Charlotte Martin

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Charlotte Ann Martin is an American singer-songwriter, who performs on the piano. She has written several studio albums, one of which has received a mainstream commercial release. Her second full-length album, Stromata was released in stores on September 12, 2006 courtesy of Dinosaur Fight Records.

1 Biography
2 Studio Albums and Live DVDs
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Charlotte grew up in Charleston, Illinois and lives in Los Angeles, California. In 2005, she married producer Ken Andrews. Martin studied opera at Eastern Illinois University in the late 90's where her father is a music professor. She celebrates her birthday on October 31 and often asks fans to dress in costume when attending concerts on or around that date.

[edit] Studio Albums and Live DVDs

1 Mystery, Magic & Seeds: an album written as a result of a friend's death, and her first foray into pop songwriting.

2 One Girl Army: an EP was released independently. The masters for this record are now owned by her former label, RCA Records.

3 Test-Drive Songs: a limited edition record containing eight tracks was released independently.

4 In Parentheses: an EP was released on RCA Records containing four tracks.

5 On Your Shore: first full-length release on a major label, RCA.

6 Darkest Hour: studio recording, an EP, available on her summer tour 2005.

7 Veins: studio recording, an EP, available on her fall tour 2005 and online; in stores 2006.

8 Something Like A DVD (Limited Edition): live recording, a DVD, available May 1, 2006 via Musictoday.

9 Stromata: studio recording, a CD, available September 12, 2006. Two digital singles were released on iTunes and other outlets in Summer 2006, containing four b-sides from the album.

10 Something Like A DVD: live recording, a DVD, available in stores, 2007.

[edit] Trivia

Many fans affectionately refer to Charlotte as "CharMar," a portmanteau of her first and last names.
Upon receiving a lap-keyboard as a gift from a fan outside a show in PA, she promptly sat down on the pavement, and performed "In Parentheses", to the delight and surprise of her audience.
Her song "I'm Normal, Please Date Me" is based on an experience where she went on one date with a guy and, when he didn't call her back, she drove around the city looking for his car. Upon finding it, she lost her nerve and just sat there. She wrote the song in the car at that point. She jokes that she should not perform the song anymore now that she is married, but does so anyway. In a self-confessed attempt to out-do herself, she wrote the song "Uncomfortable Things", which she now plays live often.
Charlotte's song "Beautiful Life" appears in the hit computer game The Sims 2: University expansion pack, but she translated it into and recorded it in the game's fictional language of Simlish.
Charlotte co-wrote and recorded "Glass Breaker" with The Crystal Method. The song appears on the London Movie Soundtrack.
Charlotte recently released several "rarity" cds. These contain previously unreleased or hard-to-find material and sparked something of a scavenger hunt, since they were being given out at certain shows. One of the songs "Cool Killer" is home-recorded...and features Charlotte scolding her dog Hugo in the background.