Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Overture: Blanc et Noir Chalkbrook Music 2026-07-14 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"Overture: Blanc et Noir"Music: ©2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comA song in many parts. Like walking from room to room. From straight to swing. From light to dark. "Blanc" to "Noir". A black and white video with the mystery of the red shoes. Why "red shoes"? I hear Paula practicing cello parts often. Recently it was Rossini's (red) La Danza and Schumann's (shoes) Cello Concerto in A minor. While I only paraphrase short bits, if you know you know. But the thing is: I usually change things enough that I think it becomes a challenge for PT to adjust from what she has been so diligently practicing.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Time Has Changed Chalkbrook Music 2026-06-30 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Time Has Changed"Music: ©1980/2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughYou used to play those games with me You'd try to put me down But I don't care if you care for me It doesn't matter nowMakes no difference what you say I'll get by alright Never thought I'd feel this way I'll be alright tonightThere was a time when I Could believe That we Were as one But that time is gone Like the feeling once strong Like you, I have changed Like time, I have changed Time Has ChangedI won't look back to yesterday The past is far behind No more time to turn around The future's on my mindThere was a time...Your time and my time Time Has ChangedWon't know my name when Time Has ChangedWon't be the same when Time Has ChangedIt all fades away like a song
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Wiser Later Chalkbrook Music 2026-06-16 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Wiser Later"Music: ©2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, guitars, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comA rock instrumental with a flavor of Alan Parson Project (and a nod to DEVO). A video with the insidious hazards of AI and social media.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Soaring Chalkbrook Music 2026-06-02 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Soaring"Music: ©1979/2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Acoustic Guitar, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Clouds: pexels.comLike a summer wind Like a spirit flying free I'm rising in love with youLaced between mist and clouds Riding on waves of dreams I'm flying in love with youOnce so uncertain and so unsure Of how you were thinking of me I was falling in loveVerses and lines And countless rhymes Have played on the notion That falling was emotion But out of the blue You came and you caught me And kept me from falling Falling in love with youMoving effortlessly In the ways of Icarus I'm soaring in love with youChanging but remaining Constant in my devotion to you I'm moving in loveOnce so uncertain and so unsure Of how you were thinking of me I was falling in loveAll of my life I'll remember The way that you remade me I'm living in love with you I'm giving in love with you I'm soaring in love with you
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - MCS02: Vulcan & Psyche Chalkbrook Music 2026-05-19 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"MCS02: Vulcan & Psyche"Music: ©2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comAnother in the MCS series, this song started as a step-entry project (one note at a time) on an Apple IIgs computer in 1986. As an experiment in what was possible, it was very dense and synth-heavy; the computer couldn't keep up. Now I've rearranged and expanded it with more traditional instrumentation. Something like putting Robbie Steinhardt (violin - Kansas) in front of an orchestra.In updating the piece, it came to have a heavy half and a lighter half. A challenge in instrumental music: a title...and these days: a subject for video imagery.The dichotomy of the music led me to consider Science versus Humanities. Tech does great things to advance our lives, but as we've seen lately, the power can be abused with Greed and Waste. The Humanities can be inspiring as we search for Meaning, but can send us into a ditch of Tribalism and Superstition.We can look at the Pale Blue Dot we call home and think that either: it's an insignificant mote of dust on the vast cosmos -- or we truly are special, if not divinely, but just for the fact that here we have life and awareness. We know of nowhere else that is so special in the observable universe (nothing more complex out there beyond chemistry and maybe microbes of a sort). We make our own Meaning. We can each harbor Vulcan and Psyche. We can do great things together, or we can fight over scraps. No one is coming to save us.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Stage Torn Down Chalkbrook Music 2026-05-05 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"The Stage Torn Down"Music: ©1980/2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughI'll never understand the changes Or the colors in your eyes I don't know the reasons And I can not ask you why You never seem the same Turning differently each day A fresh, new face Another phase Like actors in a playThe stage torn down The sun is set Dark replaces light And through the night I think of you I dream with all my mightThe places in my life Are just a change of scenery People and objects Sometimes mean that much to me And it falls apart Just like my heart Each time you speak my name You can see What it does to me And I wish you felt the same.The stage torn down...
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Joe Goes to Town (Joe Who?) [Pittsburgh video] Chalkbrook Music 2026-04-21 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Joe Goes to Town (Joe Who?)"Music: ©2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughThis video is all Pittsburgh. (Extra points if you can identify all the places; extra points if you can guess who Joe is…though the points aren’t redeemable for anything really.)About the music: I was recently watching a movie (Whiplash) about a jazz drummer and his intense (and abusive) teacher. The teacher gives them music that says a quarter note is 300…then of course, counts it in at half that. So, I set my metronome to 150 beats per minute and went at it. The bass gets to wail on a couple places (even if it really is me on the keyboard). Here we go!
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Praying For Rain Chalkbrook Music 2026-04-14 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"Praying For Rain"Music: ©2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comShowing some influence of Mark Isham (Group 87 -- and later prolific in soundtracks), especially since Mark plays trumpet as well as keyboards. I didn't set out to write program music, but once the recording was complete and I had to think of a title and create a video, the piece suggested a distant storm...just add water.In this instance, I wanted to keep the instrumentation minimal: piano, solo trumpet, and distant horns.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Reward Chalkbrook Music 2026-03-31 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Pushing Through"Music: ©2005/2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Electric Guitar, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comI reached the point where I was sure All love was in the past Or maybe saved for someone else And nothing ever lasts But against it all, I took the chance That's when I found you A perfect Match, so unexpected Dreams somehow come trueYou are every love song written An unending happy ending Every dream ever dear to me For every pain that I've endured For every step that felt unsure For all I've worked to be You are my rewardI never believed in silly love songs I though the words cliche And even those that seemed sincere Surely fade away And through all my life those songs of mine Played in minor key Now you've opened up your heart and brought My voice back to meYou are every love song written...So I stumbled over words unspoken To tell you I Love You And though filled with words, I've not enough The feeling still is true Now I think of you; I smile aloud How can we be blessed? You hold me close and I am sure Life saved the best for last.You are every love song written...
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Pushing Through Chalkbrook Music 2026-03-17 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Pushing Through"Music: ©2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Electric Guitar, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce Cridlebaugh“Pushing Through” is a rock instrumental with some jazzy bits. Someone said they can hear some Vince Guaraldi piano influence (alot of us remember the Peanuts music). So, I’ll add that I like melodic/singable guitar leads like Andy Latimer from Camel, not just noodling and scales. But everything on the channel so far is original…except for that time I quoted Tchaikovsky and that time I quoted 7 notes from Beethoven.This song could easily be a road trip song, but the background of the video is from a trail-free trek through 11 inches of snow – 20 minutes compressed into just under 3 minutes. Bruce-whacking!
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Voices Empty Echoing Chalkbrook Music 2026-03-03 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Voices Empty Echoing"Words & Music: ©1981/2026 Bruce CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Guitars, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comVoices Empty echoing From another room Oh, how it feels to be aloneEmptiness Grey hanging mist Withered leaves fall freeFeather snow On sleeping grass And melting on my face Oh, how it feels to be aloneI miss the sunrise The nights never endOh, how it feels to be alone
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - The Function of Ornament Chalkbrook Music 2026-02-17 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"The Function of Ornament"Music: ©1980/2026 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comFeaturing the Cloisters at University of Glasgow, Scotland
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - CEO Quotes Machiavelli Chalkbrook Music 2026-02-03 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"CEO Quotes Machiavelli"Words & Music: ©2025 Bruce CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Guitars, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comThere’s a hum beneath the argument A whisper in the wire We’re talking past each other While they calculate desire Screen light paints our faces We amuse ourselves to death Auctioning attention They know what you like bestThe CEO quotes Machiavelli While he cashes in We get shown the door And he takes the win The night, it feels like forever Empathy, it doesn’t make us weak Things that should be said But there’s a pause, before we speakWe build our walls of certainty And lock ourselves inside Data becomes identity The algorithm divides Trading on our weaknesses Pretend to be profound Between the loudest of extremes Wisdom seeks the middle groundThe CEO quotes Machiavelli While he cashes in Outsource and offshore It’s millions more for him We’re just living on junk food Whether in a box or served online The more claims on the outside The more suspect what’s there to hideThe CEO quotes Machiavelli While he cashes in The system serves the system And loyalty runs thin The top makes the middle hate the bottom Loudest in the room rules the day We can't unsubscribe Dark patterns make us stay
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Circling (New Zealand) Chalkbrook Music 2026-01-20 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"Circling"Words & Music: ©1980/2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughFilmed in New Zealand during a two-week trek around the South IslandDark Sky Video: pexels.com
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Drops of Rain Chalkbrook Music 2026-01-06 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Drops of Rain"Words: ©1981 Jeanne Anton & Bruce CridlebaughMusic: ©1981/2025 Bruce CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Electric Guitar, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comDrops of rain bead down the glass People and things so quickly pass Hushed is a moment, thoughts all my own What will it be like when I get home?Time is so hectic; they're so many changes I've seen all new things and so many places Love right now takes a new meaning For short intervals of time Let it only be TemporarySometimes I sad, most times I happy Controlled as it is, fear finds its way Only at night when all is quiet I lay wishing And I close my eyes To dreams of mineDrops of rain bead down the glass People and things so quickly pass I've been so long and far on my own What will it be like when I get home?
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Our Love Has Made Us Sure (featuring Paula Tuttle) Chalkbrook Music 2025-12-23 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"Our Love Has Made Us Sure"Words & Music: ©1981/2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, and all other instrumentsPaula Tuttle - CelloAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.com(This song was originally written with lyrics, but I chose to release here as an instrumental.)Oh my love We come together now Our lives as one Interlocked we're joined By grace and truth and faithIn our hearts Love through the years will live Thankful for Every day The life that we will shareShould any pain appear By strength, we will endure Our love has made us sure
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Rising Chalkbrook Music 2025-12-09 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Rising"Music: ©2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughThe video concept follows a river from its outlet at the ocean, upstream and growing wilder through hills, to its mountain source -- with the music changing through each geographic "room".
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Sign Of Leaving Chalkbrook Music 2025-11-25 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Sign of Leaving"Words & Music: ©1981/2025 Bruce S CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Acoustic Guitar, Piano, all vocals, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comI tell myself it's not supposed to happen This feeling coming on I tell myself I might not have the time Still, I stand on this other end And I look into you For a mirror of myself I hope to findI won't try to tell All the things you think I try to leave it all for you All your thoughts deep inside And the words you're about to say I wait for a blink, a whisper, a sigh A sign of things to comeYou always say you're leaving And someday I will too But why do we always have to know it? I'm living past imperfect and future tense Waiting, now watching for a sign A sign of leavingI won't try to tell...I'll stay here still reaching out Arms outstretched to you Hoping you'll come back and stay this time I've been afraid to show my feelings But this time that's all changed I'm straining to see A sign A sign of returningI won't try to tell...
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Sixteenth (with Paula Tuttle) Chalkbrook Music 2025-11-11 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Sixteenth"Music: ©2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, and all other instrumentsPaula Tuttle - CelloAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughFeaturing the Sixteenth Street Bridge (1923) over the Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, PA
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Seed of Hope (featuring Tom Godfrey) Chalkbrook Music 2025-10-28 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Seed of Hope"Words & Music: ©2000/2025 Bruce S CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Acoustic Guitar, Piano, and all other instrumentsTom Godfrey - Electric Guitars, FluteAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comFrom deep inside From Hell itself A frightening tumult builds Pristine mountain Now ashen shell The life once lushed is killed Rushing down canyon streams Choking desolation There is no Hope There is no chance Darkened resignation But given time The light returns Persistence of a seed Patient for The Love and Care A tiny sprouting tree Seed Of HopeTrampled beneath Foot and wheel Falling to the saw Forest thick So dark; surreal Soon forever gone Parking lots And mini-malls A blanket built of stone Boxes made For selling boxes A hazy setting sun Yet struggling through A sidewalk crack Persistence of a weed And soon below In tangled leaves Others drop their seed Seed Of HopeFalse starts In innocence Blindly reaching out Risks rewarded In simple embrace A tiny flash; a spark Growing passions Turn commonplace Just another day Laziness Forgetfulness Promises betrayed Yet cowered under Real Life A persevering need Crushed beneath Oppressive shadows A frozen heart won't bleed No Seed... No Hope
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - MCS10: Contention Chalkbrook Music 2025-10-14 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"MCS 10: Contention"Music: ©1986/2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.com & Pixabay.com
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - OK Chalkbrook Music 2025-09-30 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"OK"Words & Music: ©1981/2025 Bruce S CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comPainful memories Come to me Ooh, you can feel I care And the past returns From the darkness burns But now, we've got love to shareLet me help you wash away The things that trouble you If it turns out O.K. I know it's all for you I doThe daylight comes The pain is gone Now, it you and me Lose the bad for good Cause it's understood The way that we feelThrough the night into the day You keep me close to you If it turns out O.K. I know it's all for you I doNow like all the rest For the worst or best Comes the time to leave The winter's coming It's got you running Far beyond my reachThe things I meant to say The things I didn't do If it turns out O.K. I know it's all for you I do
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Turquoise (featuring Stephen Weiss) Chalkbrook Music 2025-09-16 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Turquoise"Music: ©1979/2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - 6-String and 12-String Acoustic Guitars, Piano, and all other instrumentsStephen Weiss - ViolinAudio and Video Production: Bruce Cridlebaugh
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - My Most Special Friend Chalkbrook Music 2025-09-02 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"My Most Special Friend"Words & Music: ©1981/2025 Bruce S CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, Piano, and all other instrumentsDarcy - Backing VocalsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.com and pixabay.comI taught myself how to play piano by sneaking into any music room, church, or auditorium stage with a piano. After a college art class, I gave one of the girls a ride home. I said, “This looks like the kind of a house that would have a piano.” She said, “It’s in the garage under a bunch of boxes. If you can get it out of there, you can take it home.” A few days later in a light drizzle, I pushed it up into my brother’s pickup truck. After sliding the old upright into my mother‘s basement, I roughly tuned it with Vice-Grips pliers. I just wanted to play all the time…and now I could. I recorded some of my first piano songs on a crude Dictaphone secretarial recorder.The sun climbs up Clouds move to obscure A beginning becomes an end We draw together We're forced apart It's happening againI don't want to lose the things I've done Don't want to forget what we have begun The time that we share seems destined to end I don't want to lose you My most special friendWhen something starts And soon falls apart I lose a little hope and faith Does it have to end? Do we have to give in? I need to feel a friend's embraceI don't want to lose the things I've done...We drift away I still feel you here Seems more words could only leave us blind Can we rebuild What’s torn apart? Or are we just left behind?
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - I Have No Memory Of Time Chalkbrook Music 2025-08-19 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"I Have No Memory Of Time"Music: ©2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.com and pixabay.comCan't change what came before. Don't know what's coming after. There's only Now. I Have No Memory Of Time.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - You Smiled Chalkbrook Music 2025-08-05 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"You Smiled"Words & Music: ©1979/2025 Bruce S CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughI saw you last night More beautiful than I imagined Only a few feet away You were there And you smiledSoft in the light Captured by the moment Oh, what you could say Cause you were there And you smiledIn your smile you seemed to say Words I needed to take me away From my lonely nightWay down inside I think that I understand And I'll love you always Cause you were there And you smiledIn your smile you seemed to say Words I needed to take me away From my lonely nightNever lonely...you're the only You're the only oneWhen you're near me...you can hear me You can hear me tonightSomehow I've tried Just to be your friend To live in the things I say If you'd stay here I know you'd smileIn your smile you seemed to say Words I needed to take me away From my lonely nightNever lonely...you're the only You're the only oneI saw you last night More beautiful than I imagined
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Another Day, Another Night (featuring Tom Godfrey) Chalkbrook Music 2025-07-22 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Another Day, Another Night"Music: ©2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Guitars, and all other instrumentsTom Godfrey - FluteAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.com and pixabay.comA multipart musical journey from the quiet of morning, into the bustle of the day, and ending with a relaxed evening.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Travelin Shoes Chalkbrook Music 2025-07-08 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Travelin Shoes"Words & Music: ©1979/2025 Bruce S CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughGot my travelin' shoes On my feet It's all I can do Just passing throughShe knows when I know where I’m never lost It’s just my first time there I want to find What’s hidden from view I’m looking for sign She says “It’s pretty, too”Discover a way To connect where we are Pull back the map It’s only this far They say the road is long They say we go astray I say we walk the path To lighten the wayGot my travelin' shoes…A fallen tree across the path Will we go on or just turn back? The way beyond begins to fade The forest hides the trail again
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Bachinaire Chalkbrook Music 2025-06-25 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"Bachinaire"Music: ©2006 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughFilmed at Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - And Lost Chalkbrook Music 2025-06-10 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"And Lost"Words & Music: ©2005 Bruce S CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Guitar, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughCamera Op: Kate CridlebaughI don't believe it's better To have loved and lost. It only reminds What the love has cost.This is where all the good ones have gone. Beaten down by love that’s gone wrong.There's the thing and how you feel about it. Emotions only cloud the issue, sure. Strip away all of the passion. It is what it is and nothing more.I don't believe it's better To have loved and lost. It only reminds What the love has cost.This is where all the good ones have gone. Beaten down by love that’s gone wrong.Oh, I give you credit for leaving when you did. Consider how it hurts now It's better than it might have been.You save yourself by leaving me behind.I hate it when they ask me how I'm doing. I don't think they really care to know. It seems they're only asking out of habit. They don't see their apathy's exposed.No one’s waiting round for the answers. They’ve all got other things to do. Everything you feel on the way up Is what you pass on the way back down.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Let Me Hold This Moment Chalkbrook Music 2025-05-27 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4KaLINER NOTES:"Let Me Hold This Moment"Music: ©2006 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsCarolina Wren - bird song Audio and Video Production: Bruce Cridlebaugh
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Words For Someone I Lost Chalkbrook Music 2025-05-13 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Words For Someone I Lost"Words & Music: ©1980 Bruce S CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitar & VocalAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughI won't say I love you Not this time It can't mean the same thing it always hasThe feelings appear And vanish Every time I remember you And what you meant to meMaybe the stars I saw Were only falling stars A sign that nothing ever lasts And permanence is just a dreamBut if I close my eyes To relive a dream A dream I once shared with you Will I only then see How quickly dreams fadeBeyond the smallest memory Of a feeling once strong I wish your heart a portion of happiness On love's anniversary
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - One Track Mind Chalkbrook Music 2025-04-29 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"One Track Mind"Music: ©2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comA piano jam with Strat guitar and Hammond B-3. While out hiking, I found that televison in a old worn out tire. It had to be in the video.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Middle Ground Chalkbrook Music 2025-04-15 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Middle Ground"Words & Music: ©1981 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.comWhether running too fast or moving too slow We're drifting apart and away From each other You come to me with the look of love But you know I'll soon turn awayMaybe you know we tried to make it work Gave away more than we took Maybe the road of compromise is dark And middle ground is shaky groundYou argue with me You say it's not fair You say I don't understand I can quote all your words to me But you can't recall the things I say Yeah, you can't recall the things I sayWhen the smoke clears away from embers of love The fire that burned itself out You come to me wit the look of love But you know I'll soon turn awayMaybe you know we tried to make it work...Sinking down in middle ground
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - How Ive Loved You (with Paula Tuttle) Chalkbrook Music 2025-04-01 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"How I've Loved You"Music: ©2006/2025 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsPaula Tuttle - CelloAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: pexels.comI've played that exact upright piano in the lobby at Lake McDonald Lodge at Glacier National Park in Montana. But it took some fancy video editing to make this shot happen.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Barren Trees / Windswept (with Paula Tuttle) Chalkbrook Music 2025-03-18 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Barren Trees / Windswept"Words & Music: ©1979/2024 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Guitars, and all other instrumentsPaula Tuttle - CelloAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.comBarren Trees was the first song I ever wrote (February 1979, I didn’t get the girl). Windswept is an extended instrumental featuring a piano/cello conversation (I did get the girl!).I've watched the sky darken A tthousand times too many Without you Though I believe it's getting lighter Please don't make me wait Without youBarren trees in silhouette Turned with the seasons Without me And every night when no one sees They reach out for the wind Without meI'll close my eyes and wait for you I'll never close my heart Without you Sometimes it seems the only trace I'll leave Is footprints in snow Without youThere's nothing but emptiness Within me -- without you
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Sleepwalking Beauty (with Paula Tuttle and Ralph Guzzi) Chalkbrook Music 2025-03-03 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Sleepwalking Beauty"Music: ©2020 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Guitars, and all other instrumentsPaula Tuttle - CelloRalph Guzzi - TrumpetAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughThere's an important solo in Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Sleeping Beauty". In Act II, the Pas D'Action (Dance of Action) is a piece of choreography that tells a story through movement rather than just being decorative. And in this instance, it is the first time Princess Aurora and Prince Désiré dance together to show the beginning of their romance.Cello is always the most romantic instrument. I hear Paula practicing in the next room. Sometimes it gets into my head and I play along to myself. As she works through the Pas D'Action theme, I decide to quote a passage in my own song. But since my song is much faster and has completely different timing...Aurora can't be Sleeping. She must be at least "Sleepwalking Beauty".The cello solo starts: youtu.be/w7qLg1lOfrw?t=3929The section I quote: youtu.be/w7qLg1lOfrw?t=4061
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Sleep Chalkbrook Music 2025-02-18 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Sleep"Music & Lyrics: ©2000 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional video: pexels.com and pixabay.comSatellite Aerial: PEMARing around the moon, he stepped outside A gentle breath sounded the chimes And the emptiness that filled the sky Gave perspective to the emptiness insideAnd he thought he'd face the challenge of it all Withstanding every storm and never fall And soon, but not today He'd feel the ice melt away Wondering where and when he finally got some sleepResentful of movies and of sports Following a script and following a course The conflict helps to move them along Not to bury those who suffer onAnd he thought he'd face the challenge of it all Withstanding every storm and never fall And soon, but not today He'd feel the ice melt away Wondering where and when he finally got some sleepAimed between the lines of the parking lot His restless wheels rolled to a stop And with touches on the radio He fell into a song romantic and lowAnd he dreamed that he was living every word And every lilting note was meant for him And for the first in many days He felt the ice melt away And there and then he finally got some sleep
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Leaves Left Chalkbrook Music 2025-02-04 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4Ka"Leaves Left"Music: ©2020 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce Cridlebaugh
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Win The Game Chalkbrook Music 2025-01-21 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Win The Game"Music & Lyrics: ©1996 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional video: pexels.com and pixabay.comInto the sun Into the cold Everything a child needs Was given to me. As I learned to trust And I learned to care Somehow I thought More would feel like me.They said to play fair Be good to each other Play by the rules And you can win the gameWe're taught that we're strange. It turns out we're normal. We're told that things change But it's hard to be sure. Everything's a defense. There are no straight answers. So we hope for the best And then, we're outta here.I thought it was fair. I thought it would matter. I thought it was possible to Win the game.Now here I am, yeah, I'm getting older. All the hopes and the dreams Are catching up to me. Mediocrity. Complacency. All the things that I say Will never happen to me.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Opening (with Paula Tuttle) Chalkbrook Music 2025-01-07 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4Ka"Opening"©2006, 2024 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsPaula Tuttle - CelloAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.com and Pixabay.comThis mesmerizing piece started as a one-take piano improv. Almost 20 years later, I wrote a piano line for Paula and it grew.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - If I Did Believe In Angels Chalkbrook Music 2024-12-24 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"If I Did Believe In Angels"Music & Lyrics: ©2024 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughThere’s no mystery Hush-hush history Everything makes sense All is plain to see Forget fantasy Living present tenseThen I look up You are waiting Finally something true If I did believe in angels They would be like youSome old movie Instant chemistry Music starts to rise Words flow easily On first meeting Mirrored steps, they danceWhen I look up You are waiting Finally something true If I did believe in angels They would be like youWe don’t need all We just need oneLosing faith in All that’s tempting Hardening a shell Warm and caring But not daring Feelings not to tellWhen I look up You are waiting Finally something true If I did believe in angels They would be like youWe don’t need all We just need one
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - All That We Have Left Chalkbrook Music 2024-12-10 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"All That We Have Left"Music & Lyrics: ©1998 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughWords cascade and linger They must not make a sound Every one I offer Just makes it worseAll that's in the past All that's gone before All that still remains All that we have leftLay down beside me Forgive or forget Choose the one you Haven't tired of yetWe try to reconcile But when we say Always - every - never We know were wrongAll that's in the past All that's gone before All that still remains All that we have leftIt's like we're watching a movie So hard to believe There's a happy ending There's a reprise It's like we're stuck in the jailhouse But someone believes In the story of innocence There's a reprieveWhat you allow to happen Is what you have done No one takes the blame When none is laidAll that's in the past...
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Inside The Lines Chalkbrook Music 2024-11-26 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOak"Inside The Lines"©2024 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitar, Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.com and Pixabay.comThis road trip song wants you to roll down the car windows and crank up the music. Even if it's winter and you have to turn up the heater.The initial seed of this song started as a dramatic bumper/intro for Paula Tuttle's "Accelerando" podcast: accelerandocast.com
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Driving Chalkbrook Music 2024-11-12 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Driving"Music & Lyrics: ©1998 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitar, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.comDriving through the night The rain is streaming off the glass And we don't have a single thing to sayAnother silent night Of trying hard to be polite It seems that anything could start it up againIf I could give you anything I wouldn't give you trouble If everything were right There'd be no painAll the years together We would talk about forever Now we just turn and look our separate waysYou insist that I am angry Til at last I become angry You're mystified at would could start the fightOne insists and one resists It just keeps grinding Nothing melts And nothing blows awayInsulted you move away Do I follow; do I stay? Do I set aside my pride to prove my love?Time upon a time, I said We're forever intertwined. You should Only expect the best there is from me If you could see the effort I'd ask you, "Be patient" It all works out It only takes some time
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Returns & Exchanges Chalkbrook Music 2024-10-29 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYFKSXI7-IEejtkQcSsYrOakLINER NOTES:"Returns & Exchanges"Music: ©2000 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano, Guitars, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.comI appreciate songs that need to get alot done in a short amount of time -- like TV themes and bumper music.I had just purchased a Roland D-5 synth and the piano sound lent itself to the creation of this song. That seems to be a common mode of inspiration for alot of music: a sound/timbre/patch leads in a direction and a whole song gets built around it.But one problem with naming an instrumental piece is that they don't always sound like a particular thing. Does "La Mer" sound like The Sea or have we just been conditioned to think that? I'm thinking of parallels of "program music" to the visual shortcuts we use in graphic design. A heart shape does not really look like a heart, but everyone knows what it is.Anyway...I was standing in line at an Old Navy retail store...with this new wordless song in my head...and I needed a name to remember and differentiate from other songs. There on the wall: "Returns & Exchanges". In time, it seemed to fit. A phrase, answered by another phrase, a conversation. And now this video makes it all a bit more literal.
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Right Again Chalkbrook Music 2024-10-15 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Right Again"Music & Lyrics: ©2001 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitar, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.comHe's working at the factory Makes the parts you throw away Sure the effort isn't wasted And he works late every day Tries to join in conversation There's two kinds of polite: Some folks are politely social Ah, but some won't put up a fightMaybe we're both a little lazy Maybe a little is too much Oh, you're right againReally wants to say he loves you But he doesn't have the touch And the feeling won't be coming 'Til her heart's been filled enough Radio narrates his life Is it just coincidence? Driving home he's late again He can't proffer a defenseMaybe we're both a little lazy Maybe a little is too much Oh, you're right againWalking through the darkened house now Locking doors and closing blinds Cleaning while eating from a tin can He pretends he doesn't mind Each child receives a light kiss They stir but do not wake His wife's been long time sleeping It's been far too late to waitMaybe we're both a little lazy Maybe a little is too much Oh, you're right again
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Waiting Chalkbrook Music 2024-10-03 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYGMx4ugumB9bsvnyesNn4Ka"Waiting"©2022 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Piano and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAs featured on Paula Tuttle's "Accelerando" podcastaccelerandocast.com
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Get It At Home Chalkbrook Music 2024-09-16 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Get It At Home"Music & Lyrics: ©2000 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitar, Piano, and all other instrumentsAudio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughAdditional Video: Pexels.com and Pixabay.comGotta make a living Gotta make a killing Hurry up! The first - the best - the most Feel the pressure mounting Building upAll of the fantasies The things left undone All of the things you need You can get it at homeIf there were only one more day Would it still turn out this way?The inviting package The turn of a phrase Can't wait for tomorrow Gotta have it today The only present we care for Is the one with a bow Out hunting and gathering We forget about homeRight Here Right Now Is passing you by When you wake up You're wondering whyI was flipping through some photos Conjured up some feelings From the past Pretending it was perfect Learning all too soon it Wouldn't lastAll that you think you've missed The Perfect One You can remember this You can get it at home
Bruce S Cridlebaugh - Somethings Got To Change Chalkbrook Music 2024-09-10 | From the playlist:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZoJKtnncEYE9EjBUoPDzKyrXU3CX2GjdLINER NOTES:"Something's Got To Change"©1981, 2024 Bruce S. CridlebaughBruce Cridlebaugh - Guitars, Piano and all other instrumentsAdditional Vocal - Nina W.Audio and Video Production: Bruce CridlebaughIn the style of Jackson Browne, a song about listening without hearing.My first graphic design position was creating all of the on-air artwork for Warner Cable. They had a slate of local programming; one of the shows was a kind of a Gong Show (like America's Got Talent but more brutal) where the people at home could press the buttons on their interactive QUBE remote and vote up or down. Too many downs and the act got pulled. I performed this song live/solo and was one of only two acts that made it the whole way through. The other surviving act was my first exposure to breakdancing.I try to look into your eyes But you turn them away They're your disguise Won't you ever show me who you are? Oh, it's gone too farI know you told me how you feel But I can't believe I know that words aren't always real I'd rather hear the things locked in your heartBut I can't take And you won't give I can't pretend I like to live this way Something's got to change Something's got to change (how I feel) Something's got to changeJust another one in line That's how it feels sometimes Like I'm losing time I am not afraid I'll give too much to you The change I fear is losing youI know you told me how you feel...Somewhere in a song You tried to tell me something was wrong It had to change My eyes aren't hiding anything My words are true The change, my love, must come from youI know you told me how you feel...
