Catalogue #DROG-060

Martin Posen is a talented acoustic guitar soloist from Toronto, Ontario. He began his professional music career at the age of 21 at Winfield, Kansas, placing in the top ten finalists in the National Flat picking Championships. For the next decade he refined his unique acoustic and electric guitar and mandolin skills, performing across the county in a variety of different bands, ranging from such diverse styles as folk, country, rock n'roll, jazz and bluegrass music, with groups such as Black Creek, Station Road, and Mark Haines and the Zippers.

Inspired and encouraged by Michael Hedges, whom he met at Interlochen, Michigan, at the National Music Camp in 1973, Martin began to evolve his unique brand of solo guitar instrumentals featuring his hot finger picking, flat picking and percussive techniques. Martin's music is difficult to classify since it crosses many musical boundaries, but you will hear shades as diverse as Doc Watson and Michael Hedges in his guitar playing. It fuses together all his eclectic influences to create a new sound that will enthuse and delight guitar aficionados of all backgrounds.

Martin Posen
2000 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ont. M5P 3L1
416-782-5992
e-mail: mposen@torfree.net