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 Gygax, BONEHENGE, Glitter Fish, Mono Twins, Gamelan Sinar Surya, 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 GameGrooves, Pixel Mixers, and Man on the Internet. He is a member of bands Na Daoine Laghairt, Celtic Tiger, Gamer Tag, and JIM. He is the release manager and member of the Virtual Video Game Orchestra (VVGO). He is a member of the video game music folk collective, The Travelers VGM. He writes music for video games and TV inspired by composers like Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Kenji Ito. His original indie rock songs are reminiscent of bands like boy pablo, Tipling Rock, Good Kid, Swimming Tapes, and Sun Daes. He has gained a following performing on virtual reality platform VRChat with artists like Niic, Elya Kaleua, Niko Fox, The Minxii, NovaSlicers, When Snakes Sing, and JohnieCanine.

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