| Matt Lebofsky | |
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Matt Lebofsky in performance with MoeTar on 2011-04-10. |
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Rock, Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, Computer Scientist |
| Years active | ~1980–present |
| Associated acts | Secret Chiefs 3, miRthkon, MoeTar, Midline Errors, Research & Development, Faun Fables, Fuzzy Cousins, Species Being, Mumble & Peg, JOB, Herb, Dropsy |
| Website | http://lebofsky.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Drums | |
Matt Lebofsky is an Oakland, California based multi-instrumentalist and composer. Growing up in New York he studied piano/composition with Arthur Cunningham from 1978-1988. As a performer/composer he is currently active in several bands such as miRthkon, MoeTar, Secret Chiefs 3, Three Piece Combo, Research & Development, Midline Errors, Fuzzy Cousins and JOB. He is also a long-time prolific member of the Immersion Composition Society Origin Lodge. He toured nationally in 2006 as a member of Faun Fables, and throughout 2000-2001 as a member of Species Being, and released three albums and toured internationally with Mumble & Peg from 1995-2002.
Matt is also a computer programmer, webmaster, and database/systems administrator, and has been a core member of the small staff developing/maintaining the world's largest distributed computing project SETI@home (located at the University of California at Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory) since 1997. He also works on the open-source general distributed computing engine BOINC, and designed levels for the iPhone video game Tap Tap Revenge.