Well my name's actually Martin and I was born and raised in a small town outside Johannesburg, though I've been living in a small town just outside Leeds in Yorkshire for the past 400 years or so, playing in various bands and duos and ensembles of nefarious type.
I got my first guitar when I was 15 and started writing songs the day after as I was too dumb to realise that you were allowed to play other people's music. Then 15 years later, in April 2008, I discovered the Mac and finally started getting my songs down and out there into iCompland where all the strange yet somehow lovely people live. I didn't know it was possible to have so much fun by yourself on the computer.
At the moment I'm using a mac book, a semi-acoustic Ovation guitar, an SM58 mic and two Lightsnake USB-to-instrument leads to record everything and I'm having a whale (wail ... wale .... whail??? Where the hell did that saying come from?) of a time!
Hope you enjoy it too.
Cheers

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Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Save Yourself	Metal	Jan 21, 2010	117
I Wrote This Song In Pencil	Alternative	Jan 14, 2010	203
I'm Just Doing What Everybody Else Is Doing	Alternative	Dec 10, 2009	231
Frozen Little Robot	Pop	Nov 26, 2009	271
We Are This England	Pop	Sep 24, 2009	276
Big Mac	Blues	Aug 29, 2009	330
Living (It's All Borrowed Time)	Alternative	Aug 7, 2009	291
Never Gonna Cry Again	Country	Jul 28, 2009	417
Crawl Creature ... Crawl	Rock	Jun 11, 2009	424
Fires Light The Way	Alternative	Mar 15, 2009	612
Piano Quartet (For Legs with Traffic)	Classical	Feb 25, 2009	319
Come To Me You Dirty Little Rock'n'Rollers	Electronica	Feb 17, 2009	298
Love Is In The Air ... Breathe Deeply	Pop	Feb 5, 2009	486
Christmas Prayer	Holiday	Jan 22, 2009	446
Tis the Season ... (The "Luka" Years)	Alternative	Dec 27, 2008	416
Merry Birthday	Holiday	Dec 24, 2008	291
Bless the Good Ship iComp Lord	Folk	Dec 17, 2008	1415
Sick Spirit ... Hold Me In Your Arms	Metal	Dec 9, 2008	690
Hey! Hologram! ... (The "Luka" Years)	Alternative	Nov 30, 2008	362
Guess Who's Coming ....	Alternative	Nov 6, 2008	467
iwantiwantiwantiwant	Punk	Oct 17, 2008	620
Gustav and the Devil	Jazz	Sep 10, 2008	779
The Weathergirl	Pop	Aug 15, 2008	913
Your Wife	Country	Jul 30, 2008	1037
Harvey ... (The "Luka" Years)	Alternative	Jul 11, 2008	904
Lie, Steal and Cheat	Folk	Jul 10, 2008	771
I.C.B.M. Sexy	Alternative	Jun 29, 2008	541
Words on Words	Spoken Word	Jun 24, 2008	441
Rock n Roll Soul Cake (aka Mercury)	Rock	Jun 23, 2008	673
The Girl With No Shame	Folk	Jun 18, 2008	1144
What happens to the words I hear?	Spoken Word	Jun 16, 2008	407
Friend	Alternative	Jun 11, 2008	774
Hold On	Pop	Jun 10, 2008	695
Get That Finger Up ......... (mini-song 53 seconds)	Rock	Jun 8, 2008	441
I Hear You Don't Know ... (mini-song 55 seconds)	Alternative	Jun 5, 2008	450
Tis the Season	Rock	Jun 3, 2008	388
Mischief	Pop	May 29, 2008	456
Set in Stone	Alternative	May 22, 2008	549
I Heard It In The Bass Line	Jazz	May 19, 2008	1179
You're All Of This (and more)	Alternative	May 15, 2008	442
Funny You	Alternative	May 15, 2008	320
Let's Start A Little War	Alternative	May 15, 2008	407
Famous	Rock	May 14, 2008	707
All Night Talkers	Pop	May 13, 2008	648
Man United	Alternative	May 13, 2008	535

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Flying to Orion	Inspirational	Sep 17, 2009	300
Crawl....Creature Crawl	Industrial	Aug 9, 2009	161
Don't Hear The Distance	Electronica	Aug 4, 2009	310
Maggots All	Punk	Jul 29, 2009	1488
A Christmas Prayer	Holiday	Dec 20, 2008	1572
Loving All The Wrong People	Rock	Sep 19, 2008	2346
Dear Prudence (Beatles' cover)	Rock	Sep 7, 2008	503
What A Mess	Alternative	Aug 31, 2008	395
All Night Talkers	Pop	Jun 18, 2008	508

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
World Class Fad	Dylan	Alternative	152
SWING THE CIRCLE	SISTERS	Jazz	232
WALKIN IN THE RAIN (w/Cathi Rice)	MickD [+1]	R&B	525
Don't Hear The Distance	8MonthMalfunction [+2]	Electronica	310
5LUG 5P4WN	KnqulearShift	Rock	218
Oo Ee Oo Ah Ah	NomadicMind	Alternative	210
WONDER	MickD	R&B	231
Teabox Artist	carolineguenther	Jazz	331
lizard [an original song!]	randolf	Childrens	395
Dendrites	AcetyleneJukebox	Electronica	411
XYscm (o)	Garni	World	606
Nebulus-Elevade/Bild	JanCivil	Other	194
Where Do I Fit In? (Video)	Abstractvision [+1]	Music Videos	914
I will make you forget you were sad	Luvream	Pop	246
Lord Is It Mine	etgilles [+1]	Rock	666
South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch	Surak [+2]	Metal	1188
The iComps International Agnostic Monotone Choir	Mark_Hayes	Other	567
A Song For Wendell	Trilobite2	Inspirational	599
Stjärnor på mitt täcke	brnPetra [+2]	Alternative	623
Blast from the Past: iCompositions v1	pm [+1]	Music Videos	819
When the Earth Lies Still	Kybele	Folk	258
Season for Pain	Sloparts	Country	268
Yesterdays (2)	pedroberto	Jazz	321
The PAIN in Loving You by Storkaas	TheOmegaProject [+3]	Jazz	608
Sweet Pea	mdestiny	Ambient	233
Ex Astra Cuniculus -10- Never See the Sun (Final)	Surak	Rock	503
Bachelorette (c)	Garni [+1]	Pop	658
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor-II. Scherzo minaccioso-Allegro con moto	gloebs	Classical	187
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor-I. Allegro vivace	gloebs	Classical	213
I CAN'T BELIEVE	SISTERS	Alternative	335
Wanna buy a Monkey?	monkeyscat	Alternative	271
Heart on Trial (w/Lunatrick & RamonaJi)	MickD [+2]	Alternative	514
The Beds Too Big Without You (Police cover)	pete	Pop	368
Once Again	sonicbrat	Folk	248
Heaven	Jovana	Dance	499
What Kind Of Fr**nd Are You?	JackFancy	Alternative	302
Sarabande from Bach Cello Suite #5	AcetyleneJukebox	Classical	459
Alman	AcetyleneJukebox	Classical	325
Broken Key	Abstractvision [+1]	Rock	582
THE ICEHOUSE (c)	Garni [+2]	Music Videos	1358
Dont Look Back	Abstractvision	Pop	558
El Conquistador	visualine	Other	337
I can’t wait to meet you boy (When you become a man)	mfwmiles [+2]	Rock	736
Damn, Well Here I Am	jimdonaldson	Country	245
Tigre	ochrestomanci	Pop	356
Footnote	Browntones	Alternative	360
Isn't Fair (Polished)	Lbarringer	Pop	310
Zooloo (o)	Garni	World	781
Workin' hard all day	TeddyC [+1]	Dance	1045
Mist	Stebbo	Alternative	352