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Roy Martin

Hits things with pieces of wood......!!!

About Me

Session January 2008

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My Interests

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Member Since: 10/24/2006
Band Website: roymartin.co.uk
Band Members: The great American session drummer Andy Newmark once said he lived in "The land of the eighth note". Roy lives in the same town.(just behind the butchers). A beautiful place where its not the notes that you play that are important but the space between them. Roy has been placing his elegant grooves on peoples tours and records for a while now. So long in fact, that he thinks he knows how to do it okay now !! Artists ranging from Aretha Franklin to Ant and Dec have experienced these grooves first hand, on tour and in the studio. Never in one place for long he has carved a niche playing for artists all over the world and is as comfortable in a studio in a kibbutz in Israel watching a cow stroll into the control room(true story folks !!) as he is in the top studios of New York City where he lived and sessioneered for five years. Rock, Pop, Acoustic/Roots, Gospel, Indie, Country, R&B, Electronica, French chanson, German Cabaret, Torch songs, Prog Rock. Every type of popular music that grooves Roy has worked on. (Well, it hopefully does when he's finished!!) You can find a full list of performers that have called upon Roys bag of groove tricks and any up-coming tour dates on his website (address above)jammin at souncheck
With Patricia Kaas live in MarseilleThea Gilmore'e new album. Out May 19th. I'm playing on it...

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Happy New Year and Paiste ad’s

Happy New Year to all who sail in her !!! I hope 2008 is a year which sees a little more peace and understanding in it. I'm not holding my breath though....   On a lighter note.....If you copy an...
Posted by Roy Martin on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:57:00 PST

Honey ???

HONEY ????  Bee spit or bee poo ????!!! Discuss.....
Posted by Roy Martin on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:01:00 PST

New Photies, Long Drives, No Footie and America

After a breathless 6-7 weeks of working non stop I have just arrived home from two weeks in Europe with Barclay James Harvest during which we did around 6000km on the bus !! A punishing schedule took ...
Posted by Roy Martin on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:35:00 PST

stuff

Firstly I am announcing I can be heard on the forthcoming single by Breed 77called 'Look at Me Now'. Its on my profile page. Take a listen. Also go to Breed77 space in my top friends and check out the...
Posted by Roy Martin on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:59:00 PST

Bread, Vinnie and very cold weather

Firstly, its a long time since I 'blogged' ...(sounds rather scatalogical) Probably because I have nothing worthwhile to blog about. Been working, touring, teaching, doing a few sessions but I dont th...
Posted by Roy Martin on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:32:00 PST

Germany Calling !

Got the touring sleeping schedule problem now..... Too many naps in your bunk on the journeys and then.............CANT SLEEP AT NIGHT !!! I'm halfway through an 11 date tour of Germany with Barclay J...
Posted by Roy Martin on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:20:00 PST

Ukraine

Well.............i just came home from a bizarre weekend in Ukraine doing a private show for Patricia Kaas. Two commercial flights and a private plane to Kharkov for a 35 minute set !! BUT i was paid ...
Posted by Roy Martin on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:40:00 PST

well here goes....

Well it seems i've succumbed to the self-obsessed world of  the MYSPACE generation. It only took me 2 years since my friend Christian Ulf-Hansen ( manager and Dane extaordinaire) told me of ...
Posted by Roy Martin on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:12:00 PST