Gobi Martin
South Africa, Cape Town
N1M © 2003—2024
About Gobi Martin
I am almost into my senior years and not so busy with composing and music ministering but now anxious to let the world hear the many songs the Lord has given me.
I was born in District Six Cape Town suffered oppression under the past apartheid government. I sang all my life in shows clubs etc but never ever composed music probably because record contracts were denied to people of colour.
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Gobi Martin
2 years ago
Greetings everyone and a warm welcome to my new subscribers. I appreciate and value your interest and support of my music and ministry. I hope you all are keeping well and healthy during this Covid-19 pandemic. I am happy and grateful to report that God has protected both Imelda and I from contracting the virus. The good news I have to tell you today is that the 1st Episode of my lifetime music documentary is complete and currently available on YouTube. Episode 2 has just started and I am happy to report that we can give all credit and all glory to God for making this happen. Episode 1 is in 4-parts of approx 12mins each for easy quick watching. The Links are below.
Please Like Share & Subscribe if you enjoy the video. Hope you enjoy and God bless you all abundantly, Gobi
(expired link) ....Part 1 District Six-The Start
(expired link) ......Part 2 Change to Gospel
(expired link) ....Part 3 Gospel Creations & Ministry
(expired link) .........Part 4 God is in control
Gobi Martin
3 years ago
I'm just checking in to say Hi during this very trying time. Hope you all are keeping safe and healthy, we are hardly getting out, hardly seeing the grandies and virtually hibernating. We praise God daily for every new day while lots of families are losing loved ones at a shocking rate. My nephew lost his wife peacefully just when she looked like she was recovering from Covid- 19 stay safe, stay in touch with your loved ones constantly and be ready always to meet your creator. Thank you and welcome to the new subscribers, hope you continue to be blessed by my music. Love you and God bless you abundantly, Gobi.
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3 years ago
Hello to you all, old and new subscribers, thank you for your patience to hear from me and interest in my music. To God be the glory for blessing me with a worldwide audience on this platform. Today everybody is affected with the Coroner pandemic and I hope our Lord is taking care of your needs financially physically and emionally. We are safe as we stay indoors mostly and wear a mask if we have to go out. i have made a video of the song The world needs You now and posted it to YouTube for your enjoyment, please Like and Subscribe to my channel, the link is below. i will try to make a video weekly of all my songs for another platform for you to use to enjoy the songs. God bless you, stay safe and (expired link) love you all Gobi
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Gobi Martin
4 years ago
Greetings everyone and a very warm welcome to all the new subscribers. I'm amazed how this website gets out to the world and find people who enjoy my songs. I am truly blessed to meet you.
The beginning of the end of 2019 is upon us and celebrations of all kinds are happening....schools closing(here in South Africa summer holidays) year end parties, shopping for Christmas, all of it starts spreading the festive season.
All that busyness fortunately doesn't affect me in my senior years anymore, I just sit back and watch the young ones being busy and attend great grandchildren's awards etc.
With the shopping centers now starting to play Christmas songs I've attached the very popular O Holy Night to help you get into the festive season. Enjoy, stay safe, stay praying, stay blessed and share the love of Christ always. Peace be with you all, Gobi
Gobi Martin
4 years ago
Hello everyone, I greet you all with the love of God in the name of Jesus.
I trust and hope all is well with you and your loved ones. A very warm welcome to the new subscribers and thank you old and faithful subscribers, I am honored and blessed to know that nobody has unsubscribed yet. I haven't been very creative musically of late except to exercise my voice regularly trying to keep it in vocal shape by recording some very difficult to sing old secular songs :) If you'd like to hear a few of them do let me know and I can upload it. Meantime hope you enjoy the song I've attached Separate Me which I created and recorded many years ago. In the picture is my granddaughter Taren with her four sons on the left.
God bless you all abundantly, may he give you the desires of your heart and stay safe. Peace. Gobi
Gobi Martin
4 years ago
Hello everyone, I greet you all in the wonderful name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I have been a little quiet but I am grateful to say that I am blessed and healthy and trust you are the same.
I recently celebrated a birthday and the wife surprised me with friends and family to celebrate the huge milestone of 80yrs already. Time and tide waits for no man so trust God to reveal His purpose and plan for your life.
May God bless and keep you well, safe and abundant as you praise Him with your whole heart. Peace, Gobi
Gobi Martin
4 years ago
Greetings everyone, I trust you all are blessed and well. A big welcome to the new subscribers, I appreciate your subscription and glad to know you enjoy and are blessed by my music.
God has been good to me as my health is good at this tender age and I appreciate every day God has blessed me with. I am working on some new material but I have ti admit it takes a little longer than in the past.
We hope to finish the video documentary soon and make it available for you all. In the meantime I hope you will enjoy the song I have uploaded, "Love Songs to You" it's one of my favourites.
God bless and keep you all safe and I trust God is meeting all of your needs today and always.
Let the peace of God surround you and be with you all, Gobi
Gobi Martin
4 years ago
Hello everyone, long time no hear! I greet you all in the wonderful name of our precious savior Jesus Christ and trust you are well and blessed. A very warm welcome to the many new subscribers since my last newsletter, I am honored to know that so many people are interested and enjoying my music.
Since you last heard from me we celebrated my wife’s birthday and also had some home repair disasters which we still have not completely fixed yet! When it rains it really pours indeed when it comes to house maintenance. Our water heater broke doing major damage to the house, our wooden block floor has to be lifted sanded and sealed again or replace it with a tile floor besides all the other expenses that go with replacing the water heater, ceilings, painting etc. so I have my work cut out for me.
The career documentary that we recently started has been put on a temporary hold until we get our finances in a priority order. So I’m asking you all to bear with me until we get back on our feet again. The documentary was initially meant for my great grandchildren but my wife says it’s going to be good enough to make it available to show you all as well. The attached photo is an article of them days in 1965 of one my first music competition awards. Chat soon and God bless you for subscribing and following me, I love you and Jesus loves you more.
Gobi Martin
5 years ago
Hello to you all my subscriber family and friends. A very big welcome to the new subscribers. It has been a while since my last newsletter and I have missed you all too. I previously said that I am busy on a new project so to start with I can share that we are almost complete with the project. My wife decided that I needed to do a documentary on my life music career and songwriting ministering of the gospel in song. The generations of my off spring hardly know what their granddad and great-granddad did all his life hence the decision to do this in my 80th year. Hopefully in the near future this will be available on YouTube for all to see.
Also this month of February was our wedding anniversary! My wife Imelda and I are married for 42yrs this year. That day was the day that I shed tears (as in the picture) many tears of joy I might add as in all my then 37yrs I never thought I’d get married (after meeting just 8mths earlier) and have to settle down however our union has lasted for nearly half a century through trials and many tribulations, but only with God’s Grace and plenty unconditional love did we manage to stay together. That’s why I’ve uploaded the song “Happy Anniversary” which I wrote more than a decade ago. Hope you are blessed by it, stay safe, be blessed, Jesus loves you and so do I, peace Gobi.
Gobi Martin
5 years ago
Dear subscriber family I can't believe how fast time flies, it seems like just yesterday that 2018 was the new year!!
I'd like to wish you all a very happy, peaceful, prosperous and joyful new year. I had a very good Christmas and a quiet new year with family and hope yours was also just as good. I haven't uploaded any new songs recently but I plan to very soon. I just wanted to touch base with you all and let you know that I am busy with a new project which I will share once I have some definite information. In the meantime stay blessed, safe and full of the joy of the Lord which is our strength in time of (expired link) joy is knowing that God is in the fixing, healing, delivering and salvation of us. God loves you and so do I. Peace, Gobi
Gobi Martin
5 years ago
Hello everybody, greetings in the wonderful name of our Lord and Savior. A huge welcome once again to all 1415 subscribers and hello especially to the new subscribers and a big welcome to our family.
Three years ago I had a heart attack and lost consciousness for a brief time as the pain was so excruciating and then I had an amazing beautiful experience of what I believe was maybe being in paradise but when I told the Lord that I was ready to be with Him, I suddenly found myself conscious and back on my bed!! I realized that God had given me a second chance for which I am extremely grateful today. I am grateful that I am around to experience the blessings my music is bringing to so many people worldwide. I never in my wildest dreams imagined this could happen so easily via N1M. My music had literally gone nowhere here in South Africa. The only time people heard it was when I ministered live at churches and sold a few CD’s
The song “The Waymaker” that I’ve attached is relevant to my story as I see that our creator made a way for me to experience the blessing of knowing that you all are hearing His creations and being blessed and ministered to in song. I never created a single song before I got saved so all the glory goes to God the Father, praise his name. I love you all and Jesus loves you, stay safe, peace, Gobi.
Gobi Martin
5 years ago
To date I have 1354 subscribers and still counting thanks to you all for sharing and recommending my songs. A big welcome to new subscribers and recently is one from INDIA and another is my nephew Graham, my 1st family member to join my N1M family, I am honored indeed as I can count on one hand the number of close friends and family who’ve subscribed. To the rest of my subscribers I love you and I’m always happy to know you enjoy the music.
Everyone has a story! What is your story? Today I’m sure most of us can say “I can write a book about my life” well especially when you’ve reached my age! We all hope to leave a legacy behind us after we have lived a full life. I’m just grateful my music can reach so many people like you across the globe that will one day form part of the legacy I hope to leave behind.
To continue from my previous newsletter this picture I’ve attached of District Six before & after, one can clearly see what prized land it was with Table Mountain shadowing in the background. As of today the land still stands bare and unoccupied which is not surprising with all its’ history attached. I was 15yrs old when my mother moved out of District Six to a house on the Cape Flats, areas specifically designated for colored people by the Apartheid government. And that was the start of my public singing and performing for the Cape Minstrels. Enjoy the new song I have uploaded "Holy Holy is the Lamb"
Remember that most of my songs are available to buy on most platforms. I am working on those not yet available to buy. Stay safe and blessed, I love you and Jesus loves you, peace, Gobi
N1M © 2003—2024
About Gobi Martin
I am almost into my senior years and not so busy with composing and music ministering but now anxious to let the world hear the many songs the Lord has given me.
I was born in District Six Cape Town suffered oppression under the past apartheid government. I sang all my life in shows clubs etc but never ever composed music probably because record contracts were denied to people of colour.
But God! I started writing songs lyrics and melodies in 1993, at the age of 54, 2 years after I got born again. I then traveled a little overseas ministering in song besides singing a lot at local churches and events.
Doing the maths will tell you how old I am today with the voice now showing signs of senior years, but very grateful I had the opportunity and privilege of recording the many songs God blessed me with. So do subscribe and join my network as I will be uploading new songs regularly.
Be blessed and hope you enjoy the music.
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South Africa, Cape Town, Minor Hal, Belhar, 7493
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