Martie-Bio 2009

Martie Echito
Ontario, CA
martiee@earthlink.net


Here's my story........

High school rock bands in the late 60's, road tours in a show band in the early 70's.

Late 70's - Lots of Los Angeles studio session work (including Stephen Stills, Spellbound, Clifford T. Ward, Rick Dees), an album on Polydor with a band called "Waves", produced & engineered by Bill Halverson (Crosby,Stills,Nash - Stephen Stills - Cream - REO Speedwagon)

Co-Publishing deal with CBS (April Music) in the late 70's - early 80's. Songs recorded by Englebert Humperdinck, Clifford T. Ward, , Rick Dees, Cecilio & Kapono, Reno Jones Band.....

Producing music for jingles, film scores (including music for several surf films for Quiksilver, Brian Bleak, and Third Eye Productions), Independent CD projects....

1st Place in the 2007 Unisong International Songwriting Contest, Instrumental category, for "My New Home".....

2008 Unisong International "Song of the Month" winner for "Moonstone Strut"....

Currently in a Classic Rock band called The Ravelers (ravelers.com), and a band that plays music for kids & their parents called The Happy Crowd (happycrowd.com), which was nominated for three songs in the 2007 L.A. Music Awards.
Writing whenever possible, and feeling grateful to have been able to make a living doing something I love for over 35 years.