Author: Ty

#TuesdayTunesbyTy

Can we do a hashtag?
No?
Never mind then.

This is an old favourite, of course.
I did this way back in… I can’t even remember.

All I can recall was that
I was so surprised that I was able to do it.
Also I was feeling all the Guitar notes at the end.

That’s one thing about me playing.
The notes I hit comes from how I feel that day,
at that particular moment.

I can never repeat them.
If I want to play it exactly the way I recorded it,
I have to study it.
Which in effect, loses its feeling for me.

I don’t like forcing the music to come out of me.
I don’t like to beg for it either.
Whatever needs to come out, will come out.
Much like when I eat this third bag of chips
It’s going to come out soon enough.

:Voice and all instruments by – Ty Martell

Click here for Lyrics.

Questions

In the past year or so
things haven’t been going well
with me and my family, personally.

In times like these,
I am confident enough to say that
I have treated these challenges as an adult.
Facing them as rational as I can,
and with my faith as my guide.

I think I have been doing good so far.

But today, I am not too sure.
Today is a different day.

Today I actually started to question
the existence of God.

I shouldn’t, you say?
Don’t worry.
If He does exist,
I’m pretty sure one Supreme Being can handle
one Human Being’s anger towards Him.

Ty’s Tuesday Tunes

Can I call it “Tuesday Tunes by Ty?”
Is it better?
No?
Never mind then.

Anyway,
I’m still kinda working on a song
so I don’t have any new ones here.

But, let’s stroll down memory lane
and revisit this old one I covered.

Just so you know,
Early 90’s Rock had a lot of influence on my music upbringing.
I am a child of the 80’s and I listened to a lot of music then,
but most of the stuff I play came a decade later.

Here’s an old favorite of mine,
Cama de Rosas! by Juan Bongiovi

Hope you’ll like it.


Bed Of Roses
Music by Bon Jovi
Voice and All Instruments by – Ty Martell

Effect 41

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I call this one “Guitar Effect 41.”

Because that’s my guitar,
And I’m using effect number 41.

You wouldn’t understand.
It’s art.
And I’m crazy.

A pick me up

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This was shown to me today.
I didn’t have to pay attention to it,
But I did.

Someone or something is telling me
there may be hope.

I’m a little doubtful and cynical.
But it definitely picked me up.

New Song Added – Himig

How about we do an old Philippine Classic Music.
This one is from one of The Philippines’ great Folk/Rock artists.
And definitely one of my greatest influences, Mr. Freddie Aguilar.
This one is called “Himig.”
One of my favorites, for sure.

I always thought that the music he did here was brilliant, yet haunting.
It’s very fun to play, yet there’s a sad tone to it.

It’s a Tagalog song, so I guess
we’re just going to ask Google to translate it for us.

I also discovered how to make the side by side effects on iMovie,
and I am starting to experiment more on what else we could do on it.
Be easy with me.
I’m a beginner on Video Editing.

Click here for the Song Lyrics
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A Typical Day

Yeah.
I feel like this most of the day.

What?
I’m passionate about music.
I’m a passionate kind of guy.

I should have added another “really” in there
to convince people.
But Twitter won’t let me.

Ty’s Tuesday Tunes

Or should I call it Ty’s Tunes on Tuesday?
I don’t know.
I don’t care.
As long as we get to post something here.

This is an original from me and two of my buddies, Melvin and Raymund.
We did this back in the early 90’s
back when we were all still in school,
trying to make music whenever we hang out and jam.

I had this idea of a guy who has everything
but his everything is nothing because he couldn’t have this girl he fancied.

It was an idea that I suggested for a song
and by the next day, the words and melody were done.
Thanks to the mighty song writing ability of my two friends.

This one is called,
“If I Don’t Have You.”
By Melvin, Raymund and yours truly.

I hope you’ll like it.

Click here for Lyrics.