Jack of all trades on both sides of the recording booth who established Jam Studios with his brother, James. Martin was one of the original members of Little Palace and has also worked with the Canadian Tenors, the Celtic Tenors, Dead as Doornails, Fancy Crazy and Turn. Instruments in his arsenal include bass, double bass, guitar, keyboards, mandolin, pedal steel guitar and percussion. On the other side of the glass, he has multi-tasked as an engineer, a mixer, producer and programmer.
Recordings on which he has worked, either as a musician or as part of the production team, and sometimes both, include Against All Odds by Eternal Helcaraxe, Another World by Liam Lawton, Burrowings by Deaf Joe, Down Spiral by Heavens Fall, Eye of the Hunter by Brendan Perry, The Fear I Fear by Fiona Melady, Outside Looking In by Simon Fagan, Psalms from Invocations by Elijah’s Mantle, Remember Me by the Celtic Tenors, Running by Bailer, This City Street by Saving J and Ups, Downs & Merry-Go-Rounds by Kathy Crinion.
The Celtic Tenors recordings
Still By Your Side (Jimmy MacCarthy/Feargal Murray)
Telarc 80667 (CD: Remember Me)
Here is “Sloth” by Brendan Perry from his Eye of the Hunter which Martin plays pedal steel guitar on and co-produced …
Sources:
- http://www.jamstudios.org/aboutus.shtml
- http://www.myspace.com/deadasdoornails
- http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8773424
- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Martin+Quinn/a/albums.htm
- http://www.deafjoe.com/album/burrowings
- http://www.fionamelady.com/profolio.php
- http://www.evanstonspace.com/artists/celtic-tenors
- http://video.dainutekstai.lt/downspiral.html
- http://breakingtunes.com/fancycrazy
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fagan
- http://www.discogs.com/Elijahs-Mantle-Psalms-From-Invocations/release/127569
- http://www.bailermusic.com/aLBUM.html
- http://www.berubecommunications.com/html/SavingJ.html
- http://www.bobcom.com/profile/member/view?id=14098