just what I needed this Monday morning ! 

Beautiful guitar-ing Dear Martin...Awesome crispy melodic acoustics...Bright & Cheerful...Wonderful Cover Art XOXOXO

Great morning song- enjoying a coffee with this🙏🏻

Excellent improvisation... refreshing sound...great piece!!

Guitar Man

Drums: David Lopez
All other instruments: Sam Reaver

Stock crash middle class 
Counterfeit crime of a century
Cutthroat don’t choke
Better him than you on the brink

Cool breeze charismatic
Grave robbing scam of a century
Drill baby thrill baby
Burning up an Anthropocene

It’s been a long time since I lost my mind in a symphony
It’s been a long time since I realized I couldn’t relate
I’ve been craning my neck trying to see if there’s a sign that was meant for me I said it’s been a long time since I lost my mind in a symphony

Bring it back

Pill-poppin priest talkin trash 
Through the crash of a century
Blind luck dumb fuck 
Jamming up the waves on my scene

Flip top shock jock 
Certified creep of a century
I see you don’t know how to read
But you write like you know what it means

It’s been a long time since I lost my mind in a symphony
It’s been a long time since I realized I couldn’t relate
I’ve been craning my neck trying to see if there’s a sign that was meant for me. I said it’s been a long time since I lost my mind in a symphony

Bring it back

Lost in a Symphony

Acoustic guitar driven track with three part harmony and current, newsworthy lyrics

NoWhere Ok

collaboration with Noxpox,Vox Jaya.Check out noxpox (page 12) on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/hQNUK

Punkys Drop Out-Noxpox

Is anyone still out there?
Well hello there if you are taking some of your valuable time to read this! As the lyrics to this (probably)final song say, its been a long while……
The last time I checked into Soundcloud was maybe last December, wow…. 
I packed up for a holiday in Hawaii, ran the Honolulu Marathon, watched a volcano erupt, cast my dog’s ashes into a lava field and drank a tropical island's worth of cocktails while watching the sunset with my wife. And then returned a few weeks later decidedly unenthused about the Cat and my collaborator.
Gina had been making noises about returning to an on again / off again musical partner. That wasn’t unexpected and was actually a bit of a relief as I hadn’t been enjoying this for a while. Our last few songs had been tortuous to finish, including this one which was finally finished I think way back in October 2022.
Cat Came Back was always a lot like an arranged marriage - nothing at all in common but we kind of made it work 3 minutes at a time. But by late last year, it had become very hard work. And as you fellow Soundclouders know, outside of personal satisfaction, the rewards for all of that hard work are not very large. So, if the personal satisfaction is gone, there’s not a lot left to motivate oneself. 
In addition to that, there were a few rather large elephants in the room regarding my collaborator that I won't go into but nevertheless constantly weighed very heavily on my mind throughout our time together and I was finding these increasingly difficult to continue to ignore for the sake of making music together.
So anyway, when I returned a perhaps brief hiatus accidentally turned into this - silence for what, 7-8 months? Haven’t picked up an instrument in all that time and they currently sit in my garage gathering dust. Took up Chess, what a rabbit hole that is! Continued running. Listening as always to a lot of old jazz. Continued seemingly never ending renovations to my house. Spent a lot of time with my lifelong friend, William Styron’s Black Dog, as a matter of fact he's here sitting right by my side now. 
So what now? I sat down a few days back and listened to a few things that were unfinished as of late last year. Maybe its time to start again. Find a new collaborator or two? Anyone know anyone who might be a match?
In the meantime I’ll dip my toe in and check out what some of my favourite Soundclouders have been up to while I was away. I'm sure I've missed out on some really great stuff.

Minor Exotica (Turned To Black)

Enter the mesmerising world of "Mantodea," a musical journey that delves into a future concept of the female species metamorphosing into a captivating Praying Mantis hybrid. In this enthralling narrative, we explore the evolutionary phenomenon where these ethereal beings transcend the boundaries of mere mortals, embracing a newfound prowess, and a captivatingly mysterious existence.

Allow yourself to immerse in the hauntingly harmonies, embodying the strength and grace of the evolved Mantodea. The music's dynamic interplay symbolises the complex dance between these enchanting beings and their male counterparts.
(Thanks Chat GPT !!)

As Vincent Van Gogh once said :-
Thank you for lending me your ear and if you like the sunflowers don't forget to repost, like and follow.

Mantodea

Fast song

Azazel has always been a mysterious name that has aroused great curiosity. It is mentioned in ancient Jewish writings and has been the source of inspiration for much fiction, including some of Isaac Asimov's stories to which my song refers.

Azazel

Huddled in a hallway making secret mindless chatter
A finger that points at you and the giggles that come after
Spreading all the latest news, those Lilliputians
Find their strength in number

Walk towards a noisy room, deathly quiet when you enter
Look across those shallow eyes that turn and smuggly whisper
Wait your turn in line, (I am waiting), but the teller
Shuts his wicket on your number

Had enough of this, small talk
The most useless information
Oh Small talk, making worse my situation
In ignorance grows, way out of control
When you're the last to know

Mutated seeds that snowball down the biggest mountains
Contaminated water flowing from never ending fountains
And it's carried on by all the empty lives
Living someone else's

Had enough of this small talk
The most useless information
Oh, Small talk, making worse my situation
In ignorance grows, way out of control
Had enough of this small talk
The most useless information
Oh, Small talk, making worse the situation
In ignorance grows, way out of control
And you're the last to know

When you're the last to know
Small talk, enough of that, small talk, ya,
Small talk, enough of that, small talk
Small talk, enough of that, small talk

V3.21

Small Talk

In this time of wars & great crisis, we should keep call for Peace & equality, for a better humanity.
Here are some vocals extract of my song on the topic. So who want can use it, mixing it as you like with music or as featuring in another .song  
You can also use, in a same track, some part of other vocals from this playlist https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/sets/call-for-humanity-vocals-for
The files are on Free Download.  If You Use My Vocals, Mention My Name in the Track & Let Me Know, I will Repost, Share, Include it in Playlists & Mix...
& If you use it for commercial purpose, let me know, all my songs are under Authors Rights

CALL FOR PEACE - Vocals For Collabs

Dorința Orașului

hi there folks,  i am martin (topher) reed who hails from the Awesome city of cardiff. I Was Born on The 6/6/73, i have been playing the guitar since the age of 7 and recording my own material since the age of 15. and as you might have noticed i am partners in music with THE MIGHTY marcus swambo , we go under the alias of the fudge nutz https://soundcloud.com/helenswambo splintered finger  & black rabbit / https://soundcloud.com/fraudstein  https://soundcloud.com/black-rabbit-544450583 with our elclectic range of various styles . my influences for those of you who are interested in this type of stuff .  Are first and foremost, My Mentor & Best Friend, My Mum ,MY brother CHRISTOPHER, Frank Zappa https://www.zappa.com/, My Sister Debbie...REKHA IYERN FE | https://soundcloud.com/rekha-iyern-fe My Awesome Cousin Sasha, my Nan & Grandad, Uncle John & Uncle Mike . Peter Hipkin, , Craig Lambo & Soumya Mondal https://soundcloud.com/suckafish & Dayle Swanbo, The Specials......https://soundcloud.com/tidy-1.& The Awesome Mark Heenan,, Ed Wynne https://www.ozrics.com/,  the beatles, Graham Coxon, becks track i'm a loser,https://www.facebook.com/grahamcoxonofficial/  the beastie boys, Jack bruce& Not Forgetting The Awesome Inspiration That Is Noel Gallagher, Jack Bruce,  the stone roses & SANDALS The Rite To Silence Album , STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE soundtrack ,  early to MID 1990's underground techno & ACID house , Justin Warfeilds my Feild Trip To Planet 9,  Civilizations phase 3 , Uncle Meat, Lumpy Gravy, Blur, Oasis,  ozric tentacles, nodens ictus, Nirvana plus the awesome soundtrack to the 1979 film ,THE BLACK HOLE. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=eat+static+albums  plus Frank Zappas roxy The movie & My Favourite Games Of All time, COOLBOARDERS 2 & The Lord of the Rings, The 3rd Age. gear set up is ableton live 11 suite. pod farm 2. ( for all guitar lushness & bass enhancements) & an array of electro harmonix fx , with the addition of a secret line 6 box , plus the occasional wah . fender jaguar,  ibanez bass, stylus rmx, Trillian & omnisphere , takamine acoustic & prs se .
i recommend that you should listen to these songs on a GOOD Hi-Fi !!!
peace & harmony always,
Martin.
Please don't use Headphones, Be mindful of your hearing Health.

Guitar Man

Martin Reed

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