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A Ray Bertram & Robert Baitinger collaborative poduction.
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KaBERTRAM!!! ...it's all about the music.
Welcome to KaBertram!!! - an explosion of sound, motion, entertainment, and talented people from all around the world, all making music together. And if KaBertram! was a hurricane, then Ray Bertram would be the eye at the center of the storm. Ray, a life-long "compulsive writer," started writing at a very age and he's never stopped. When Ray turned his writing in the direction of lyrics in 2008, things really started hopping. Working together with good friend and partner, musician/song-writer/producer and creative genius John Surbaugh, Ray co-founded BCC Global: The Back Country Connection, which made it possible for him to take his writing and cover the world with it. Ray has now seen his writing produced into songs in the United States (Tennessee, California, Ohio, North Caroline, Georgia), Sweden, The Netherlands, South Africa, England, Ireland, Germany, Austria, and beyond. In 2010, Ray and another one of his frequent partners, Swedish singer/musician/song-writer/producer Anders Larson, were signed by the prominent Swedish promotional house, Hit Works, and in the time since numerous of their songs have been placed under contract and aggressively marketed all around the world. And, to date, Ray's writing has been produced into songs covering many genres, including Pop, Euro-Pop, Folk-Rock, Country, Rock-a-billy, Adult Contemporary, Jass/Swwing, Rap, and more. Ray continues to write and to continually direct his creative energies onward and upward, always striving to reach higher and to move in new directions. If you would lio further explore the work of Ray Bertram and the many people that he works with, you may do so through the sites and links below...and the farther you go, the more fun it becomes :-) KaBERTRAM!!! YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/KaBertram MySpace Station: http://www.myspace.com/kabertram Atomic Rocket Global Productions http://members.soundclick.com/Atomic+Rocket And a lot of Ray's writing has been developed and produced into more Country-related genres. You'll find this songs at the site & link below: BCC Global: The Back Country Connection http://members.soundclick.com/The+Back+Country+Connection
Song Info
Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #143
Peak in subgenre #71
Author
Bertram/Bailtinger
Rights
(c) 2008 W. Ray Bertram, Robert Baitinger
Uploaded
September 17, 2012
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.6 MB • 160 kbps • 3:06
Story behind the song
I wrote the lyrics to this song back in July of 2008 in honor of my oldest son. When my good friend German songwriter/producer Robert Baitinger saw them he thought that it would be cool to produce them into a song so that it could be given to my son as a birthday/Christmas present (his birthday is in December)…and once we got started, the project simply took on a life of it’s own until we achieved what you see/hear here. Robert and I worked together to change up the the structure and some of the wording of the oringinal lyric to fit the melody and style that he produced the song around and we had a lot of fun together doing it all in the process. Robert has done a simply phenomenal job on the entire production of this song - we’re so happy with it. His vocals/instrumentals/melody are top knotch. And one of the coolest things about the whole production is that the pretty voice you hear singing back-up with him is Robert's then-16 year old daughter Maxine - she’s got quite a musical future in front of her!
Lyrics
Twenty-Five Years Ago (Baitinger/ Bertram) Intro: ewww-ewww Verse 1: He just turned fifteen He’s become a young man But me, I’m just his dad And I don’t understand He has his own friends And he has his own ways He’s got his own ideas On how to spend his days He’s got his own life And he thinks I’ll never know But I was once his age Twenty-five years ago ewww-ewww Verse 2: He’s growing up so fast He’s ready to fly No I can’t hold him back There’s no point to even try His whole life’s in front of him I know…I’ve been there, too I’ll help him every way I can ‘Cause that’s the best that I can do He wants so much so fast It all seems to come so slow Just like it did for me Twenty-Five years ago ewww-ewww Verse 3: Twenty-five years ago I had my own dreams I had my own hopes And I had my own schemes I watch him and I smile And I can’t help but glow Because I see myself Twenty-five years ago I’m so proud of my son And I want to let him know ‘Cause I was once his age Twenty-five years ago ewww-ewww Twenty-five years ago ewww-ewww That was twenty-five years ago ewww-ewww Vocals, All Instruments: Robert Baitinger Background Vocals: Maxine Baitinger Lyrics: Ray Bertram/Robert Baitinger “Twenty-Five Years Ago” (c) 2008, by Robert Baitinger/W. Ray Bertram
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