GROWING UP ANALOG is a collection of stories in chronological order from 1976 to 1998 told by award-winning writer and former record label publicist, Mario R. Martin. These stories document the music that affected Martin and his personal musical tastes, interspersed with stories about how he later met and even worked with particular artists and bands he idolized while growing up. He details the changes that affected music as well as the music industry, despite unknowingly at the time, and how it would go on to affect later acts inspired by these seminal performers, etc. Martin describes how he would learn about music, play it and later have such an affinity for particular genres. His stories are all real and offer a true record of how he and his friends would take in music, both recorded and live, and their institution of higher learning: the independent record store. An avid music collector and DJ, Martin has completed a musical autobiography in an age when his music-loving peers are consuming music at record speeds.