The Mathew Group
was founded by Michael D. Mathew (a.k.a.
Sensei) in 2006. Michael has been heavily
involved in music and computers for over twenty
years. Since birth he has been drumming on
everything and taking things apart and putting
them together. Michael comes from a very
creative family in visual and musical arts, so
creativity comes naturally.
Michael
formally started in band as a percussionist at
Sidney Lanier Elementary in Dallas, Texas in
1987. Since then music has been one of the main
focal points of his life. After earning a
degree in Music Education from Texas
A&M-Commerce, he has gone on to work with
many fine bands including North Mesquite High
School, Berkner High School, Fossil Ridge High
School, DeSoto High School, Trinity High
School, and Crandall High School. He is an
in-demand clinician throughout the state of
Texas, and enjoys teaching private lessons when
possible. Michael has been a part of groups
playing showcase concerts at the international
level and has had students achieving at the
highest levels in the Texas All-State Band. He
has a metric ton of students who have chosen
music as a career in both performing and
education. Michael uses Sibelius 4/5 and
Virtual Drumline 2.5 for percussion writing.
Michael is an Educational Artist for both Pearl
Drums and Innovative Percussion.
Michael got his first hand-me-down TRS-80
computer in 1988. He thoroughly enjoyed
spending time programming BASIC on his cassette
tapes. In High School he began learning PASCAL
and C++. Michael has always kept up with the
latest computing trends. He has taken a keen
interest in the last few years in designing
websites for companies and organizations. Most
free time is spent trying to demystify the
various languages (where is that babel fish?).
Michael thoroughly enjoys his Mac and
RapidWeaver among other tools.