Gene Martynec

Musician, Record Producer

1947 –

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Who is Gene Martynec?

Eugene "Gene" Martynec is a Canadian musician, composer and record producer.

Martynec first came to prominence as a guitarist in Toronto group Bobby Kris & The Imperials in August 1965. He left the group in May 1967 to form Kensington Market with singer/songwriter Keith McKie, bass player Alex Darou and drummer Jimmy Watson. He played acoustic guitar, bass and synthsizer on Lou Reed's 1973 album Berlin, along with providing the vocal arrangement on "The Bed".

As a record producer, he won the Juno Award for Producer of the Year in 1981 for his work on Bruce Cockburn's "Tokyo" and Rough Trade's "High School Confidential". His woek with Edward Bear was also recognized with a Juno in 1973.

Martynec has performed, composed or recorded with pop groups, pit orchestras, and created music for visual media and live theatre. He studied electronic music, composition and orchestration with Samuel Dolin at The Royal Conservatory of Music where he received two scholarships to study electronic music and composition.

He has been awarded Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council grants for music composition. He taught signal processing, principals of digital audio, Midi, studio production, synthesis, and studio orchestration at the Harris and Trebas institutes in Toronto.

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Born
Mar 28, 1947
Also known as
  • Martynec, Gene
Nationality
  • Canada
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on July 23, 2013

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