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MUSIC VIDEOS by
JEFF HELLYER
Songwriter, Singer, Filmmaker, Cat Guy
Original Songs
2020-2023
New music videos coming,
so please scroll down here
and check back often!
New in 2023!
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MARCH 2023:
ALONE WITHOUT YOU
Going out of my head?
With guitarist-producer Washington Negrão and cameos by Flynn Cat Sawyer, "Alone Without You" has been completely re-recorded and totally updated since its initial coffee-house debut in 1992.
"When I'm alone without you I hope you're thinking of me, too!"
With YouTube cc captions.
* JUNE 2023:
AUDIO IS BEING
CHANGED & REMIXED
NEW VERSION COMING SOON!*
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January 2023:
GOOD BOY, FULL OF WINE
(SLEEP WELL TONIGHT!)
This backyard music jam is much different than Adele's recent "I Drink Wine" and, while light-hearted, it's a more sobering look at alcohol dependence — one "friend" to another, during a late-night fireside with many guitars (ft. a Gibson Les Paul Pee-Wee). Could childhood trauma be an underlying reason for adult alcohol abuse?
"This world can hurt so much, for those who feel..." Shot in Flynn Cat's Chicago yard!
With YouTube captioning.
Avoiding the hell held in his mind?
Featuring Luiz Ewerling on djembe drum and Washington Negrão on guitars and percussion.
From 2021-2022!
FELIZ ANIVERSÁRIO PRA VOCÊ!
(HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!)
In Portuguese,
Ft. Jay Or, Dancer
Feliz Aniversário!
Happy Birthday! This short and upbeat beach song will hopefully get you dancing along with Brazilian choreographer and dancer extraordinaire Jay Or!
"Você merece um dia perfeito!" ("You deserve a perfect day!).
And also featuring Flynn!
With English subtitles and Portuguese surtitles.
HOPE (AND MOPE)
Semi-live version of the song from the "Never Goodbye" album
Two poems from Elaine Miller Hellyer's collection "More Truth Than Poetry" are married together into this song. And featuring Flynn! This is a semi-live version of the original "Hope" from my first album, "Never Goodbye."
THE TIME IS NOW
(AND IT‘S ALWAYS NOW!)
...Or maybe it's
better to just say,
"Oh, I'll do it later!"?
Fast reflections on living in the moment, and a motivational song against procrastination!
"Now is ALWAYS the right time!"
So...you're going to do that thing...WHEN?!?!
With English and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.
MOHER (PICTURING YOU)
A song from my 1/4
Irish DNA, on the
Cliffs of Moher
A romantic ballad, shot at the amazing Cliffs of Moher in Ireland, and in the nearby town of Doolin.
"I feel the green of the hills, and your beautiful brown eyes. Blue crashing white far below, our hearts above aglow. Picturing you on the Cliffs of Moher!"
Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max and DJI Mavic 2 Zoom drone. With YouTube captions.
MADISON SCRAPBOOK
Great memories and recent video shot in Wisconsin's Capital
Based on the 1988 coffee-house original this features rock 'n' roll memories of places and faces in Madison, Wisconsin!
The UW Memorial Union, Monona, Mendota, Wingra, Avenue Club Bubble-Up, Essen Haus, Nick's, Madison Radisson, Majestic, Barrymore, Orpheum, Genna's, Capitol Square, Hüsnü's, Bahn Thai...and many, many more!
WHEN TIME BEGAN
Before the Big Bang!
So...whenever it was that time began:
COULD everything have been PLANNED already?
Could your beauty have been known already?
Could all meanings have been clear?
Was there a higher source at work here...
Were there gods and angels and demons?
Civilizations before ours we now know nothing of?
Was there ever really a NEVER here before...
Testaments waiting to be lived and written!
Did E=mc2 then??...
Dante dancing in the stars!
...when time began?!
Music recorded in
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, with the amazing Washington Negrão!
With YouTube captioning.
E legendas em Português .
Titles and locations:
– ALONE WITHOUT YOU Filmed at Edit House Chicago and in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
– GOOD BOY, FULL OF WINE (SLEEP WELL TONIGHT!), in the Portage Park neighborhood, Chicago, IL
– FELIZ ANIVERSÁRIO (Happy Birthday) In Brazilian Portuguese with some video footage from Mariupol, Ukraine
– HOPE (AND MOPE) From my "Never Goodbye" album, with additional guitars in Chicago, IL
– THE TIME IS NOW (And It's Always NOW!) It's ABOUT time! Shot somewhere in space!
– MOHER (PICTURING YOU) Shot in Doolin, Ireland, and on the Cliffs of Moher
– MADISON SCRAPBOOK Filmed entirely in Madison, WI, and the musicians in Chicago and BH, MG, Brazil
– WHEN TIME BEGAN Originally posted on my birthday, ha!: Produced and filmed in this Universe!
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All songs were written by and all music videos on this page were produced by Jeff Hellyer.
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Special thanks to my producers, Washington Negrão (most of the songs on the
"When We Began" album), and Luciano Antonio (my "Never Goodbye" album)!
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And of course extra-special thanks to Leny Aparecida Daniel Hellyer, my forever muse.
Production studios in Chicago and Evergreen Park, Illinois, and Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were used for the recording and production of the music, and for the filming of the visuals. Cameras used include: Panasonic AG-AC90, JVC GY-HM200 4KCAM, various Canon cameras, and Apple iPhones. Plus a DJI Mavic 2 Zoom drone and others. Videos were edited and composited using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, including After Effects, and also with Red Giant Universe plug-ins.
For more information about usage, including leasing or licensing, please contact Jeff@JeffHellyer.com.
All original songs and music videos on this website are
copyright © 2020-2023 by Jeff Hellyer, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Website and design © Jeff and Leny Hellyer and JeffHellyerMusic.com.
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