Martin commenced his distinguished career within the Music and Television industries in 1976, as the youngest ever Licensing Inspector for the Performing Right Society. In 1978 he was asked to join the Music Publishers Association as Secretary for the Popular Music Section, organising numerous national and international events as well as coordinating the “Song For Europe” for BBC Television.
Headhunted by E.M.I. Music Publishing, he spent two years within the organisation as International Manager with a very young and naive SIMON COWELL, looking after the interests of acts such as Blondie, Kate Bush, Queen, Frankie Valli etc. And subsequently approached by M.A.M. to become Creative Director of the publicly quoted organisation formed by Tom Jones and the late Gordon Mills (now Chrysalis Plc) and worked with the likes of Jim Capaldi (Traffic) and Madness. During this time he formed Moon Records with keyboard maestro, Rick Wakeman. They produced a string of singles together as well as a solo album for Rick (Martin acting as Executive Producer).
Martin actively organised an off shore multimedia operation, concentrating upon the commercial exploitation of exclusively signed major artists within music, television, film and live performance arena, which eventually lead to his management of specific directors within the light entertainment area of television on a world-wide basis. During this time Martin became well known throughout the European Broadcasting Union, by supervising the BBC's 1988 entry into the Eurovision Song Contest (producing the record and managing the Artist and writer, he subsequently acted as sponsorship co-ordinator for R.T.E. (National Radio & Television broadcaster) when they had the honour of hosting the contest 2 years running.

Thus began his journey into cross media platforms and the integration of the arts