Constantine "Stan" Martin was born in Westmoreland Jamaica West Indies on a warm tropical day. From an early age of 8 he had always shown a genuine interest in singing, songwriting and acting. Although he made brief appearances on church concerts, pl [+]Constantine "Stan" Martin was born in Westmoreland Jamaica West Indies on a warm tropical day. From an early age of 8 he had always shown a genuine interest in singing, songwriting and acting. Although he made brief appearances on church concerts, plays and school shows in his early teens, it was not until he arrived in the United States in 1990 that he truly emerged as a professional artist and forayed into the music industry. Through the early to mid 1990's he wrote and recorded many jingles for radio shows on the east coast of America. Lovers HQ a critically acclaimed reggae winning program which hailed from Boston Massachusetts was one for which he was credited in writing and singing the theme. It comes as no surprise that Stan's first college degree concentrated mainly on the performing arts. While in college he was able to experiment with all the genres of music of his interest; the list went from reggae to jazz, classical, R&B, pop/rock and the Broadway show tunes.
He proclaimed that with the help of the great music professors and self-determination he was able to apprehend the subtlety in the vocal styles and musical arrangements required to authenticate these respective genres. In 1996 he was chosen by the well renowned musician and musical conductor Professor Motley at The City College Of New York to sing as one of the tenors with the New York Metropolitan Choir at the Marriot Hotel in midtown Manhattan to honor the most elite alumni of CCNY. Among the guest was the Honorable Mr. Collin Powell who is currently the Secretary Of State Of The United States. "Professor Motley is a perfectionist who musically brings out the best in anyone with whom he works; we share the same birthday and he is still the only person that I know personally with the capacity to sing from a range of deep baritone to high soprano" (Stan Martin).
For Stan Martin, the later part of the 1990's brought him full circle, back to the rock steady bass of reggae music. While finishing his second degree, a B.S. in Education, he polished his onstage charisma as an opening act and background vocalist for the Tegareg Band in Brooklyn New York which was at this time one of the finest backing band in reggae. The fast rising reggae star Glen Washington was at that time the drummer
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