Gene Martynec

Eugene "Gene" Martynec (born 28 March 1947) is a Canadian musician, composer and record producer.

Martynec first came to prominence as a guitarist in Toronto group Bobby Kris & The Imperials in August 1965. He left the group in May 1967 to form Kensington Market with singer/songwriter Keith McKie, bass player Alex Darou and drummer Jimmy Watson. He played acoustic guitar, bass and synthesizer on Lou Reed's 1973 album Berlin, along with providing the vocal arrangement on "The Bed".

As a record producer, he won the Juno Award for Producer of the Year in 1981 for his work on Bruce Cockburn's "Tokyo" and Rough Trade's "High School Confidential". His work with Edward Bear was also recognized with a Juno in 1973.

Martynec has performed, composed or recorded with pop groups, pit orchestras, and created music for visual media and live theatre. He studied electronic music, composition and orchestration with Samuel Dolin at The Royal Conservatory of Music where he received two scholarships to study electronic music and composition (1970–1975).

He has been awarded Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council grants for music composition. He taught signal processing, principals of digital audio, MIDI, studio production, synthesis, and studio orchestration at the Harris and Trebas institutes in Toronto.

His current interest is in improvised new music, performing and composing live interactive electro-acoustic music using alternate controllers and interactive music software. Recently he has added a video component to his improvisational performances.

...
Wikipedia