I dared to try my hand at a "Lullaby". The piece was created with Cubase 12 and some VST. I hope you like it. If so, I'm looking forward to your comments  - if you haven't fallen asleep ;-)

Music:  © Axel Menningen

Lullaby

FragMent

Pucker Up

"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:36 p.s. I had to change the name of the Song from Free to Freedom, S.C. thought I was trying to sell something, lol!
Verse 1
Driving me insane, this monkey on my back is crazy
Wanna be free, damaged from his grip on me
Have I sold my soul?
Hemmed up tangled in a choke hold ready to let go
Chorus1
Down for so long
Would I know Faith if it took me?
Would I know grace if it shook me, loose from these shackles?
No longer bounds broken man cant guard against defeat
Christ can make a free man. Free indeed!
Verse 2
Ever since that day
Walking down the narrow pathway
Simple and free
Yielding to His will entirely
Jesus saved my soul
Let go fully He changed me
Amazed at how I used to be
Chorus2
Down for so long would I know faith if it took me?
Would I know grace if it shook me loose from these shackles?
No longer bound loosed from these chains
Is this the love I've heard about?
Broken men can't guard against defeat
Christ can make a free man. Free indeed!
Bridge
Outta Time
Tomorrow has no guarantee 
Be chained forever or be… 
Chorus 3
Loosed from these shackles no longer bound
Loosed from these chains is this the love I've heard about
Down for so long
Broken man can guard against defeat
Christ can make a free man. Free Indeed

"Free"

Freedom

This song I wrote during the pandemic around 2021, we were all quarentined in our homes and I thought to myself and hoped that in a few years all of this madness will be regulated to the Cobwebs Of Time but somehow it's still fresh in my mind. Anyway, after celebrating the New Year sometime in January of this year, I produced the video for it and I thought it complimented the song fairly well. My singing is atrocious as usual, I wish I had one of those A.I. virtual singers to sing my songs, I do believe my vocals are the weak link in my songs. The song sounds very eerie in the beginning as we travel through the recent cobwebs of uncertainty but then it resolves into a little Doo-Wop medley with the vocals modulating up a semi-tone every other line, believe me with my vocal inadequacies that was no easy task! I like this song a lot and I hope y'all do to. I worked very hard on the video too! OK let's take a trip back through the Cobwebs Of Time! 🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ORVcvacWFJM

“COBWEBS OF TIME”

THE NEW YEAR'S HERE BUT IT'S ALL THE SAME,
THE SHOW GOES ON BUT THE DOUBT REMAINS,
THE YEARS THEY CHANGE ONLY IN NAME,  
      
WE CELEBRATE A NEW BEGINNING,
BUT WE'RE STILL STUCK IN THE FINAL INNING, 
THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT RETAINS HIS GRINNING, 

COBWEBS AND WINE,
MASKS WHILE WE DINE,
OH HOW THAT BITTER MOON SHINES,  
ALTHOUGH SATURN AND JUPITER MAY ALIGN,
MOST OF US ARE LEFT STRANDED BEHIND,
IN THE COBWEBS OF TIME,
     
REMEMBER THE TOUCH OF YOUR FELLOW MAN?
THE COMFORT IN HIS HELPING HAND, 
NOW IT'S GONE WITH THE WIND, SWEPT UP WITH THE SAND,
  
EVERY FILM BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE,
WHEN A KISS DIDN'T MEAN YOU COULD DIE,       
WHEN OUR LIFE DIDN'T RIDE ON A WHISPERED GOODBYE,
      
COBWEBS AND WINE,
MASKS WHILE WE DINE,
OH HOW THAT BITTER MOON SHINES,  
ALTHOUGH SATURN AND JUPITER MAY ALIGN,
MOST OF US ARE LEFT STRANDED BEHIND,
IN THE COBWEBS OF TIME,  
            
OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME,
WHILE THE OCEAN TIDES, STILL FLOW AND EBB, 
WE REMAIN HERE AMONG THE COBWEBS, 
OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME, OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME,
OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME, OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME,
OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME, OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME,
OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME, OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME,
OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME, OOH-OOH COBWEBS OF TIME.

BY JIM VALDES © 2021

COBWEBS OF TIME

"COBWEBS OF TIME" [Video - https://youtu.be/ORVcvacWFJM]

That the powerful play goes on..and you may contribute a verse...what will your verse be?

Re-mixed by Tanisha

what will your verse be?

In The Night

Darrin Cox - Plain & Simple (noirOrion collab version)

15 - 11 - 2024

Handyman

Winter’s coming haven’t seen you round here for a while
Frost has covered the ground where you walked away
Fevered strumming like a new religion on trial
Down and out about the time I tried to make you stay
Corner table
At the Cafe

New endcap name your price so we can hang a sign
Go low but don’t step over the invisible line
Straight shot, now you can toss it in the cart with mine
Two for one as long as the numbers end in ninety-nine
We might be here
By design
But if I had my way
It could be
Different this time

Three ring binder you can track all the miles you lost
Good reminder but it might not be worth the cost
Starting over when a new script’s already been tossed
Tried to find her but your signals got crossed
Now you’re a loss leader
Taking it day by day
Yeah you’re a loss leader
You’re just giving it all away

You’re giving it all away
You’re giving it all away
You’re giving it all away
You’re giving it all away


Loss Leader

**I NEVER USE A.I. IN ANY OF MY SONGS!** 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, 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)! 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!👍😎✌🏼.

"COBWEBS OF TIME" [Video - https://youtu.be/ORVcvacWFJM]

MIAMI JEFF