Martin Mayer
// composer & pianistMARTIN MAYER is a composer, pianist, and producer from Vancouver, Canada. “City Of Prague” (1996), “Destinations” (1998), “Live In Concert” (2000), and “This Is Who I Am” (2003) are all independently released and are available from MartinMayer.com. Martin Mayer’s instrumental smooth-jazz-fusion albums feature piano, guitar, orchestra, and world instruments. His albums “Live In Concert” and “This Is Who I Am” both received nominations in the “Outstanding Instrumental Album” category at the Western Canadian Music Awards, and helped propel him to international tours in China, Taiwan, and the Czech Republic. He has also just recently finished scoring a thirteen-part documentary on one of Canada’s most prominent honours, and will soon be releasing his new album “Alone” (2009).
Website: www.martinmayer.com
Photo: Martin Mayer / MartinMayer.com
Interview:
There is something about the spirituality of music that cannot be defined by words, as much as it can by pure emotion. Think about it. I can be having what seems like the worst day of my life, and sitting down to the piano to play a favorite melody, or “bleed” my feelings into a new composition, takes me away from it all, enveloped by the music’s spirituality. Music has the power to cross any and all barriers of time, race, religion, location, and dig deep into our soul, down to the very fundamental spirit of our being and unique existence. If the adventures in our lives shape our destiny and how we grow, then music is the spiritual undertone that helps to keep our heart’s course true and steady, through both the good times and the bad.
“Music has the power to cross any and all barriers of time, race, religion, location, and dig deep into our soul, down to the very fundamental spirit of our being…”
– Martin Mayer, composer and pianist
