Ok, so this is pretty much a Satie number, I just found myself noodling around with his sound, this happened. Its a piece from a pretty dark place however.

Nigredo

I've not posted on here in such a long time. This is one of many tunes written from the shadows, from a place of reflection and loss. Hope you enjoy

To The Dark

A simple, short song about final letting goes and endings.

Tail lights
Peering like monsters 
Against the night

Goodbye,
Our time has come
To an end, now

Silence,
Speaks to a future,
We never had.

So help me,
My heart is caught,
And it needs to be free x2


Tail Lights

There Are No Pieces. (Wk53/104)

Week two, round two of my weekly noise project '15.
Another piano instrumental. I love introducing dissonance, ever so slightly into the mix, its there. 
This piece is about a shift in states, a flux.


Brightness Falls. (Wk54/104)

Week 3, a song, sung, about finding space amidst the clutter of life

Clearing(Wk55/104)

Week four. I'm creating and recording a sound piece every week for a year (again). This is about drift, the snow, the sea, the wave, clouds, the body. 

Drift(Wk56/104)

Week 6, and this one is about being a little offensive, and sometimes provocative on social media. Its like a form of tourettes, sometimes I find myself saying all the bad things.

Nothing Is Real (Wk58/104)

This weeks tune is quite upbeat for me. Its a departure from piano and back to the guitar. Superficially its quite upbeat, its got spikes though. Hope you enjoy.

Going To The Mountain(Wk60/104)

This is week 9, its a pretty chilled one. I tried to get a Zero 7 feel, but you know, without the know how, lol. Anyhow, enjoy.

On The Wall (Wk61/104)

I wrote a song about oddities. Here it is. 

Eclipsing (Wk62/104)

When I did this weekly song project first time around in '11, Bert Jansch sadly passed away. This time, the news of John Renbourn passing away reached me today. A true guitar hero and songwriter, founder member of Pentangle, teacher, solo performer. Amazing dude. I luckily had occasion to meet him a couple of times, sweet guy. RIP
This is a song I wrote this morning thinking about his passing


Exit John (Renbourn) (week 63/104)

I'm a week behind myself. This is a mellow number, guitar, piano and first appearance this year of the Banjo. 

Homeless Child (week 64/104)

A few years back I had the pleasure of performing some live music to my mate Ollie's art performance as The Real Charlie Cheese. This is a new piece, and for me it evokes that particular character. Charlie is a modern day jester, fool, pied piper, call him what you will. He nods back to Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel n Hardy....bygone heroes.

Ollie's stuff..
http://www.free-range.org.uk/cgi-bin/portfolio.pl?yearID=7&exhibitionID=74&memberID=3168

The Life and Times of The Real Charlie Cheese (wk 65/104)

Whether its waking from a bad dream, or a period of confinement, be it spiritual or emotional, there is always the rising sun, the earth turns. Inspired by Philip Glass, I must admit

On Waking, the Sun (wk66/104)

I'm in mimicking mode again. More of a homage actually. This one is my version of a Mark Hollis (former Talk Talk) type song. The guy has one weird voice, and indistinct lyrics. Well, here goes 

Seaghosts (wk67/104)

Week 36 from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011.
<a href="http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com</a>/ 
A break from the songwriting here. This is an ambient track over a poem recitation. I recently found this poem, by me, written a lifetime ago. In a sense this is like a conversation between the young me, and the me at present. Hope you enjoy, or something....
Banjo+mellotron+cello - adjusted,
my voice-slowed,
Guitcello,
Synth pad.


Dree Ane's Weird (poem/ambient)   (wk 36/52)

Week 39 from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011.
<a href="http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com</a>/ 
Very sadly this week Bert Jansch died. A true guitar legend and inspiration to countless folkies n rockers alike. He was the man. This is my tribute, in the style of Bert. He would have done it with infinitely more style however.
RIP Bert Jansch
Guitar,
Percussion.



Exit Bert(Jansch)    (wk39/52)

Week 41 from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011.
<a href="http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com</a>/
A tune in 7/8 and 3/4, I think, could be wrong. Anyhow its about relationships, between people and inbetween times.Its a song of two contrasting halves too. I was thinking about 'The Snow Goose' story at the time, hmmm, make of it what you will. Hope you enjoy.
Guitar,
Cello,
Harp,
Vocals.


Sailing for the War    (wk41/52)

Week 43 from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011.
<a href="http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com</a>/ 
I've been wanting to write a song about childhood for a while now. My two boys provide plenty of material, their own secret worlds are just mesmerising. Hanjan <a href="http://soundcloud.com/hanjan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HanJan</a> posted a recording of her daughter Eleanor <a href="http://snd.sc/tKuYQw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://snd.sc/tKuYQw</a> and it is just the most gorgeous thing. This song is inspired by my boys, Eleanor and that recording. Hope you like 
Guitar,
Guitcello,
Zither Harp.
Vocals.

Your love is seeing,
Your time is fleeting,
she'll paint a picture for you.

She is a kite in the summer sky,
she is a flare in the dead of night,
Everyone will know you were there.

Would she go home ?,
would she grow old ?,
would Eleanor find the truth ?.

Ooo Eleanor x 2

Your world is holding,
Our eyes are closing,
Our minds seem broken to you.

Some say you're growing,
Too fast for knowing,
I say there's still things to learn.

Ooo Eleanor x 4

You're not alone,
You're not alone.

Ooo Eleanor x 4

Eleanor    (wk43/52)

Week 46 from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011. 
http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com/

There's ghosts in the machine...

Guitar,
Bass,
Accordion,
Banjo,
Piano,
Drum loop,
Synth,
Saw.


The Ghosts (that tear us apart)  (wk46/52)

Week 47 from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011.
<a href="http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com</a>/
I think this is in 11/8, predominantly. It gives it an erratic, waltz time, mis step feel. It was originally gonna be about my mate, Harvey, but it went off somewhere and found others. See what you make of it.
Guitar.
Bass,
Piano,
Samples.
Vocals
 


The Twisted Waltz    (wk47/52)

Week 48 from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011. 
http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com/ 

Whoa!, this one could be a little heavy. I'm back to my usual melancholia. The biblical meaning of The Mark Of Cain and its contemporary meaning have diverged somewhat. Here, its pretty encrypted but its about the shit we carry around with us our whole lives, for a variety of reasons, good or bad,er, I guess.

Guitar,
Bass,
Vocals,
Synth Strings and Oboe,
Synth Pad.


The Mark Of Cain    (wk48/52)

Week 49 from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011. 
http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com/

This was inspired by the poem 'Sweet Darkness'  by David Whyte. A friend sent it my way this week. Look it up if you're interested, its immense. 

Guitar,
Vibes,
Bass,
Cello, 
Strings.
Voice.




Sweet Silence   (wk49/52)

A downbeat song. A few Nick drake inspired chord changes.

Unravel the Moonlight
Unfollow the day 
Recover the sunlight
It's showing the way

You'll spend the whole time alone, alone
You'll bring the whole world home, today. 

Words undone together 
Lives falling apart 
Keep fighting the moment 
Go back to the start.

You'll spend the whole time alone, alone
You'll bring the whole world home, today. 

Written and performed by Wes Martin

Songs from 2017

Recover The Sunlight

THE FINAL WEEK from the 'weekly noise' project, a tune a week for the whole of 2011.
<a href="http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thespeedofsoundblogcast.wordpress.com</a>/
This is a song about the heart. Inspired initially by Bergman's film 'Winter Light'. Its really about those who move us.
Its been emotional. Thanks for following these tunes. I've learned a lot and made some astonishing friends on SoundCloud. You know who you are.
So, this is me, Wes Martin, signing off. (for now)

Winter Sun

I told you, the sky was blue.
I could never lie, I believed for you.
Sun so low, it's hard to see.
So far gone, its cold here alone.
 
Cold hours,cold hours, winter sun for you.
Cold hours,cold hours, winter sun for you.
 
Half disliking, too forlorn
Our sunrise, now there's nowhere to hide
 
Cold hours,Cold hours, winter sun for you x 4
For you, for you, for you,for you...

Hope you enjoy
Guitar,
Bass,
Strings,
Synth,
piano,
Vocals



Winter Sun    (wk52/52)

Cosmic Banjo

A cover version of Samandtheplants song, from the album The Eft. Myself on piano and vocals, and my imaginary friends Pookie Throttle and Griswald Bench on backing vocals and vibes, man.

Wes Martin's Album

With a Snake. (cover of a Samandtheplants song)

Dictive Redicking (DRUMandBASS)

This is one of those eerie autumnal numbers that seem to float around my head at this time of year. I imagine an Atkinson Grimshaw painting  when listening to parts of this. I suppose its another song about fighting those little demons that trouble us.

Guitar
Bass
Harp
Dulcimer
Synth


Written

Wes Martin, I write songs and paint. Not at the same time.
I wrote a song per week in '11 as Ukuleleboy (despite rarely using one, I know!!). I still write and record songs, annd post them on here. Hope you enjoy listening.
Wes

Popular tracks by Wes Martin