a naive love song

[lyrics]:
Every time I see you walk my way 
I miss a beat and I stumble 
I stammer and fumble 
for something to say 
I'm a-tell you no lie 
I'm shaking all over and I don't know why 

One of those things that you don't explain
like the sunshine breaking
through the summer rain sometimes

And the colours are bright and clear
and every little thing feels just right
until the rainbow disappears
but then again it's just a trick of the light

_______
When the rainbow disappears
leaving only shades of blue
when you leave me standing here
I can't seem to get over you

When the colours fade away
I feel like I'm fading too
when the colours turn to grey
I can't seem to get over you
_______

Every time I see you walk away
I have to swallow my pride, 
I just push it aside
and call it a day
before I break down
and lose all control and lose a little more ground

It's a feeling that's hard and hollow
someone in me still wants to follow you down
where the whole world is smiling bright
even if it's just a trick of the light

_______
When the rainbow disappears
leaves you high and dry and blue
When you leave me standing here
I can't seem to get over you

When the colours fade away (…)

Rainbow

This song encourages the listener to find strength and courage within one’s self to carry on and not give up in the face of loss and hardship.

The song is part of a body of work exploring trauma and how it shapes our reality by repeating the patterns of trauma in our brain long after those events have occurred and how creative expression is a way to break free of these cycles and find peace.

Sail On

Experimental Poetry Art Piece. 
1st movement 

Cover generated using Dall-e 2 AI

Mixed: Audacity.
Mic: Rhode USB Mini 

Lyrics: 

Lying awake at night
Sad but I can't cry
I'm still just that little boy screaming
Mommy to the sky
.
Holding my head I'm bad
But I don't know why
I'm still just that little boy 
Who was lost when his mommy died
.
Now I'm numb the words don't come
A new sort of lie
I'm still just that little boy screaming
Mommy to the sky
.
Hope is lost
Life move fast
It's terrible outside
I'm still just that little boy
Who had no place to hide
.
Perhaps, maybe
I'll sing a song of beauty
Almost, not quite
Beauty out of sight
.
Hold on, hold on,
Hope is on its way
Every man must learn to stand
When mommy goes away
.
© Ben-Tam Jennifer, 2022. All rights reserved.

Mommy To The Sky (Ben's Song, 2022 ) - 1st Movement

Pedal Change Rock

Oceanic Musique – Talk of the Fishes
March 2023
Duration: 2:30
Listen to the Oceanic Musique Playlist https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/oceanic-musique
Special thanks to John-Marc Ventimiglia @john-marc-ventimiglia for his highly valued musical input and for creating the fish, marine mammals and crustaceans sound library used to compose this piece.

There’s a whole lot of talking going on beneath the waves.  A new study suggests that sound communication in fish goes back at least 155 million years. Although fish have developed hearing similar to other vertebrates, the way they make sounds to communicate to other fish is distinctive. Many fish use swim bladder vibrations to make noise or may vibrate other muscles or parts of the body, while others can snap their tendons, move their jaws, or otherwise rub skeletal parts to produce sounds.  What are the fish talking about? Fish are either trying to attract a mate, defend a food source or territory, or let others know where they are. Even some of the common names for fish are based on the sounds they make, such as grunts, croakers, hog fish, squeaking catfish and trumpeters. 

For clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, marimba, fish, marine mammals and crustaceans recordings, virtual instruments and percussion.

Oceanic Musique - Talk of The Fishes

THERE'S A SPANISH TRAIN is perhaps the darkest and eeriest country-rock song ever written I would argue, because it tells the story of a ghost train that first travels east and then heads below carrying lost souls. Once you’re on board they won't let you go! My dad was a civil engineer with Canadian National Railway, designed many bridges, tunnels, stations, etc. Later in his career, he was involved with investigating deadly and tragic train accidents across Canada. A Spanish Train was lingo used by railway men for a doomed train that meet with a horrible accident and the loss of lives. This is context and inspiration for this song. I hope you enjoy. This song is dedicated to the memory of my father Valer S. Bartfay who passed away on Feb. 28, 2022.

TIMELESS

THERE'S A SPANISH TRAIN

There's A Spanish Train

Original music by: FPMORINSTUDIO/Francois Pierre Morin composer

A Guitar Line A 90

Supernatant

Bandcamp

Abiogenesis

 
I am the living bread, which came down out of heaven;
If anyone, if anyone eats of this bread he shall live forever;
 
And the bread (and the bread)
Which I will (which I)
Will give is my flesh,
Given for (given for)
For the life (for the)
Life of the world.
 
I am the living bread, which came down out of heaven;
If anyone, if anyone eats of this bread he shall live forever.

https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/ns/381

I am the living bread (Live)

Cold Steel Rail "I Lost My Way" Wellness Los Gatos 11.7.25 Drew.wav

6. THE RED WEED

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