  Howdy everybody, hope all is well with everyone and the Christmas spirit is starting to creep up on you! This song will begin my Christmas themed songs for the remainder of the year! This song is a very odd Christmas song, it was written during Christmas of 2021, the first Christmas during the pandemic! It's about how some folks get depressed during the holidays, we've all experienced it a little or know of someone that's gone through this pain. I wrote a "Big Blue Tree" for them! It's very bizzarre and a little creepy! 
     My initial idea was to write about a parent that had lost a child during the year to COVID and when Christmas rolled around the pain had become too much for them and they fell into a deep depression. That must really be the worst pain of all but some folks do go through this trauma and I had this need to write a song for them. Of course no one would ever know this song was about that unless I told them! The lyrics are pretty vague and kind of nonsensical. I don't know? I guess the pandemic and quarentine were getting to me!! Sometimes I'm too empathetic but most of the times I'm just too pathetic!! 😂It's very quirky and I guess our first Christmas during the pandemic affected me more than I wanted to admit!🤔 Depression hits you in many different ways! I wasn't lonely depressed but that year was very depressing for all of us, I'm sure.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/zf2aJ_47uog

      I had fun making the video, creepy as it was. I put it together last year and tried to keep it as strange and as eerie sounding as I could!  Thanks for listening and watching and Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! Oh and warning! Don't skate too close to the Big Blue Tree, you may turn into a Christmas Coyote!! 🥶
     
“BIG BLUE TREE”

LIFE AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE,    
NOW WE'RE SINGING AND DANCING,  
BY THE BIG BLUE TREE,      

SAY IT WITH ME ON THE COUNT OF THREE,    
WE'LL HOWL AT THE MOON LIKE THE COYOTES,    
ONE, TWO, THREE,

CAN YOU HEAR THEM PLAYING THERE?

AFTER ONE YEAR IN QUARANTINE,   
THE SEA IS YELLOW AND THE SKY IS GREEN,    
GREEN AND MEAN,
 
IN THE RED GLOW OF THE SUN,   
OVER THE PURPLE HILLS WE'LL RUN,    
ONE, TWO, THREE,

DO YOU SEE THEM PLAYING THERE?
     
LIFE AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE,     
NOW WE'RE LAUGHING AND CRYING,    
BY THE BIG BLUE TREE.

BY JIM VALDES
 © 2021

"BIG BLUE TREE" (Video - https://youtu.be/zf2aJ_47uog)

**I NEVER USE A.I. IN ANY OF MY SONGS OR VIDEOS!** Hi everybody, my name is Jim and I’m a songwriter, I've written over 300 songs, I play guitar, bass, piano, and am an okay 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 or my videos, 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 use video clips from Motion Array or Pexals or Pixabay for my videos. 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)! We're NOT perfect but we're REAL! 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! I do not consent to any of my songs or videos being used or sampled or lifted in any way or fashion. Take care!👍😎✌🏼.

Songs with a twinge of humor (and some a bit more serious).  
I do not use AI to create my songs. 
https://linktr.ee/joe.stroffolino
Recently I have had the urge to pick up my guitars (Taylor 114ce and Fender Squire) and I have been trying to use more guitar in my songs.  
My go to .vst plug ins are  EZkeys 2, EZ Bass and  EZ drummer 3) and my DAW is Logic Pro 11. 
I welcome your comments and enjoy listening to all the great music on SoundCloud. 
All songs are originals and copyrighted.

“What makes a song is the singer, while what makes a singer is their dedication to music and their inner feelings.”   Dimash Qudaibergen

I have enjoyed music for as long as I can remember and cannot remember a day of not either singing or listening to music. I am self-taught when it comes to playing guitar but what I most enjoy is singing which I have been doing since around age 18. Now retired singing and playing the guitar is now just a hobby and something I do to help pass the time. Have always  loved the sound of a Martin guitar. Currently been playing a Road Series DR S2 for about 6 years. Thanks for listening. I also enjoy discovering the sounds of other talented musicians and singers here on SoundCloud.

Welcome, everybody.

Follow me as I explore the many genres of electronica.

Hello! I’m a university professor of history who enjoys playing guitar and piano/keyboard, and occasionally composing — unpretentiously, just for fun. I’ve been here for at least 10 years, but only recently have I started using the platform for something other than just external digital storage.
Most of my recordings (made with a KorgD8, Audacity, and more recently Reaper for MIDI and the Spitfire Audio libraries) are entirely homemade and decidedly imperfect. And yet, I think that lately I’ve learned to do something a bit more - and better - also thanks to greater commitment.
My music includes old songs (all written back in the last century; here I’ve only shared the ones I’ve reworked in recent years) as well as both old and new instrumentals — usually in several versions, some of which eventually disappear because they’re simply unlistenable.

Thanks for stopping by and giving something a listen; in the description you’ll often find explanatory notes or translations of the lyrics.
Here I’ve discovered a community of talented musicians and songwriters, and plenty of beautiful music to enjoy. Whenever I like, comment, or repost a track, it’s always the result of attentive listening. For the same reason, I’m not interested in trading empty “likes” without real engagement, and I won’t reply to messages from would-be promoters — follower counts don’t matter to me in the slightest.

Update (2024, September 9). Completed the "AI & (fake) songwriting project". Here: https://soundcloud.com/mick-hansan 

P.S.: A prayer, a humble request to those who publish songs: use the description area to make the lyrics available... This would make listening to them more complete and enjoyable!

I've posted some 'live' homemade performance here: https://www.instagram.com/michele_ansani/

I enjoy producing upbeat tracks spanning a range of pop styles. I really hope you have fun listening to them. I write my tracks using GarageBand and hopefully I am improving my writing, arranging and production skills. I do not use AI in any of my compositions.

"BIG BLUE TREE" (Video - https://youtu.be/zf2aJ_47uog)

MIAMI JEFF