Smooth track Jimmy, cool guitar part 👌

Sounds ..vocal.. really good! …🌍☮︎👍

love how chilled out this is ...great track with some sweet lead guitar playing

So beautiful, another great song by the legend himself!

Et un grand merci pour les textes, qu'on êut ainsi traduire et comprendre!!!

A (tad) longer release of my Overdubies track, with a few additions,
Kindly remastered by Jordan @DimMaster. Many thanks Jordan, you did superb work.

Overdubies (extended and remastered)

MMXXIIIVIIVISPRT

Final Destiny

Margaret Maria and Tréson COVER GORDON LIGHTFOOT'S 'SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT' 

The new music that is Margaret Maria and Tréson is as unique as the artists themselves. The classical world is colliding with the genres of funk, soul and pop, with a fresh new sound and a musical playgroud for Margaret Maria's creativity and Tréson's songwriting and vocal talents. Being courageous and brave to collaborate and venture into uncharted territories, this duo is set to change the world in a way that will not only surprise you, but delight your sonic sensibilities. 

Their first single 'Music Can Change the World' was released December 15, 2023.

Song For A Winter's Night - credits 

Composer: Gordon Lightfoot 

Vocals- Tréson 

Cello- Margaret Maria 

Instrumental Arrangement: Margaret Maria 

Mix and Master: Craig Robert McConnell 

Producer: Margaret Maria 

Recording Engineer: Margaret Maria 

Videographer: James Nickle - Cleveland Sound Labs
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Song for a Winter's Night - Lyrics  
The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top 
The snow is softly falling 
The air is still in the silence of my room 
I hear your voice softly calling 
If I could only have you near 
To breathe a sigh or two 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
On this winter night with you 

The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead 
My glass is almost empty 
I read again between the lines upon each page 
The words of love you sent me 
If I could know within my heart 
That you were lonely too 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
On this winter night with you 

The fire is dying
Now my lamp is growing dim 
The shades of night are lifting 
The morning light steals across my window pane 
Where webs of snow are drifting 
If I could only have you near 
To breathe a sigh or two 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
On this winter night with you 
And to be once again with you

'I rarely make covers, but this one came in May 2023 just after Gordon Lightfoot passed away. My dear friend JC mentioned it was his favourite Lightfoot song, and I decided to make him a special Birthday present. So the cello instrumental was a present at first. 

I met Tréson at another friend's Birthday Party in July 2023. We connected and said we would do music together! We were talking about covers one day, and I mentioned to him that I have one made already!! He was thrilled when I said it was a Gordon Lightfoot tune! Tréson came into my closet studio to record the vocals (my first time doing any vocal recording!) and it was mixed and mastered by my amazing Rage Angel co-creator, Craig Robert McConnell. 

So here you have both versions...which I love dearly.' - Margaret Maria

Song For A Winter's Night

Vocal Version

Song For A Winter's Night - Tréson and Margaret Maria

Xian asked me for a drum track for his absolutely phenomenal existential song about the mythical Atlas, and related it to today! This came together very quickly, as his instruments and vocals were already mixed near perfection! Hope you all enjoy, and I get a chance for another. I dig this one, immensely, and it was a true pleasure recording with him.

Xian3-composition, guitars, bass, tambourine, vocals mix

K2 and the Three-drums, mastering

Lyrics:

Atlas

1
You’re a mountain of a titan of the old times
Gaia is supposed to be your mother
You’re a pole at the coordinate system
You were the prison of your brother
One could’nt really quite imagine
All the masses

You were condemned to hold up
Celestial heavens
After the battle of the gods

Since then you carried the weight of the world
Upon your shoulders

2
You’re responsible and of purpose
You’re imperatively necessary for structure
You are stabilizing and decorative
You’re the leitmotif for architecture
There is a 2nd century sculpture cut of you
In the museum of archaeology in Naples

You are condemned to hold up
All the statics
Between the basis and the rooftop

Where you carry the weight of the world
Upon your shoulders

3
You contain of corpus, archi and processi
You have ligaments like wings
Articulating in every moment
Here and now right inside of the body
Sometimes there is a pain in the neck
That makes everything just worse

You were condemned to hold up
And move yes and no
Between the axis and the occiput

Where you carry the weight of the world
Upon your shoulders

Will you carry the weight of the world
Upon your shoulders ?

Hope, it isn’t too shrugged yet

Atlas-Xian3/K2 and the Three

Some tunes just drop into your head as you plod around the workaday world. This is one of them and, when Easter 2024 was approaching, I thought I'd better share the joy.

Fiesta!

So unreal (Rehearsal)

This song written for sailors everywhere several years ago in 2016. I myself am a land-lubber but a good friend of mine, Fred, used to love sailing down in Florida and he'd be on that boat longer than he was on land. Fred has since sadly passed away from cancer.  There's a certain connection that some have with the sea and this song is dedicated to them and to their loved ones that have to share this undying passion with them. The video is brand new, I just finished the final editing & posted on YouTube - https://youtu.be/PnIyzyyDlY4
I hope everyone watches it and I hope everyone enjoys it! {Dedicated to my friend Fred Stockwell}.

“TONIGHT”

I'LL BE CASTING OFF TOMORROW,
WITH THE OCEAN IS WHERE I'M MEANT TO BE,
BUT TONIGHT PLEASE WASH AWAY MY SORROW,  
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND STAY WITH ME,             
      
ALL I HAVE IS YOUR SWEET LAUGHTER,
AND YOUR SMILE TO KEEP ME COMPANY, 
LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE MORNING AFTER,
CAUSE TONIGHT IS JUST FOR YOU AND ME,
     
YOU'RE IN MY HEART,
NO MATTER WHAT I DO,
NO MATTER WHERE I GO,  
I'LL THINK OF YOU,

[LEAD]

YOU'RE IN MY HEART,
NO MATTER WHAT I DO,
NO MATTER WHERE I GO,  
I'LL THINK OF YOU,

I'LL SAIL AWAY WITH THE SUNRISE,
LIKE A SAILOR TO THE OPEN SEA,       
BUT TONIGHT WILL BE WITH ME FOREVER,
YES TONIGHT IS JUST FOR YOU AND ME,             
OH TONIGHT IS JUST FOR YOU AND ME,
YES TONIGHT IS JUST FOR YOU AND ME.
  
BY JIM VALDES © 2016

STARFISH

"TONIGHT" (Video -https://youtu.be/PnIyzyyDlY4)

This song I wrote in 2009 and it's based on a Bo Diddley kind of rhythm, popular in the 1950's - so I live in Kentucky and the University of Kentucky has a college basketball team called Kentucky Wildcats, I'm sure you've heard of them. So one day while watching a game, this tune came to me, this is the instrumental, I had lyrics as well but they were lame so I tossed them. I also created a video for this song and it will be on Youtube soon, just a bunch of cats pussy-footing' around! 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/CymV3_qHPDs

I wrote a song for dogs a while back called "Suite: Dog Years" but this one is for cat lovers everywhere. Give it a listen, it's Puuuuurrrfect and it's the cat's meow!

TRAIL OF TEARS

"WILDCAT BOUNCE" (Instrumental)

A passionate heavy Alt-Rock-Blues inspired (Sacred Love)tune now turned sour as her lover decided to simply scadadel once again...Poor woman! Ouch, it hurts so bad!!! 💘 

She's caught in the tangled strands, the all too familiar chicky problem of a failed relationship, a world now suddenly crashin', and just like Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics La-La-La'd: "Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory, falling on my head like a sweet emotion", here it comes again, here it comes again, huh"...And what a brilliant most unforgettable song that was, that still is!!!⚡🔥⚡ And just like Annie, her love for him can never perish...Never-Ever & Never!!!

Her worst nightmare is seriously for r-e-a-l. He's really gone, gone, gone & nowhere to be found at all. As a result, she's now livin', but quite frankly, more like drowning in the Dark-Deep-Blue, in an ocean of tragic-sadness where she questions her sanity over & over again, and then again once more. 

Folks, this is Red Hot Flaming Fire Material so listen up & rev up that volume knob to a high 10-ster⚡🎸⚡

Dark Deep Blue | Music by Echo Garage | Music & Lyrics by REKHA | New Collab, March 2020

https://soundcloud.com/echo-garage - Sven

Dark Deep Blue - Music & Lyrics by REKHA

When I'm feeling down
I don't know what to do
I don't know what to do
Except think of you

And when my spirits are low
I let my mind just flow
I let my mind explode
In hopes that one day you will know

Caught in the tangled strands
Caught in the Dark-Deep-Blue
And I just fall apart
Rememberin' our sacred love

Caught in the tangled strands
And I just can't get out
Where I still hold you dear
Rememberin' our sacred love

Our sacred love meant so much to me, baby
Where are you darlin' 
And how did we ever end up like this...
Oh no, no

I just want to fly away from myself
Hmm, outta my mind into a place 
I can understand, understand, understand...
Hey hey, hey
Hey hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey...yeah

Where are you baby
Where did you ever go, (so)
I still need you darlin'
I still want you, want you, want you so, oh, oh
I still love you

I still miss, miss you, miss you 
I'm not over you
Oh no
I still want you, want you, want you
I love you so, I'm not over you
Over you

Oh, wo-oh-ho

Our sacred love
It meant so much to me
Where are you darlin'
How did we ever end up, like
Our sacred love, you meant so much to me
It meant so much to me
(So) where are you darlin'
How did we ever end up-up, like
Wo-ho, uh, uh, uh, uh,uh...

Livin' in my Dark-Deep-Blue
My Dark-Deep-Blue
My Dark-Deep-Blue
I'm still so in love with you
Still so in love with you
Wow, help me outta here
I'm going crazy
For...
You, you, you....
You
Uh

Dark Deep Blue

Dark Deep Blue | Music by Echo Garage | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | ALT ROCK, March 2020

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 OK lyricist.  I play all types of music and have my own recording studio. If anyone wants to collaborate on any song just let me know, I'll be more than happy to collaborate.

"TONIGHT" (Video -https://youtu.be/PnIyzyyDlY4)

MIAMI JEFF

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