Biography

Matthias Young is the Assistant Director of Music and Worship at Cumming First United Methodist Church in Cumming, GA.

In 2012, he published his first book, Metal Guitar Method, which has sold thousands, and continues to be one of the top sellers on Amazon. His online guitar lesson videos have helped countless students as they have garnered well over a million views. He has been published in the Guitar Foundation of America’s quarterly journal, Soundboard, and is a contributing author to Guitar World and Guitar Player.

As a composer, he has conducted his works for choirs and orchestras in the Atlanta area. His compositions have been performed and broadcast on Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, WSB, and Cartoon Network. In the realm of rock ‘n’ roll, he composed a power-metal epic as The Fury, titled Uncharted Lands, which was released in 2015 and gained international popularity, as well as a nomination for the “Best Metal Band” at the Georgia Music Awards.

Once a student of John Sutherland at Georgia State University, Matthias now teaches guitar at Truett McConnell University. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Sacred Music at Westminster Choir College at Rider University.