played it for the nth time. awesome is an understatement for this song. ?

My latest single IKAW LANG from my upcoming album ASHES TO BEAUTY! 

IKAW LANG 
Music & Lyrics by: Julianne Tarroja
Produced by: Julianne Tarroja, John Apura, Mark Escueta, Ryan Peralta
Recorded at: Birdhouse studios
Mixed & Mastered by: Angee Rozul 

LYRICS:

Dahan dahan
Bawat hakbang 
Patungo sa 
Mabuting kalagayan

Di man naiintindihan
Kung bakit kailangan
Kong daanan

Itong pag subok na iniliaan para sa'kin
Naghahanap ng kahit konting
Paghuhugutan ng lakas
Nang maalala ko
Pina-alala Mo

Ikaw lang ako tangi kong maaakbayan
Ikaw lang ang di susuko pag wala na akong paki-alam
Ikaw lang ang tangi kong gabay at ilaw ko
Ikaw lang ang kaisa-isang maaasahan ko

Alam ko 
Mahirap minsan
Magpatuloy manalig
At kumapit lalo na't
Ibinigay mo na ang lahat
Parang kulang parin
Kay rami ng tanong mo
Lahat at naka bitin

IKAW LANG (SINGLE)

It doesn’t matter what comes
just as long as you know it ain’t everything
I don’t believe in mistakes that last a life’s song
It doesn’t matter what breaks
Life will replace what you lose in a storm
With something better
Something stronger than the weather

And all I want for you is that you know
that in the hardest of hearts-
a flower can grow

It doesn’t matter who leaves
it’s all the people that stay and fight by your side that count
but forgive all the ones that left you at war
It doesn’t matter how many times you might fall
it’s all the times you get up that we all should list down
Coz that’s all that counts

And all I want for you is that you know
that in the darkest of parts-
a garden can grow

I don’t wanna be the one who fights for a side
that lives to be right
I wanna hope for life and a chance to be kind
I wanna fly in a sky where the stars are there for all that dream of light
I wanna dance all day and get lost every night, every night

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Colorful (Carlos Castano)
From Carlos Castano's compilation, "Singles"

Vocals recorded through the built-in microphone of a Lenovo A600 desktop computer
Edited and enhanced using Adobe Audition 3.0
Recorded: 08/13/16, at home

Colorful (Cover)

Colorful (Carlos Castano Cover)

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First track AND single off of #Scratch, my 4th full record
WHY/WHY NOT

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[Credits]

Written and arranged by Carlos Castaño
Guitars by Edward Enriquez
Bass by Gino Bonto
Keys/Synths by Manchos Castaño
Drums by Juno Bonto
Recorded and mixed at Colorful Music, Makati
Mastered with LANDR

[LYRICS]

You said "be honest"
And so I was with how this started
And just because
I said "I promise" that this won't change
You want an answer?
Feel the same.

Coz no one really knows what we felt that night
Don't it even show when we both touch eyes?
I don’t even think we ever got to that part 
Hand on my heart
I swear to drop guard, but

“I don’t wanna lose a friend” — 
this is how it ends
Waiting on the moment
or for our line to bend
I don’t wanna let it go
There’s just so much to know
You got to ask your question—
and then you got to go

You said "be honest"
With how I feel and how it started
and if it’s real
I said “I promise” — you asked me why
I gave my answer
You drank your wine

No one really knows what we felt that night
Don't it even show when we both touch eyes?
I don’t even think we ever got to that part 
Hand on my heart
I swear to drop guard, but

“I don’t wanna lose a friend” — 
this is how it ends
Waiting on the moment
or for our line to bend
I don’t wanna let it go
There’s just so much to know
You got to ask your question—
and then you got to go

So why or why not?
But then you gotta go

Just make it all right, lie on the sheets of desire
I designed with your lips on my mind
And take it outright, all of my poetry— 
I’m willing to sing it again
But I don’t wanna lose a friend

“I don’t wanna lose a friend” — 
this is how it ends
Waiting on the moment
or for our line to bend
I don’t wanna let it go
There’s just so much to know
You got to ask your question—
and then you got to go

So why or why not?
But then you gotta go
"I don't wanna lose a friend..."

WHY/WHYNOT

this is out on Spotify! 
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Pec9WH7ptuHBwXV15ZdiE

Written by Jaren Ladia
Produced by Carlos Castano and Jaren Ladia 
Recorded at Colorful Music, Guijo, Makati

No More

Too much of a good thing is still too much. NAKS.

She got those hips, those candy lips
She know all that it's about
With every time she opens her mouth
She got that smile, those danger eyes
For every time she says her part
she takes a bite off every heart
Lights in her hair, without a care
She do it good to every room
By bein' an amazing view
And all the boys do stare
when both her hands oh hit the air
I swear I took my time,
learning lines on the side

She takes the cake in the better of ways

I can't fake it-
every other word it just gets worse
Fillin' up the cup with "just my luck"
bailing out like it's my thing
And every other song I write, I sing
"I promise I'll stop"
I swear that I'm done
with this cookie butter then another runnin' from love

She's got that laugh that gets you bad
Takes you for a ride outside, gets you dancing on a line
She's got that look straight out from a book
Far from what I been used to,
something so light 
and something new

Cookie Butter feat. The Metro Fantastic Horn Section

CARLOS CASTANO is an independent musician, singer, and songwriter from Manila. He released his first album City Light Soundtrack in 2010 and has released four records in total- Permanence in 2012, an EP in 2012 too, and The End in 2013. Having played over 20 international shows and festivals, busked on different city streets, and worked with the best, he's insisted that there's still so much left to do & is currently in the studio for his 4th album and an EP.

The latest single JAPAN is on his Facebook Page.

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