Barrett Martin
Barrett Martin | |
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Occupation(s) | Drummer, producer, composer, author, ethnomusicologist |
Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
Years active | 1987–present |
Website | barrettmartin |
Barrett Harrington Martin
Biography
Martin was born and raised in Olympia, Washington,[2] and studied music for two years at Western Washington University before dropping out and moving to Seattle to join that city's late-1980s alternative rock scene.[3] He later earned bachelor's and master's degrees in ethnomusicology from the University of New Mexico[4] graduating Summa Cum Laude
Martin joined Skin Yard in 1990 and played on their fourth and fifth studio albums.[5] While still a member of Skin Yard, Martin was recruited by Screaming Trees and played on their successful 1992 album Sweet Oblivion.[6] He then joined Screaming Trees full-time and remained with that band until it split in 2000. In the meantime, Martin formed the grunge supergroup Mad Season with Mike McCready, Layne Staley, and Baker Saunders; that band released the album Above in 1995, after which the members returned to their full-time bands.[7] Martin formed another supergroup, Tuatara, in 1996 with Peter Buck; Martin produced nine albums with this group until it split in 2014.[8]
Martin was ordained as a Zen monk in 2000,[9] and started the company Sunyata Records & Books (now known as Sunyata Media) in 2001.[10] He began recording as Barrett Martin Group in 2004, and has released ten studio albums under that name.[11] He was appointed adjunct professor of ethnomusicology at Antioch University-Seattle from 2010 to 2017.[4]
Martin formed the supergroup
In 2016, Martin produced the album Jardim-Pomar by Brazilian musician Nando Reis, which won a Latin Grammy the following year.[17] In 2017, Martin published the book The Singing Earth, recounting his musical experiences in multiple genres and nations.[18] His second book The Way of the Zen Cowboy was published in 2019.[19] In recent years he has produced albums for CeDell Davis (Even The Devil Gets The Blues)[20] and Ayron Jones[21] Joy Harjo (I Pray For My Enemies), Hector Tellez Jr. His third book The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn't: The Story Of The Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-Raising Band To Ever Come Out Of The Pacific Northwest, The Screaming Trees was released in 2023.
Discography
Barrett Martin Group
- The Painted Desert – 2004
- Earthspeaker – 2006
- Zenga – 2009
- Atlas – 2011
- Artifact – 2012
- Transcendence – 2018
- Songs of the Firebird – 2019
- Indwell – 2019
- Stillpoint – 2020
Mad Season
- Above – 1995
- Above (Deluxe Edition) – 2013
Screaming Trees
- Sweet Oblivion – 1992
- Dust – 1996
- Last Words: The Final Recordings – 2011
Shipibo Shamans
- Woven Songs Of The Amazon – 2006
- Woven Songs Of The Amazon II – 2019
Skin Yard
- 1000 Smiling Knuckles – 1991
- Inside the Eye – 1993
- Start at the Top – 2001
Tuatara
- Breaking the Ethers – 1997
- Trading with the Enemy – 1998
- Cinematheque – 2002
- The Loading Program – 2003
- East of the Sun – 2007
- West of the Moon – 2007
- The Here and the Gone – 2009
- Underworld – 2014
- Shamanic Nights: Live in the City – 2016
Walking Papers
- Walking Papers – 2012
- WP2 – 2018
Others
- Thin Men – A Round Hear – 1989
- Mike Johnson – Where Am I – 1994
- Various Artists – Working Class Hero – 1995
- Seaweed – Spanaway – 1995
- Mike Johnson – Year of Mondays – 1996
- Luna – Pup Tent – 1997
- Mark Eitzel – West – 1997
- Protein – Ever Since I was a Kid – 1997
- Various Artists – Flying Traps – 1997
- R.E.M. – Up – 1998
- Mark Lanegan – I'll Take Care of You – 1999
- Stone Temple Pilots – No. 4 – 1999
- Various Artists – More Oar – 1999
- Water to Drink– 2000
- Mark Olson – My Own Jo Ellen – 2000
- The Twilight Singers – Twilight as Played by The Twilight Singers – 2000
- Nando Reis – Para Quando o Arco-Íris Encontrar o Pote de Ouro – 2000
- Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R – 2000
- Therapy? – Shameless – 2001
- Nando Reis – Infernal – 2001
- CeDell Davis – When Lightning Struck the Pine – 2002
- Alex Veley – Maconha Baiana – 2003
- Nando Reis – A Letra A – 2003
- Nero – Confession No. 1 – 2003
- Roger Greenway – Wayt – 2004
- Jack Endino – Permanent Fatal Error – 2005
- Shipibo Shamans – Woven Songs of the Amazon – 2006
- Bola Abimbola – Ara Kenge – 2006
- Dave Carter – Commitment and Change – 2008
- Under The Rose– Under The Rose – 2009
- Rusty Willoughby – CoBirds Unite – 2010
- Os Infernais – Sei– 2012
- Mark Lanegan – Imitations – 2013
- Vaudeville Etiquette – Debutantes & Dealers – 2014
- CeDell Davis – Last Man Standing – 2015
- CeDell Davis – Even The Devil Gets The Blues – 2016
- Buffalo Summer – Second Sun – 2016
- Ayron Jones – Audio Paint Job – 2017
- Various Artists – The Singing Earth – 2017
- Levee Walkers & Ayron Jones – 2017
- Walking Papers – WP2 – 2018
- Barrett Martin Group – Transcendence – 2018
- Shipibo Shamans – Woven Songs Of The Amazon II – 2019
- Barrett Martin Group – Songs Of The Firebird – 2019
- Barrett Martin Group – Indwell – 2019
- Barrett Martin Group – Scattered Diamonds – 2020
- Arctic Neets'ai Gwich'in – A Message To The World – 2020
- Buffalo Summer – Desolation Blue – 2020
- Joy Harjo – I Pray For My Enemies – 2021
- Ayron Jones – Child Of The State – 2021
- Barrett Martin Group – Stillpoint – 2021
- Jack Endino – Set Myself On Fire – 2021
- Hector Tellez Jr. – The Great Unknown 2023[22]
Film soundtracks
- Deceiver – 1998
- The Best Men – 1999
- Lush – 1999
- The Fog Ravens – 2003
- Ausangate – 2006
- Woven Songs of the Amazon – 2006
- The Last Bluesman – 2022
References
- ^ "A VOICE THROUGH THE DOOR". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ "Barrett Martin Pays Respect to the History of Sound on 'Scattered Diamonds'". Jake Uitti. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Drummerszone - Barrett Martin". Drummerszone.com. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "Barrett Martin › Antioch University". September 15, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Skin Yard Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Screaming Trees Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Mad Season Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Tuatara Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Barrett Martin". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "SUNYATA MEDIA, LLC - website, address, tel. & director names". www.washingtoncompany.net. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ Grow, Kory (August 21, 2020). "Hear Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, Screaming Trees' Barrett Martin's Jazz-Fusion Experiment". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Walking Papers Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- Huffington PostRetrieved January 23, 2013
- ^ "Barrett Martin, Author at Riot Material". Riot Material. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Barrett Martin - Sunyata Records". Sunyata Records. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ Reed, Ryan (November 2, 2017). "Guns N' Roses, Pearl Jam Supergroup: Hear Cathartic New Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- Seattle TimesRetrieved November 21, 2017
- ^ "Barrett Martin Releases The Singing Earth Book". Modern Drummer Magazine. July 17, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "The Way Of The Zen Cowboy av Barrett Martin (Häftad)". Bokus.com (in Swedish). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "CeDell Davis: Even The Devil Gets The Blues". HuffPost. September 6, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ Ralph, Caitlyn (March 24, 2017). "Produced by legendary drummer Barrett Martin, Ayron Jones' new album sets release date". Alternative Press. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "New Music from Hector Tellez Jr (with Peter Buck & Barrett Martin)". R.E.M. December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
External links
- Media related to Barrett Martin at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website