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Rain San Martin

Symphonic Fantasy Music

About Me

Visit www.RainSanMartin.com to see the official website. To subscribe to my quarterly newsletter simply send an email to [email protected] and place the word "subscribe" in the subject. Please include your first/last name and state or Provence/country.My debut CD "Journey to the High King" is soon to be released. The sound is a hybrid ambient New Age and fantasy RPG game music film scores.I had the opportunity to model a vision-driven work ethic while serving in an internship with my father, Jimmy Hotz, a gifted and successful record producer/engineer/recording artist/inventor. Greatly inspired by working at NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show conventions, observing talented professionals and studying the music of film scores and progressive rock, I knew in my freshman year of high school that it would be my calling to devote my life to making music. In 1994 (age 19) I began recording on the personal computer and have continued onward to present day. Stay tuned for additional album's in the same vain as "Journey to the King.""; I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
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Member Since: 4/20/2007
Band Website: rainsanmartin.com
Band Members: Rain San Martin: Compositions, Keyboards, acoustic guitar, percussion, and voice. Rain uses a PC based system running Cubase and utilizes the UAD-1 PC card pluggins. The majority her sounds are from Orchestral libraries and synth sound modules triggered via a Midi keyboard controller, these sounds are often accompanied by Rains original samples. Vocals, acoustic guitar and some percussion are performed from scratch. Special note: For those who are seeking to reconnect, Rain's maiden name is: Kristy Rain Hotz
Influences: Some of Rains influences include: fantasy film scorers Jerry Goldsmith and Basil Polidouris, new age artists Michael Stearns and Enya, the romantic composers Holst and Tchaikovsky, game composers George Sanger “The Fat Man” and Jeremy Soule, the progressive rock bands Yes and Kansas, and independent progressive rock artists Sheryl McMillan of Astromill (Stewart Meredith) and Jimmy Hotz.
Sounds Like: Enya, Midnight Syndicate, Secrete Garden, Jeremy Soule, Howard Shore, Basil Polidouris, Loreena Mckennitt, Celtic Legend, Sarah Brightman
Record Label: Dwarven Mine Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"My song writing and recording process"

Rarely do I hear a piece of music in my head before I write, it is in the recording process that I discover what the music will be. Yet.. the foundation of new songs are formulated around a very disti...
Posted by Rain San Martin on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:02:00 PST