Member Since: 4/23/2006
Band Website: www.billcmartin.co.uk/
Band Members: Bill C Martin : keyboards, piano, arranger.
Influences: Loads of stuff, including (but not limited to):
Classical types: Medieval and Renaissance music, Susato, Attaignant, Byrd, Dowland, Monteverdi, Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Berlioz, Orff, Richard Strauss, Ravel, Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Finzi, Weill, Walton, Stockhausen, Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Penderecki, Reich, Riley, Glass, Nyman, Fitkin, Lawrence Ball, etc.
Other influences: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Ashley Hutchings, Fairport Convention, John Renbourn, Peter Gabriel, Pyewackett, Pete Townshend, Robert Palmer, Bob Carter, Kate Bush, Ian Blake, Sting, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Elvis Costello, Tenacious D, Max Raabe und Palast Orchester, Kronos Quartet, anything with Brodsky Quartet in it, loads of folk and world music, Overtone Singing (Stockhausen, Frank Perry, David Hykes, et al).
Jazz Stuff: Savoy Orpheans, Roy Fox, Henry Hall, Bert Ambrose, Des Dorchester, Lew Stone, Fats Waller, Nelson Riddle, Bill Evans, Quincy Jones, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Bill Sharpe, Dave Bristow, Fourplay, Al Jarreau, Pat Metheny; Scott Kinsey; PLUS: various funk acts, improvisations of all kinds and in all styles.
Sounds Like: My arrangements sound like either: a) nothing you’ve ever heard before, or
b) something you’ve heard before (depending on the brief!)
Type of Label: Major