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The beauty of modern music production means that producers can be on opposite sides of the world and collaborate. Producer Charles Fisher (Savage Garden) recently commissioned Martin at JAM to add instrumentation and production to two new songs on Tors record, which is due for release later in 2016. The tracks are Sak Wan Khong Dai Choe and Roiyim Khong Wan Phrungni. Tor is on the BEC Tero / Sony label

Country singers Niamh Lynn and Johnny Brady have released a duet single called A Love I Think Will Last. Niamh has a live show coming up at the Ramor Theatre, Virginia, Co. Cavan on March 3rd 2016 Niamh will be singing country songs from the Golden Era of Country Music, paying tribute to the likes of Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Kitty Wells, Billie Jo Spears, June Carter and many more.

Had the pleasure of mixing this fantastic project filled with 80s pop / RnB , strokes of Jazz fusion composed and dreamt up by multi instrumentalist Eoin Grace and a fabulous vocal performance by Sharon Gaynor.

The follow up single to Black Dahlia. Black Dahlia earned Aine a Ray Darcy show appearance, Today FM radio play and sessions and a UK tour. 27 club is a wheezing dark rock song about the phenomenon that there are an incredible amount of rock stars and actors who died at the age of 27, usually at the expense of indulgence.

Six-piece vocal group, the Willoughby Brothers, have released their 3rd studio album which is a collection of contemporary Christmas song with orchestra treatment by the Prague Filmharmonic Orchestra. The album was recorded at JAM Studios autumn of 2015 and produced and arranged by Martin Quinn

"The Vinylheads" is the pop/rock music project of Irishman Col Patterson. Col is influenced by Paul Weller, The Kinks, The Killers, The Doors, The Stranglers, among others. In December 2014, the title single, “Kicks” was chosen by BBC 6music for airplay by Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq and was Legend Tom Robinson’s Recommends “Pick of the Week”. The Vinylheads supported Midge Ure at the Fortstock festival in Co Monaghan June 2014. Col hopes to play tracks from the album live and release his second album in 2016.

Niamh Lynn has released a new 2015 version of the Patsy Cline song "Got a Lot of Rhythm in My Soul". The song was originally released by Patsy in 1965. 50 years on its still a cracking track!

Black Dahlia inspired by the famous unsolved murder and American Horror Story

New Irish band "Keys Open Doors" release the single "Eureka" from the EP "Labour Pains". Strong female and male vocals on perfect pop/rock/indie mix this is a song for festivals

Not content with causing waves in the series Love Hate, Actor/Musician Kieran O'Reilly and his new band 'Hail The Ghost' have released their debut long player named 'Forsaken'. In short, its a broody, poetic, sonically beautiful but edgy album in the style of The National. The first singe 'Headstoned' earned many glowing reviews including these words by Joe Donnelly of TXFM (formerly Phantom) “I can honestly say it’s one of the best new songs from an Irish band I’ve heard in a while. It has that reflective indie rock quality but there’s something about the great writing and music that really makes this song stand out”