The Satch

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Happy Birthday to, Mr. Joe Satriani.

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I remember hearing the “Surfing With The Alien” Album
and I never looked at the Guitar the same way again.
Much like the first time I heard Eddie Van Halen, or Tony Iommi.
I didn’t know the guitar can even do those sounds.

Joe Satriani has always been a great influence on me.
I know I could never do his technique, no matter how I try.
But his impossible style and crazy, innovative notes just blows my mind.
Every single time.

I saw him in concert twice.
And twice I never wanted it to end.

If you have the time,
read my reviews here of those two shows.

April 25, 2006 and on April 3, 2007

I must admit, I have all of his albums
and they never leave my iPod playlist.

Here are 2 of his songs that I have covered.

Always With Me, Always With You

and

Tears In The Rain

Oh and do you know
he follows me on Twitter?

Tweets from 2012-07-14

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  • Movie number 2 done for tonight. Hmm. what else can we watch. Any @netflix suggestions? #
  • Finally! Some good news. Thank Heavens. #rememberthisdaytoo #
  • “There’s not a lot in this world that can’t be solved by an apology.”
    “I’m not gonna apologize for something I didn’t do.” – Amityville #
  • Amityville Horror? On Syfy? This early in the day? Sure. Why not? #

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Mr. Sambo

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Today is Richie Sambora’s Birthday.
Guitarist for the band Bon Jovi.
One of my idols.
My friends and I played a lot of their songs back in the day.
And I mean “a lot.”

I have always said that Richie is one of the most underrated guitar players of our generation.
Cast aside the distractions of Glam Rock back in the 80’s,
you would actually hear how intricate his melodies are.

I also love his 2 solo albums
and I heard that he is working on a 3rd.
I can’t wait to get that one too.

So, Happy Birthday to you Mr. Sambo.
You don’t know me, but you and I go way back.

Here’s a cover I did back in ’06.
It’s called Bed Of Roses, by Bon Jovi.

Thank you.

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A long time ago,
someone told me that there are a lot of people who truly care for me
and would always stick by me no matter what.

This is just a little post
to recognize all of them who really do. And did.

Because it is true
and I never say it often.

I thank you.

You make the music in me.

Moving on….

New Song Added – Maging Sino Ka Man

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Alright. I came up with this one.

It’s an old Filipino Classic and definitely one of my favourites.

Maging Sino Ka Man, by Mr. Rey Valera.
The literal translation would me “Whomever you may be.”

The song’s message is
“I would love you whomever you may be.
I don’t care what your past was,
and whatever anyone says is not important.”

I just used some backing drums from a Midi file I found
and I replaced the acoustic guitar with piano,
and the solo Saxophone as solo electric guitar.
I like how that one turned out.
Gave it a bit of a “Rock feel.”

I can’t do anything with the vocals though.
That’s what I came up with after a good 39 takes.
That’s just gonna be as good as it gets.

So here’s Maging Sino Ka Man
Music by – Rey Valera
Cover by – Ty Martell


Hope you like this one.

Lyrics Start Here
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I can’t decide

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I want to play a song and record it.
This weekend.

I just can’t decide.

I can’t decide on what song to cover.
I can’t decide if it’s just music or with video.
I can’t decide on what genre to try.
I can’t decide if it’s all instrumental
or if I would sing too.

I can’t decide on which of my guitars I should use.
Or if I would add keyboards.

Should I try to do a song just with voices?
I have never done an A Capella.
I wanted to do one before,
but I couldn’t decide which one.

Should I do a fast song,
or a mellow one?

What do you think?

I don’t know.
I can’t decide.
All these decisions are making me hungry.

I would go take a break and get me something to eat.
But, I can’t decide on that one too.

Tweets from 2012-07-07

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  • I really didn’t appreciate that. At all. #
  • I finished the last chip on this bag of Doritos exactly at the stroke of midnight. The universe really is in sync. #
  • And July comes now.
    Happy Canada Day to my fellow crazy Canucks. #
  • The safety word is still “Bacon,” right? #
  • Happy Birthday Canada! You still look great after all these years. http://t.co/WuSYIcCh #
  • Happy Canada Day! http://t.co/SL5ZYYh9 #
  • This morning is brought to you by Timmy’s! And for the music playlist today, will all be Canadian bands. #rock http://t.co/8PFqoDh0 #
  • “Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about you and wonder what went wrong.” – @bryanadams #CanadaDay #
  • “Each time I think that the worst of it’s through, I am stopped in my tracks by some vision of you.” – @BlueRodeo #CanadaDay #
  • “And what it all comes down to is that everything’s gonna be quite alright.” – Alanis @morissette #CanadaDay #
  • “When this trouble passes over, you and I will walk away.” – Amanda Marshall #CanadaDay #
  • “Maybe you have some advice to give on how to be insensitive.” – @jannarden #CanadaDay #
  • “Don’t let your life pass you by. Weep not for the memories.” – @SarahMcLachlan #CanadaDay #
  • “Though his mind is not for rent, Don’t put him down as arrogant.” – Rush @rushtheband #CanadaDay #
  • "Who will help you write the pages in the story of your life?" – @rikemmett #CanadaDay #
  • Music lovers! – Play me on #songpop username: denofmusic
    http://t.co/THqUM6x6 #
  • You know, Kanye is my favourite Kardashian. #
  • And of course. The only time I play #songpop and somebody talks to me like it’s a frackin’ emergency. #
  • And I have this pimple inside my nose which proves that bad things happen to good people.

    It's gonna be a "great" week. #

  • – Can anybody suggest a new brand of #Tea I can try? This one I have just doesn’t cut it anymore. Thanks. #
  • I am not sure if this pimple on my forehead really is one, or I am growing horns. I hope it’s the latter. #morefun #
  • Remember today, Ty.
    Today was a great day. #tweetstomyself #
  • And to all a #goodnight #
  • “It’s time to wake up to the world in front of me.” – @kinagrannis #goodmorning #
  • This Tuesday Morning Music Playlist is brought to you by the guitar madness of @stevevai #Rock #
  • Dear Airlines. Why won’t you charge us by travel distance and not take our life savings because we want to go somewhere at last minute. #
  • “I am done sacrificing pride and dignity just to prove people wrong.” – Me #notetoself #quotes #
  • This #Dexter teaser is as sadistic as his murder scenes. #cantwait http://t.co/N79ZhCd0 #
  • I’m pretty sure my ex broke up with me because she is a secret superhero and she doesn’t want her enemies to find out and hurt me. #sweet #
  • This beauty is on sale until tomorrow. What do you guys think? http://t.co/0hkv9aze #
  • This cat doesn't care that Ron Burgundy is in a glass cage of emotion. #anchorman http://t.co/Xq3LJlRO #
  • “Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.”
    ? Bob Marley #HappyIndependenceDay #USA #
  • Pick one! And let's go! #fun http://t.co/Da8gR6xz #
  • Oh God. I can hear the tension about to break. #imscared http://t.co/msbCY6QL #
  • New rule for today. We're only gonna listen to Katy Perry's Firework song once. Deal? Ok? Okay. #
  • “The spirit of compromise. Everyone’s a little happy and miserable.” – Nancy Botwin #weeds #quotes #
  • "Ooh! Aah! Aww! Nice!" – Me practicing my fireworks viewing reactions.

    – Kidding. I'm just at home. Alone. Wallowing. #

  • Someone likes the Canadian Pilsen. http://t.co/JD914VKt #
  • Video Recording http://t.co/JNZsgzR5 #
  • Song Writing http://t.co/vpUgqJDZ #
  • Sound Advice from @kinagrannis http://t.co/pSYTGXMw
    Cc: @jojoqellis #
  • That was the first time I went blank when asked about a relationship issue. #broken #
  • Pick up the phone and call now! Time is limited.
    No, no. Not me. #
  • Any of my #Filipino friends who can hook me up with this, I will love you like zombies love brains. #pinoymemories http://t.co/nP05cGiy #
  • Happy Birthday, Big Bro! http://t.co/KSowXVeF #
  • I just found something out. If there’s something I should know. Now is the time. #shitsgoingdown #
  • “No more lies would make me believe.” – Fra Lippo Lippi #magic899 #FridayMagicMadness #
  • Check out the voice of @KatPenfold.
    A fellow Canuck with a brilliant voice. #FF #
  • Listen to the sounds of @rivalsons @Jonathan_Tyler and the @TheImagineers
    because you like great music and you are not a communist. #FF #
  • My last #songpop turn was pathetic. There’s a lot of music that I don’t know. #
  • Oh that last one was even worse. #songpop #
  • Oh I’m so doing this.
    RT @TheRealSambora: Submit your photo to my @Instagram Photo Project and help me make a video! http://t.co/TpbAwRKc #
  • This is me when I play guitar. http://t.co/A3XVmbEE #

Sound Advice

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An addition from the last post.

Here’s a tweet reply from Music Artist Kina Grannis.

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Yeah, I like being on the Tweetie.
Because of stuff like this.
People whom you’ve never met, take some time from their life
to respond to random strangers,
and without them fully knowing how it helps the other person.

I should follow her advice, eh?
She’s very good at this song writing thing.
She knows what she’s talking about.

Check out her album and you would see how amazing she is.

Oh and thanks to my friend Jojo Ellis
for introducing Kina‘s music to me.

Song Writing

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One thing I’ve never really spent much time on
is song writing.

I have always been fascinated with musical instruments.
How they blend together.
How they can be used to carefully modify songs that we know.
I like arranging them into one big musical chorus.

I have never dabbled much on song writing.
I tried. Once or twice.
But I have always been spoiled with other people
who can easily write songs and give them to me.
Then I can arrange the music or at least suggest how it should come about.

I may have an idea on how the plot of the song might be,
but I just always end up going in tangents and lose my focus to actually complete it.
Most of the time, I just get angry. Or sad.
That I just leave the whole idea and just play.

It must be so nice for these artists who can just sit down and write songs
like it’s just a normal thing to do.

I would like to be one of those someday.
I want to work at it.
And not just depend on other people’s work and ideas.

I was going through my song archives under the Originals Category,
and I came across again with one original song that me and my friends did,
and I am mighty proud of it.

It was really an idea I always had, and I pitched it to my friends, Raymund and Melvin,
and one day, I came home and they told me they worked on it.
Had the words done and a starting melody.

We worked on it, and before the day ended,
we had this song done and we started jamming.

This one is called,
If I Don’t Have You.

Maybe someday, I will get the inspiration I need,
or the heartache I may experience,
to sit down and start writing words
and could eventually turn into music.

Song Lyrics start here.
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