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Barrett Martin

Barrett Martin

About Me

Barrett Martin is an American drummer and composer who played with several prominent Rock and Jazz groups during the alternative music explosion of the 1990's, including The Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Tuatara and REM. He was also a session musician in Los Angeles and has played on or produced over 50 albums to date, including three solo albums and numerous film soundtracks. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in anthropology and music and has traveled the world extensively, doing ethnomusicology projects in several different cultures, including the Garifuna drummers of Belize, Wolof drummers of Senegal, Ewe drummers of Ghana, Santeria drum priests of Cuba, Candomble drum priests of Brazil, the singing Shipibo shamans of the Peruvian Amazon, and other recording projects in Australia, New Zealand, and Jerusalem. In 2002 he founded the world music label, Fast Horse Recordings, which focuses on World, Jazz, Indigenous, and Fusion hybrids. Barrett will soon publish his first book on music and environment, titled “Music Dreams: Environment and Song from the Amazon to the Arctic.” Over the course of his 20 year career, he has been interviewed by such media outlets as NPR’s “All Things Considered”, Rolling Stone, Spin, and many other magazines, newspapers, and Internet websites.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/30/2006
Band Website: fasthorserecordings.com
Band Members: Barrett Martin - Drums and Vibes; John Rangel - Piano and Keyboards; Chris Golden - Bass; Kanoa Kaluhiwa - Saxophone; Dave Carter - Trumpet
Influences: Jazz, Soul, Afro-Latin, World
Record Label: www.fasthorserecordings.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Winter Studio Sessions, New Music For 2008

Hi Everyone,Well, its been a while since I wrote a blog, so here's what's been cooking for the last few months, condensed into four weeks during the Christmas break.My intention was to head to West Af...
Posted by Barrett Martin on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:39:00 PST

The New Green Berets

THE NEW GREEN BERETS An Essay On Global Warming And The Green Revolution By Barrett H. Martin I took a hiatus from rock a...
Posted by Barrett Martin on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:03:00 PST

Painted Desert Liner Notes

     I came to the desert because I was thirsty. Thirsty for truth and meaning in a world that seems to be fast forgetting both. Here is how I came to remember.    ...
Posted by Barrett Martin on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:34:00 PST

Earthspeaker Liner Notes

Earthspeaker That's what a friend called me recently, and I thought it was a perfect title for this album. Earthspeaker picks up where The Painted Desert left off, and these latest compositions are a...
Posted by Barrett Martin on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:25:00 PST

Tuatara Celebrating Ten Years

Tuatara is celebrating ten years as a band with the release of our fifth studio album titled "East Of The Sun". The album will be released in June of 2007, but you will be able to hear various songs f...
Posted by Barrett Martin on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:42:00 PST

Alaskan Natives Conference

I am posting this first blog from Anchorage, Alaska where I am attending the Alaskan Natives Conference. This is my first time here, and Alaska is really beautiful! Since I have started...
Posted by Barrett Martin on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:53:00 PST