Drums | Percussion | Involuntary Yodeling

Winner of the Dallas Carmine Appice Drum Contest
Buddy Magazine Texas Tornado
Percussionation of floors and walls

Past

Jazz with Aurora and Larry Coryell, world-renowned guitarist;
Arthur Riddles, pianist; and Rhythmic Figments trio

Dan Pitzer Trio

Fusion with Mark O’Connor (The Dixie Dreggs) National Fiddle Champion
and world-renowned solo recording artist

Blues and R & B with Jerry LaCroix (Edgar Winter White Trash)
and opening for Delbert McClinton at the annual Janice Joplin Memorial Concert

Rock, Pop, Reggae, Latin, Folk, New-Edge, World Beat, etc. with local artists:

Little Sister became Sister 7 (Patrice Pike) major label band

ooga booga Martin’s own pseudo-world-beat all-original group —
annually billed, second in popularity to Brave Combo,
at the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival and Fort Worth Main Street Festival

The Karen Bella Band including performance with Dolette McDonald,
back-up singer for The Police and Sting and opening for Don Henley in concert

The Rodney Johnson Band with Chuck Rainey (bassist for Steely Dan and Ricki Lee Jones)

Dallas, the Band (with Bill Swicegood) performing on stage
with Edgar Winter and Leon Russell

Cricket Taylor Band

Flash to Bangtime sharing the stage with UB40

The Zone with Joseph Lee Jazz Poll Winner in Guitar Player magazine

The Cheese improvisational group including Sara Hickman, Kim Corbett, Amy Seltzer
and a guy named Larry

Buck-N-the-System with T. Buck Burns, on a Texas compilation disc, Topcat Records,
"Hot Rhythm and Cool Blues, Texas Style" also with Chuck Rainey

Frankly Scarlet

M*A*S*H Farewell with Carver Plus – South Korea

Cardinal Points Nordic-influenced all-original eclectic world rock group.
Black Horse Music Festival (England)

Bop Shoo Op early 20^th century blues

New Hokum Boys jug band

Spirit Wind drum ensemble

Dance classes and performances, live and recorded, with choreographers:
Donna Moham, Brookhaven Community College; Karen Robinson, Moving Collaborations;
Lori Darley Dancers Unlimited; and The Dallas Black Dance Theater

D’drum members at the Dallas Theater Center

Turtle Creek Chorale at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

hai tex soundtrack albums Meditation and Medication

American Bedouin Buddy Mohmed

ConunDrum Martin’s all-original fusion trio

Current

Rhett Butler guitar virtuoso—Dallas Museum of Art Jazz Under the Stars, Dallas Guitar Show, Granada Theatre opening for Monty Montgomery, Al DiMeola, California Guitar Trio, Carl Palmer, and Larry Coryell

Brothers 3 Neo-Celtic fusion group, shared concert events with the Fort Worth Symphony

Kobushi Japanese Taiko Drum Troupe at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

Hands progressive rock

Kalimbass unique New Orleans sound featuring kalimba and bass guitar

Kora Connection African harp music

The thing that should not be progressive modern

Brood X 17 year cycle infestation music

hai tex movie soundtrack production (www.haitexmusic.com )

  Drumb and Drumber - IMProvising other world drumming duo

The MojoMen - tasteful cover band (Beatles, Sting, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks,
and also very good original tunes along the same lines). 

The Texas Gypsies - Texas style acoustic swing

Band du Jour - jazz

Drums du Jour - Drum wanking with Martin and whomever

and whoever is hiring

Now living in Dallas, Martin originally hails from Lamar, Missouri. So what? A one-year stint in Taiwan has given Martin a tendency to practice Kung Fulery and to bow instead of shaking hands. He holds a black belt in Drum Fu. Martin plays no Chinese music.