BRIGHTER DAYS

Written, Performed, Produced & Mixed by Pete Rubissow - 2024

Brighter Days
I see brighter days
On their way
I see brighter days ahead

With skies of blue
And dreams come true
For me and you
I see brighter days ahead

All the trouble we’ve been through
Has taken a toll on me and you
So let’s drive out of town tonight
We’ll drive through the dark to the light
I want to get lost in your arms
Again.

Brighter days
I need brighter days
Warm sunny rays
To make us smile and laugh again

All the troubles that we’ve been through
Have taken a toll on me and you
So let’s drive out of town tonight
We’ll drive through the dark to the morning light
I want to get lost in your arms
Again.

Sunlight
Sunlight
Fuck the clouds and the rain
I want sunshine again
Stuck in black and in blue
I’m so tired of the gloom
I want SUN.

Words & Music by Pete Rubissow
Copyright © 2024 Peter George Rubissow ASCAP
All Rights Reserved - LaRoRu Music ASCAP

Brighter Days

WHEELS UP

•Vocals - Ella Cea

•Written, Arranged, Engineered & Produced by Pete Rubissow
•Keyboards, beats, synthesizers, Logic programming -  Pete Rubissow
•Mixed by Pete Rubissow
•Mastered by (the one and only) Hans DeKline

Copyright © 2024 Peter George Rubissow ASCAP
All rights reserved - LaRORU Publishing ASCAP

Image: Vadim Borkin

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WHEELS UP - full lyrics

Wheels up
I'm in the air
On my way
to somewhere I can be quiet
and try to make sense
of everything we've been through

Pushing up
through the clouds
I feel your gravity
trying to pull me
Back down to you, love.

Exactly why
It had to end
I can't say yet
I only know
I had to get away
to get some perspective

It wasn't working anymore
Someone had to pull the cord.
So I did.
For me and you.

WHEELS up
I’m free now
I’m flying
Crying high in the sky
leaving you behind

WHEELS up
Trusting my instincts
Telling me to
Fly away
and find my way back home

I just want to understand
everything that's added up
to this ending
(a new beginning?)

We both knew it was time
And I’m sad and afraid
But my tears aren’t bitter.
They’re strangely sweet.

WHEELS up
I’m free now
I’m flying
crying high in the sky
leaving you behind

WHEELS up
Just trusting my instincts
Telling me to
Let you go
and find my way back home

Exactly why
It had to end
I can't say yet
I only know
Just had to get away
Get perspective
Freshen up my head.

It wasn’t working anymore
Someone had to pull the cord.
Instincts told me what to do
And now I’m flying away from you.

I think I did it gracefully
With love and generosity
Instead of rage instead of hate
I took responsibility

But all the pain and fear I feel
Are strong enough to make me doubt.
You’ll hate me for this baby  
But my wheels are up
I have to trust

You’ll be OK
But I’m so scared
I’m so afraid
So unprepared                           

When I touch down
When I’m back home
I’ll wanna call you on the phone

But I won’t do it
I’ll steel myself
I got to let this happen

My wheels are up
And now I’m free
I pulled the cord
I’ll just believe in love.

WHEELS UP  (feat. Ella Cea) -Single

In Flight by Steven Vitali
Produced, Arranged, and Composed by Steven Vitali
Published by Warner Chappell Music and Dream Music Publishing
Single Released by MGM Records Hollywood 

First released on Steven Vitali's Debut Chart-topping album, "Come Dream With Me."

Number 32 on the TOP 40 - RPM Toronto, Canada
Come Dream With Me album Number 1 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

In Flight

In Flight by Steven Vitali
Composed, Produced, and Arranged by Steven Vitali

Movie Soundtrack - "Come Fly With Us"
"Those Magnificient Snowbirds"

Published by Warner Chappell Music and Dream Music Publishing
First released by Warner Chappell Music/ Dream Music Publishing, Enigma, and Capitol Records. (1989)

2024 Album Released by MGM Records Hollywood 
Published by Warner Chappell Music and Dream Music Publishing 

This album was Steven Vitali's debut release. 
It was a massive success for Vitali and was charted in Toronto, Canada, at number 32 on the top 40, and also soared to number 1 in Ottawa, Canada.

Steven Vitali is an award-winning, artist, and composer. In 2016 he moved to Los Angeles to further develop his career as a score composer. 

Famous for his profoundly inspiring tunes and dramatic compositions. In terms of arranging music and creating his trademark theme music, he is credited by critics with having established a very high bar. Vitali has won several accolades all around the world for his work in music, film scoring, film directing, and screenwriting.

Steven Vitali is of French, Italian, and, one-quarter German descent. This multidimensional instrumentalist was born June 21st, on the first day of summer and Father's Day, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Steven Vitali is extremely proud of his French Canadian, American, and Italian heritage and credits both the Italian cities of Fano and Pesaro with greatly inspiring him as a composer. 

Steven first played music in the orchestra at St. Timothy's Catholic School. At an early age, Steven enjoyed participating in public speaking and classroom school drama. He particularly remembers playing the character role of a pizza maker where he performed in the library and sang for family, friends, and teachers. And it was here at St. Timothy's a school that Steven got a taste of acting and received his first taste of orchestral arranging.

Steven Vitali was initially musically inspired after seeing an orchestra perform the "Nutcracker Suite" ballet, cementing his desire to compose his own music. Although Steven Vitali was mainly self-taught as a composer, his musical training began in grade school, where he played the trumpet and French horn. He took the principles he learned a step further and knew that songwriting was what he wanted to do.

Steven Vitali's music has been represented by such companies as, Sony Music, Capitol Records, Warner/Chappell Music Canada, Warner Bros., and Koch. 

In 1995 Steven Vitali was inducted into the Canadian Snowbirds Hall of Fame as an Honorary Snowbird in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the Canadian Snowbirds flying team.

Vitali's masterful music is built on a romantic structure. It is all at once lyrical, rhythmical, and harmonically opulent. Vitali is a composer, arranger, and performer, equally at home writing for radio, the concert hall, and, for film and television.

As a young boy, Steven received his first piano as a gift from a generous neighbor, who perhaps intuitively recognized his musical desires. Thus began his inspirational journey of musical expression. In Steven Vitali's quest to find new sounds he truly relates and refers to the statement made by the late, John Cage who wrote, "My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write: I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard."

Steven's musical arrangements convey imagination and emotion which evoke a sense of passion, excitement, and romanticism. He is able to integrate this into his personal style in a remarkable manner. Vitali's music is a unique blend of virtually all styles, often merging popular and classical styles.

On July 9th, 2025, Steven Vitali was chosen by his peers to join the Recording Academy's 2025 New Member Class - a bold, diverse
collective of creators who are shaping the Academy and music
industry at-large. Steven Vitali accepted this incredible honor.

As a member, Steven Vitali will now have the opportunity to:

Celebrate his peers' achievements throughout the GRAMMY
Awards process, spotlighting excellence across every genre and
community.

I'm honored to join the Recording Academy's 2025 New Member Class - an inspiring global community of creators and professionals who are shaping the future of music.

As a member, I now have a voice in the GRAMMY Awards process and a platform to advocate for our industry, support my peers, and grow in my own journey.

What makes the Academy strong is its diversity of genres, experiences, and voices. I'm excited to contribute my perspective and help champion musical excellence around
the world.

Love,
Steven Vitali

COMPOSER REVIEW

Rebecca Topping Janelli

If Steven was living in Another time, his compositions could be compared to Mozart or Vivaldi. The seemingly complex yet delicate tapestry Vitali weaves transports listeners to a safe and romantic place. A place where life is completely beautiful. Full of grace, light, and harmony. Where the listener can feel Vitali’s inspiration for a world carefree. Where there are no borders,
biases, and strife. Where one can feel anxiety and worry melt away. A vacation into sheer perfection, interpreted by each individual regardless of nationality or spoken language.

Vitali is a composer whose music will last and appeal for generations. Just as the classic great composers before him, the genius of his musical gifts will last forever.

I'm a NorCal based Songwriter, Record Producer, Composer and Guitarist.

This is the place to hear all the songs & music I write & produce.

I write music in the Pop/Rock/Electronic realm and sometimes crossover into other genres for fun. I also score movies from time to time. 

Besides writing and releasing my own songs, I produce and develop rising Pop and Indie Rock artists. 

My musical influences are broad. In no particular order I would say: My pianist father Georges Rubissow, Chopin, Butch Vig, The Beatles, Underworld, Miles Davis, Elliot Smith, Garbage, Caetano Veloso, Earth Wind & Fire, LTJ Bukem, Ennio Morricone, Santana, Radiohead, William Orbit, Brian Eno, Shania Twain, Prince, Gypsy Kings, The Pretenders, Mutt Lange, Pink Floyd, Hans Zimmer, Digital Underground, Sting, Beethoven, Neil Young, Herbie Hancock, Caravan Palace, Norah Jones, Michael Jackson, Elvis Costello, Keith Urban, Kayhan Kalhour, Allison Krauss, Pat Metheny Group, Foo Fighters, Pop, Rock & Electronic music in general and countless loud rock and dance shows.

Whatever the music is, I want it to be in my face. It doesn’t have to be loud. It has to be real. I want it to be full of emotional power and to bravely show it. I want to feel it.

An American/Canadian, I grew up in Berkeley, California and then in rural Devon England during the 70s. I played violin as a kid, but at age 13 I suddenly announced I was dropping violin to take up guitar instead. 

As a young guitarist I was amazed by the sheer power of Led Zeppelin, Boomtown Rats and BB King. I taught myself all their songs by ear from listening to cassette tapes over and over and over again late at night - driving my mom and sister absolutely mad.

My Dad was a physicist/pianist and through him I developed a keen appreciation of Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven’s piano works. I memorized the melodies of their famous etudes, preludes and sonatas as I fell asleep hearing my Dad play them downstairs at night.

My sister loves Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Commodores, Chicago, Marvin Gaye & Aretha Franklin. And through our home stereo system I discovered all kinds of amazing music in my sister's collection of LPs.

My mother enjoys straight-ahead Jazz and Be Bop, as well as show tunes. I must have heard My Fair Lady 20,000 times. Jesus Christ Superstar also. Musical Theater is where some of the best and most creative music is being made.

Mom took me to my first Jazz shows and to plays in London's West End and I got completely hooked on Jazz, particularly hard-bop and fusion.

After high school I attended Berklee College of Music and focused on Guitar, Arranging and Composition.

Later, while living in Los Angeles I began writing and performing my own intensely melodic pop and alternative songs at clubs all over town. I also scored several indie films and documentaries. In the 90s, KCRW FM was the first to add and play my music in eclectic rotation.

Then I took a big detour working a couple decades in the wine business which is also a love and family passion. Though I am no longer a Wine Producer, I still consult in the wine world while working as a Music Producer.

I’m always listening to what’s new and how artists and producers are crafting their sound and authenticity.

I write drafts of most of my music in my head or on guitar first, and then work it all out by recording rough tracks & beats in Logic and then gradually addiing, subtracting layers to find sounds and feelings that work.

All musicians are much more diverse than their recordings tell you. As musicians our influences help inspire who we are, but in the end, our own authentic voice is unique and may not sound anything like the music and artists we love most.

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