Arts & Leisure, by Walter Martin

Arts & Leisure

by Walter Martin

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Arts & Leisure is a collection of songs that take inspiration from Martin's years of world travel as a musician, his younger days working in art museums and what he refers to as his "shaky grasp of college art history." Humorous personal stories about art, artists, museums and architecture.

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1.	Jobs I Had Before I Got Rich & Famous 02:58	buy track
2.	Daniel in the Lions' Den 05:01	buy track
3.	Down by the Singing Sea 03:30	buy track
4.	Calder's Circus 02:41	buy track
5.	Michelangelo 02:58	buy track
6.	Amsterdam 02:38	buy track
7.	Charles Rennie Mackintosh 03:54	buy track
8.	In a Gothic Church 03:07	buy track
9.	Watson & the Shark 03:36	buy track
10.	Old as Hell 03:18	buy track
11.	The Tourist 03:02	buy track

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Arts & Leisure is a collection of songs that take inspiration from Martin's years of world travel as a musician, his younger days working in art museums and what he refers to as his "shaky grasp of college art history." Humorous personal stories about art, artists, museums and architecture.

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released January 29, 2016

All songs written by Walter Martin (family jukebox, ASCAP)

all instruments and voices recorded by Walter Martin at Cecelia's in Brooklyn, NY

except:
live vocals and basic tracks for Amsterdam, In a Gothic Church & Charles
Rennie Mackintosh recorded by Daniel Schlett at Strange
Weather, Brooklyn.
vocals and acoustic guitar on Old as Hell recorded by Marc Alan Goodman
at Strange Weather Brooklyn

drum set on Down by the Singing Sea, Daniel in the Lions Den &
Calder's Circus recorded by Matt Barrick at Green Bananas, Philadelphia.
hand claps and electric guitar on Down by the Singing Sea
recorded by Matt Barrick at Green Bananas, Philadelphia.

backup vocals on Daniel in the Lion's Den recorded by Walter Martin
at the Courtyard Marriott, Portland OR.

mixed by Phil Ek at Avast Studios, Seattle:
Down by the Singing Sea, Daniel in the Lions' Den,
Calder's Circus, Watson & the Shark and Amsterdam

mixed by Marc Alan Goodman at Strange Weather, Brooklyn:
Jobs I Had Before I Got Rich & Famous, Michelangelo,
In a Gothic Church, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Old as Hell and The Tourist

mastered by Alex De Turk at Strange Weather, Brooklyn

design and layout by Shawn P. Carney
cover photo by Walter Martin
back cover photo by Melissa Martin

thanks to Jamie Krents and Milan McAlevey

Brad Shenfeld, John Johnson, Phil Ek, Stephanie Mayers,
Matt Hanks, Adam Tully, Dan Coleman, Christine Billich, Jonathan Eshak,
Mindy Thomas, and all my friends and family who helped me edit this thing.

special thanks to Melissa Martin…for everything

For Melissa, Claire & Louise

© 2016 Ile Flottante Music

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Walter Martin is a multi-award-winning songwriter. Martin has released seven studio albums since embarking on a solo career in 2014. His solo career follows many years of writing, playing and touring in rock 'n' roll bands The Walkmen and Jonathan Fire*Eater. ... more

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