Matthew, who is known by the professional name Trygg (pronounced Trigg), is a  talented multi-faceted performer in the entertainment industry. He is originally from Rochester, MN, and a graduate of Azusa Pacific University. 

Since arriving in Los Angeles, Trygg has had the opportunity to work with a variety of different music artists including Kirk Franklin, Alicia Keys, El Debarge, Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Nick Carter, Carol King, and Amy Grant just to name a few. Because of his incredible range and great ability as a chameleon vocalist breathing life into many different genres of productions, Trygg is in high demand as a lead/background singer, vocal arranger, and voice over artist by numerous top writer/producers to put his signature on their songs and various projects. This has afforded him the opportunity to work with the following as a demo singer or co-writer:

Diane Warren, David Foster, Glen Ballard, Matt Serletic, C.J. Vanston, Alex Cantrall, Robert Palmer, Robbie Nevil, Rob Arbatiere, Matthew Gerrard, Guy Roche, Jeeve, Cory "CO-P" Peterson, Michelle Vice, Scott Cutler, Trina Harmon, Jamie Houston, Sebastion Arocha-Morton, Leon Ware, Michael Jay, and many more.

As an accomplished song writer, he co-wrote 'Telephone' for K-Pop's multi-million selling duo Tohoshinki (TVXQ) for their RIJA (Japanese Certified) Double Platinum album 'Tone', Reggae artist Tenelle's 'Slow Jam' for her album 'For the Lovers' peaking at #1 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, and wrote 'One and Only' for Bobby Debarge Jr. which was listed on iTunes 'Hot Tracks' the week of the single's release.

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Be it voice over performances, background singing, acting on commercial, television, and film productions, or working behind the scenes on numerous nationally top rated shows, Trygg's versatility has afforded him to work on some of the most prolific stages in world. With all that this creative performer has to offer, his future looks incredibly bright!

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