Contemporary blues fusion, folk influences, world music elements
Acoustic fingerpicking guitar, organic looping layers, vintage suitcase percussion, produced with AI

Weathered Hands

Dito Lang

Hindi mapakali
Di makapahinga ang gising na damdamin
Sa lalim ng gabi
Tinig na naririnig, sadyang nagsasabing 

Hindi alam ang gagawin
Sa bukas na darating 
Hanggang kailan mananatiling mag-isa?

Tulog na giliw ko
Ako'y nandito, laging nandito lang
Tulog na giliw ko
Ako'y nandito, laging nandito lang

Ningning ng mga bituin
Liwanag ng gabi, sa buwan nanggagaling
Nais kong magising 
Nang 'di nag-iisa at ikaw ang kapiling

Kapit lang, giliw ko
Nandito lang naman ako
Paggising mo, hindi ka na mag-iisa
Wag mangamba 

Tulog na giliw ko
Ako'y nandito, laging nandito lang
Tulog na giliw ko
Ako'y nandito, laging nandito lang ako

Tulog na giliw ko
Ako'y nandito, laging nandito lang
Tulog na giliw ko
Ako'y nandito, laging nandito lang

Tulog na giliw ko
Ako'y nandito, laging nandito lang
Tulog na giliw ko
Ako'y nandito, laging nandito lang ako

Tulog na giliw ko
(Tulog na giliw ko)
Ako'y, nandito, laging nandito lang...

Dito Lang (Acoustic Version)

Meaningful Silence (solo)

Do You Want To Be Mine (solo)

Performed LIVE on Fresh Filter Studio Sessions on July 7, 2016

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recorded & mixed by Allan Confiado

Apartel - "Better Off"

JULY 16, 2019 just making this public now for the band lol hope no one notices

She is a girl I met one January noon
Borrowed some books and said that I’d return them soon
When she asked about them I couldn’t find the words to say
I’ve never read a page until this day

Please be careful
You’ll be careful
Won’t you
Do be careful
Don’t you dare fall for words like these

I won’t dare to make a move
No I won’t dare to make a move

She is a girl who’s made of sugar more than spice
And, by some lovely accident, everything nice
She’s wise beyond her years. It’s in her soul, it’s in her name.
She’s clumsy and childlike all the same.

Please be careful
You’ll be careful won’t you
Do be careful
Don’t you dare fall for words like these

I won’t dare to make a move
No I won’t dare to make a move

Keep this story in a bottle
Throw it out into the sea
It could sink under the water
Or find its way to you and me
And by God if it’s the latter
Then maybe then maybe
Just maybe...

She was a poet who was barefoot on stage
Saw her December under starlight and the rain
I am a troubadour, my feet were meant to roam
But when I heard her voice I longed for home

She (draft)

A rush project, finished right on time. Happy birthday, mother!

Lovely As A Flower

special thanks to my guitar, my cat, my family, my bed, my electric fan, and my phone.

reassurance.

d. i. a  (orginal & demo ver)

Verse I:
I know of a place
That's not on a map yet exists 
Where I find relief, where I find my peace 
A sanctuary behind the screens

Pre-chorus:
In this virtual space, I find
My escape to solace
In this virtual space, I find
My serenity and bliss

Chorus:
My little slice of paradise
My safest place in my lowest time
I go online, all the time
I go online, all the time

Verse II:
Unfamiliar voices, unfamiliar faces
All perfect strangers 
in a world without matter 
My company in the lonely hour

Bridge:
Distance matters but it never does here
Fears & joys, all shared in the screens
Secret thoughts, worries & dreams
Safely remained behind the scenes

A song I wrote for my online friends. 
Credits to Josh Callueng for helping me with the title 🙋‍♀️

Connect to Disconnect (Original)

It’s been a rough year, and it might take longer for some of us but it’ll all be alright at some point.

Yūgen Sundae - It Will Be Alright [Demo}

Hi guys! I've run out of minutes! if you want to hear more of my original songs, check out my solo project: https://soundcloud.com/skeptictankph

You can also check out my band: https://soundcloud.com/the-ridleys

Lovely As A Flower

Benny Manaligod