Lewis Martin
Lewis Martin is a guitarist, composer, songwriter, and guitar teacher based in San Francisco, California. At the age of 16, he was caught by the magic of the guitar, he studied harmony, theory, and guitar techniques, as the burning desire of making his own music grew in his soul. Soon he started playing with numerous rock, funk, and metal bands and began teaching in several music schools and recording for local artists in Santo Domingo.
Lewis is influenced by legendary artists like Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Carlos Santana, Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rage Against The Machine . . . and the list goes on.
In 2008, he recorded an EP with his band Zigzag called “Llegar A Ti” (available on all digital platforms), fusing rock and funk grooves. In 2009, he participated in the Messenger Mag Music Fest with “Otraversion,” ending as one of the finalists and favorite bands.
From 2010-19 he lived and gigged in the tourist area of Bávaro, becoming a hired gun playing with the majority of the local and foreign artists, then Lewis focused on his Blues rock and Latin project, full of exciting instrumental arrangements, experimentation, and radiant Caribbean guitar riffs. After playing many genres and styles of music – Bachata, Merengue, Bossa, Salsa, Cumbia, Blues, and Rock, among others – Lewis developed his melodic vision and harmonic landscape by merging the Latin territory with rock, blues, and neoclassical rock, giving rise to a new musical spectrum and gorgeous compositions.
In 2015, he played at the Punta Cana Jazz Festival, where he excelled with his fantastic style of playing guitar. In 2016, he won the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana band contest. In the same year, he was part of the band of the Heat Latin Music Awards celebrated in Cap Cana.
In 2021 Lewis released his debut album Combustion, an instrumental record Ignited by his distinctive majestic guitar, the album burns with creativity that melds Rock with vibrant Latin rhythms, Caribbean melodies, and all the passion of the Blues guitar. Lewis is now working on his second solo album while gigging, teaching and recording for local artists in the San Francisco Bay Area.