KEITH MARTIN is a songwriter , producer, and recording artist. He has been working in the Philippines since 2004, producing for major labels throughout Asia. He feels that he has been able to grow musically and take his career in directions that he couldn't do anywhere else. He has been exposed to people who really appreciate music.
Originally from Washington, DC, Keith was a force among local artists in the late 80s, working and performing with such artists as Johnny Gill and Stacy Lattisaw. Con Funk Shun founder and drummer Louis McCall saw him and immediately signed him to his Gaithersburg, MD artist management company owned by he and his wife Linda Lou McCall, a music business consultantant and songwriter. As luck would have it, Linda Lou was hired by MC Hammer in 1990 to help set up his corporate operations and administration in Oakland, CA. When she became Vice President of Hammer's artist management company, she and Louis arranged for Keith to come to California and got him on as part of MC Hammer's "Please Hammer Don't Hurt "Em" and "Too Legit 2 Quit" world tours. When the McCalls relocated to Los Angeles in 1992, Keith followed, enabling him to work with Boyz II Men, Shovani and Buster, Grammy award-winning songwriter and producer Marty Sharon, Danny Sembello, ,Oji Pierce, Ian prince, and the Time's Jesse Johnson. He also honed his already impressive vocal skills under Kenny Lattimore and Johnny Gill, then part of New Edition. In addition, Keith released several solo CDs, gaining him a large fan base throughout the world.
In 2004, he came to the attention of EMI, who hired him as in-house producer in Manila, producing and writing for artists in the Philippines and Indonesia. In May 2008, Martin was brought back to the U.S. by his first manager, Linda Lou McCall, and her business partner, Ruben Harper. He is currently signed to the harperMcCALL OmniMEDIA Group for management. He lives in Stockton, California and is working as a producer/songwriter for the harperMcCALL "Rhyme Scene Unit", a trio of producers who include Charles Richards and Rocky Ramirez.
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harperMcCall OmniMedia Group
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