Born in Montreal in 1961, he was a nice cute kid (as his mother will proudly confirm). He grew up influenced by the music his older brother Boyd was listening to - Chicago, Zappa, the Allman Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius… to name but a few of the extensive list of quality musicians/
songwriters who helped to shape Ian’s musical style and direction.
His father was a concert musician who played 1st Viola at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore and San Antonio Symphony in the States before becoming a music teacher back in Canada.
Ian started off with the piano at the age of 6, followed by the trumpet 2 years later and persisted with that for 10 years.
At 15 his interest in bass was born after getting a Mansfield driftwood bass. Having Peter Cetera -Chicago- as his example, he taught himself how to play bass. A couple of bass guitars further… in 1980 a nice tax refund cheque dropped through the mailbox and it was spent on a B301AF Guild fretless bass. It was money well spent !
Ian toured Montreal with his brother and local bands but when Ian started working, employment took up all his time and the music was put on the shelf. In 1999 life took a turn in an unexpected direction. Ian met his Belgian life mate. With just his fretless bass and a suitcase, he plunged into the unknown. They moved to Scotland which has proved a very inspiring and creative one. The Boss BR-8 was replaced by the BR1180CD on which both of his albums have been recorded.
The Rhodes piano had to remain in Canada as the transport costs were a little too much to be true, and was replaced by a Korg M1. Not exactly the same but doing the job. An extra Guild - De Armond guitar joined the instruments family and some professional loops and a sampler were added to make the set complete (for now).
“Marti Who ?” the debut album was released in December 2004 and just a year later, the final touches were put to “FRUIT ALLURES”.
“FRUIT ALLURES” is very likely to pleasantly surprise you with its diversity. None of the songs seem what they are and unexpected changes take you to other dimensions.
Enjoy the ride! |
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