Biography

Artist Profile – Michael Marton
Hi, my name is Michael Marton and I’m an independent Canadian singer/songwriter.
In late 2007 I released my 1st CD “Once Alive” and in 2008 was able to get 3 singles
on small market Canadian AC and HotAC radio. In late 2008 I began marketing my
CD and singles to Internet and Public radio and am very pleased to report that I am
being played on radio in Canada, USA, Belarus, Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia,
Poland, Italy, Portugal and the UK.

I’ve played in several small bands over time but my main focus of
doing music is writing, producing and recording my own songs for my CD.
My main instrument is guitar, but I also noodle with the bass and percussion.

The style of my music? Well, people have told me they have a hard time
placing it in any “genre” which I consider a compliment and I've had 2 singles
off my CD Once Alive get adds on commercial HotAC radio across Canada and my
3rd single off the CD titled Dear Boy got airplay adds on Regular AC radio.
Comparisons I hear are anywhere from John Lennon to Green Day, Paul Simon
to U2, the Doors and even Johnny Cash, so I suppose you could tag it with
alt/pop/rock as that covers pretty much everything and suits me fine. My
influences started with my first Elvis record at age 5, The Beatles soon after
and the “dream” began. I listen to bands like U2 and Green Day, but it certainly
doesn’t end there. I’m not terribly partisan in my musical likes and I feel it’s
extremely important as a songwriter to be open to all musical influences, and I
hope my songs reflect that.

I'm currently working on my 2nd CD now and am excited to have generated the
response and airplay that Once Alive has found. Thanks for taking the time to visit my EPK and…

Thanks for listening.