Jim's Songs

Music and Words by Jim
All Songs Copyrighted

I wrote this around 1/2004. I then took it to ECR Studio in Anderson and recorded

the music and my vocals. I originally called this song (I'll Always Want To Be With You)

but I later changed it. I worked with the people at ECR to get the instrumental

sound I wanted and then I had a song.

I wrote this song around 3/2002. I cannot play an instrument, but with computers and layers

I can fake it. I used a keyboard and played each part as I mixed it together. I recall having

a very rough time with the longer parts and trying to play the same notes and correctly.

I somehow managed to put this together and it remains as you hear it.

3: The Things They Say and Do (Copyright 2006)

I wrote this song in the beginning of 2006. The background music was done with a Casio keyboard.
I was watching two little girls play, and I got to thinking of my two boys when they were kids.
All the things they use to say and do, and how I had forgot that until the two little girls reminded me.

This song was also played with the Casio keyboard. This song was written for my Dad on Father’s Day 2006.
This was the original form of the song as given to Dad on CD. The words of the song say it all.

This song was also played with the Casio keyboard. This song was written for my Dad on Father’s Day 2006.
The only difference from track 4 is an added vocal.

The purchase of a new keyboard comes into play on this song. The Alesis, Fusion 8HD. An awesome keyboard!
This song is approximately 14 different tracks. Some sounds are doubled on tracks. It took a week to put this song together.
Most of which I spent learning how to move around the editing features of the Fusion. All sounds with the exception
of my voice were done on the fusion. Now go back and listen to the Casio and then hear the difference. This song was created
the week of July 4th, 2006.

A song I wrote around 2004 and put music to it July 2006. I always wanted to have music for this, but it just didn't seem the right time.

With the purchase of the Fusion, I felt it was time. Just simple music, with a bass drum that has a slight thump on beat. This song was

written about my boys as individuals. No matter what they do, in my heart I will always love them.

The cycle of life teaches us these things if we take notice to them.

A song I wrote and put to music in January of 2008. This one was completed with the Casio keyboard. All the sounds,

except vocals were achieved with the Casio. I sang the leading vocals then went back and added my own backing vocals.

It was just a fun song that suited the mood at the time.

Track 10 is the original version of this song. I re-wrote a few of the words on March 11, 2008. This is a revised version,

made more general in memory of Suzanne Moore. A very special friend I will never forget. Her husband (Tommy) and

her sister (Barrie) allowed this song to be played at her funeral. She always encouraged my music and loved to listen.

I am privileged to have known Suzanne and I miss her presence.

This is the original version I wrote on March 9, & 10, 2008. I may have chorded the music, but I can’t play a

keyboard worth a darn. Beverly Henderson is playing the Alesis keyboard on this song. She also played keyboard for

track 9. Heck, it is the same track, keyboard wise, just slightly changed vocals. Music is my way to express feelings and

take my mind away from our sometimes harsh realities. I hope to take this song and add a few more instruments sometime in the future.