       This song I wrote back in 2000 and it's another one of the first songs Charle and I recorded together. Written during my bachelor mid-life crisis phase when I was in between marriages. Needless to say I was feeling alone and blue during that time but even worse than that, I was bluer than blue!? So that made me Blue Blue! I rocked out on this one a bit in the solos and Charlie sang it very well, I double-tracked his voice, and I think Charlie played some harmonica on this one too! I had my old recorder so please forgive the quality. The video is brand new, I put it together last month and played around with colors and strobes, so be careful if strobing effects bother you. The video will drop on March 1st.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/C8SF28zQGTk

 I like my lyrics here, they are very simple but to the point and I think it sounds ok. It's actually a very fast uplifting song with a kind of anxious lyrics behind it, so whenever you're blue just remember that I used to be Blue Blue! ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼  

“BLUE, BLUE"

MAYBE I’M PARANOID OR A LITTLE BIT OFF TRACK,   
CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE,   
IF YOU’RE EVER COMING BACK,

I KNOW IT’S FOOLISH AND IT MAY SEEM IMMATURE,   
BUT THIS FEELIN’ OF EMPTINESS,  
FILLS ME EACH TIME THAT YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR,
         
I’M BLUE, BLUE,          
AS THE SKY IS, 
BLUE, BLUE,             
AS THE OCEAN,         
BLUE, BLUE,         
WHAT I’M FEELIN’ EVERY SECOND I’M WITHOUT YOU,
      
I KNOW I’M CRAZY WITH A THOUGHTLESS JEALOUS HEART,             
AND I TEND TO OVERREACT,   
WHEN YOU DON’T CALL AND TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE,   

MAYBE I’M INSECURE AND IT HURTS ME WHEN YOU’RE GONE,     
BUT ALL I DO KNOW FOR SURE,               
IS THAT WITHOUT YOU THERE’S NO NEED IN GOING ON, 
   
I’M BLUE, BLUE,         
AS THE SKY IS, 
BLUE, BLUE,         
AS THE OCEAN,        
BLUE, BLUE,         
WHAT I’M FEELIN’ EVERY SECOND I’M WITHOUT YOU,
I'M BLUE.
                                          
BY JIM VALDES © 2000

"BLUE, BLUE" (Video - https://youtu.be/C8SF28zQGTk)

      This is a brand new video that's dropping on YouTube later tonight!.  I finished it last week and couldn't wait to see what you guys think about it, so please watch the video after listening because without the video the sound effects make no sense and neither does the song! It's an instrumental piece and was part of the song "She Rescues Me" that I had to edit out of the song due to it being too long, so here are the sections that I edited out. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/70LHA6YNi6Q

     It's one of my space adventures videos and I'll leave it up to the viewer to make sense of it!😂 It's pretty long at over 6 minutes but stay with it because it's pretty cool! I threw a ton of special effects at it, both video and audio, and most of it is in 4K, which absorbed lots of memory and it was very time-consuming to put together! Crank it up and watch it on a big screen TV for a mind-blowing experience. I love astronomy and Sci-Fi films, so periodically I'll post one of my Space Videos along my songs, so climb aboard and let's trip the cosmos together! Thanks for listening & watching and I hope you enjoy it and remember this before lift off: "Turn off your mind, Relax, and Float downstream...." 🙏😎🙃🖖

"SHE RESCUES ME AGAIN" (Video - https://youtu.be/70LHA6YNi6Q)

This song I wrote back in 2010 and it's about failed relationships. I don't remember much about the song, it wasn't personal or anything like that, I think Charlie said something about politicians only giving us "Pretty Words & Empty Promises" and I liked that title so later that week I wrote this song. I wanted it to be bittersweet sounding, I was trying to express in music what a broken heart may sound like if it could sing. Charlie really did a good job on this one. One of my prettiest melodies and saddest lyrics. The video follows the lyrics pretty closely and is fairly new, I think I finished it up in March of this year. This is the audio track from the video so you'll hear noises like a pop and such but you'll have to watch the video to see why! I hope everyone enjoys it! Here's the link:

VIDEO -  https://youtu.be/dLnYFR4oB78

There is never any A.I. ever used in the recording of any of my songs, it's just me and my heart, and Charlie singing it beautifully! Sorry about the clunky piano playing, I'm not a pianist! Thanks for listening and supporting me. It means a lot! Take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“PRETTY WORDS AND EMPTY PROMISES”

YOU BROKE MY HEART WITH THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID,   
IT PAINS ME STILL TO REMEMBER THEM,   
AND EVERY NOW AND AGAIN I DO,
                  
YOU HELD MY WORLD IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND,  
THE ENDLESS LOVE THAT YOU OFFERED ME, 
WAS TO FOREVER BE UNTRUE,
  
SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON,      
JUST WHO’S TO BLAME IS HARD TO SAY,      
LOVE CAN BE A CRUEL GAME TO PLAY,

YOUR PRETTY WORDS AND EMPTY PROMISES, 
WILL HAUNT ME UNTIL THE DAY I DIE,  
AND I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD?

SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON,      
JUST WHO’S TO BLAME IS HARD TO SAY,        
LOVE CAN BE A CRUEL GAME TO PLAY,

YOUR PRETTY WORDS AND EMPTY PROMISES,   
WILL HAUNT ME UNTIL THE DAY I DIE, 
AND I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD?   
NO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD?

BY JIM VALDES © 2010

"PRETTY WORDS AND EMPTY PROMISES"

Here's a song and video that's a bit of a change of pace, a crazy gangster story song from my album "Unhinged" that I recorded back in 2019. A totally made up this rock song and it has a nice riff. This is NOT one of my love songs!😂 It follows these insane bank robbers with serious mental problems! I wanted to make like a little action movie for this song. I'm always trying to make my songs into little films!😁. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/o7xeuezg1oQ

    The video is new and took several days to finish since I had so many clips to edit together! I really tried to follow the song as close as I could and I even added a clip from an old Yosemite Sam cartoon of the 40's for comic relief!😂 I had a blast creating the video and I hope everyone enjoys it. It's a bit violent but most action films are! Take a peak if you dare! Thanks for listening and hopefully watching and take care!🙏😎✌🏼

“SWEATIN' BULLETS"

I'M DISTURBED, SLIGHTLY TOUCHED, 
MAYBE I THINK A BIT TOO MUCH,
ALWAYS RUN WHEN I SHOULD CRAWL,  
WHEN I'M PUSHED, I CHOKE AND STALL,       
I'M CRACKED, SOMEWHAT ASKEW,
ALL MY LINES A BIT OFF CUE, 
ALWAYS SMILE WHEN I SHOULD CRY, 
WANNA QUIT WHEN I SHOULD TRY,

I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
DON’T SHOOT ME PLEASE, I’M ON MY KNEES,
BEGGING FOR SYMPATHY,  
I'M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
IT AIN’T NO FUN, CRYIN’ INTO YOUR GUN,
NOW I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS AT YOUR FEET,
                  
I'M UNCLEAR, THOUGHTS OBSCURE,
WILL THEY EVER FIND ME A CURE, 
I STOP DEAD WHEN I SHOULD GO, GO, GO,
CAN'T SEEM TO OVERCOME THE FLOW,
DISTURBED, WHO'S TO SAY?
DOCTORS ALWAYS IN THE WAY,       
MEDICATION IN MY BRAIN, 
WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT, I WANNA RAIN!           
           
I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
DON’T SHOOT ME PLEASE, I’M ON MY KNEES,
BEGGING FOR SYMPATHY,  
I'M SWEATIN' BULLETS, SWEATIN' BULLETS,
IT AIN’T NO FUN, CRYIN’ INTO YOUR GUN,
NOW I’M SWEATIN' BULLETS AT YOUR FEET,
                                          
BY JIM VALDES © 2019

"SWEATIN' BULLETS" (Video - https://youtu.be/o7xeuezg1oQ)

OK, this is a very weird novelty song about literally nothing! No hidden meanings or words of wisdom here. Just a nice little old timey jazzy instrumental that had lyrics at one time but I discarded them and just made a video using the instrumental track. What inspired me to write this song was a silent short film I watched that was made in 1907 called "The Dancing Pig". It's on YouTube so watch it, it's about 5 minutes long and it is very creepy! It's a French film and it's about this woman that dances with this animatronic pig. She humiliates the pig and then he enacts his revenge by eating her offstage?? The pig is a giant puppet, being controlled by several people and is really quite remarkable, to say the least! It's amazing that it was filmed in 1907 and is so eerie and creepy! So I basically just added some of the footage in the video and called the song "Salty Bacon". 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/Olkp1xz_VLw

I played the banjo on this one and gave it a very old fashioned jazzy style to it! I did play a mean hard rock lead guitar and some funky keyboards on this song, I tried to mix some rock in with an old style jazzy tune. I think it worked! The video is about nothing, I just edited any random clips together that I came across. The video didn't take too long to make, about a day only, quite different from the "Sweatin' Bullets" video that took about a week! So I hope you all enjoy my novelty song and video but don't partake too much in the Salty Bacon, it's bad for your health!😂 Thanks for watching and take care everyone!✌🏼😎🙏

"SALTY BACON" (Video - https://youtu.be/Olkp1xz_VLw)

Hi everybody, my name is Jim and I’m a songwriter, I've written over 300 songs, I play guitar, bass, piano, and am a pretty good lyricist.  I play all types of music and have my own recording studio.  I use no A.I. or DAW or any computers to make my songs, all the instruments are played by me live on a multitrack studio recorder and Charlie, my vocalist, sings most of my songs and also plays the Harmonica on several tracks. I'm not a pro or a great musician but I do what I can with the tools that I have! I belong to the "Keep Humans In Music Movement" (KHMM)! Thanks everyone for listening and the world needs more music now, real music made by HUMANS not MACHINES! So let's all sing a song with our own voices, please! If anyone wants to collaborate, I am more than willing to do so and help write music or lyrics with any artists here on SoundCloud! Take care!👍😎✌🏼.

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