Shows
2022-03-3010 min
Valhjim MusicWith Love in your EyesI wrote and recorded this song for my beautiful Jackie Dog about 5 years ago. Forgive the bad mixing and mastering, but I was just starting to produce my own music.
--(C) 2017, Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
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Valhjim MusicPerseverance Surveys Jezero DeltaComposed, mixed, and mastered by Jim Valero.
--(C) 2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
2021-03-0608 min
Valhjim MusicBathing In the Sun In VallartaA beautiful day at the beach.
--(C) 2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
2021-03-0309 min
Valhjim MusicThe Aeolian HarpAeolian harp, (from Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds), a type of box zither on which sounds are produced by the movement of wind over its strings. It is made of a wooden sound box about 1 metre by 13 cm by 8 cm (3 feet by 5 inches by 3 inches) that is loosely strung with 10 or 12 gut strings. These strings are all of the same length but vary in thickness and hence in elasticity. The strings are all tuned to the same pitch. In the wind they vibrate in aliquot parts (i.e., in halves, thirds, fourths…), so that the strings produce the natura...
2021-02-1608 min
Valhjim MusicZarathustra Converses With The Cosmos"When Zarathustra was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and solitude, and for ten years did not weary of it. "
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Music Composed, Played, and Mastered by Valhjim.
Copyright: (C) 2021 Jim Valero.
2021-02-0707 min
Valhjim MusicArticulations Of RainArticulations of Rain
Mild rain.
Water drops.
Clear timbres.
Crystalline notes -
Interlacing Patterns.
Textured sounds.
Soft melodic lines.
Layered
streams of wind
and water.
Thunder in the distance.
Sound thickens. Frogs croak.
Choirs come out of the rain,
they blend and become one
with other sounds
in this wet symphony
of the world.
--(C) 2021, Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
Music Composed, Mixed, and Mastered by Valhjim.
Copyright:
--(C) 2021, Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
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Valhjim MusicA Song Of TroyA Song of Troy
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...
2021-01-0306 min
Valhjim MusicDorothy, DorothyDorothy, Dorothy
She gave up everything
just to be with him
her whole life turned
around his own
He loved her young wild eyes
he saw himself in them
there never was a day
he strayed from her mind
She was all for him
He was all for her
two bodies and one soul
Everywhere he went
she followed suit
all the poems he wrote
she took down
She was his love
She was his girl
he saw himself
in her wild eyes
She was all for him
He was all for her
siblings and lovers both
She followed him...
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Valhjim MusicYggdrasil"I know that an ash-tree stands called Yggdrasill,
a high tree, soaked with shining loam;
from there come the dews which fall in the valley,
every green, it stands over the well of fate."
--The Poetic Edda, , Larrington, Carolyne (Trans.), Oxford World's Classics, 1996.
Yggdrasill, Old Norse Mimameidr, in Norse mythology, the world tree, a giant ash supporting the universe. One of its roots extended into Niflheim, the underworld; another into Jötunheim, land of the giants; and the third into Asgard, home of the gods. At its base were three wells: Urdarbrunnr (Well of Fate), from which the tree was watered by...
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Valhjim MusicFenris' Binding--(C)2020 Jim Valero.
The Wolf Fenrir
Fenrir or Fenris is the most common name of the legendary monstrous wolf. In several manuscripts of the Viking Age, Fenrir also referred to as Hróðvitnir which translates to “fame wolf” and Vánagandr which means “monster of the river”. The wolf Fenrir is the son of god Loki and the giantess Angrboda who had two more children, Jörmungandr known as “The World Serpent” and the goddess of the Underworld Hel.
2020-09-1704 min
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Valhjim MusicIll Wind--(C) 2020 Jim Valero.
Ill Wind
Ill wind
Pale wind
Sad wind
Fear wind
Sick wind
Gray wind
Bad wind
Death wind
We hide away beneath our masks
Keep away, don't touch me!
The planet heals when we're away
Away away away
All creatures big and small rejoice
and bask in the sun
The planet heals when we're away
Away away away
--(C) 2020 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
2020-08-2503 min
Valhjim MusicWinter SunMusic by Valhjim. Copyright:
--(C) 2020 Jim Valero.
From out the deep starry dark
white beams radiating,
Winter sun ascends the sky
over snow-covered fields,
over mountains and cities of men
deep in the forest, cold fingers touch skin,
and the wind whispers tales of Other realms,
where Winter reigns, and Other beings
roam the earth. . . .
--(C) 2020 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
2020-08-1714 min
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Valhjim MusicOn The Island of Pala--(C) 2020 Jim Valero.
An orchestral trek to the fabulous Island of Pala. Lots of textures and colors on this palette.
Hope you like it.
Thanks for listening
and for your feedback!
Valhjim
2020-08-1611 min
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Valhjim MusicBright Star--(C) 2020 Jim Valero (All rights reserved).
Bright Star
Silently coming
The dawn
Through your eyes
The snow slowly
Melting
Beyond in the sky
And as you rise up
With dreams
In your mind
The girl in the photograph
Jumps through your heart
Bright Star, light up
My life again
Bright Star, give me
Your love again
There’s cold in the air
But the sun’s
In her smile
You send her a thought
and then you start to float
And as you slowly
Begin
To descend
The girl in the photograph
Hides in your heart
Bright Star, light up
M...
2020-07-2102 min
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Valhjim MusicTandem Dreams--(C) Jim Valero, 2020.
Equipment Used
Komplete Audio 6
Behringer iStudio
Behringer H802 Mixer
iPad Pro
Apple iMac
Digital Piano P-35
Arturia Pigments
Analog Lab
Modular V
Boom Drum Machine
Absynth
Piano V - American Grand Studio
Kontakt - The Grandeur
Yonac Steel Guitar
Epiphone Les Paul De Luxe
Epiphone Stratocaster
Completed Wed. June 24, 2020.
2020-06-2410 min
Valhjim MusicThe Enchanted Forest of Bronceliande--(C) 2020 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
Bronceliande
Brocéliande (also known as Breselianda, Bersillant, Berthelien, Berceliande, Brecheliant, Broceliande) is a legendary enchanted forest that had a reputation in the medieval European imagination as a place of magic and mystery.
Brocéliande is featured in several medieval texts, mostly related to the Arthurian legend and the characters of Merlin, Morgan le Fay, Lady of the Lake, and some of the Knights of the Round Table. It first appeared in literature in the Roman de Rou chronicle by Wace in 1160.
2020-06-1405 min
Valhjim MusicPiano Melody for LissieThis is a song for our beloved doggie, Lissie.
--(C)2020 Jim Valero, (all rights reserved).
2020-06-0703 min
Valhjim MusicJupiter's Moons--(C) 2020 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
JUPITER'S MOONS
These four largest moons of Jupiter are known as the Galilean Satellites on account of Galileo Galillei being the first to see them in 1610.
Io, the closest to Jupiter, displays huge voclanic activity. It's very hot.
Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system. It possesses an outer shell of ice.
Europa is the smallest of the four, like Earth's moon. Under its frozen surface there are oceans where life might exist. Its distance from Earth is 390 million miles.
Callisto is famous for its craters, but shows no volcanic activity.
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2020-06-0516 min
Valhjim MusicLament for the Albatross"At length did cross an Albatross,
Thorough the fog it came;
As if it had been a Christian soul,
We hailed it in God's name.
It ate the food it ne'er had eat,
And round and round it flew.
The ice did split with a thunder-fit;
The helmsman steered us through!
And a good south wind sprung up behind;
The Albatross did follow,
And every day, for food or play,
Came to the mariner's hollo!
In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud,
It perched for vespers nine;
Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white,
Glimmered the white Moon-shine.'
...
2020-05-2311 min
Valhjim MusicLong the Night but Strong The HeartLong the Night but Strong the Heart
Entangling is the snare
clustered is the ash
the ducks are in the pond
white breaks the wave
More powerful than a hundred
is the counsel of the heart
and Reason is the fairest
lamp for man
The saplings of the bramble
have berries on them
white the gravel of the sea
white the foam on the cliff
Rain without, my hair is drenched
the wind whistles on the reeds
long the night but strong the heart
for you
The saplings of the green-topped birch
will liberate my mind
the thrush is on...
2020-05-1404 min
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Valhjim MusicOnce In the Land Of Nevermore--(C) 2001 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
Once I had the immense honor and delight to record this song with my good friends Carlos Jacques and Federico Quintana. The song was a present to my wife Claudia. My son Aldar was about 5 years old and was present at the session.
Beautiful days, they were.
Thank you, guys, for your music and your friendship.
Jim
Once in the Land of Nevermore
Once
all the colors of the sky
Filled your mind
And your eyes
Once
All the sounds of the dawn
Filled your thoughts
And your words
Not so long ago
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2020-05-1209 min
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Valhjim MusicTime After TimeTime After Time
Time after time
you woke up in the dawn
Time after time
you had dreams in your mind
Time after time
you walked right up the path
seeking for the sun
on the cliffs of your heart
Time after time
you climbed up to the stars
in the velvet touch
of the soft-feathered moonlight
Time after time
you gave out all your love
seeking for a heart
that would feel like your own
own, own
There are many paths
that lead to worlds unknown
There are sundry suns to see
There are sundry stars
that shine in...
2020-05-0508 min
2020-04-2501 min
Valhjim MusicSidereal EntanglementCopyright: --(C) 2020 Jim Valero.
Equipment:
Studio One 4 Professional
NI Komplete Audio 6
Behringer Xeny802 Mixer Console
Behringer iStudio for Ipad
Digitech RP 70 Guitar Processor
Buchla Easel V
Loom Synthesizer
Modular Synthesizer V
Arturia Pigments Synthesizer
Presonus Presence XT Sampler
Epiphone Strat Guitar
Yamaha Digital Piano P-35
2020-04-1612 min
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2020-03-2704 min
Valhjim MusicLockdown BluesGreat idea, Daniel Holm, to set this track to jam in virtual space. Here's my contrihution on lead guitar.
Hope you dig!
Jim
2020-03-2503 min
Valhjim MusicInto the Rose GardenThis track is copyrighted:
--(C) Jim Valero, 2020 (all rights reserved).
"What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
Footfalls echo iin the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden. My words echo
Thus in your mind."
--T. S. Eliot, "Burnt Norton."
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Valhjim MusicQuest for a Dream--(C) Jim Valero, 2020 (all rights reserved).
"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing."
-- John Keats, Endymion: A Poetic Romance.
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Valhjim MusicReflectionsFrom the strings of the Queen of Heaven, Goddess of All the World's, strings of the sacred Harp vibrate all harmonics of the Cosmic Scale, begetting all the worlds, galaxies, and universes that have come to exist.
She stops for a while to make a beautiful melody, engendering Earth, and all the myriad worlds she contains: shapes, colors, sounds, textures, animal, and vegetable, life:
Consciousness everywhere
and a song of love.
This is the concept behind the song.
I hope you like it.
Thanks for listening
And for your feedback.
Copyright Notice:
( C) 2021 Jim Valero (All rights to this track...
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Valhjim MusicAnd After All (It's just emotion)Copyright: --(C)Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
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Valhjim MusicLeda and the Swan--(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
Leda and the Swan
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.
How can those terrified vague fingers push
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And how can body, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?
A shudder in the loins engenders there
The broken wall, the burning roof and tower
And Agamemnon dead.
Being so caught up,
So mastered...
2019-09-2213 min
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Valhjim MusicMy Lovely Lady of the IslandLovely Lady of the Island
My lovely lady of the island
living by the restless sea
what secret longing in your heart
stirreth with the foam and the breeze
and the wind on the lea
My lovely lady of the island
living by the restless sea
what visions of a love so free
pass before your eyes
with sunset colors of the sky
My lovely lady of the island
living by the restless sea
when nights are warm and calm the waves
what sweet dream of deep desire
rises in your heart with glee
My lovely lady of the island
...
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Valhjim MusicIn the Valley of the KingsCOPYRIGHT
--(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved. No copy or reproduction digital or otherwise authorized except by express consent of Jim Valero).
2019-08-2215 min
Valhjim MusicA Draft of ShadowsA short fantasia blending sundry textures, hues, and rhythms to stir the imagination and the heart.
--(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
2019-08-0808 min
2019-08-0711 min
Valhjim MusicThe Pleasure Gardens of Kubla Khan"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea. "
--Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Khan: Or, a vision
in a dream. A Fragment. "
Music Composed, Played, and Mastered by Valhjim.
Copyright: (C) 2020 Jim Valero.
2019-07-1606 min
Valhjim MusicSunny Day, Winter DayCopyright -- (C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
Sunny Day, Winter Day
As your wake up in the morning
your love by your side
you touch her hair
and she opens her eyes like the sun
There is a rainbow whichhangs up
all over your heads
everything's right
when your girl is so close by your side
Outside the window
the wind softly slips through the trees
and as you hold her so close
stars come up through the floor
Sunny Day, Winter Day
Sunny Day, Winter Day
Sunny Day, Winter Day
Sunny Day, Winter Day
--(C) Jim Valero, 2018...
2019-07-0205 min
2019-06-2509 min
Valhjim MusicOutside in the PerimeterThis track is copyrighted:
--(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
"Let us leave the hateful town
With its stale, forgotten lies;
Far beneath renewing skies,
Where the piny slope goes down,
All with April love and laughter—"
--Clark Ashton Smith
2019-06-1117 min
Valhjim MusicTerra Forming: A Poem of Origins--(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (allrights reserved).
Terra Forming
I. Third Orbit from the Star
2. Over Mountains and Seas.
3. Heart of the Gods.
4. Primal Forest.
5.A Stirring of Wings.
6. Life Abounding.
--(C) Jim Valero, 2019.
2019-06-0516 min
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Valhjim MusicAwakeningsAwakenings
The wave touches the sky,
the wind caresses the sand
the day’s transparency unfolds
sunlight shapes the forms of the world
the mind kisses the dawn
desire opens like a flower
the rainbow shines in the sky
the day flows in an instant of time
the mind gives birth to body and soul
the glittering moment vibrates like a song
the word begets the world
the wave caresses your skin
the world unfolds in your mind
the soul takes flight in an instant of love
Ah ah ah ah . . . . .
--(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
2019-05-3106 min
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Valhjim MusicQuest for Unknown KadathCopyright: --(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
Quest for unknown Kadath
Part I: The Gate
Part II: The Enchanted Wood
Part III: Ulthar
Part IV: Up the Ngranek Mountain
Part V: A Vision of Kadath
Part VI: The Magic Garden
"Three times Randolph Carter dreamed of the Marvelous City, and three times was he snatched away while still he paused on the high terrace above it. All golden and lovely it blazed in the sunset, with walls, temples, colonnades, and arched bridges of veined marble, silver-basined fountains of prismatic spray in broad squares and perfumed gardens, and wide streets...
2019-04-2609 min
Valhjim MusicAn Occurance on the Scottish HighlandsCopyright: --(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
2019-04-2012 min
Valhjim MusicCanyon WindsA minimalist piece, where several textures and simple melodies combine to weave a tapestry of sound over a continuous drone line. Special effects create the impression of winds. Rhapsodic guitar solos introduce an emotional element, while Eagle calls answer a flute melody.
Copyright:
--(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
2019-04-1809 min
Valhjim MusicOberon's PalaceMUSIC COPYRIGHT:
--(c) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
OBERON
Oberon is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which he is Consort to Titania, Queen of the Fairies.
OBERON
Oberón es, en la mitología celta y en las leyendas medievales, el rey de las hadas; también se dice que era primo del rey de los hombres. Es famoso como personaje en la obra de William Shakespeare, El sueño de una noche de verano.
2019-04-0308 min
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Valhjim MusicArgosA cinematic composition with epic rhythms and soaring melodies.
Copyright:
: -(C) Jim Valero, 2019.
--(C) Valhjim Music, 2019.
--(C( Valsongs Music Productions, 2019.
2019-03-1712 min
Valhjim MusicMoonlight SolitudesWritten, Recorded, and Produced by Valhjim
Copyright
--(C) Jim Valero, 2019.
2019-03-1208 min
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2019-03-0209 min
Valhjim MusicThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Part the FirstBased on the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
Copyright: (C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
2019-03-0210 min
Valhjim MusicChildren of the UniverseChildren of the Universe
The sun shines its light on us all naturally
The moon and the stars glimmer in the sky naturally
The tide touches us in sweet caress naturally
We are children of the universe
We are children of the earth
Rivers flow from mountain to the sea naturally
Whales sail the seas with dolphins by their side naturally
Butterflies flee south to a warmer weather naturally
We are children of the universe
We are children of the earth
We are all children of the universe
We are all children of the earth
We got to stop the...
2019-02-1207 min
Valhjim MusicThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Part the SecondMusic and arrangement by Valhjim.
Especial thanks to Monica Paulina Hernandez, soprano, for the extraordinary performance on this track.
This music production is copyrighted according to the laws of Mexico and the United States:
--(C) Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved).
Based on the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung."
--S.T.Coleridge.
2019-02-1207 min
Valhjim MusicSirius DreamThis track is copyrighted:
--(C)Jim Valero, 2019 (all rights reserved)
Chant to Sirius
Clark Ashton Smith
What nights retard thee, O Sirius !
Thy light is as a spear,
And thou penetratest them
As a warrior that stabbeth his foe
Even to the center of his life.
Thy rays reach farther than the gulfs;
They form a bridge thereover
That shall endure till the links of the universe
Are unfastened, and drop apart,
And all the gulfs are one,
Dissevered by suns no longer.
How strong art thou in thy place !
Thou stridest thine orbit,
And the darkness shakes beneath...
2019-02-0918 min
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Valhjim MusicCrescent MoonA tonal ballad on Time and Existence, creating mind spaces to explore through melody and textures.
--(C) Valhjim, 2018.
2018-08-2904 min
Valhjim MusicA Charm of MakingThis piece is based on an ancient Irish spell, which I first heart in the film "Excalibur," where Merlin casts the spell to make King Uther Pendragon take on the likeness of the Duke of Cornwall and thus trick the Duke's wife, Igraine, to lie with him. As Uther lies with Igraine in the Duke's castle, the Duke dies fighting Uther's army. Thus, is Arthur begotten.
--(C) Valhjim, 2018.
2018-08-1711 min
Valhjim MusicA Gathering of CloudsAn electronic piece that suggests the gathering of clouds in the sky. Layers of textures and musical motifs that repeat and transmute into others in dynamic interactions to end in a beautiful melody with voice and acoustic piano.
--(C) Valhjim, 2018.
2018-08-1712 min