Mel Martinez is a singer/songwriter from Orlando FL. He was born in Dallas TX and raised in Cancun Mexico. His musical aspirations began around the age of nine singing and writing lyrics. He is no stranger to performing, as he performed for the first time as a solo act with a band playing behind him at the age of eleven in front of a crowd of 600 people in a hotel in Cancun and other hotels while only in elementary school. In order to pursue his music career, Mel and his parents moved to Orlando Florida from Cancun. Soon afterwards Mel's parents gave him is first guitar. By the age of 17 he was successfully recording his songs at home.
Throughout high school he played and wrote numerous songs, especially in band class and choir in small soundproof rooms. Mel has also performed at several nightspots in Orlando and other cities throughout Florida. Since recording Mel has managed to attract a significant number of fans. His musical influences range from John Mayer, Tom Delonge to The Beatles and John Lennon. In the later part of 2008 Mel recorded his first debut E.P. "The Door Is Open" at Big Shot Studios in Orlando which is scheduled to be released in the early part of 2009. Mel continues to be open to new ideas and thus continues to write and record new songs on a daily basis.

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