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
Help (Evil Beatles Cover)	Rock	Mar 4, 2010	218
Save Yourself	Metal	Jan 21, 2010	169
I Wrote This Song In Pencil	Alternative	Jan 14, 2010	276
I'm Just Doing What Everybody Else Is Doing	Alternative	Dec 10, 2009	262
Frozen Little Robot	Pop	Nov 26, 2009	289
We Are This England	Pop	Sep 24, 2009	294
Big Mac	Blues	Aug 29, 2009	351
Living (It's All Borrowed Time)	Alternative	Aug 7, 2009	309
Never Gonna Cry Again	Country	Jul 28, 2009	471
Crawl Creature ... Crawl	Metal	Jun 11, 2009	443
Fires Light The Way	Alternative	Mar 15, 2009	626
Piano Quartet (For Legs with Traffic)	Classical	Feb 25, 2009	330
Come To Me You Dirty Little Rock'n'Rollers	Electronica	Feb 17, 2009	309
Love Is In The Air ... Breathe Deeply	Pop	Feb 5, 2009	507
Christmas Prayer	Holiday	Jan 22, 2009	462
Tis the Season ... (The "Luka" Years)	Alternative	Dec 27, 2008	430
Merry Birthday	Holiday	Dec 24, 2008	301
Bless the Good Ship iComp Lord	Folk	Dec 17, 2008	1498
Sick Spirit ... Hold Me In Your Arms	Metal	Dec 9, 2008	727
Hey! Hologram! ... (The "Luka" Years)	Alternative	Nov 30, 2008	385
Guess Who's Coming ....	Alternative	Nov 6, 2008	485
iwantiwantiwantiwant	Punk	Oct 17, 2008	644
Gustav and the Devil	Jazz	Sep 10, 2008	847
The Weathergirl	Pop	Aug 15, 2008	927
Your Wife	Country	Jul 30, 2008	1054
Harvey ... (The "Luka" Years)	Alternative	Jul 11, 2008	924
Lie, Steal and Cheat	Folk	Jul 10, 2008	792
I.C.B.M. Sexy	Alternative	Jun 29, 2008	556
Words on Words	Spoken Word	Jun 24, 2008	451
Rock n Roll Soul Cake (aka Mercury)	Rock	Jun 23, 2008	752
The Girl With No Shame	Folk	Jun 18, 2008	1169
What happens to the words I hear?	Spoken Word	Jun 16, 2008	419
Friend	Alternative	Jun 11, 2008	789
Hold On	Pop	Jun 10, 2008	737
Get That Finger Up ......... (mini-song 53 seconds)	Rock	Jun 8, 2008	453
I Hear You Don't Know ... (mini-song 55 seconds)	Alternative	Jun 5, 2008	463
Tis the Season	Rock	Jun 3, 2008	404
Mischief	Pop	May 29, 2008	474
Set in Stone	Alternative	May 22, 2008	569
I Heard It In The Bass Line	Jazz	May 19, 2008	1223
You're All Of This (and more)	Alternative	May 15, 2008	457
Funny You	Alternative	May 15, 2008	335
Let's Start A Little War	Alternative	May 15, 2008	416
Famous	Rock	May 14, 2008	719
All Night Talkers	Pop	May 13, 2008	689
Man United	Alternative	May 13, 2008	575

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Flying to Orion	Inspirational	Sep 17, 2009	318
Crawl....Creature Crawl	Industrial	Aug 9, 2009	173
Don't Hear The Distance	Electronica	Aug 4, 2009	341
Maggots All	Punk	Jul 29, 2009	1532
A Christmas Prayer	Holiday	Dec 20, 2008	1653
Loving All The Wrong People	Rock	Sep 19, 2008	2390
Dear Prudence (Beatles' cover)	Rock	Sep 7, 2008	518
What A Mess	Alternative	Aug 31, 2008	405
All Night Talkers	Pop	Jun 18, 2008	533

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Fragile Glass (Song Bird)	Jovana	R&B	275
World Class Fad	Dylan	Alternative	244
SWING THE CIRCLE	SISTERS	Jazz	250
WALKIN IN THE RAIN (w/Cathi Rice)	MickD [+1]	R&B	561
Don't Hear The Distance	8MonthMalfunction [+2]	Electronica	341
5LUG 5P4WN	KnqulearShift	Rock	240
Oo Ee Oo Ah Ah	NomadicMind	Alternative	220
WONDER	MickD	R&B	246
Teabox Artist	carolineguenther	Jazz	366
lizard [an original song!]	randolf	Childrens	480
Dendrites	AcetyleneJukebox	Electronica	453
XYscm (o)	Garni	World	635
Nebulus-Elevade/Bild	JanCivil	Other	207
Where Do I Fit In? (Video)	Abstractvision [+1]	Music Videos	957
I will make you forget you were sad	Luvream	Pop	256
Lord Is It Mine	etgilles [+1]	Rock	702
South of Vulcan - 4- Last Touch	Surak [+2]	Metal	1240
The iComps International Agnostic Monotone Choir	Mark_Hayes	Other	584
A Song For Wendell	Trilobite2	Inspirational	624
Stjärnor på mitt täcke	brnPetra [+2]	Alternative	660
iCompositions v1	pm [+1]	Music Videos	910
When the Earth Lies Still	Kybele	Folk	272
Yesterdays (2)	pedroberto	Jazz	352
The PAIN in Loving You by Storkaas	TheOmegaProject [+3]	Jazz	632
Sweet Pea	mdestiny	Ambient	249
Ex Astra Cuniculus -10- Never See the Sun (Final)	Surak	Rock	523
Bachelorette (c)	Garni [+1]	Pop	694
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor-II. Scherzo minaccioso-Allegro con moto	gloebs	Classical	200
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor-I. Allegro vivace	gloebs	Classical	229
I CAN'T BELIEVE	SISTERS	Alternative	349
Wanna buy a Monkey?	monkeyscat	Alternative	284
Heart on Trial (w/Lunatrick & RamonaJi)	MickD [+2]	Alternative	542
The Beds Too Big Without You (Police cover)	pete	Pop	381
Once Again	sonicbrat	Folk	259
Heaven	Jovana	Dance	522
What Kind Of Fr**nd Are You?	JackFancy	Alternative	334
Sarabande from Bach Cello Suite #5	AcetyleneJukebox	Classical	471
Alman	AcetyleneJukebox	Classical	338
Broken Key	Abstractvision [+1]	Rock	599
THE ICEHOUSE (c)	Garni [+2]	Music Videos	1489
Dont Look Back	Abstractvision	Pop	588
El Conquistador	visualine	Other	346
I can’t wait to meet you boy (When you become a man)	mfwmiles [+2]	Rock	778
Damn, Well Here I Am	jimdonaldson	Country	259
Tigre	ochrestomanci	Pop	372
Footnote	Browntones	Alternative	379
Isn't Fair (Polished)	Lbarringer	Pop	319
Zooloo (o)	Garni	World	820
Workin' hard all day	TeddyC [+1]	Dance	1073
Mist	Stebbo	Alternative	374