The tonal imagery in this piece is gorgeous, Jim. The layering of motives, both rhythmic and melodic is engrossing, with that fine balance of ambient peace and tension that you do so well.

I've studied this miracle of the trees and plants and never can grasp the full meaning of it in the bigger world context. It is magnitudes more energy than all humans on the planet. And you don't see the trees killing each other. We have something to learn! Your music captures the vastness of this phenomena.

Just The Whistling of the Wind

What do you do when your love is not around?
What do you say when words don’t seem to have
Much meaning anymore?

What do you do when your heart’s been broken badly?
What do you say when your life’s been torn to shreds
And there’s no one there to help?

And you wonder what you did wrong
And you wonder was it only you

And you know there is no answer
Just the whistling of the wind.

What do you do when the night is cold and lonely?
What do you say when the world has turned to gray
And your heart is dark and empty?

And you wonder what you did wrong
And you wonder was it only you

And you know there is no answer
Just the whistling of the wind.

Do you take a walk around the park
See couples hug and kiss?

But the only sound you hear 
Is the whistling of the wind.

--© 2022 Jim Valero (all rights reserved)

Jim Valero: Voice, Piano, Electric Guitar.
Special thanks to Rodrigo Passannanti for his incredible arrangement and special effects. 

* Arranged, Remixed, and Produced by Rodrigo Passannanti.
https://rodrigopassannanti.bandcamp.com/album/open-source

Just the Whistling of the WInd

Aladin's Magic Carpet

"Suite Noveau"
Valhjim

Out of the cradle endlessly
strands bathe 

in sound waves
lapping

like endless flocks
of musical

        b     r
           i      d
               s
              

surging in eiderdown
skies of red

sunsets.

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Valhjim - Keyboards, Synthesizers, guitars.
Martin Miers - Percussions.
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Hope you like this suite, folks.

Thans for listening
and for your kind comments.

Valhjim
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(C) 2024 Valhjim (all rights reserved).


Suite Noveau - Valhjim w/Martin Miers

Whispers Of Winter

Caratacus war ein Sohn des Cunobelinus, eines der mächtigsten Könige des vorrömischen Britanniens, dessen Hauptstadt das befestigte Camulodunum (heute Colchester) war. Als Cunobelinus um 40 n. Chr. starb, waren Caratacus und sein Bruder Togodumnus die bedeutendsten Herrscher im südlichen Britannien. Wie unter ihrem Vater lag das Zentrum ihres Reichs nördlich der Themse im Gebiet der Catuvellaunen und Trinovanten; aber auch die meisten Stämme in Südostengland standen unter ihrer Oberhoheit. Cunobelinus hatte während der 30 letzten Jahre seiner Herrschaft freundliche Beziehungen zu Rom unterhalten, um dieser Weltmacht keinen Grund zum Eingreifen zu geben. Seine Söhne verfolgten dagegen eine weniger vorsichtige Politik gegenüber Rom. Adminius, der wohl auch ein Sohn des Cunobelinus war, floh um 40 n. Chr. an den Hof des Kaisers Caligula, den er zu einem Einfall in Britannien bewegen wollte; doch kam es nicht dazu. Nach Münzfunden scheint Caratacus noch zu Lebzeiten seines Vaters ein Schützling seines Onkels Epaticcus gewesen zu sein, der das Gebiet der Catuvellaunen auf Kosten des Stammes der Atrebaten ausgedehnt hatte. Nach seinem Tod (um 35 n. Chr.) hatten die Atrebaten unter Verica ihr Land zurückerobert, wurden aber später von Caratacus endgültig besiegt und am Anfang der Regierung des Kaisers Claudius wurde Verica, offenbar von Caratacus, aus England vertrieben (41 n. Chr.) und floh ins Römische Reich.

Caratacus was a son of Cunobelinus, one of the most powerful kings of pre-Roman Britain, whose capital was the fortified Camulodunum (now Colchester). When Cunobelinus died around 40 AD, Caratacus and his brother Togodumnus were the most important rulers in southern Britain. As under their father, the center of their empire lay north of the Thames in the territory of the Catuvellaunes and Trinovantes; but most of the tribes in south-east England were also under their suzerainty. During the last 30 years of his reign, Cunobelinus had maintained friendly relations with Rome so as not to give this world power any reason to intervene. His sons, on the other hand, pursued a less cautious policy towards Rome. Adminius, who was probably also a son of Cunobelinus, fled to the court of Emperor Caligula around 40 AD, whom he wanted to persuade to invade Britain; however, this did not happen. According to coin finds, Caratacus appears to have been a protégé of his uncle Epaticcus during his father's lifetime, who had expanded the territory of the Catuvellauns at the expense of the Atrebates tribe. After his death (around 35 AD), the Atrebates had reconquered their land under Verica, but were later finally defeated by Caratacus and at the beginning of the reign of Emperor Claudius, Verica was expelled from England (41 AD), apparently by Caratacus, and fled to the Roman Empire.

Caratacus

Bodhi Tree
Valhjim

It is not to wonder that Gautama 
found Enlightenment under 
the Bodhi Tree—all trees are living,

beautiful Bodhi Trees, living bridges
between heaven and earth, mind 
and spirit, body and soul.

All trees shine with inner light,
there's so much going on inside them
that is not visible to the eye: 

rivers of energy streaming 
through trunk, boughs, leaves,
flowers and fruits, complex 

networks of roots spreading 
underground, talking, connecting,
with other trees, plants, bushes,
and undergrowth;

trees provide shelter
from the heat of the sun,
home for birds and numberless
creatures;

trees bring down rain to fertilize 
the earth, give us delicious, 
nurturing fruit.

All trees are beautiful 
Bodhi Trees, bridges 

between 
worlds.

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hope you like this poem
and music, friends.

Thanks for listening
and for your kind and thoughtful
words—they bring much joy
and inspiration.

Valhjim 


© 2025 Valhjim. All rights reserved. Original music by Valhjim.

Bodhi Tree

Some new wine in an old bottle- dissonant and post-tonal music obsessively built around a theme, its inversion, its retrograde and retrograde inverted forms. Augmentations and diminutions are also used. 

Minuet and Trio

"Spring"
Written by Valhjim

Night recedes. Cold Winter warms up
to a new Dawn. Over the eastern rim,
Aurora spreads her mantle of pink, 

while, with her gentle thaw, Spring dissolves
the last remnants of ice from valley and hill, 
mountain wood and rocky cliff.

From the earth, new life springs—twigs, 
grass, bushes, flowers—there’s birdsong 
in the leaves of trees—all creatures, big 

and small, rejoice in renewed strength. 
Already, Flora dons her outfit of garlands
and silk, while Helios rides the skies, rushing

to her bed.

Spring has Sprung-Marco Lucchi - Night Note - Valhjim -

"A Song of Troy"
Valhjim

I see the sun going down
I see the sand washed away to the sea
I hear the wind blowing round my head

It tells the story of a great romance
of a golden lady, and a handsome prince

of the fires of passion, and the fires of rage
of a high-walled city, and a thousand ships
of a ten-year battle, and an age of strife

From beyond the sea came he
with his hazel eyes and his bright desire 
she was so alone, life devoid of love
in her heart she longed with him to sail the sea

away, away, away

I see the smoke, I hear the clash of arms
O, Helen, O Paris, O Prince of Troy

Your love has turned to ashes and a song

O, Helen, O Paris, O Prince of Troy
Your love has turned to ashes and a song

O, Helen, O Paris, O Prince of Troy
O, Helen, O Paris, O Prince of Troy

Your love has turned to ashes and a song
To ashes and a song

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Valhjim: Guitars, Synthesizers Samplers.
Martin Miers: Drums

© 2025 Valhjim. All rights reserved. Original music by Valhjim.

A Song of Troy - Valhjim w/Martin Miers

A Perfect Day
Valhjim


I wake up to birdsong and rose skies—
the breeze cool, the day still opening
like a flower. 

The dew of dawn still in the air, and 
the scent of last night's rain on damp earth
and the bark of trees. The sun shows 

a friendly face, indisposed apparently
to scorch the world today. 

I  take a sip of coffee and play a sequence
of notes on the keyboard.—a perfect melody
to blossom like the day. 

All is well. I am content. 

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Valhjim: guitars and synths.
Martin Miers: drums.

© 2025 Valhjim. All rights reserved. Original music by Valhjim.

A Perfect Day - Valhjim w/Martin Miers

"Desert Sands"
Valhjim

Sultry night in the desert,
the heat of the sun is gone,
and myriad stars are visible
in the boundless dome of the sky

the wind tells its tales of long ago,
of caravans and sultans and a girl
with long hair and fair face
weaving stories for a man in the night;

perhaps somebody is telling 
our stories in the night somewhere—

tales equally magic and fantastic
like the tales the girl tells the sultan. 

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Valhjim: guitar, synthesizers, samplers.
Martin Miers: drums.

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© 2025 Valhjim. All rights reserved. Original music by Valhjim.

Desert Sands - Valhjim w/Martin Miers

Valhjim is a music composer with an eclectic approach to different genres: rock, pop, folk, New Age, and experimental electronic music. Greatly driven by imagination and poetic imagery, he combines multiple instrumental textures to fire the imagination of his listeners. 

His more experimental ambience and electronic music is built with layers of suggestive sound textures, rhythms, and melodic lines that stir the imagination into suggestive imagery and worlds unseen, true architectures of sound that open up limitless spaces to explore. Often Valhjim's melodies sail through genre thresholds, crossing over from one genre to another, from neo classcal to electronic, or from jazz to rock or new age.

Bodhi Tree

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