Drums | Percussion | Involuntary Yodeling

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

Past

FUSION with:

Larry Coryell, world-renowned guitarist

Aurora, 5 piece fusion group

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

BLUES with:

Jerry LaCroix (of the Edgar Winter White Trash group)
and opening for Delbert McClinton at the annual Janice Joplin Memorial Concert

JAZZ with:

Arthur Riddles Trio

Dan Pitzer Trio

Band du Jour, Martin's jazz quartet

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

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

Between the Lines with Joseph Brenna, Kristin Kunhardt, Kim Corbett,
Jamal Mohammed and Brad Houser (The New Bohemians)

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

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

Kalimbass unique New Orleans sound featuring kalimba and bass guitar

The thing that should not be progressive modern

Brood X 17 year cycle infestation music

Drumb and Drumber - IMProvising other world drumming duo

Current

Impending Bloom - Indian meets Indiana (east meets west music)
www.impendingbloom.net

Hai Tex - original and cover rock
www.haitexmusic.com

hai tex - movie soundtrack production
www.haitexmusic.com

Bards' Crossing - folk rock
www.bardscrossing.com

Rhett Butler - guitar virtuoso & group
www.rhettbutler.org

Hands - progressive rock
www.wheelhouse-music.com

Cora Connection - African harp music
www.coraconnection.com

Texas Gypsies - Django meets Texas swing
www.texasgypsies.com

Drums du Jour - MM + other drummers
perfoming annually at the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival

Zydamax - Zydeco music

Sound Oasis - New Age fusion

Taikodelic - Taiko drumming

Hat Trick - cover rock

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 paisley belt in Drum Fu. Martin plays no Chinese music.