Biography
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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Regarding my song being discussed on MSI
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Music 
| Title |
Genre |
Released |
Plays |
| Max reading 'Whiffy Wilson' |
Spoken Word |
May 6, 2013 |
106 |
| Time For It Now ... (The "Griot" Years) |
Alternative |
Apr 13, 2013 |
138 |
| God's Truth! (Devil's in the detail ...) (video) |
Music Videos |
Mar 13, 2013 |
237 |
| She's Not You ... (video) |
Music Videos |
Dec 3, 2012 |
306 |
| Happy Corporate Culture (video) |
Music Videos |
Sep 17, 2012 |
333 |
| We Had A Fight (video) |
Music Videos |
Jun 7, 2012 |
399 |
| Rise Up (video) |
Music Videos |
Mar 23, 2012 |
533 |
| Funny You (video) |
Music Videos |
Mar 9, 2012 |
291 |
| Let's Get Together (and prove each other wrong) |
Alternative |
Feb 23, 2012 |
748 |
| iwantiwantiwantiwant (video) |
Music Videos |
Feb 20, 2012 |
616 |
| One Whole Day |
Alternative |
Feb 10, 2012 |
543 |
| Gonna Make You Happy (video - fixed) |
Music Videos |
Feb 3, 2012 |
739 |
| Freak's Show |
Rock |
Feb 2, 2012 |
382 |
| Staying Alive (Hallelujah) |
Comedy |
Jan 13, 2012 |
1050 |
| Son of my Sorrow |
Alternative |
Dec 8, 2011 |
846 |
Digging Holes  |
Country |
Aug 26, 2011 |
1622 |
| Gonna Make You Happy |
Alternative |
Jul 29, 2011 |
1153 |
| Those Dirt Walls |
Alternative |
Jul 21, 2011 |
400 |
| Pianissimomo |
Classical |
Jul 7, 2011 |
404 |
| Loving All the Wrong People |
Alternative |
Jul 7, 2011 |
563 |
| Can a Duvet Stop the Living Dead? |
Pop |
Jun 24, 2011 |
590 |
| Polly-Anna In A Swimsuit |
Rock |
Jun 10, 2011 |
707 |
| Call Yourself A Man |
Pop |
May 5, 2011 |
790 |
| Into My Arms |
Alternative |
Feb 21, 2011 |
478 |
| Playing To The Cheap Seats |
Alternative |
Jan 3, 2011 |
640 |
| Someone to See |
Alternative |
Sep 23, 2010 |
532 |
| Why Can't You Love Me? (For what I could've been ... ) |
Alternative |
Sep 17, 2010 |
548 |
I'm Not Here To Make Friends  |
Rock |
Aug 29, 2010 |
1976 |
| Alphabug .... (Insecta) |
Childrens |
Aug 15, 2010 |
1174 |
| Komplek City |
Alternative |
May 31, 2010 |
740 |
| Being Human |
Electronica |
Apr 23, 2010 |
628 |
| Your Thoughts May Be Recorded For Training And Security Purposes |
Alternative |
Apr 9, 2010 |
1077 |
We're All Gonna Die ... La La La Laaaa  |
Inspirational |
Apr 1, 2010 |
1409 |
Tom Waits For No Man  |
Jazz |
Mar 26, 2010 |
952 |
| Help (Evil Beatles Cover) |
Rock |
Mar 4, 2010 |
3178 |
Save Yourself  |
Metal |
Jan 21, 2010 |
621 |
| I Wrote This Song In Pencil |
Alternative |
Jan 14, 2010 |
1249 |
| I'm Just Doing What Everybody Else Is Doing |
Alternative |
Dec 10, 2009 |
703 |
| Frozen Little Robot |
Pop |
Nov 26, 2009 |
701 |
We Are This England  |
Pop |
Sep 24, 2009 |
699 |
Big Mac  |
Blues |
Aug 29, 2009 |
769 |
| Living ... (The "Parker" years) |
Alternative |
Aug 7, 2009 |
741 |
| Never Gonna Cry Again |
Country |
Jul 28, 2009 |
1004 |
| Crawl Creature ... Crawl |
Metal |
Jun 11, 2009 |
865 |
| Fires Light The Way |
Alternative |
Mar 15, 2009 |
1423 |
Piano Quartet (For Legs with Traffic)  |
Classical |
Feb 25, 2009 |
706 |
| Come To Me You Dirty Little Rock'n'Rollers |
Electronica |
Feb 17, 2009 |
941 |
| Love Is In The Air ... Breathe Deeply |
Pop |
Feb 5, 2009 |
969 |
Christmas Prayer  |
Holiday |
Jan 22, 2009 |
886 |
| Tis the Season ... (The "Luka" Years) |
Alternative |
Dec 27, 2008 |
750 |
| Merry Birthday |
Holiday |
Dec 24, 2008 |
696 |
Bless the Good Ship iComp Lord  |
Folk |
Dec 17, 2008 |
2623 |
| Sick Spirit ... Hold Me In Your Arms |
Metal |
Dec 9, 2008 |
1550 |
| Hey! Hologram! ... (The "Luka" Years) |
Alternative |
Nov 30, 2008 |
962 |
| Guess Who's Coming .... |
Alternative |
Nov 6, 2008 |
875 |
iwantiwantiwantiwant  |
Punk |
Oct 17, 2008 |
1279 |
Gustav and the Devil  |
Jazz |
Sep 10, 2008 |
1555 |
| The Weathergirl |
Pop |
Aug 15, 2008 |
1295 |
Your Wife  |
Country |
Jul 30, 2008 |
1487 |
| Harvey ... (The "Luka" Years) |
Alternative |
Jul 11, 2008 |
1842 |
| Lie, Steal and Cheat |
Folk |
Jul 10, 2008 |
1235 |
| I.C.B.M. Sexy |
Alternative |
Jun 29, 2008 |
1042 |
| Words on Words |
Spoken Word |
Jun 24, 2008 |
1015 |
Rock n Roll Soul Cake (aka Mercury)  |
Rock |
Jun 23, 2008 |
2149 |
| The Girl With No Shame |
Folk |
Jun 18, 2008 |
2474 |
| What happens to the words I hear? |
Spoken Word |
Jun 16, 2008 |
793 |
| Friend |
Alternative |
Jun 11, 2008 |
1285 |
Hold On  |
Pop |
Jun 10, 2008 |
1227 |
| Get That Finger Up ......... (mini-song 53 seconds) |
Rock |
Jun 8, 2008 |
1354 |
| I Hear You Don't Know ... (mini-song 55 seconds) |
Alternative |
Jun 5, 2008 |
781 |
| Tis the Season |
Rock |
Jun 3, 2008 |
728 |
| Mischief |
Pop |
May 29, 2008 |
809 |
| Set in Stone |
Alternative |
May 22, 2008 |
1011 |
| I Heard It In The Bass Line |
Jazz |
May 19, 2008 |
1787 |
| You're All Of This (and more) |
Alternative |
May 15, 2008 |
959 |
| Funny You |
Alternative |
May 15, 2008 |
792 |
| Let's Start A Little War |
Alternative |
May 15, 2008 |
894 |
| Famous |
Rock |
May 14, 2008 |
1172 |
| All Night Talkers |
Pop |
May 13, 2008 |
1189 |
| Man United |
Alternative |
May 13, 2008 |
1014 |
Collaborations
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