My newest music video and song entitled BALL AND CHAIN, which was produced in Nashville, TN by Musik and Film studios,. As of June 20, 2023 it was at No. 4 on the World Indie Chart list;  No. 10 on the Euro Indie chart ranking list and No.18 on the prestigious US TOP 20 SHOW.   BALL AND CHAIN tells the story of being in a controlling relationship with double standards and lies when it comes to love and the realization that it's time to break-free and move- on with one’s life.
On June 20, 2023, this song made the prestigious US Top 20 Show- The Weekly Pulse of Music at No. 18, and was No. 4 on the World Indie Top 100 Music Chart rankings. On June 26, 2023, this song hit No. 6 on the Euro Indie Music Network Chart Rankings List.  See review of song by Euro Indie Music Network- https://euroindiemusic.info/2023/07/14/music-for-your-ears-review-ball-and-chain-by-wally-bartfay/

YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM4Z7NLBJD4&list=PLRAGtVocmtxSPtV_Et_DhX6vzzcMb_YSg&index=8

TIMELESS

Wally Bartfay

Ball And Chain (RADIO VERSION)

From VANITAS' first of two demo tapes "Holy Lies", recorded in Eckersdorf/Bayreuth, 1996.
All songs by VANITAS
All lyrics by VANITAS
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Steffen Martin

VANITAS - Holy Lies (1996)

Track generated in Suno.ai neural engine.
https://youtu.be/W7uwc2Fn5bY

Kissing my heart

Please enjoy the wonderful music video celebrating summer with beautiful photography by Heidi Schnicker and music by Bruce Klepper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP7oCoMgQBE
Many thanks to John- Marc Ventimiglia @john-marc-ventimiglia for creating the birds sound library that was used to compose this piece 
For dudek, bansuri, harp, piano, violin, xylophone, bird sound library and percussion

Colorful Colorado - Summer - Feat. Video

Hybrid

A room of silence, the traces cold,
her final place, so cruel, so old.
But something’s missing, it doesn’t align,
like smoke it fades, what hides the design.

The wounds reveal deception and guile,
the body silent, yet speaks all the while.
The victim is still, but the signs are clear,
the murderer lives—so close, so near.

In every clue, a shadow lies,
her face, her voice—an endless guise.
What’s the truth? What’s the cost?
Will I find what she has lost?

Her final breath—a trick, a deceit,
she fled from death, left the dark incomplete.
But how did she run? How did she defy,
the death that seemed her shadow nearby?

The evidence lies; it pulls me in,
to a story so brutal, so blind, so grim.
Was she the victim? Or the plan she wove?
Her name in blood—but she still roams.

In every clue, a shadow lies,
her face, her voice—an endless guise.
What’s the truth? What’s the cost?
Will I find what she has lost?

The truth is near, but buried so deep,
a riddle that neither forgives nor speaks.
I follow the clues; they scream her name,
the hunter lives, but where is her claim?

In every clue, a shadow lies,
her face, her voice—an endless guise.
What’s the truth? What’s the cost?
Will I find what she has lost?

The dust will settle, but not my soul,
the answers break me, leave me cold.
Two stories meet, but one survives,
the shadows linger where truth thrives.



Deceit

Original music by : FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin musician composer , Art photo By : Michael Noel on Pexels .

California 2025

Dark ambient, art-rock/noise misanthropia delving into absence; requiem of loss within the static of life. 



Instr: Bastl Kastl Drum, Arturia Micro Freak, Roland S1, Fender Strat/Vox Valvtronic Amp Feedback

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Serpent's Masquerade

From broken silence to fearless love—this track dives deep into the pain of isolation and the power of finding someone who sees you, heals you, and stays.

Just as you are

[Verse 1]
 I got holes in my boots and a half-charged phone
 A voice on the line sayin’, “Come back home”
 But the road rolls on like a long goodbye
 Ain’t got no answers, just reasons why

 [Verse 2]
 I leave things messy, I leave too soon
 I talk to God ‘neath a blue moon
 Ain’t proud of the man I was today
 But I still keep walkin’ anyway

 [Chorus]
 And you… still got a light on
 Still got a light on
 Like you always do
 Even when I don’t come through
 And I… still got your laugh saved
Somewhere in that backwave
 Of a mind that forgets
 But a heart that regrets
 Yeah, you… still got a light on

 [Verse 3]
 I’ve been livin’ on fumes and motel prayers
 Tryin’ to outrun my own empty stares
 But I see your porch like a beacon tonight
 Still burnin’ soft, still burnin’ right

 [Chorus]
 And you… still got a light on
 Still got a light on
 Like you always do
 Even when I don't follow through
 And I… still got your laugh saved
Somewhere in that backwave
 Of a mind that forgets
 But a heart that regrets
 Yeah, you… still got a light on

 [Bridge – quiet, breakdown]
 Maybe one day I’ll be worth the wait
 Pull in clean, not runnin’ late
 But until then, if it ain’t too wrong…
 Keep that light on

 [Final Chorus – slow, full harmony]
 ‘Cause you… still got a light on
 Still got a light on
 Like you always do
 Even when I’m far from true
 And I… still got your name there
 Pinned to the hope I still wear
 If there’s grace in the end
 Maybe I’ll make it again…
 To you… with that light on

 [Outro – solo bass and soft guitar]
 Yeah, you…
 Still got a light on…

You...Still Gotta Light On

MUSIC BIO FOR DR. WALLY J. BARTFAY
Dr. Wally Bartfay is a retired Professor and former Associate Dean (August, 2024) for the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.  He was also affectionately known as the “Rock N’ Prof” by his students because he often played original songs that he has written prior to the commence of lectures to create certain vibes and buzzes in his classes. His music has appeared on Euro Indie Music Chart lists top 1; World Indie Music Chart lists top 1 and 2; BWNR music list top 5, and the US Top 20 Show- Weekly Pulse of Music at No. 18. In 2024, he had 3 No. 1 Indie hits on the Euro Indie Network Music Charts and World Indie Top 100 Music Chart lists with collaborator Stephen Wrench: 1. You're My Beautiful; 2. Little Sunshine Girl and 3. Cherry Hill Gal.  Stephen has been a 6x Grammy Awardee and has won over 50 Gold and Platinum records throughout his career journey that spans 5 decades now. 
I have been invited to appear on several radio stations, music podcasts, YouTube music channels and interviews with music magazines during the past year.  Examples include B-line Entertainment; Phil Kratz Radio Show; Blackdog Indie Country Radio; James Cox Show; Empowerment Divas Network; The Anything Goes Podcast with Duzzy Clayton; Curtis Johnson Music Podcase; Kayden Gordon Show- Today’s Best Country Mix; Radio interview on the Jeff Rickett Show, Country KIX 96.5 FM; Paul Mash TV; Playin’ On Music Row with Fran, and an interview with Fanbase Music Magazine to name but a few.
Ever since Wally was a little lad, he wanted to play the electric guitar and make music that creates smiles on people’s faces. He can remember playing his imaginary electric "air guitar" in his parents’ basement to various rock and country songs for hours on end. He got his first guitar when he turned 14 after taking on various odds jobs including pumping gas on weekends and cutting lawns.  He quickly learned to play it on his very own, along with several other instruments. Wally has also done research related to the benefits of music therapy as a nonpharmacological intervention with patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.  He got interested in researching the clinical benefits of music as medicine after his father was diagnosed with vascular dementia following a series of strokes that left him bed bound in a nursing home.  Ironically, this is the same nursing home that he used to put on volunteer Christmas concerts for during his youth in his community. He is passionate about song writing and his songs often reflect personal experiences and challenges that he has faced over the years. Each song contains components of his genuine lived experiences, heart, and soul as an artist.
Please see Wally Bartfay Music Productions Website for chart rankings, interviews conducted, publications related to music therapy, and social media links.
https://sites.google.com/view/wallybartfaymusicproductions/home