KNOWN ALIASES: "D", Musikmann, DM Equis, Bahns, Gary

FIRST-RECORDED EARTH ENTRY: Mid-Summer 1979 AD (Somewhere above SF Bay)

WORDS OF WISDOM: "A true visionary sees the invisible."

WHO: Derek Martinez, Conduit of The Creative Spirit - former life, dog

WHAT: Singer/Songwriter, One-man band

WHEN: Upon the passing of his friend - Deven Scott Whitaker - in Spring of '92, Derek discovered the therapeutic, healing power of music...and made it his mission to create his own brand of sound medicine.

WHERE: The Knitting Factory (LA), Whiskey A Go-Go, Viper Room, The Dragonfly, King King's, The Joint, Anaheim Stadium, Rainbow Bar & Grill, Highland Grounds.  Events: Twin Towers Benefit, Zeta Sigma Phi SCN (Bovard, USC).  Male Vocalist Winner - StarCaster Live! (Las Vegas, NV).  Featured in "SoCal's Best Unsigned Talent Showcase".  Weddings (The Cathedral, Downtown LA), funerals, beaches, and bedrooms.

WHY: Because life without music is life without breath.

HOW: Sometimes acoustic. Sometimes electric. Always honest. Derek weaves reflections of our world into his poetry and a simplistic intensity into his instrumental foundation. Teetering somewhere between Vedder and Matthews, his melodies are the vessels with which Derek strives to unsurface hope and truth.