Martin James Smith (born July 6, 1970) is an English vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer. Smith is a Christian rock front man and a band worshiping Delirious ?. When is Delirious? disbanded in 2009, Smith became a solo artist.
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Careers
Before becoming a full-time musician, Smith was a sound engineer at the ICC studio in Eastbourne.
Together with Stewart Smith (no relationship) and Tim Jupp, Smith formed The Cutting Edge in 1992.
In 1995, Smith and his wife were involved in an almost fatal car accident, and during the weeks of his recovery, he decided to become a professional musician. It inspired him to write the song "August 30". In 1996, the band, now known as Delirious ?, became a full-time venture. The Smith band, Delirious?, Produced some of the most recognizable songs in Christian music, including "I Can Sing Love Forever", "Historian", "My Glorious", "Do You Feel Rocking a Mountain?", "Screaming to the North", "Deeper", "Majesty (Here I Am)", and "What a Friend I've Found". The band announced that they would be resting at the end of 2009 to focus on the things close to them. Smith says that he wants to spend time with his family and devote more time to the CompassionArt project. Led by Smith and his wife, CompassionArt is an art and international development charity. It released various artist albums in January 2009, with Smith appearing on three tracks. Delirious? then confirmed that they broke up permanently after the last concert in November 2009.
In 2012 and 2013, Smith independently released four EPs, titled God's Great Dance Floor: Movement One to Four . Each EP contains a new song, written or co-written by Smith. The title song is co-written with Chris Tomlin, who used a sample from Lionel Richie's 1986 single "Dancing on the Ceiling". In 2013 he released his first full album God's Great Dance Floor Step 01 and God's Great Dance Floor Step 02 , each containing songs from four EPs, plus a new song.
Smith also collaborated with other members of Delirious? in the 2007 book I Can Sing Love Forever: Stories, Reflections, and Devotions . In 2011, he released his autobiography, Delirious: The Autobiography of Martin Smith .
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Personal life
Smith has been married to Anna since 1994. He is a relative of the former Delirious bass player? Jon Thatcher. They have six children.
Discography
- As a solo artist
- 1998 - People's Album (various artist albums) - two songs
- 1999 - Folk Album 2 (album artist) - one song
- 2002 - Your Love Broke Through (album artist) - one song
- 2012 - The One True Goddess Movement (EP)
- 2012 - The Great God Dancing Floor Dance (EP)
- 2012 - Three Goddess Movement Three (EP)
- 2013 - The Great Movement of God's Throne Floor (EP)
- 2013 - The Great God Dance Floor - Step 01 (Album consisting of One & Two EP Movement plus two new songs)
- 2013 - The Great God of Dance Floor - Step 02 (Album consisting of Three & Four EPs, plus three new songs)
- 2014 - Go back to Start (a song compilations album from Great Dance Floor Network )
- With Delirious?
- 1993 - Cut Edge 1
- 1994 - Cutting Edge 2
- 1995 - Cutting Edge 3: Red Tape
- 1995 - Edge Edge Fore
- 1996 - Direct & amp; At Can
- 1997 - King of Fools
- 1998 - d: tour
- 1999 - Mezzamorphis
- 2000 - Glo
- 2000 - Roaring Lambs (album artist) - one song
- 2001 - Audio Lesson?
- 2002 - Deeper
- 2002 - Libertad
- 2002 - Touch
- 2002 - Access: d
- 2003 - World Services
- 2004 - In Love Name: United Artists for Africa (album artists) - one song
- 2005 - The Mission Bell
- 2005 - Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Dresser (album artists) - a song
- 2006 - Now It's Time - Staying at Willow Creek
- 2008 - The Kingdom of Comfort
- 2009 - My Soul Sings
- 2010 - Farewell Show - Live in London
- With Delirious? and Amy Grant
- 1999 - Trends (various artist albums) - one song
- With Delirious? and Hillsong
- 2004 - UP: Integrated Praise CD/DVD
- With Delirious? and Andrà © ValadÃÆ' £ o
- 2008 - States
- With Stu Garrard
- 1995 - Have You Heard?
- With Matt Redman
- 1998 - Intimacy - 1 song
- 2007 - Beautiful News - 1 song
- With Graham Kendrick
- 2001 - What's the Grace - 1 song
- With Darlene Zschech
- 2003 - Kissing Heaven - 1 song
- With Michael W. Smith
- 2004 - Healing Rain - wrote 3 songs
- With Taylor Sorenson
- 2004 - Output (artist albums) - 1 song
- With Jars of Clay
- 2005 - Redemption Song - 1 song
- With Tim Hughes
- 2006 - Holding Nothing Back co-writing 2 songs
- 2011 - Love Shine Through wrote 9 songs
- With CompassionArt
- 2009 - CompassionArt (album artist) - 3 songs (1 song with Chris Tomlin, Kirk Franklin, Watoto Children's Choir/, Lakewood Choir/1 song with Steven Curtis Chapman, Watoto Children's Choir)
- With Israel Houghton
- 2009 - Strength One - 1 song
- With Parachute Band
- 2011 - Love Without Size - 1 song (featured artist in "It's You")
- With Jesus' Culture
- 2012 - Live from New York
- With LZ7
- 2016 - Home - 1 song (featured artist in "Stuck Sounds")
- Martinsmith.tv
- CompassionArt.tv
- Interview with Martin Smith
Reference
External links
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