Who is Martia? Martia (read Mart-ya) is short for Martina, my given name.
I am from the Czech Republic, traveled around a bit, lived in different European countries, and eventually returned to my homeland.
Where did the channel come from?
I started my YouTube channel in February 2020. At that time I was working in the Developers department of an IT company, listening to all sorts of stuff while working. It started with Hans Zimmer’s soundtracks, but I found them too distracting. So I tried sounds such as rain, storm, fire, coffee shop,… but those become too boring after a while. And then I discovered Ambient videos and soon acquired a very particular taste. The trouble was I could only find about 5 original videos in my preferred style plus videos of music and sounds from The Elder Scrolls. That was not enough for long.
If I couldn’t find it, I could make it. At least that’s what I thought (imagine a sarcastic scoff here). Boy was I optimistic! It took a long time before I started making anything close to what I envisioned.
I quit my IT job eventually and currently work on my music “full-time” – in quote marks, as I am also a stay-at-home mum, so it’s more like “when-the-little-one-allows”.