The Magician by Roan Zen Martin

“𝙎𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩.”

I can’t describe how happy I am to say that The Magician is finally yours. In my 23 years on this Earth, this has been my greatest challenge and my greatest triumph. Nothing has ever meant as much to me as getting this album into your hands.

As an independent artist, this project was a herculean task to complete — one which could not have been done without a little help from my friends (all tagged in the photo).
Thank you, guitar hero Pete Thorn for recording the absolutely incendiary guitar solo on Happy Now, as well as Myles Lino on tenor/alto sax, John Roy on trumpet, and Rocco Morelli on trombone in the noir section. It is an honor to have such a high caliber of musicality on a record I call my own.
Thank you to another guitar hero of mine, Justin “Honey” Montafia, for recording the gunslinging’, cattle ranglin’, six-shootin’ intro to The Wheel on acoustic guitar.
Thank you Katya Naphtali for joining me again for another tenor sax solo on For The Ride, putting the cherry on top of this crazy album.

Thank you IG: @red66coupe for letting me photograph their breathtaking 1966 Chevrolet Caprice for the album jacket, it was such a dream to see the car I’d always imagined up close (hear that engine purr right before For The Ride)! And thank you Francesca Pecoraro, for capturing this incredible shot.

Finally, Thank you to Amelia, my family, and friends, for being my closest supporters through the many ups and downs that accompanied the creation of this album. Another special thank you to my father (@dennismartinnyc) for all of the guidance, technical support, and loaned musical equipment.

Aside from these names, I am proud to have arranged, played, recorded, mixed, and mastered everything heard on this record, completed entirely in home studios with zero corporate backing or record label support. And no AI. Ever.

I cannot wait to take these songs on the road with The Fools, and I hope to see you all out there, coming ‘round the bend.

All music played, recorded, and produced by myself out of home studios. No corporate backing, no record label support, and no AI. Ever.