Background
Porter grew up in Maasbree, Netherlands.
musician singer singer-songwriter
Porter grew up in Maasbree, Netherlands.
Since all this music was in English, at a young age he had developed an interest in lyrics and through reading lyrics at the same time learned his English. In 2001, Porter was picked to join a television show called Starmaker in the Netherlands which was a pioneer of reality talent shows, through the television show he ended up in a popular group called. However since Martin has always listened to rock and hard rock, Martin has stated that being in this group felt unnatural for him and thus taking the first possible ticket out which because of contracts was not until their last performance on January 26, 2003.
In the meanwhile Martin always kept close ties with his original band Van Gunn, and they decided to move to Los Angeles to get more experience and to get on the road.
In 2006 Van Gunn signed with Retone Records and recorded an album in Los Angeles which was to be their take off, however the band broke up due to differences in taste and how to move forward. In 2008 Martin moved to Rotterdam to start a study at a University for Music.
In September 2010 Martin moved back to Los Angeles, where Martin is mostly active as a songwriter and producer for other artists.