Franklin Perry Martin — Denver Recording Connection

Well Hello. My name is Franklin Perry Martin but I go by my middle name, Perry.  I am 26 years old and live in Denver, CO.  People ask me if i\'m from here, and I say mostly. I grew up here, moved from California when I was four, but I feel like a little bit of the ocean always stayed with me.  I have deep respect for both the powerful rolling expanses of the oceans and the aggressively pristine ranges of mountains i\'ve grown (up) so close to.  I also had the fortune up traveling every summer with my family, and so I have an unquenchable desire to explore the world around me.  If its food, art, music, or any piece of culture that obviously resonates with the people around it, I want to find it, see it, experience it. While I was a much younger the lifestyle provided by my parents made everything seem readily available, but as I gained some insight into adulthood reality began to define things with shocking speed.  I realized that there is an unfathomable amount of beauty in the world, but in order to access it to the degree I desire I must work for something bigger than myself. 

In college I still had no idea who I was or who I wanted to be.  I can honestly say i\'m still learning that today.  However while studying at CU Boulder my friends showed me a lifestyle I had never experienced before.  A world full of art music and style, produced collected and fueled by other people who vibrate at the same frequencies.  I felt as though until that moment I had been on an island. Yes, I have always loved all of those things, but in those years I started to know myself for the first time.  I started seeing with clarity the person I wanted to become and the initial glimpses of how I wanted to get there.  I realized that what is most important to me is finding a way to share this passion I have for life in general with anyone around me ready to have the same conversation.  This has proven difficult.  People are very preoccupied.  It can be disheartening.  So I had to delve a little deeper, and rather than attempting to penetrate a person\'s subconscious defense against truth and therefore vulnerability in a direct way, I learned that resonance between people(s) is about subtlety.  

At CU we would party a lot.  Aside from the obviously associated tasks, I was finding myself in situations where groups of people would bind together for as long as there was an undercurrent of connectivity.  This boils down to alcohol, sex in certain cases, and music.  I can\'t count the number of times I ended up puppy guarding the auxiliary cable, playing the most recent discovery from my phone.  The crazy part is I began to notice patterns.  To start with I made more friends talking about tracks and artists than ever before.  Secondarily I saw how music could continue the feelings of camaraderie even after we had run out of booze. Music would keep the conversations going, dictate the way people moved with and around one another, change the very essence of the air in the room. A great song can manifest euphoria, a wrong choice can clear the floor. I\'m sure a few of you can already see where i\'m heading with this.  Music is MY answer. Music is my key to passing beyond the perfunctory barriers that disallow people from living a more fulfilling harmonious life.

Now don\'t give me too much credit just yet either.  Hindsight is 20/20, and I am describing events as my 26 year old self is able, given time for reflection, definition.  It has taken me until now to fully understand that what I want to call my mantra is not a job I can have, not a lesson I can learn in a singular way.  It is a life\'s work. At times I feel lost, because it is difficult to address these issues day to day, and i\'ve waited too long already for people to find me with answers. So this is where I am now.  For the past two years I have been studying music making technique in order to teach myself how to bring the basic love for existence that I experience to the people around me.  In order to receive I first want to put forth effort in order to give.  So that when the time comes my lessons can be passed along to those who seek them.  I am beginning to understand what can be.  And it is a life filled with creativity, music, color, design, artistic expression, worthwhile hardship, and beauty.  

My name is Franklin Perry Martin but I go by Perry.  I am of the opinion that everything can be done with style and with passion.  I feel that if these things are not present, then boredom and dissatisfaction ensue. I will change out of my work uniform to drive 5 minutes back to my couch because in my own clothing I feel closer to what I envision.  I am an honest person and I expect openness in return.  Im hoping this bio inspires the people who read it to live a little more truly to their own personal ideal.  If you are interested in collaboration, discussing potential employment, or even just want to grab a cup of coffee and get right into it, please feel free to contact me.  Otherwise, this hasn\'t been a list of my accolades.  It is something designed to communicate not facts but flavor.  The facts will speak for themselves.  

My name is Franklin Perry Martin but I go by Perry.  I joined the Recording Connection in order to kick-start my journey.  Hope to see you along the way.