ABOUT
Arranger
As an arranger, Martin has worked with some of Sweden’s most popular performers such as Salem al Fakir, Timo Räisänen, Veronica Maggio, The Sountrack Of Our Lives, and many, many more…
As a conductor and string co-ordinator, his recent work includes sessions for everything from Dan berglund to Robyn and Natasha Bedingfield to name a few.
Martin is also constantly in demand as arranger for various orchestras such as Gothenburg Synphony Orchestra and Gothenburg Wind Orchestra to name a few.
He has also arranged the musical “Kejsarinnan” by Mikael Wiehe at Folkteatern in Göteborg.
Martin currently works as the in house arranger for “Popical”, a concert series where members of the Swedish National Orchestra perform together with popular acts in such various styles as Pop, Soul, Indie, Country, Celtic and more
Songwriter
Martin mainly writes for the band West of Eden of which he has been a member since 1995. With seven albums and a duo album with his wife Jenny under the belt, Martin has proved himself as one of today’s leading songwriter in the contemporary Celtic music scene.
In the past Martin has fiddled around with such different styles such as Jazz (Karin Inde), Film Music (Drömmen om Atlantis, SVT), String Quartet (Lind-kvartetten) and Choir Music (Amanda, Voces).
Though not a stranger to any of those genres, it is in the subtle storytelling and the melodic popwriting that he really feels at home. Something that becomes obvious when you listen to his first solo album “Leaving the Circus” from 2008.
When it comes to influences Martin could go on forever, but here are a few of the songwriters that he feels related to and influenced by: Paddy McAloon (Prefab Sprout), Paul Simon, Shawn Colvin, Bruce Springsteen, Ted Gärdestad, Neil Finn (Crowded House), Ryan Adams, Rebecka Törnqvist and many more!
Musician
Martin started off playing the violin when he was four years old, and hated it! As soon as he was old enough to have his own saying, the violin was out of the window.
Instead he taught himself how to play piano, and today he would consider that to be his main instrument.
Besides the piano and the keyboards, Martin also plays Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Irish Bouzouki and Accordion (though not on the same time) with West of Eden.
On the duo album ”Kite high” by Jenny & Martin Schaub 2004 Martin ended up playing all of the instruments on the recording including dobro, banjo, tin whistle and even the much hated violin!
Today Martin is a member of Niklas Hjulström’s band CUE. He has toured with Ebbot from Soundtrack of our lives and Magnus Carlson from Weeping Willows. He has performed in Mikael Wiehe’s musical Kejsarinnan and toured with Irish singer/songwriters Fiona Joyce and Marian Bradfield.
