Cara Manglapus - Sunday Morning (Maroon 5 Cover) ft. Joseph Albert guitar

Cara Manglapus - Across the Universe (Beatles Cover) ft. Joseph Albert guitar

Cara Manglapus - Valerie (Amy Winehouse Cover)

Just having a little fun with Davey Langit's acoustic guitar rendition of the great Sting classic, Englishman in New York

Cara Manglapus - Englishman in New York (Sting Cover) ft. Davey Langit guitar

*** earphones for better quality ***

IS IT POSSIBLE (Peace Song)
 
Is it possible,
After you’ve slapped your neighbor,
To offer him your hand?
 
Is it possible,
After you’ve knocked him down,
To pull him back to stand?
        
Is it possible,
After you’ve slapped your neighbor,
His hurt you may regret
Or you may have knocked him down so hard
His own Good he may forget;
 
You can cure his body
Change his mind or stir it,
But what are we to do about his spirit?
 
Is it possible
To stop and understand
Instead of striking high?
There is really nothing much left for us to do
But try  
But try
 
(blues guitar solo)
 
You can cure his body
Change his mind or stir it,
But what are we to do about his spirit?
 
Is it possible
To start to understand
And ask your neighbor why
There is really nothing much left for us to do
But try
But try
 
Is it possible? 

Original Composition by Francis Manglapus
Vocal Arrangement by Cara Manglapus
Lyrics rewritten by Cara Manglapus as inspired by Raul Manglapus's original play "Yanky Panky'

Is It Possible - Cara Manglapus Original Demo

Listen with earphones! Original lyrics and "hiphop jazz rap" vocal arrangement. Thanks to Justin de Guzman of Deeper Manila for creating the beat and Pat Sarabia for the hookup. It's not the best computer mixdown ever tho coooz I suck at sampling but it's just a demo and I just really liked JDG's track :) 

BODY LANGUAGE

What more can you say, that I can’t hear, in your eyes, 
When your words push me away, it’s that fear that I despise.

Your ears digest the sorrow in the sentences I sew, 
As your lips punch out the painful words that you have “got to go.”

Your feet, they take you places, but they also stop to think, 
If your lungs could hold the aftermath, my heart would cease to blink,

So you so spin in my direction, hold me closely with your stare, 
Let your hands do all the talking while my head comes up for air.

Your fingers taste the saltiness that trickles down my spine 
As I’m towed by a familiar pull, the scent that you’re still mine.

Mmmm still mine 
Mmmm still mine

We could dance in this dilemma, throw all caution to the wind, 
Let human nature take its course and tell the father we have sinned,

But you, of us, the wiser, know from ready we are far, 
And you couldn’t bear the thought of leaving my heart with a scar;

So our bodies mirror images of ghostly lullabies, 
As we sift through all our memories in search of compromise.

As I inhale all the worry that is drawn across your face, 
You say perfect is a far-off dream, a dream you wish to chase.

(break)

Baby, I don’t need no perfection 
I just need to see you smile, 
We can sit here, sober, 
knowing things are okay for a while.

The mind’s unrest, unrest, uneasy having not heard that you care, 
Though your body language says it, 
what’s the point of this affair?

If you never drop that armor, say those words and say them pure, 
Then we’ll find ourselves right back here again and never know for sure.

When your candor breaks the silence in a whisper so divine, 
Then I’m pulled by that familiar tow, 
the scent that you are mine.


Body Language - Cara Manglapus JDG demo

*listen with earphones or good speakers to hear the bass line*
*no pitch-correction, autotune, or added reverb*

Words & vocal arrangement: Cara Manglapus
Music: Justin de Guzman

GONE

I would love for you to love me
Make me feel like I’m the only thing that matters to you
Tell me that I’m irreplaceable
Tell me that I am yours and yours alone

I would love for you to love me
Just pretend that we are the only two in the room 

Take my hand, baby
Tell me you can’t stand to live without me
'Cause I would love for you to hold me like you’d die without my kiss
But maybe you just don’t see how much of me you’d be miss
-ing if I’m gone

I would love for you to love me
See I’d to anything to make you want me too
‘Cause I would love to let you love me if you only wanted to,
Constant, unconditional, that’s all I’d ask of you

I would love for you to believe me
When I tell you that all really I want is you

Take my hand, baby
Tell me you can’t stand to live without me
I would love for you to hold me like you’d die without my kiss
But maybe you just don’t see how much of me you’d be miss
-ing if I’m gone

Gone - Cara Manglapus JDG (original demo)

Random a capella on the built-in laptop recorder

Fly Me To The Moon A Capella

A laid-back, feel-good tune written with a great friend, guitarist, bassist, Jay Arguelles. Looking for a trumpet sessionista for this one!
Vocal Arrangement/Lyrics: Cara
Musical Production: Jay Arguelles

Sunrise (Thinking of Me) - Cara Manglapus (JA) original demo

Had some spare time and a great song stuck in my head... a little vocal layering just for fun :)

The Way You Make Me Feel MJ Cover

live rehearsal
Bass - Xtine Mercado
Keys - Alex Salva
Drums - Bec Silverio
Alto Sax - Nicole Tejedor

CARA - Moondance (live)

*earphones on* Cara Manglapus (lead vocal), Alex Salva (keys, backing vocal), Christine Mercado (bass, backing vocal), Anabec Silverio (drums)


Midnight At The Oasis (studio rehearsal)

One of the best jazz songs ever written! *earphones on* Cara Manglapus (vocal), Alex Salva (keyboard), Christine Mercado (bass), Anabec Silverio (drums)

Lullaby of Birdland (live studio)

French jazz circa 1947 - LOVE Eartha Kitt, so playful and sultry! *earphones on* Cara Manglapus (lead vocals), Alex Salva (piano, backing vocals), Xtine Mercado (bass, backing vocals), Anabec Silverio (drums)



C'est Si Bon 1947 (live studio recording)

LIVE recorded during last night's GIG! First time for me and my band to play this all together, but we all love this song, rock on! :) 

Change the World (Eric Clapton Cover) LIVE - CARA and the J.A.S. Band

Wandering singer, drunk on jazz. Vocalist in search of a sound... 

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