Thank you!

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Wow.
One whole week of no posts.

It must have been one hell of a Birthday Party for me.

And when I say Party,
I meant
staying home,
watching Little Einsteins,
and wallowing in self pity.

No Matter!
Thank you to all for the greet!

Now I better go to bed.
I have to be early at work tomorrow.

Millions of people on welfare depend on me!

Totally Committed

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“THERE IS A FINE DIFFERENCE OF PERSPECTIVE
BETWEEN GETTING INVOLVED AND BEING COMMITTED.

IN HAM AND EGGS,
THE CHICKEN IS INVOLVED,
BUT THE PIG IS COMMITTED.”

Lesson — Don’t be a PIG!

—
My friend Maita,
forwarded me this.

I don’t know why,
but it really made me laugh too.

It’s a pretty good life lesson, I believe.

What I am

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So I went to church for Ash Wednesday.

You know?
Wednesday of Ashes?

An “In-your-face” reminder for what we truly are,
what we came from and what we’re going to end up as.

So after the priest imposed the black ash on my forehead,
I came back to my seat.
And there were two old ladies, sitting on my chair.

I have no clue how they would suddenly decide
to take someone else’s seat.
Hoping that no one would notice.

I did not really mind.
I would have given them my seat.

The place was packed,
and finding an empty space in a pew is impossible.
But to steal it just like that is still not right.

Other people around me were wondering what I was going to do,
because they know that that was my seat.

So I just stood there behind them,
and thinking about that day as “Ash Wednesday,”
it showed me what I truly am.

A bitter, angry man who doesn’t like people.

And it just showed me what the people around me truly are.

A bunch of Cous Rouge!

Happy Birthday!

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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.

New song added – Play Guitar

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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!

Mice Pays

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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.