I had the pleasure of meeting Francis Magalona years ago
and I have always admired his many talents.
A fellow Bosconian who’s music has influenced a great generation.
This is my tribute to him.
And definitely one of my favourite Francis M. songs.
Kaleidoscope World
Music and Lyrics by – Francis Magalona
All instruments (Except percussion) and voice by – Ty Martell
Click here for lyrics.
Rest In Peace, Brother.
I am so mad!
I got the carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms!
I am not too upset about the fact that I am having trouble
opening the peanut butter jar,
or using a screwdriver,
or clicking on my mouse,
or flipping through channels on the TV remote,
or strumming my guitars.
What really made me upset is that,
THIS IS MY VIDEO GAME HAND!!!!!
This can’t be happening,
Now that I just downloaded Tap Tap Revenge 2!!!!!
NOoooooooooooo!!!!!!!
I don’t know why,
but I have been playing a lot of acoustic lately.
I am enjoying the rawness of it.
Anyway,
Here’s an old 80’s tune from the Nelson Brothers.
Remember the Nelson twins?
Probably not.
I totally forgot about them as well.
I just remembered them after watching
“The Suite life of Zack and Cody” marathon.
What?
The twins are funny!
I like the Disney channel.
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Voices, All instruments and Percussion arrangements – Ty Martell
Music by – Nelson
Click here for lyrics.
Good news.
The Dark Crystal, one of my favourite Jim Henson classics, will have a sequel.
Bad News.
Rumours of massive setbacks are threatening the production.
With all the politics involved, chances are, it’s going to suck.
—
Good news.
Mr. Big, one of my favourite Rock Bands, will be reunited for a tour.
Bad news.
A tour only in Japan.
—
Good news.
I got an iPhone.
A device full of technological enjoyment.
Bad news.
I got an iPhone
A device that makes me Apple and AT&T’s bitch.
Thank you to all who remembered!
And even though yesterday’s party lasted about 24 hours,
I was still able to play and record this song.
I waited til my birthday was over, so I can post this one.
Yes, I know.
Pathetic.
No matter.
Here is “Older Guy”
Mobile Player here:
Voices, All instruments
and Percussion arrangements – Ty Martell
Music by – Paul Gilbert
Click here for lyrics.
Am I the only one who just
sits down and think about everything around him,
and realize that
everything is just
a blur?
It’s like I am looking at the world around me and
I am not sure if the blur was because of my eyes,
or because of my dirty eyeglasses,
or maybe because of the world itself.
And I do not know which one to clean.
—
Did that make any sense at all?
Of course it didn’t.
Man, I need to lay off on the Xanax.
I negotiate in my prayers.
“Dear Baby Jesus,
Can I please, please, please, please, please
have this..
I promise to be good.
Thank you.
Amen.
PS – You can take the cat for collateral.”
We’ve had her for a while now,
But let me introduce to you.
Tyra , the kitty.
Tyler named her Tyra.
But everybody calls her Kitty.
I call her KITTAH!
I never had a cat before, and I must admit,
I like having her around.
Especially when she purrs like there’s no tomorrow.
Plus the fact that I don’t have to go out and walk her.
She practically takes care of herself.
Bathes herself.
Plays by herself.
Cats are a perfect, lazy-person’s pet.
And,
She usually shoves her face under my armpit when she sleeps.
Hey, what can I say.
The pussycat loves me.
(grin)
From time to time I go over the archives on this site
just for me to check for grammatical errors, coding mistakes
and sometimes more writing ideas.
Then I saw this post –> Click here
which was from two years ago.
And I saw in the comments
a song request from Kristine,
who was my “original music promoter” back in the day.
Your Body Is A Wonderland.
By John Mayer
I have played this music before,
but I never really got to polish it.
And also,
it is her birthday today.
And because I can’t send her gifts,
I thought of re-visiting this arrangement of mine,
see how it comes out and send it to her.
So here’s
Your Body Is A Wonderland
Mobile Player here:
All guitars and voices by – Ty Martell
On a different note,
There’s also one more thing I was wondering at,
as I watch a whole lot of TV and read a lot of celebrity gossips.
With regards to John Mayer,
I seem to always see him all over the news, in both Hollywood and the Music scene.
I have seen him play with great guitar players and legendary musicians.
I never really listened to his music, but I gather he’s pretty good
that he gets to be invited to play in major music concerts.
Anyway.
That wasn’t the reason why he got my attention.
The reason why I am talking about him,
is not about why he’s all over the news.
I am talking about him
because of the celebrity women he dated.
According to my research,
he has dated the likes of Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Vanessa Carlton, Jessica Simpson,
Minka Kelly and now Jennifer Aniston.
I mean, there must be something about him
that these women find sexy and attractive.
So I got into thinking,
we got a couple of things in common.
He’s a musician.
I’m a musician.
He plays guitar.
I play guitar.
He sings.
I sing.
Not as good as him, that’s for sure.
But I see that he gets noticed by these beautiful women.
So, maybe.
Just maybe.
If I play his songs.
Maybe just this one song.
John Mayer will also date me.
That would be fabulooooouuuus!
Wait.
I went a wrong turn there somewhere.
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Happy Birthday, Kristine!
Mahal kita.
Padalhan mo ako ng Corned Beef.
