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

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. He mainly plays

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and tends to write progressive metal. He has often been compared to the Swedish keyboard player Jens Johansson, famous for his work in the power metal band Stratovarius. Matt Guillory has worked for Mike Varney, appearing on several mid 1990s records as session player. Guillory also works with James LaBrie, best known as

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'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

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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

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

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'' – keyboards, piano, sampling * James LaBrie – '' Elements of Persuasion'' – keyboards, additional guitar * James LaBrie – ''

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'' – keyboards, backing vocals (Guillory also sang the lead vocals on the demo recordings for this album) * James LaBrie – '' Impermanent Resonance'' – keyboards, background vocals *

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References

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