Meet Doyle Martin

Hello, my name is Doyle Martin and I am the founder and the principle of Martin Designs. Although I'm not sure what this will accomplished, I'm told that you, my perspective client, might like to know a little about me and my past. So, with this in mind, here is what I've come up with.

I'm a 20+ year veteran of the entertainment industry. In those 20 years I've done a whole lot of lighting and staging as well as quite a few other things. I've run sound for corporate meetings and events as well as once mixed monitors for a popular regional act in the early 80's (Brave Combo was the name of the band). Early in my career I worked pretty extensively as a projectionist working on all kinds of film projectors (16mm & 35mm) as well as set up and programmed 35mm slide shows with as many 30 projectors. I also learned early on how to set up and use the early video projectors such as the Sony 1020Q and the GE5055 as well as such high tech projectors as the electrohome green gun (for computer projection in monochrome). I'll leave off the AV history lesson here as it's tiring and if you know what I'm talking about your showing your age.

In the fields of lighting and staging I've done all kinds of things over the years. I've lit Presidents and International dignitaries and Debutantes. I've lit small back yard parties and the entire Ft. Worth Zoo. I've designed and programmed shows as big as the biggest rock concerts and as small as 4 lights on trees. I've lit runways for some of the biggest fashion designers in the business and I've lit stages for the top CEO's in the business world. I've lit T. V. studios for news broadcasts and I've lit live televised events. I take all of these experiences into every show I do, because no matter the "size" of the show, they are all the most important show in the world to the person or persons I'm working for.

I have been asked why I don't take a job at one of the corporate giants in the lighting or AV fields, and the answer is a simple one. I like doing shows. If I take a job with one of these companies I can't make my living doing what I love, and what I'm best at, shows. I am an on site guy. I thrive in the high pressure, it must be right with no second chances, world of show business. This is what I am, and sitting behind a desk calling the shots just isn't me.

One thing that I believe is that the show will happen no matter who you use. What you have to decide is how stressful and how painful you want the process to be. It is my job, no matter what my "title" on any given show, to use my knowledge and experience to make sure your show or event is painless and stress-free for you. If that means that you as a producer don't have to worry about the technical part of the show, or that you as a T. D. don't have to worry about the lighting and/or staging, then that is my job. That is who I am, and that is why Martin Design exists today. I take pride in handling my part of every show so that my clients simply don't have to be worried about anything involved in what I'm doing. If you hire Martin Designs you have hired the experience and know how to make sure your show, event, or project will come off without a hitch. This is who I am, and this is what Martin Designs is here to do.

So, having said all of this, please continue to browse around the site and find out more about Martin Designs. Please don't hesitate to contact us if there is anything we can do for you. You can e-mail me at Doyle@MartinDesigns.net or you can contact us at 903.447.4132. I look forward to hearing from you.


Doyle W. Martin Jr.
Principle
Martin Designs