This song I wrote back in 2010 and it's about Autumn, Memories, Golden Years, and First Loves! My favorite seasonal time of year where temps come down along with the beautiful multi-colored leaves. It's all about Halloween, Thanksgiving , family, and friends and all those wonderful memories that are associated with Autumn! That includes first loves too!  I actually got the name "Autumn Wood" from a pen at work. It was promoting a Senior Care Facility Health Campus in Indiana, basically an Old Folks Home! I loved that name and just wrote the song out of thin air. Lyrics came first and then music, as is almost always the case with my songs. Charlie did an excellent job with the singing, giving it that warmth and longing I was going after in the song. I wanted that Carpenters feeling to the song! It's really not recorded or mixed too well, I used really old equipment! The acoustic guitar turned out well, I thought! It's very mellow and Easy Listening! Not for everyone. The video is new, I just finished it last month, I tried to follow the lyrics as close as I could and tried to make Autumn Woods a place where we would all love to spend our golden years. The video is now dropped - https://youtu.be/FccNy7RrDzg
     My imagination ran wild, I even found a tree with my name "JIM" carved into it, that was awesome. So if you want to relax and hang out a while, then join me on a journey to Autumn Woods, "Where All First Loves Are Understood, If All Roads Lead To Autumn Woods" I'll be waiting for you there! See Ya & thanks for listening!🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/FccNy7RrDzg

“AUTUMN WOODS”

I FOUND MY LOVE IN AUTUMN WOODS,
NESTLED AMONG THE FALLEN LEAVES,  
BESIDES A LITTLE WINDING STREAM,    
SCENT OF PINE TREES IN THE AIR,  
I FOUND IT THERE, 
IN AUTUMN WOODS,              
               
I CARVED MY NAMES IN AUTUMN WOODS,    
IN CHILDISH LETTERS I CAN STILL RECALL,  
A LANDSCAPE CANVASED IN RED AND BROWN,  
WITH THE LAZY SUN PLAYING PEEK-A-BOO, 
IT ALL CAME TRUE, 
IN AUTUMN WOODS,

MEMORIES, VIVID AND SWEET,      
NEVER BECOMING OBSOLETE,     
ALWAYS RETURNING IN MY SLEEP,     
AUTUMN WOODS, 

I FELT AT HOME IN AUTUMN WOODS,  
AS IF A BABE IN LOVING ARMS, 
SUCH INNOCENCE I’VE NEVER FOUND,   
BUT ALL FIRST LOVES ARE UNDERSTOOD,  
IF ALL ROADS LEAD TO AUTUMN WOODS, 
AUTUMN WOODS, 
AUTUMN WOODS.
               
BY JIM VALDES © 2010

"AUTUMN WOODS" (Video - https://youtu.be/FccNy7RrDzg)

     This song I wrote a few months ago while I was in Colombia visiting my wife's family and friends. It was a sad day and I was sitting there one afternoon, it was kind of a rainy day, looking up at the beautiful misty mountains with clouds surrounding them, very mysterious and picturesque with the city bustling below and just started playing this tune. I wrote the lyrics a few days later. The tears part was for my wife's dad that had passed away earlier this year. The song is very Spanish-flavored and very somber at times. The video I put together after I returned a few weeks ago and had a lot of fun producing it. I dropped an Easter Egg in on this one, I know all of you film enthusiasts out there will surely be able to find out which film I was hinting at! It's only on for a second towards the end. Check out the video for clarification. I decided to sing it myself while it was still fresh in my mind. I hope you all enjoy the song and video and join me in the Clouds for a few minutes! Take care and thanks for watching.🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/JogPjvP1Uw4

“CLOUDS"

IN THE CROWDED BUSY STREETS OF THE CITY,      
IN THE SHUFFLE OF THEIR FEET THE SOUND REMAINS,
NO MATTER WHERE I AM,       
I HEAR HER NAME,                 

IN THE SILENCE OF MY ROOM THERE LIES THE PITY,    
WHILE THE CRIMSON MOON OUTSIDE REFLECTS MY PAIN,      
NO MATTER WHERE I AM,  
I HEAR HER NAME,

CLOUDS OBSCURE THE HEAVENS,      
TEARS THEY FALL LIKE RAIN,       
TRICKLING DOWN THE MISTY MOUNTAIN TOPS,      
WHEN MY BROKEN HEART STOPS,       
I HEAR HER NAME,
     
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I FEEL HER KISS ME,  
STANDING THERE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IT'S JUST THE SAME,  
NO MATTER WHAT I DO,   
I HEAR HER NAME,
  
IN THE FRAGRANCE OF A ROSE I FEEL HER WITH ME,  
IN EACH NOTE THAT I COMPOSE, IN EACH REFRAIN,        
NO MATTER WHAT IS DO,   
I HEAR HER NAME,   
              
CLOUDS OBSCURE THE HEAVENS,      
TEARS THEY FALL LIKE RAIN,       
TRICKLING DOWN THE MISTY MOUNTAIN TOPS,     
AS MY BROKEN HEART STOPS,      
I HEAR HER NAME, 
I HEAR HER NAME,
I HEAR HER NAME, 
I HEAR HER NAME,
I HEAR HER NAME.
    
BY JIM VALDES © 2024

"CLOUDS" (Video - https://youtu.be/JogPjvP1Uw4)

This is an instrumental collaboration with MiLu Lotus! She sent me these beats last year and I mixed them together and added some sound effects and guitar sounds and produced a kind of spooky and crazy video. To me, any birthday when you pass 40 is a bit of an unhappy birthday! I stopped counting at 40 many moons ago! As a matter of fact, I started counting backwards so I should be a teenager right about now!😂 I'm a Sagittarius and born on Nov 26th and there will be a special video that will be posted on Youtube around my "Unhappy Birthday", it's an ambient avant-garde kind of project so please watch carefully, it does have some strobe effects and flashbacks! There are no lyrics, just music all composed by Milu Lotus with some sights & sounds by me! The video I created earlier this year and I wanted it to be sort of creepy for all of us that have no one to share our birthdays with! Check Milu Lotus out on SoundCloud and on YouTube, she is fabulous!  Milu & I Thank everyone for watching and listening! This is the last song we collaborated on so we hope you enjoy it! I don't have a Thanksgiving video or song, so have a very Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy the turkey and football and your families too!! See you soon!🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/52DeZiEdkAs

"UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY" [Music by MiLu Lotus] (Video - https://youtu.be/52DeZiEdkAs)

This is an old instrumental piece I composed back in 2016 after my dad had passed away and I thought the dream was over. I loved him dearly and this music just came to me a few months later when I woke up from a dream in which he was in. It's just an instrumental improvisation, no lyrics but I did make a video for it, I turned it into one of my spacey videos. It will be dropping soon hopefully. Listen to it on headsets if you can because there is a lot of stereo effects going on. I'm not a skilled piano player so please forgive my fumbling around on the keyboard! It's an emotional piece for me! Never forget your loved ones! Thanks for listening & take care.

VIDEO -https://youtu.be/Tkv9_uW-ZUs

"INCIDENTAL MUSIC FOR A DYING DREAM" (Video -https://youtu.be/Tkv9_uW-ZUs)

           This song I wrote back in 2002 and is one of the last songs Sharri sang before she moved away to France.  It's a ballad written in a traditional 1940's style Braodway song, like Cole Porter or Irving Berlin used to write and it's about past lives and that deja vu feeling one sometimes gets when they sense they have met this person in a past life or something. I wrote it with Judy Garland in mind and I wrote it for her to sing but sadly she had passed away when I was a child. However Sharris sang it beautifully, unfortunately at the time my recording equipment was not as good as it is today so the quality is not as good. So watch the "Wizard Of Oz" and then relax, watch this video, close your eyes, and let's travel back in time using PLR. (Past Life Regression (PLR) is a type of hypnotherapy that aims to help people access memories of their past lives. The goal is to help people gain insight into their current lives by learning about their past!). Watch the video on YouTube for a nice "Back To The Future" experience!! 
See ya in the future, or is it the past? 🤔 I'm confused?😂

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/esWf8ji3v9M

“WE’VE MET BEFORE”

WE’VE MET BEFORE,     
PERHAPS IN ANOTHER PLACE OR TIME,    
IN MY HEART AND IN MY MIND,   
IT SOMEHOW FEELS SO RIGHT,
    
OUR PATHS HAVE CROSSED,    
OLD SOULS ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND A WAY,  
KINDRED SPIRITS THEY SAY,   
WILL SOMEHOW REUNITE,
    
LOVE ENDURES THROUGH THE AGES,          
LIKE THE UNIVERSE IT NEVER ENDS,         
WHEN WE SHED THESE MORTAL CAGES,       
I’M CERTAIN WE’LL MEET AGAIN,
     
WE’VE DANCED LONG AGO,     
SHARED MANY LIFETIMES JUST LIKE THIS,      
I’M CONVINCED WITH EACH KISS,     
WE’VE MET BEFORE,

LOVE ENDURES THROUGH THE AGES,        
LIKE THE UNIVERSE IT NEVER ENDS,         
WHEN WE SHED THESE MORTAL CAGES,        
I’M CERTAIN WE’LL MEET AGAIN,
     
WE’VE DANCED LONG AGO,   
SHARED MANY LIFETIMES JUST LIKE THIS,     
I’M CONVINCED WITH EACH KISS,    
WE’VE MET BEFORE.

BY JIM VALDES © 2002

"WE'VE MET BEFORE" (Feat. Vocals By Sharri) [Video -https://youtu.be/esWf8ji3v9M]

     This is my new Christmas song for the year. It has a double meaning for me and that's why I call it "The Last Christmas"! Charlie did a good job singing it and I joined him in spots! I wrote it during the hot summer this year, so go figure!!😂 I used up all the tracks I had available to record it (I'm old school, give me a break!) and I had tons of fun recording all the parts too! The song at the end during the credits is another Christmas song I wrote back in 2001 called "Have A Very Merry Christmas" with Sharri singing and Charlie and me doing background vocals. Check both out I have a video each one! This video was super fun to create, I spent a lot of time and effort on it, the sleigh ride with Santa is especially cool! I added a lot of eye-candy and special audio effect here and there. This video is for the whole family so feel free to share it with loved ones and watch it together. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/7LHAOfih50I

Now for the secret double meaning of this song!! It's a sad tale, so prepare yourselves! Back when I was in high school, back in ancient times, there was a very pretty girl in our English class named Chrissy, she was very nice and sweet, I sat next to her and she was very smart and let us dumb guys cheat off of her papers sometimes!😂 Anyway for almost the whole year I never realized that her real name was Christmas, we all called her Chrissy. There was something very sad about Chrissy, I didn't know what it was but the next year Chrissy never returned to school? Later, I found out she had leukemia, I think? She never returned to school after that and some of the kids told me she had sadly passed away however I'm not sure about that but I never did she her again. So this song is for her and after all these years she popped back in my brain?! So let's all enjoy Christmas this year with family and friends because you never know when it will be your Last Christmas! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all and Happy New Year!! 🙏😎✌🏼🎅🧑🏻‍🎄🤶🌟💫☃️🎁🎈🪅🎊❤️💝

“THE LAST CHRISTMAS”

CHRISTMAS, THE LAST CHRISTMAS,
CHRISTMAS, IS HERE AGAIN,
CHRISTMAS THE LAST CHRISTMAS,  
CHRISTMAS, DON'T LET IT END,                  

WILL WE LAUGH? WILL WE CRY?
WILL WE SAY OUR LAST GOODBYES?
OH CHRISTMAS, SWEET CHRISTMAS,
PLEASE DON'T DIE,
     
CHRISTMAS, THE LAST CHRISTMAS,
CHRISTMAS, THE TIME HAS COME, 
CHRISTMAS, THE LAST CHRISTMAS,
CHRISTMAS, WHAT HAVE WE DONE? 
 
WILL WE SMILE? WILL WE WEEP?
COUNT OUR BLESSINGS IN OUR SLEEP?
OH CHRISTMAS, FORGIVE US,
CHRISTMAS PLEASE,
SWEET CHRISTMAS PLEASE,
  
SNOW IS HERE, LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT,
THE TREE IS TRIMMED WITH LOVE TONIGHT,
RUDOLPH'S READY FOR HIS FINAL FLIGHT,
AH AH, AH AH, AH AH, AH AH,      
   
WILL WE SMILE? WILL WE WEEP?
COUNT OUR BLESSINGS IN OUR SLEEP?
OH CHRISTMAS, FORGIVE US,
CHRISTMAS PLEASE, SWEET CHRISTMAS PLEASE,  
BYE BYE CHRISTMAS, 
BYE BYE CHRISTMAS, 
BYE BYE CHRISTMAS,
BYE BYE.                          

BY JIM VALDES (c) 2024

"THE LAST CHRISTMAS" (Video - https://youtu.be/7LHAOfih50I)

Hello everyone, I'm Jimmy from Miami Jeff and this is my Belated Christmas gift to all of you lovers of music and all of those very talented musicians and artists that reside here on SoundCloud. This EP MIX is like a mini Rock or Folk Operetta (with no talking) and it requires a long listen of over 18 minutes (not for everybody today, I know!). The Operetta consists of 7 movements - I remixed 7 of my songs together and I also produced a very long music-video (a short film really) of this Operetta which will be out on Jan 9th on my YouTube channel -

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/JFqUojifgMc

I think it will truly amaze! I hope those who take the journey with me and listen to it until the end will be surprised and entertained by it. These songs deal with life on planet Earth, with the oceans, animals, sun, birth, childhood, time, love, and death. Listen to it on headphones since there is a lot of stereo mixing and sound effects going on in the multi-mixes. I can't add all the lyrics here but the video will have all the lyrics displayed. I've never taken a music lesson in my life on any of the instruments I play (and it probably shows too!), I'm self-taught and Charlie sings most of the songs here. I also use NO A.I. NO Autotune, NO Pitch Correction, All of the songs are written by me in my basement studio so please forgive all my flubs and my mediocre vocals. I love writing songs and recording and Charlie does too! Please let me know if you like it or not in the comments or if I should maybe just quit while I'm ahead!😂 I want to thank everybody that supports me and listens to my songs, they do come from my heart and not from a computer chip! Please join me on a journey through "LIFE"! Merry Christmas everybody and have a Happy New Year too!🙏😎✌🏼

"LIFE" (A Seven Song Mini Rock/Folk Operetta EP)

1] "NEW HOPE" (Instrumental)
2] "HELLO SUNSHINE"
3] "INCIDENTAL MUSIC FOR A DYING DAY" (Instrumental)
4] "STARFISH"
5] "CHILDHOOD DAYS"
6] "THE CLOCK"
7] "ONLY TIME REMAINS"

"LIFE (Part 1)" (Mini Rock Operetta) [Video - https://youtu.be/JFqUojifgMc]

     This song was written back in 2015 and it's one of my spiritual songs! It's about Faith and Hope and Prayer. I usually don't post any of my religious songs but it being so close to Christmas, I decided to share it with all my viewers and supporters. Charlie sang it beautifully back in 2015 and he played the harmonica as well, he did a great job! There are a lot of solos and a lot of key changes in this song, it's really more complex than I originally thought. The video was done earlier this year for this Christmas.

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/BIhZnFzdZCw

     It's a very hopeful song and I hope you all enjoy it. You know, evil people are everywhere and they can take all of our freedoms and rights away but they can't take our faith away, so keep the faith everyone, love will find a way! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and let's pray for everlasting Heaven Hands to lift us up and give us hope! Take care!

“HEAVEN HANDS”

HEAVEN HANDS,     
WITH EACH TOUCH, I UNDERSTAND,    
WITH EACH NUDGE, I KNOW I CAN,      
MY STRENGTH LIES BETWEEN,
              
YOUR HEAVEN HANDS,   
CARRY ME ACROSS THE DESERT SANDS,     
GUIDE ME THROUGH EVERY FOOLISH PLAN,   
AND IF I LOSE MY FAITH,
     
THEY'LL LIFT ME UP,         
I FEEL THEIR POWER STIRRING IN MY SOUL,        
HELPING ME REASON WHEN I LOSE CONTROL,         
EASING MY BURDEN WITH A SINGLE WAVE,       
LEADING ME FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE,        
FOREVER HEALING ME,
                   
HEAVEN HANDS,  
WITH EACH TOUCH, I UNDERSTAND,   
WITH EACH NUDGE, I KNOW I CAN,     
MY STRENGTH LIES BETWEEN, 
YOUR EVERLASTING HEAVEN HANDS.

BY JIM VALDES © 2015

"HEAVEN HANDS" (Video - https://youtu.be/BIhZnFzdZCw)

       This song I wrote back in 2018 for Christmas/New Years time. It's another of my sugary, corny, feel good song that we all need right about now. I don't know what the future holds for us but I do remember how it used to be and how it used to be was fine with me! Charlie sang this one around the same time he sang "Autumn Woods". Watch the video on YouTube for an extra happy trip down Memory Lane just in time for New Year's Eve: 

https://youtu.be/shhU0SuCui4
     
         As in every New Year's Eve we like to remember good friends and family and hope that the New Year is better than the old one but I'm not too sure that will happen anymore! So here's my hope, that all of your memories remain sweet, the old ones and the new ones, and that we all have a Happy New Year!!! Let's pray and hope for much love and peace on Earth and goodwill towards all! Let's all fight to stay alive in 2025! May God look after us and help us! Cheers! 🥂 🍻 💝🎊🪅🥺

“SWEET MEMORIES”

SNOWFLAKES AND RAINDROPS,    
MOTHER’S GOODNIGHT KISS,     
WE NEEDED ONLY THIS,       
WHEN WE ALL WERE KIDS,
     
HOW ABOUT SOME,
COOKIES AND CHRISTMAS,    
PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK,    
SINGING WITH THE FAMILY,   
SUCH SWEET MEMORIES,

STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF,       
IT HAPPENS WHEN WE’RE SMALL,         
THAT MAGIC IN OUR HEARTS,         
WE JUST FORGET IT ALL,      
WE HIDE BEHIND A WALL,       
WHY CAN’T WE RECALL?
          
SWEEY MEMORIES, 
REMEMBER BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
LUCY ON T.V.   
TENDER HUGS FROM MOMMY,   
WHILE ON DADDY’S KNEE,  
SWEET MEMORIES,

STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF,     
IT HAPPENS WHEN WE’RE SMALL,    
THAT MAGIC IN OUR HEARTS,     
WE JUST FORGET IT ALL,     
WE HIDE BEHIND A WALL,     
WHY CAN’T WE RECALL?    
SWEEY MEMORIES. 

BY JIM VALDES © 2018

"SWEET MEMORIES" (Video - https://youtu.be/shhU0SuCui4)

I wrote this song during the pandemic and it's very much a double entendre kind of song, one is a murder/mystery in the winter and another being a woman's heart turning cold throughout the years and dreaming of ways of killing her husband! Don't tell me you women haven't thought about that at one time or another! (just kidding, I hope!)😂  It's the other side of the coin to "Sweet Dreams". It reflects that a heart can be warm, gentle, loving, and forgiving on the one hand but another heart can be cold, cruel, wicked, and hateful! Both songs and videos were made to be seen together as one, that's why I put them back to back bridging last year with this year! I have a very much warm and empathetic heart and feel sorry for those with a callous and cold heart. Without the video, I believe the song is very haunting but beautiful, with the video it becomes cold and cruel! Sorry about that and I hope I didn't offend anyone! Charlie sang the song very well and it's a very much keyboard driven song. Lot's of audio effects thrown in for fun. I hope everyone had a great Christmas & New Years! Now it's time to face that cold, cold, winter's heart! Stay warm!🥶🥶🥶

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/ZZnR0RAhSKg

“WINTER’S HEART”

OUTSIDE THE SNOW FALLS,     
LIKE SHOOTING STARS,    
FREEZING LOVE WITHIN HER,      
WINTER'S HEART,             
      
INSIDE THE RAINS COME, 
KEEPING US APART,   
DROWNING LOVE WITHIN HER,    
WINTER'S HEART, 
     
REMEMBER THE SUMMER,         
REMEMBER THE DANCE,        
BACK WHEN SPRING WAS OUR GUIDE TO ROMANCE,          
FLOWERS ALL BLOOMING,         
BIRDS WERE ON WING,         
WE WERE ONE WHEN LOVE WAS EVERYTHING,
          
OVER THE RAINBOW,   
BEYOND THE MOON,    
FRIGID LOVE WITHIN HER,    
WINTER'S GLOOM,     

UNDER THE HEAVENS,  
WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK,           
THORNY LOVE WITHIN HER,   
WINTER'S HEART,   
HER WINTER'S HEART,   
HER COLD, COLD, WINTER'S HEART.           
        
BY JIM VALDES
 © 2020

"WINTER'S HEART" (Video -https://youtu.be/ZZnR0RAhSKg)

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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