Calen C. Martin
(Former Foster Youth)
"... as broken as I felt inside growing up without parents this <music> was something that made me feel complete ... I just wanted to learn to cultivate that same feeling. I had no clue it would become my career ..."
Calen's first music experiences began at the age of 9 or 10 with listening to dollar store radios and jamming jazz instruments
I remember being 9 or 10 listening to these dollar store radios and jamming smooth jazz instruments all day. I hadn't started messing around with music until I was 15 being I had no one to take an interest in investing into that, but we had a technology afterschool class where I was attending and their were midi keyboards and laptops available for the students to use I knew howe listening to beautiful music made me feel especially instrumentals and as broken as I felt inside growing up without parents this was something that made me feel complete and apart of me just wanted to learn to cultivate that same feeling.
I remember being 9 or 10 listening to these dollar store radios and jamming smooth jazz instruments all day. I hadn't started messing around with music until I was 15 being I had no one to take an interest in investing into that, but we had a technology afterschool class where I was attending and their were midi keyboards and laptops available for the students to use I knew howe listening to beautiful music made me feel especially instrumentals and as broken as I felt inside growing up without parents this was something that made me feel complete and apart of me just wanted to learn to cultivate that same feeling.
Calen hopes to inspire others during his journey.
Music producer, content creator, and age 27 former foster youth born in Sacramento, CA. Just want to start off with a lil background, my first music experiences I remember being 9 or 10 listening to these dollar store radios and jamming smooth jazz instruments all day. I hadn't started messing around with music until I was 15 being I had no one to take an interest in investing into that, but we had a technology afterschool class where I was attending and their were midi keyboards and laptops available for the students to use I knew howe listening to beautiful music made me feel especially instrumentals and as broken as I felt inside growing up without parents this was something that made me feel complete and apart of me just wanted to learn to cultivate that same feeling. I had no c;lue it would become my career haha but look at me now. Hope to inspire someone out there during this journey.