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Joel Martin

You must be here to fix the cable

About Me

The Big Believers CD is fo sale! http://cdbaby.com/cd/bigbelievers

Big ups all y'all.

If you're searching for a raw vegan, pedal steelin, bikram freak - you found him.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/6/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/thebigbelievers
Band Members: I'm Joel Martin and I approved this message
Influences: I live in a 60's pop zone that sounds like the Beatles and Brian Wilson , the Byrds and the Zombies and the Association all informed by Bob Dylan.Guided By Voices, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, Nick Drake, Radiohead, Fugazi, Bright Eyes, Anekdoten, Zombies, Frank Zappa, Neutral Milk Hotel and Bill Evans have all left a huge mark as well.
Sounds Like: someone who doesn't know any better
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Welcome to The Complex!

My buddy Chris Schwab is making an excellent 15 minute movie.  I got to score it!  Now, the challenge here was that there is no dialog in the whole movie so that means I had to fill it up wi...
Posted by Joel Martin on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:15:00 PST

Perfect Music for Random Events

i've tested this out for you...Autolux's 'turnstyle blues' is fantastic for walking through airportsQueens of The Stone Age's entire self-titled record is great to spin next time you're watching a sun...
Posted by Joel Martin on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:50:00 PST

THE BIG BELIEVERS IN MOTION!

check it out!http://youtube.com/watch?v=UdyWLH_WfVQthis is the first song from our first gig on 6.11.07the Big Believers is Dave Johnstone on the drums and myself on the electric geetars. the french ...
Posted by Joel Martin on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:27:00 PST

Tru Happiness...

bowling with great friends far from home
Posted by Joel Martin on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:08:00 PST

The Sitch!

haven't gotten my blog on in a bit and even though nothin really note-worthy is going on, i did have some things i wanted to say. i've been feeling really lucky lately to be around all the people i...
Posted by Joel Martin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Elliott Tributes

Some fun stuff is going on. My cover of Elliott Smith's Fond Farewell is included on this tribute: http://www.blamonet.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61949& highlight=tribute It was organized...
Posted by Joel Martin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Back home...what do i do now?!?

Thanks to everyone who came out to the HexBro shows. Man, what a good time. I hadn't traveled through most of the territory we covered and i was really impressed with the people, sites, bars and clu...
Posted by Joel Martin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST