MTS Music

CEO
MATTHEW SHELL

"Woman with an Issue of Blood" was Matthew Shell's Mama Carol's favorite song before she passed on 9/18. It appears on the album "Miracles", out now.

Shell is a down to earth, easy to work with music producer/engineer born in Washington D.C. and raised in Maryland, USA. He's also a prolific guitarist who's been featured on a GRAMMY® winning album and is a 2026 GRAMMY® nominee for producing Joanie Leeds & Joya's children's album "Ageless: 100 Years Young".

Shell's production, mixing, and engineering credits include Selina Gomez, Philip Lawrence from Bruno Mars’ team, Gerald Albright, Paul Jackson Jr., Kenny McNeil, Kenny Wesley, Substantial, Javier Starks, Ghen, Molly Moore, Lana Lubany, Tiffany Alvord, Carolyn Malachi, Marcus Johnson, DJ Flexx, Free, Jil Jon, Greg Adams, Jeff Lorber, Arun Shenoy, Masa Takumi, Joanie Leeds, and 36 songs worth of Pro Tools drum engineering for platinum selling band O.A.R., among others.

Shell's work on his own albums and for various artists have been featured numerous times on TV, radio, and in press articles, including three times on the Billboard Top 10 charts, twice featured on GRAMMY.com, and multiple times featured on FOX 5 News DC, CNN, WPGC 95.5, WTOP, WPFW 89.3, Trish Hennessey's Hybrid Jazz Radio, The Tony Kornheiser Show, Sirius XM Watercolors, The Maggie Linton Show on Sirius XM, 90.1 FM KKFI Smooth Jazzin' In The Early Morning, KOJH-LP 100.5 FM Smooth Jazz Radio, Marcus Johnson's LoFi Radio, and Wolf Radio UWG, among others.

Get to know Matthew Shell via this Sirius XM interview clip with Maggie Linton

MATTHEW SHELL'S CREDITS AS A GUEST GUITARIST/MUSICIAN

Masa Takumi - Kaze (feat. Ron Korb, Nadeem Majdalany & Matthew Shell) - From the GRAMMY® winning album Sakura

Melina - The Magic of Christmas (feat. Matthew Shell & Donna Britton Bukevicz)

Substantial - MLK (Dream Big) 2.0 (Ft. See King & Matthew Shell)

Marcus Johnson - Industrious Passion (ft. Masa Takumu & Matthew Shell)

Marcus Johnson - Latin Funk (feat. Matthew Shell)

Marcus Johnson - Another Planet (feat. Matthew Shell)

Marcus Johnson - Shalom (feat. Matthew Shell)

Michael Peloso - Rewind (feat. Marisa Frantz & Matthew Shell)

Michael Peloso - That Will Be Me (feat. Marisa Frantz & Matthew Shell)

REMIXES

Selena Gomez - Come and Get It (WPGC 95.5 GoGo Remix feat. DJ Flexx, 4DC, and Matthew Shell)

Marcus Johnson - Chillaxin [MTS Remix]

Marcus Johnson - Cherish the Journey [MTS Remix] (feat. Paul Jackson Jr. & Greg Adams)

Marcus Johnson - Fortunate (Future Chill Remix) [ft. Jawan, Masa Takumi, Erik Fredriksen & Matthew Shell]

Marcus Johnson - This Place Hotel (Future Chill Remix) [feat. Erik Fredriksen & Matthew Shell]

Marcus Johnson - Mas Que Nada (Future Chill Remix) [ft. Erik Fredriksen & Matthew Shell]

Molly Moore - Natural Disaster (MTS Remix)

Molly Moore - Natural Disaster (Raveolution & MTS Global Remix) in collaboration with Ricky Kej

ORIGINAL SONG PRODUCTIONS WITH VOCAL ARTISTS

Carolyn Malachi - Beautiful Dreamer

Matthew Shell & Kenny McNeil - My Ride or Die

Gabrielle Pisani - In Time

Nelly's Echo - Calling For You

Art Aure - Right Now

Art Aure - Good Times

Art Aure - California Sunset

Todos Son Bienvenidos (Presentando a Judy Hunter)

Collin Brooks - Stop, Shut Up
Drew Olivia Tillman - Places
Matthew Shell - Warriors (feat. Collin Brooks, Substantial & Kenny Wesley)
Matthew Shell - My Baby (feat. Art Aure, Honore' & D.C. Don Juan)
Kenny McNeil - Another Way to Get to Heaven
Kenny McNeil - We'll Find A Way
Kenny McNeil - Inspire Me (feat. Alisha Endre)
G.P. Jackson, Javier Starks, Bomani Armah & Rufus Fly - The Moment
Javier Starks & Bella - Alright Now
Taurus Soul - Highest Praise
Danielle Withers & Javier Starks - Believe
VICU - Back To The Future Love

Matthew Shell - Dance Shake (feat. Art Aure & VICU)
Matthew Shell - Crime Never Sleeps (feat. Lonnie Park)
Matthew Shell - Boss Music (feat. Alexis D'Souza and GRAMMY Winners Ricky Kej and Rocio Marron)
Jake Elmendorf - I'm My Own Fan
Kathy Sanborn - Love Will Light The Way
Joseph A. Sealey Jr. - It's A Great Day (ft. Collin Brooks & IhsAn Bilal)
Jake Elmendorf - Not Forgotten