Happy Birthday to Kristine.
My official music manager and distributor.
She campaigned for my music so much,
that she actually listens to them.
Over and over.
In effect,
we were sold out with all of our gigs at rehabs and prison halls.
And for getting me the award for
“Most preferred torture music” to listen to.
All the best to you,
And your loved ones.
Mahal kita.
Thank you to all my friends,
who wished for my son’s fast recovery.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
He’s doing better now.
Thank you again.
I had this idea a long time ago,
to do a medley of popular guitar riffs and solos.
But I never really knew any song where I can put them all together,
until I heard this song by Paul Gilbert and Jimi Kidd.
So I just mixed it all,
played the riffs,
and see what comes out.
You can obviously tell from this that
I am a child of the 80’s. (and a bit of the 70’s)
These are just some of the music
that influenced me to play guitar.
See if you can also hear my fingers bleeding.
Play Guitar
Voice, Guitars and Percussion arrangement by – Ty Martell
Click here for Lyrics
Bonus points on who can guess the songs and the artists.
Long Live ROCK!
Guess who’s playing in Ottawa soon?
Def Leppard,
Styx,
REO Speedwagon,
And Blue Rodeo.
And do you know why they are playing there?
Because I left!!!
If there’s one thing I refused to do,
is to actually sign up on MySpace.
Everybody has a MySpace space.
Celebrities, Politicians,
Every High School teenager
walking the earth right now.
And even your cousin’s neighbor’s lawnmower guy.
But just quite recently,
When I googled my site,
(because just like any other lazy geek out there,
that’s how I get on it.
I am too lazy to type the triple w’s and the .com.)
I saw this search result,
A profile on myspace with “denofmusic” attached to it.
Apparently, I think it’s from another musician from the U.K.
At first I was like,
“Hey! That’s my domain name!”
But then I realized,
He could be my way of getting noticed.
People may think that they are going to his website,
and end up on mine.
I didn’t really mind the name issue.
This could be some good exposure for me to other musicians.
But then again,
It could be the opposite too.
They might see this site and end up disappointed.
Hmm.
Maybe I should sign up on MySpace
and ask them to be my friend.
Then I would meet some Hot chick
and we would meet up,
and they would end up to be my cousin’s neighbor’s lawnmower guy.
His real name is Mario.
I understand you’ve been running from a man,
that goes by the name of “The Sandman.”
-America
Let me introduce to you my new friend.
The Sandman.
In traditional folklore,
The Sandman is supposed to lull you to sleep.
It is said that he sprinkles your eyes with sand or dust,
causing you to go nite nite.
Well my friends,
this new friend of mine,
apparently likes me a bit too much.
Because he freakin’ sprays my eyes even in the brightness of day.
I try to sleep enough hours at night,
but I just can’t seem to keep myself awake in the morning.
He doesn’t care if I am busy at work,
having lunch,
or just having a conversation with a co-worker.
I am seriously close to having a locked jaw
with all the yawning I do.
He loves me a lot particularly when I am driving.
It doesn’t matter if I blast my radio and sing like a madman.
My eyes would twitch, begging me to shut it.
Numerous times at a stoplight,
the guy behind me would honk his horn,
telling me that the light is green.
With a couple of swear words I’d rather not tell.
I don’t know.
I write this thing jokingly here,
but it’s really not cool.
It’s hard work really.
Trying to stay awake and focused.
It’s both maddening and exhausting.
What do you guys recommend?
Besides injecting my arm with caffeine.
Man, I was actually going to write something here.
But I just ended up deleting what I started,
and never finished.
I came pretty close though.
It was nothing fancy.
Just a bunch of nonsense.
Although I realized,
that I shouldn’t update this site
when I had a bad day.
Because today..
this day..
it sucked.
It sucked ass!
I’m going to bed.
We’ll see how it goes tomorrow.
10 days into the year,
and it is pretty much “sucking” so far.
The “optimism” of the “new year”
is pretty much out the friggin’ window.
Something better change soon.
What’s a good resolution for the New Year?
4 words!
LESS TALK, MORE MUSIC!
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and I’ll start it as soon as I get rid of this nutcracking cough.
Happy New Year to all!
Man,
I can’t wait for 2007 to be over.
Come on 2008.
Bring me some love!
..and some help.