LaBrie's first solo album under his name and his third solo project, with his first two being ''Keep It to Yourself (album), Keep It to Yourself'' and ''MullMuzzl ...

'' – keyboards, additional guitar * James LaBrie – '' Static Impulse'' – keyboards, backing vocals (Guillory also sang the lead vocals on the demo recordings for this album) * James LaBrie – '' Impermanent Resonance'' – keyboards, background vocals * Zero Hour – '' Zero Hour'' – keyboards * Marco Sfogli – '' There's Hope'' * dEMOTIONAL – ''My Heart'' – keyboards, production, lyrics

References

21st-century American keyboardists 1974 births Living people American heavy metal keyboardists Explorers Club (band) members 20th-century American keyboardists {{US-musician-stub