Shane Martin’s musical style is best described from Nashville EMMY award winning engineer/producer Kenny Royster, “Shane is a great singer songwriter on the teetering edge of country, pop, and rock where it's just dangerous enough to be fun.” The singer/songwriter has been performing around the Midwest Region for over 15 years and has consistently played over 150 shows per year quickly becoming one of the top draws in the modern country/rock genre. In addition to his extremely popular acoustic “One Man Band” performances, Martin fronts his own band performing with high energy and experienced musicianship and has shared the stage with numerous national country and rock acts. Lead by Martin’s distinctive vocals and stage charisma, the group blends infectious award winning originals and memorable cover songs with hard driving beats, melodic grooves, and tight vocal harmonies. Shane Martin concerts are a high energy good time that gets a crowd on their feet dancing and singing along leaving them wanting more… “Light it Up” is the highly anticipated follow-up to “Rewind” and is Martin’s 4th solo album. BUZZ: Regional winner of 2011 Texaco Country Showdown and competing for $100,000 and the coveted National Title, “Best New Act in Country Music” at the world-famous Ryman Auditorium on January 26, 2012 in Nashville, TN. 2011 Grand Prize winner of DSA song contest: After winning the Country category in the 2011 Dallas Songwriters Association’s international song contest, Shane’s song “No Hard Feelings” won out over the top three winners from each of the contest’s eight categories. PDS Entertainment, LLC has announced that Shane Martin is the winner of its Hottest New Artist (R) Winner for 2011. The country music artist swept the contest with his winning song, “Somewhere Real.” www.hottestnewartist.com 2011 - Top ten finalist for Best Male Artist with the song “Somewhere Real” in the 7th annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards). "Something About Your Way" was selected as a Finalist in the 2010 12th Annual Great American Song Contest. Over 1600 songwriters from 45 countries around the world entered the 2010 contest. 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Regional finalist (12 state mid-west region) - Mountain Stage NewSong Contest. Named one of the Top Five Voalists in the SingerUniverse “Best Vocalist Of The Month” Competition. Oct. 2010 - Dale Kawashima (SingerUniverse, Los Angeles) “She Could Cry In Heaven” from Shane’s Moody Waters e.p. was featured on CBS’s - The Young and the Restless