MG3

When college friends Trey Meek and Matt Geczy went their separate ways after college, they decided that the band couldn't split up.

The duo, with Meek on the West Coast and Geczy on the East Coast, kept writing music and will soon release their fourth album. They plan to play shows locally to support the effort.

Q:How did you start your band, and where did you get the name MG3 from?

A: We started the band in 2001 at Indiana University. The name comes from the initials of my bandmate Matt Geczy and my name, Trey.

Q: Were you a musician when you were a student at Newport Harbor High School?

A: No, I started writing poetry in senior year and started writing music and lyrics in college.

Q: What are your major influences, and who do you sound like?

A: My major influences are Mason Jennings, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. What do we sound like? We sound like ourselves.

That's kind of a hard question because we're not trying to bite (other artists). We've got our own blend. We're singer-songwriter/indie rock.

Q: Tell me about your bandmate and how you guys work together.

A: Matt's in the Navy. He lives in Washington, D.C., and he's getting transferred to Fort Worth, Texas in October. I haven't seen him in over two years.

I write all the lyrics and send him the lyrics. He creates the song and produces it himself out of his home.

He is the lead singer and lead guitarist; I do the backup singing and backup guitar.

Q: And you guys are about to release your fourth record?

A: Yes, we're about to release "Get Howard" at the end of this month. We're not sure how we're going to release it, hopefully through a record company.

Q: And up until now, you've released your records for free. Why?

A: We make it that way on purpose. You can buy it on Snocap (MySpace's music store) or iTunes soon, but I think it should be available for free so people can listen to it.

Q: Is this something you would want to do full-time if you got the opportunity?

A: Yeah, definitely, but I've got a good opportunity (at work) so I'm going to do it half-and-half.

Q: Where do you see yourself as a musician in five years?

A: We have our own production company, so we see ourselves in a position where we can not only create our own music but take other rising musicians and help them as well.

Download at: www.myspace.com/mattgeczy3

Contact the writer: 714-445-6689 or npirani@ocregister.com


- NIYAZ PIRANI / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER