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Ian Martyn is a singer and multi-instrumentalist living on the California central coast inspired by the meeting of the coast and the forest. He enjoys creating genre-blending music, fusing various musical genres and traditions like Irish traditional music, folk, prog rock, indie rock, beach pop, and metal.
Holding a B.A. in Linguistics and Anthropology from UCLA and an M.A. in Ethnomusicology from UC Davis, Ian played in various groups and bands such as <a href="spotify:artist:03P8pmNz0NDFrfs1bEZVvc" data-name="Gygax">Gygax</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0FtTVGMmbYPWiunbatN3LM" data-name="BONEHENGE">BONEHENGE</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0vP6c6K95tgasKl66CLeYk" data-name="Glitter Fish">Glitter Fish</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1qj32jA9wRXj9vSAl9cjU2" data-name="Mono Twins">Mono Twins</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5dCPgXHPpl9kPO9ad2iH56" data-name="Gamelan Sinar Surya">Gamelan Sinar Surya</a>, and the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara. He has traveled the country as a disco house DJ, playing several gigs per year on both coasts as well as a regular gig in the SoMa district of San Francisco.
Currently, he releases both solo and collaborative tracks through <a href="spotify:artist:6bhqUlzYH1HlCc9EUCgfzY" data-name="GameGrooves">GameGrooves</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5QNU36mC9T8zcTMPLu74ZV" data-name="Pixel Mixers">Pixel Mixers</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:64w1TcYkMPpZljGIlM1AnH" data-name="Man on the Internet">Man on the Internet</a>. He is a member of bands <a href="spotify:artist:3weAXcaVujI4tEasSfAWA5" data-name="Na Daoine Laghairt">Na Daoine Laghairt</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:54loEjNQfYdcVUgouT9bfK" data-name="Celtic Tiger">Celtic Tiger</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:12SAJr0CH9M2YUw2tMy1Ks" data-name="Gamer Tag">Gamer Tag</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6rruDJXVP1VC1NWs2Efccd" data-name="JIM">JIM</a>. He is the release manager and member of the <a href="spotify:artist:0wNmpd5sstOsLhQPoVpk95" data-name="Virtual Video Game Orchestra">Virtual Video Game Orchestra</a> (VVGO). He is a member of the video game music folk collective, <a href="spotify:artist:2R1hYDGz8BimxJtabxIVB9" data-name="The Travelers VGM">The Travelers VGM</a>. He writes music for video games and TV inspired by composers like <a href="spotify:artist:3V79CTgRnsDdJSTqKitROv" data-name="Nobuo Uematsu">Nobuo Uematsu</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7cGkvEcOOYVtNdfkf3s1tK" data-name="Yasunori Mitsuda">Yasunori Mitsuda</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1ZuJ6RMcrm5xTMYT5BhhaE" data-name="Kenji Ito">Kenji Ito</a>. His original indie rock songs are reminiscent of bands like <a href="spotify:artist:7wbkl3zgDZEoZer357mVIw" data-name="boy pablo">boy pablo</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2ZDHVJnLtH2KJfBFzShihr" data-name="Tipling Rock">Tipling Rock</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:38SKxCyfrmNWqWunb9wGHP" data-name="Good Kid">Good Kid</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1nQj0M42wlxHPw999Pms69" data-name="Swimming Tapes">Swimming Tapes</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1T6ns0Ksfhhsd4qIpSPMIW" data-name="Sun Daes">Sun Daes</a>. He has gained a following performing on virtual reality platform VRChat with artists like <a href="spotify:artist:45VASQ5Pl3K8uSuUh9wooM" data-name="Niic">Niic</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:246nnRoa4VNvOcLGVrpBdn" data-name="Elya Kaleua">Elya Kaleua</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7iTR6XMSdLJbm7P3HJ4gxF" data-name="Niko Fox">Niko Fox</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7omzq2IKKSs1buvSiipY6L" data-name="The Minxii">The Minxii</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:43eEQ1volRZfFjF6eWi30d" data-name="NovaSlicers">NovaSlicers</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6fXDCCpVRFZuBVqyqNNhxJ" data-name="When Snakes Sing">When Snakes Sing</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7aGboTX3PPIk0lm1UpN9aS" data-name="JohnieCanine">JohnieCanine</a>.
Holding a B.A. in Linguistics and Anthropology from UCLA and an M.A. in Ethnomusicology from UC Davis, Ian played in various groups and bands such as <a href="spotify:artist:03P8pmNz0NDFrfs1bEZVvc" data-name="Gygax">Gygax</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0FtTVGMmbYPWiunbatN3LM" data-name="BONEHENGE">BONEHENGE</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0vP6c6K95tgasKl66CLeYk" data-name="Glitter Fish">Glitter Fish</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1qj32jA9wRXj9vSAl9cjU2" data-name="Mono Twins">Mono Twins</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5dCPgXHPpl9kPO9ad2iH56" data-name="Gamelan Sinar Surya">Gamelan Sinar Surya</a>, and the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara. He has traveled the country as a disco house DJ, playing several gigs per year on both coasts as well as a regular gig in the SoMa district of San Francisco.
Currently, he releases both solo and collaborative tracks through <a href="spotify:artist:6bhqUlzYH1HlCc9EUCgfzY" data-name="GameGrooves">GameGrooves</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5QNU36mC9T8zcTMPLu74ZV" data-name="Pixel Mixers">Pixel Mixers</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:64w1TcYkMPpZljGIlM1AnH" data-name="Man on the Internet">Man on the Internet</a>. He is a member of bands <a href="spotify:artist:3weAXcaVujI4tEasSfAWA5" data-name="Na Daoine Laghairt">Na Daoine Laghairt</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:54loEjNQfYdcVUgouT9bfK" data-name="Celtic Tiger">Celtic Tiger</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:12SAJr0CH9M2YUw2tMy1Ks" data-name="Gamer Tag">Gamer Tag</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6rruDJXVP1VC1NWs2Efccd" data-name="JIM">JIM</a>. He is the release manager and member of the <a href="spotify:artist:0wNmpd5sstOsLhQPoVpk95" data-name="Virtual Video Game Orchestra">Virtual Video Game Orchestra</a> (VVGO). He is a member of the video game music folk collective, <a href="spotify:artist:2R1hYDGz8BimxJtabxIVB9" data-name="The Travelers VGM">The Travelers VGM</a>. He writes music for video games and TV inspired by composers like <a href="spotify:artist:3V79CTgRnsDdJSTqKitROv" data-name="Nobuo Uematsu">Nobuo Uematsu</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7cGkvEcOOYVtNdfkf3s1tK" data-name="Yasunori Mitsuda">Yasunori Mitsuda</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1ZuJ6RMcrm5xTMYT5BhhaE" data-name="Kenji Ito">Kenji Ito</a>. His original indie rock songs are reminiscent of bands like <a href="spotify:artist:7wbkl3zgDZEoZer357mVIw" data-name="boy pablo">boy pablo</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2ZDHVJnLtH2KJfBFzShihr" data-name="Tipling Rock">Tipling Rock</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:38SKxCyfrmNWqWunb9wGHP" data-name="Good Kid">Good Kid</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1nQj0M42wlxHPw999Pms69" data-name="Swimming Tapes">Swimming Tapes</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1T6ns0Ksfhhsd4qIpSPMIW" data-name="Sun Daes">Sun Daes</a>. He has gained a following performing on virtual reality platform VRChat with artists like <a href="spotify:artist:45VASQ5Pl3K8uSuUh9wooM" data-name="Niic">Niic</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:246nnRoa4VNvOcLGVrpBdn" data-name="Elya Kaleua">Elya Kaleua</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7iTR6XMSdLJbm7P3HJ4gxF" data-name="Niko Fox">Niko Fox</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7omzq2IKKSs1buvSiipY6L" data-name="The Minxii">The Minxii</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:43eEQ1volRZfFjF6eWi30d" data-name="NovaSlicers">NovaSlicers</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6fXDCCpVRFZuBVqyqNNhxJ" data-name="When Snakes Sing">When Snakes Sing</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7aGboTX3PPIk0lm1UpN9aS" data-name="JohnieCanine">JohnieCanine</a>.
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