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About Me

Martin Walker's debut album nylon will be released in June 2007.

I'm also participating in a wonderful project masterminded by John Herman The Man Who Was Thursday . I'm singing on this track: Dream #1

Check out my new book that explains how the laws of space and time shape life's meaning and purpose

LIFE! Why We Exist...And What We Must Do To Survive

See my author page at Martin Walker

born moreton, england, 1965. studied physics at oxford... much influenced by arthur schopenhauer, alan watts, jorge luis borges, and albert camus... T H A N K S . F O R . L I S T E N I N G !|a I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 |

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/8/2005
Band Website: martinwalkermusic.com
Band Members: martin g. walker (voice, piano, guitar)on nylon (recorded at the Maids Room and at the The Magic Shop )

Jimi Zhivago (producer, e. bass, guitars, organ, piano, etc.)

Blake Fleming (drums)

Julia Kent (cello)

Beth Anne Leone (backing vocals)

Cris Raelsy (sitar)

Byron Isaacs of Ollabelle (upright bass)
Influences: leonard cohen, velvet underground, lou reed, will oldham (aka bonnie 'prince' billy), mark kozelek, cat power, roy harper, richard thompson, joni mitchell, modest mouse, david bowie, elvis costello, tindersticks, dayna kurtz, gillian welch, neutral milk hotel, ry cooder, the smiths, the swans, the fall, felt, pink floyd, pixies, slint
Sounds Like: leonard cohen, nick cave, tom waits, roy harper, will oldham, richard thompson...
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

RPM Challenge...

The RPM Challenge, to record an entire album in the month of February, gave me an opportunity to try a new way of songwriting, to use an organizing concept to frame the writing and recording...
Posted by Martin Walker on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:59:00 PST

on spirituality

For my life-long friend: Strange as it may seem, I am a spiritual person, and have discovered now why that is so. Through understanding that all of life, every person, every living thing, st...
Posted by Martin Walker on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:37:00 PST

art

the aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance - Aristotle
Posted by Martin Walker on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:17:00 PST