Keith Martin (musician)

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Keith Martin

Background information
Born 1966
Origin Washington DC
Genre(s) R'n'B
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) vocal, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussions
Years active 1995–present
Label(s) Sony, Orchard, EMI, Galaxy Records

Keith Martin (born 1966) is an R'n'B singer and songwriter, currently living & working in Philippines. He is also an accomplished musician, holding the keyboards, the bass guitar, drums, and percussions.

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[edit] History

Keith Martin was born in 1966 in Wasington DC[1]. Growing up, Keith Martin listened to a lot of Glenn Louise, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and Stevie Wonder. He was also influenced by jazz and gospel music[2]. He started playing piano, drums and singing when he was 10 and started writing music when he was 19.

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. 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 to 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[3]. Seeing how prolific Keith is with his songwriting, one of the Boyz Michael McCary finally brought Keith to Sony, where he eventually put out his first album, "It's Long Overdue" in 1995[4]. His first single "Never Find Someone Like You" (also recorded by Backstreet Boys) peaked at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was included in Bad Boys soundtrack.

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. He collaborated with Filipino singer Kyla on her "Not Your Ordinary Girl" and "Heartfelt" albums, with Gloc 9 on his "Ako Si…" album, with Gary V., 604 and others[5].

[edit] Discohraphy

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

  • 1995 Never Find Someone Like You
  • 1995 Moment in Time
  • 2002 No Love Ever Goes to Waste
  • 2004 Because Of You
  • 2004 Love of My Life
  • 2004 Coming Home
  • 2004 Whateva U Need
  • 2005 I Don't Wanna Think About It

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] Interview with Keith Martin
  2. ^ [2] Celebrity Gallery - Keith Martin
  3. ^ [3] Keith Martin's MySpace
  4. ^ [4]Titik Pilipino - Keith Martin: "I'm Not Alone"
  5. ^ [5]Titik Pilipino - Keith Martin Hits The Mall