Where have you been?

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Okay.
I got to do my last post for 2008.

I know I have not updated this in a while,
but I have a pretty valid excuse.

No it was not the holidays.
My busy lifestyle does not grind to a halt,
just because the Holidays are here!

So where have I been?

To tell you the truth,
I have been busy promoting my new album!

Yes!
You heard it right!

It started when I traveled a couple of months ago. — here

And when I finally started the official Album release. — here

It just got a little out of hand. — here

All I asked for was a little promotional sign like this. — here

But my people just went overboard — here

I got celebrities endorsing me. — here — here — here
— here — here — here — and here.

And a lot of merchandise popping everywhere too. — here — and here

I got women hounding me. — here — and here

Even men too. — here — and here

You’re probably going to see me on TV. — here

Or magazines sometime soon. — here

You see?
I have been everywhere.

And that is the reason why I have not updated this site.

Oh and what’s the title of the album?

It’s called “Narcissism.”

And the first song would be,
“I am not narcissistic. I just love myself.”

And the 2nd track would be:
“Yes. I’m a douche.”

New Song Added – Tanging Hiling

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Here’s another original from the guys that did that song
I posted a couple of days ago.
That would be me, Raymund and Melvin.

“The Three Stooges,” as we are well known to our friends.
Or “The Three Spawns of Satan” according to our moms.

Anyways,
Here’s another one we did, just before Christmas of ‘92 or ’93.
I am not really sure.

But I vividly remember where we did this one.

This song is actually about this girl and one of us.
I won’t tell you who, to protect our identities,
and to prevent further beatings.

So this “couple” broke up, right before Christmas,
And this guy was hoping to win the girl’s heart again.
And well…
That’s pretty much how this song came about.

You know how devastating it is
if you are not with your true love come Christmas time.

I mean, who’s going to give you presents?
And, who’s going to stop you when you act like a drunken jerk
at the party where you weren’t really invited,
and ended up passed out on the dance floor covered in your own vomit?

I think I have said too much already.
I do not want to compromise the “Spawn of Satan’s Creed.”

I hope you like this one.
It’s the first time I did an all acoustic amplification,
without plugging anything in.
We’ll except for the Bass and the Microphone.

It’s also written in Tagalog,
so, I guess you have to find your friendly neighborhood Filipino,
so they can translate it.
Of course that’s if you are not from the Philippines.

If you are, then find your friend who doesn’t know Tagalog
and translate this for them.

“Ang gulo mo, Denden!”

Anyways,
this one is called,
Tanging Hiling

Click here for Lyrics.

New Song Added – If I Don’t Have You

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Back in the early 90’s
Two good friends of mine,
Raymund and Melvin,
wanted us to make an original song.
But we do not know what it would be about.

So I came up with this idea
about a guy.
A happy guy.
Who has everything.
Did everything.
Tried everything.

Then he met this girl,
a perfect girl.
But he couldn’t have her.

So the guy realized how meaningless his life was,
knowing that he could not have this girl
that would make him complete.

Quite tragic, if you ask me.

So anyway, a couple of days after,
I came home from school,
And Raymund and Melvin almost broke our front gate
barging into our house,
excited about being able to work out most of the words.

And before that day ended,
We had the words, melody and chords completed.

And needless to say,
I am very proud of this one.
As well as all the other stuff we did.

This is actually just my interpretation from the original one.
I can’t duplicate that without them.

Now I would like to share this here,
with permission from the other two.

To be honest with you,
I can’t tell if that idea was truly an idea or a confession.

All I got out of it was a restraining order.

Anyway,
Here’s

If I Don’t Have You



Mobile Player here:

Music by: Ty Martell, Raymund Marcelo and Melvin Sotto
All instruments and Percussion Arrangement by – Ty Martell

Click here for Lyrics.

It’s nice to do some originals here for a change huh?
Maybe.

Sounds like…

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A couple of days ago, there was a buzz going on around the net,
about the band Coldplay plagiarized one of Joe Satriani’s songs.

Here’s a link about it. —CNET

Now listen to me,
I know this is true because I used to be a Rock Star in my mind.
And I kicked ass on Guitar Hero Level 1.

One thing about the music industry,
and everybody knows this,

is that “all artists always steal an idea or riff from some other artist.”

That is called, “influence.”

You know how every musician says,
“I was influenced by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who….”

“I listened to a lot of “Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Rock and Roll…”

“I lived through the music of the 70’s, the 80’s the 90’s and to the millennium.”

You see my point?

Every song created and recorded will always have a hint of the artist’s influence.

Now I have heard the two songs in question somewhere on Youtube,
which, apparently has been taken down, as of this writing,
so I can not show it to you.
But it did sound very similar.

Now I am not here to pass judgment
nor ridicule a very talented group of musicians.

But “sounding like” someones music is way different
than “copying” someones music.

Did that make sense?

All I am saying is,
I hope no one notices all the covers I do here,
because I do not want anyone going after my ass.

—
You know,
come to think of it,
That Popular Vanilla Ice song sounded pretty much like that one
Queen song.

That Madonna song about a certain Pie from America, did sound a little familiar.

That song by Puff Daddy, did sound like that one song by The Police.

That song by Ty, did sound like a whole bunch of crap!

Please don’t sue me.

Tag Line

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Not that you noticed,
but I changed the tag line for this site

from
denofmusic.com
~Heavily influenced by music, life, joy, hate,
.. or alcohol. Whichever comes first.~

Which was written when I was just a young lad,
and probably under the influence.

to
denofmusic.com
~Where the music has found a place to play.~

Yeah! That is sooo me!

That’ll stay there for now,
until I come up with something better.

But based on my history,
I can never do better
so that’s pretty much going to be there for a while.

Today

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You know,

I have had great days.

Today wasn’t one of those days.

This day sucked.

The day started with me
hating everything.

As it ended,
I realized I was hating the guy writing this post.

Why am I even telling you this?

Free Postcards

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No, not for you.
Not for me either.

LetsSayThanks.com and Xerox are sending free Christmas postcards
to the troops overseas.

Please click here for the link.

It’ll only cost us a couple of clicks
just to say thanks and to remind them
that they are in our thoughts.

I don’t think it matters if you are for this war or not.

Please do take the time, and pass this one to others.

Thanks.