My Dad was not a great Dad.
He had his faults.
He had his weaknesses.
He made mistakes.
We had our own little fights.
Or big fights. Lots of big fights.

But I must admit,
flawed as he may be.
He did step up and helped me
when I needed him most.

My Dad was not a great Dad.
To me, he was awesome.

Someday, my son and I will have our own arguments.
Our own little tiffs.
But someday, I would like to be there for him,
when he too, needs me most.

I miss my old man right now,
and it really, really sucks.

Father And Son - (Cover)

It's my Birthday today and I just remembered this song. My cover of a Paul Gilbert tune. A song that's very fun to play.

Older Guy - (Cover)

From blog post - 
https://www.denofmusic.com/songs-added/another-song-added-once-again
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One of my personal favourite 80’s OPM songs.
(Original Pilipino Music)

As cheesy as it sounds,
you can not deny the beauty of the songs from old.

Of course they have a certain nostalgia effect to my generation.

I wasn’t really planning on posting this,
But someone actually told me a very good point
on why I should.

I couldn’t tell you what it was,
because I don’t want the secret out
and other people might steal my ideas.

And judging from my past,
I now keep all my ideas to myself.

I have great ideas all the time.
But people steal them and profit from it.

You know that
Two all beef patties, special sauce,
lettuce, cheese, pickles,
onions on a sesame seed bun?

Totally my idea.

And then I met a clown.

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Once Again - (Cover)

Here’s another project my good friend Jojo and I did.
I never really knew this one until she told me to give it a listen.

The words of this song are so inspirational and uplifting.
It is perfect for people who have doubts in their life.

We all tend to worry what our destination would be
that we often forget about the actual journey.

Or whatever people would think if we did not accomplish what is expected of us, that we deny our own interest just to please other people.

I think this song is a perfect example of that.

This reminds me of that old saying,
“It’s not about if you win or lose, it’s how you place the blame.”

No wait!
Play the game!
I meant “Play the game.”

Anyway,
My sincerest thanks to Jojo
for providing the voice on this one.

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The Climb

Yes, I covered a Manilow.
I don’t care what you say, but Barry is one hell of a songwriter.
An amazing talent and voice to boot.
This is the first time I recorded a song
using Garageband. And I am still learning lots from it.



Somewhere Down The Road - (2012 Cover)

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I LOVE YOU
Words and music by (Bro.) Mike Lapid
Cover by - Ty Martell

I love you,
'Cause that's just what I am.
I could never turn away from you, and leave you all alone.
Yes, I love you.
Though you have gone your way.
I could never leave you all alone and leave you way behind.

Refrain 1:
Though you weigh no more than dust,
placed on a scale, you rise.
Though your worth is just as much as sand,
I love you just the same.
I am love, I am love.

Refrain 2:
Though your sins be dark as scarlet,
I will turn them white as snow.
Though your sins be red as crimson,
They mean nothing more to me.
For I made you and you're meant for me,
for all eternity.
I have loved you, Yes I love you.
I'll always will love you.

I love you,
'Cause that's just what I am.
I could never show you greater love than lay my life for you.
Yes, I love you.
What more proof do you ask?
Show me any love that's greater than 
the love I've shown to you.

I Love You

http://www.denofmusic.com/songs-added/new-song-added-burning-flame

Burning Flame - (Cover)

http://www.denofmusic.com/songs-added/new-song-added-maybe-im-a-leo

Maybe I'm A Leo - (Cover)

I wanted to play this on the piano,
but my fingers wouldn’t work with me at all.
So, I did it all on Guitar.

http://www.denofmusic.com/songs-added/new-song-added-22

Be My Number Two - (Cover)

My ultimate Canadian Song Cover. Happy #CanadaDay!

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Heaven - (Cover)

Here’s my pathetic attempt
on this classic guitar tune by Eric Johnson.
I hope you like it.
Please do.
At least for pity.
It took me a month to learn this.
And another month to record it in one take.

And, I'm seeing him in concert tonight!

Cliffs Of Dover - (Ty Martell COVER)

Here’s a little thing I covered for the Holidays.
I chose this one and not other traditional songs
because this song gives a message to Believe.

Christmas and its spirit is fading.
Hope and Joy are hard to come by
in these trying times.

Here’s something that made me remember that
even at times of darkness and of grief,
there might still be hope yet.

We just have to believe.

Ghosts On Christmas Eve - (Cover)

Sending a very Happy Birthday to my dearest friend, @herschelle-adrineda for being the most awesome of awesome. Here's one of your favourites. The song, not my cover, but still. My very best wishes to you! - Ty

She's Always A Woman To Me - (Cover)

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

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If I Don't Have You (Original)

Blues in E Major

ESL Posse

I did this one years ago, trying out some new strings.

Gm Blues

An old Filipino tune. 
Acoustic collaboration with my friend, Maita Toral on Rhythm guitar. 

High School

Did this in 2007.
I realized, that the only way for me
To keep on going
is to pick up the pieces
and play some music.

So here’s a little bit of Jazz-Rock.

Pick Up The Pieces - (Cover)

Year after year,
on May 1st,
I always have this song in my head.
It’s by the legendary Bee Gees.
One of my favourite music artists of all time.
(Voice, all Instruments and percussion arrangements – Ty Martell)


First of May - (Cover)

Music by – The Jets
Voice by – Jojo Ellis
All instruments and percussion arrangement – Ty Martell

*Thanks to Maita and her Mac for mixing Jojo’s voice to my music.

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