The Matthew Kush Band is based out of Raleigh, NC.  Matthew's influences range from The Counting Crowes, Metallica, Jery Lee Lewis, Skid Row, to Scott Joplin.  Playing in Country, Funk and Pop/Rock bands that end upside down as a keyboardist led Matthew to try his own project.  "We have more potential than any other band I have played with because I know we won't ever stop pushing the envelope"  Matthew states.   Their debut album hit the shelves in December of 2006.  They are looking forward to their next album already, after having a successful release of "Relentless".   A very fitting title.  

Matthew's first love for music started as a teen when his chorus teacher took him under his wing and suggested that he take piano lessons.  After singing in short musicals, Matthew was chosen to perform in the off-broadway production of Evita, touring around Europe.   By the time he was 16, Matthew had taught himself the electric guitar, reciting solos by Dave Mustang and Kirk Hammett.  Going on to College at Elon University to play baseball, Matthew still found himself at the end of the day at the piano.  Matthew pursued his passion and graduated with a degree in Classical music performance.  Throughout the process Matthew was always writing and joined his first band "Spredelectric".  From there, he auditioned as a keyboard player for many bands, and joined the John Dupree Band in 2000.  After a successful run, and an inch away from a record deal, the JDB broke up.  Thereafter, the dream began, with a band called Moxie McCoy.  A female led band willing to write and record and give it a chance.  Matthew wrote songs for this band and took charge hoping it would lead to something big.  On their way,  going through 3 or 4 different singers, Matthew decided to go to Los Angeles to push the dream as a back-up keyboard player.  Los Angeles played a huge roll in allowing Matthew to find his voice.  "I got out there, and played open mics when there wasn't anything else to do except wait for the phone calls.  I had little money, and met average musicians that were signed to record deals.  This inspired me.  I jammed with 'names' in the music business- some were great, some not so great.   I started performing my own songs, and decided that I needed to pursue this."  Unwilling to sacrifice the necessary means for living led Matthew back to NC.  "They wanted me to pay my dues, and by that time, I felt that I had already payed my dues."   The decision to go back to NC for Matthew enabled him to save the money for the recording process for his first CD. 

Rossen Todorov started playing bass and composing music at the age of 16. Along with some of his peers, Ross formed a rock band named Corsair which became popular back home in Bulgaria. In 1993, Rossen was accepted into the Berklee College of music in Boston and was awarded a gifted applicant scholarship. His biggest influences are Sting, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, and Queen.
Drummer, Percussionist Currently Teaching and performing in the Raleigh North Carolina area, Brian has actively been a member of the New York music community, Performing for high profile artist throughout the clubs and studios in New York City. You could walk into many of the live music clubs of New York and find the likes of Freddie Jackson, Elizabeth Withers, Mary J. Blige and Chaka Khan, just to name a few, and find Brian holding down the groove on drum set or percussion. Not only has Brian Performed with various recording artist, He has also performed with dance and theatre companies such as: The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Harlem School of the Arts, The Alvin Alley Dance Company and a hand full of African dance troops throughout the city. In the summer of 1996, Brian was offered a job at the Hit Factory Recording studios, where he had the opportunity to work closely with major recording artist such as: P. Diddy, Faith Evans, Mariah Carey, Mase, Method Man, Janet Jackson, Paul Simon, Luther Vandross and many others. Along with his father, Ivan Hampden Jr. and brothers, Iajhi & Brevan, they are performing, teaching and building a family music business in North Carolina.