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Matt Griffo

Chicago, IL

I'm an actor and musician in Chicago. I grew up in Upstate, NY (Rochester) and moved here at 19 to pursue comedy. Since then I've music directed at comedy theaters all over Chicago including The Second City and do musical comedy at every kind of venue... view more

  1. on October 26, 2011
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    Matt Griffo
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    Same here
  2. on July 14, 2011
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    backed a project

    Beautiful Mechanical -- an indie-classical record by yMusic by yMusic

    Chamber music performed by insanely excellent musicians equally comfy in the overlapping Classical and Pop Music worlds.

    • 213% funded $10,681 pledged
    • 374 backers
    • Funded Aug 05, 2011
  3. on March 30, 2011
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    Matt Griffo
    backed a project

    The Cosmonaut: A Wide-Grip Stylus for Touch Screens by Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt

    The Cosmonaut is a minimal, wide-grip capacitive stylus for touch screens. Perfect for sketching and doodling on any tablet.

    • 268% funded $134,236 pledged
    • 6,192 backers
    • Funded Apr 20, 2011
  4. on July 30, 2010
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    Matt Griffo
    Posted project update #10

    Album Download!

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  5. on July 13, 2010
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    Matt Griffo
    Posted project update #9

    CD Release: August 8, 2010

    So as the title says. The cd is being released August 8.

    If you're receiving a physical disc from me, t-shirts, buttons, or anything else, please email me the address to mail it/them to at matthew.griffo@gmail.com

    And I'll be sending some of you the title track and some of you the whole digital album within the next few days.

    There will be a CD release party at Ravenswood Pub on August 15 from 6-9pm.
    And the show is Free! You can find more info on the show at mattgriffo.com

    Thanks again for helping me release this album!

    - matt

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  6. on June 2, 2010
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    Matt Griffo
    Posted project update #8

    What's Going On?

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  7. on April 18, 2010
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    Music - Comedy - Album! by Matt Griffo

    I’m trying to raise $1,000 to produce my best comedy album yet! It’s so funny that when you listen to it you’ll die. And then come back to life.

    • 112% funded $1,125 pledged
    • 30 backers
    • Funded Apr 18, 2010
  8. on April 15, 2010
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    Matt Griffo
    Posted project update #7

    I made it!

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  9. on April 14, 2010
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    Matt Griffo
    Posted project update #6

    Artwork! Finally

    I've figured out the album artwork finally and the project is almost fully funded. Yay! Thank you to everyone that's helped out. I'm really excited to get this album released.

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        Lauren Girard on April 14, 2010

        Love It!


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  10. on March 19, 2010
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    Matt Griffo
    Posted project update #5

    Mastering And Artwork

    I'm super close to the final master. And I'm getting closer to figuring out what to use for the artwork.

    Here's the latest master of the song "Kindergarten Love"


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