Martin grew up in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst. He first got into music by playing percussion in the school band starting at age 8. At the same time as studying classical Percussion, Martin found his passion for rock music. He began to play drumset along with classic albums from the Beatles. Then came The Who, Led Zeppelin, then Emerson Lake and Palmer.

At age 13, Martin’s uncle gave him his first bass guitar. He quickly found a connection to the instrument. Shortly after, he started playing bass in a rock band with his friends. While attending York Community High School Martin started playing upright bass, playing in rock bands, and studying with Chicago jazz Bassist Ken Haebich. After receiving the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, and the Paulus Music award/Scholarship, he deiced to attend the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

There he got serious about jazz and upright bass. At Roosevelt, Martin was able to study and work with Scott Mason, Rob Amster, Rob Parton, Jim Gallereto, Paul Mertens, John Mclean, Paulinho Garcia, and Paul Wertico.

After Graduating in May of 2009, Martin has been establishing himself as freelance bassist in the Chicago area. In the summer of 2009, Martin joined World Class Noise. Along with playing with WCN, he has had to opportunity to play all over Chicago, as well as New York, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia. Martin Also had the chance to play with Chicago Saxophonist Ernest Dawkins at the 2009 Sant’Anna Arresi Jazz Festival in the Italian island of Sardinia.