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.

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Michael formally started in band as a percussionist at Sidney Lanier Elementary in Dallas, Texas in 1987, but he was drumming on everything in sight since birth. Since the formal start 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 Logic Studio, Sibelius 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 MacBook Pro and RapidWeaver among other tools.