"Matt Slocum" is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer.

In 1991, Slocum played guitar with Chris Taylor on a garage-band tape release called A Place to Hide Away (Part 1). He was a member of Love Coma, a Christian rock band, and in the early 1990s he met vocalist Leigh Bingham Nash while attending the same church in New Braunfels, TX. Slocum and Leigh formed Sixpence None the Richer; he and Nash are the band's only constant members. He co-wrote, with Nash, the song "Nervous In the Light of Dawn" for Nash's debut solo album Blue on Blue (Leigh Nash album)/Blue on Blue.

In 2006, Slocum toured with the band The Choir (alternative rock band)/The Choir, playing bass. He has also played guitar with Over the Rhine (band)/Over the Rhine, and currently, has played bass in the band the Astronaut Pushers.

Slocum played cello on Viva Voce (band)/Viva Voce's first album, Hooray For Now. As studio guitarist and cellist, he has recorded on albums by artists Julie Miller, Plumb (singer)/Plumb, Wes King, Switchfoot, Hammock (band)/Hammock, Lost Dogs, The Choir (alternative rock band)/The Choir, Dividing the Plunder, Threefold, and Brooke Waggoner. He also appeared as cellist on the Chris Rice DVD Inside Out.

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We're achieving a lot of success right now and it's not all happening at once, so I think there's a lot of momentum to go. It makes us feel good about ourselves.

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I think we've been doing it for a while now that I can sort of imagine her voice in my head when I'm writing these lyrics and creating these melodies. It's a really cool thing to imagine what it's going to sound like and then make it become reality. I always find that Leigh meets that reality and exceeds it, or adds to it.

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It has come to be known as sub-standard music. When people hear that they immediately shut you off.

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We read the Bible, I guess not as much as we should. All of us in the group are Christians. I think a lot of that comes out in the music.

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