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.