My name is Joseph Martinez and I've spent all my life creating music and being surrounded by art, but it wasn't until the last 5 years that I moved towards complete expression and developing my own individual sound through self-absolution and technical ability.

The project I'm working on right now is a free jazz group titled "space solstice" which performs mainly originals and I take inspiration from various artists such as John Coltrane, Ahmad Jamal, Larry Young, Vince Guaraldi/Bola Sete, and Chet Baker. I hope to continue to take photographs, and create music while enjoying art as I get older, and hopefully move into teaching music once my methods are cemented.

Besides art, I am currently in school for psychology and plan to move towards counseling and therapy work. I want to expand my mind and try to learn as much as I can while I'm young.