Love You

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Link to Jason's song via the Suno App: https://suno.com/s/cPzOprtPqPNRJs4y

Jason had a spelling session with Katlyn at the Growing Kids Therapy Center (GKTC). This was the second session learning about the parts and structure of a song in preparation for his writing of the lyrics for a song.

Katlyn asked, “What do you think the difference is between a topic and a theme?” Jason spelled, “I think a topic is much more specific and pointed idea, whereas a theme can be more generalized or based on a feeling or perception that underlies a topic.” Katlyn said, "I could not have said it better myself!"

During one of the questions from the session topic, Katlyn asked, “Using various senses, how could you write a sentence for its cold outside?” Jason spelled, “My jacket shifted in the wind as my skin raised with goose bumps.”

After finishing up the lesson on the structure of a song and how to write lyrics, Katlyn asked if Jason wanted to start writing his song? Jason spelled, “Let’s go for it.”

She then asked Jason if he wanted to give her any hints on what he was going to write about or would it be a surprise? Jason spelled, “Surprise.”

Jason spelled and wrote his first song;

Title: Love You

Verse One

Sitting at the table, 

Dreaming of all I’ll be able,

Practicing to share myself,

My words won't be shelved.

Verse Two

Ask me and I’ll tell,

My body isn’t an empty shell, 

Words swirl flowing out,

Life won't let me shout.

Chorus

Share the love,

Give it freely,

Let’s rise above,

All care deeply.

Verse Three

I found my people here,

Acceptance oh so clear,

Finally I’m loving life,

Freedom from this world’s strive.

Chorus

Share the love,

Give it freely,

Let’s rise above,

All care deeply.

Verse Four

Keeping love and empathy here,

My goal in life is clear,

Sharing my story aloud,

So of humanity I’ll be proud.

Bridge

Kindness, empathy, accepting and true,

My promise is to let you be you.

Chorus

Share the love,

Give it freely,

Let’s rise above,

All care deeply.

Outro

Be you, always you.

Keeping love and empathy here,

Let’s rise above,

All care deeply.

Outro:

Be you, always you.

Chorus

Giving love,

Give it freely,

Let’s rise above,

All care deeply.

Outro

Be you, always you.

Give it freely,

always you.

Chorus

Giving love,

Give it freely,

Let’s rise above,

All care deeply.

Outro

Be you, always you.

Katlyn then said, “So, with the AI thing, I can either send that to your parents and you guys can play around with it at home, or we can figure it out together, here, cause then you can also give notes and changes that you might want to make. I’ll leave that up to you, but if you can, I want to get a title from you and any musical direction – so the type of style that you are looking for, cause you want to give the AI program some direction of what you are thinking. It’s not going to be probably perfectly, like what you might be playing in your head, cause we are not. You can give me all the notes and things and write it out, but you can at least get the idea and the feeling of what you are thinking for this. So, first give me a title for this.” Jason spelled, “Love You.”

Katlyn asked, “What is your idea for style?” Jason spelled, “Ballad and thematic pop.”

For the question of a male or female voice, Jason spelled, “A male voice.”

Jason also spelled, “Let’s do the AI program here together."

During the next spelling session with Katlyn, Jason worked with her to put his lyrics and song to music! She used an online program/app called Suno. During the check in at the beginnning of the session, Jason spelled,  “I’m excited. Let’s start.”

When asked if he had any additional direction to add to the music program, he spelled, “Hopeful and happy,” so Katlyn inputted this, as well, resulting in “Ballad, thymic pop, hopeful and happy, and male voice.”

In setting up the song structure order, Jason spelled,  “Verse one and two, chorus, verse three, chorus, verse four, bridge and chorus, then outro.”

The program developed two different versions of the accompaniment for the music to the song. After listening to both versions, Katlyn asked Jason if he had any thoughts on what he heard? Jason spelled, “I absolutely love the first one.”

After completing the song with the program, Katlyn asked Jason if he had any additional thoughts. He spelled, “This is seriously a highlight moment in my life. I could never have imagined I’d be able to do this in a million years. Thank you.”

Katlyn mentioned that the International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC) holds a monthly virtual event called the Neurolyrical Café to showcase the music, poetry and art of the non-speaking community. Tonight was October’s event and perhaps Katlyn would be able to quickly get Jason’s song in the set list. In response, Jason spelled, “That would be incredible to be able to participate in that. Can you sweet talk I-ASC for tonight? If they can’t then that’s fine. I want to write a song for it every month.”

A big thanks to Katie from I-ASC for featuring Jason’s first song as the lead on the set list in the virtual Neurolyrical Café on 25 October 2024. It was very well received by everyone and especially the very proud parents!

Link to I-ASC and the Neurolyrical Café: https://i-asc.org

Link to Jason's song via the Suno App: https://suno.com/s/pUiJDiuc0e9UgZaF

Jason had a spelling session with Katlyn at the Growing Kids Therapy Center (GKTC). Katlyn asked him what he wanted to do and Jason spelled, “Write (another song) for Neurolyrical Café.” Jason added, “Dreams of the world is the theme.”

Jason spelled the lyrics in one take and in the next session he worked with Katlyn to put them to music with the online Suno App music program.

During the check in, Jason spelled, “I am excited for this.”

For the order of the song and structure, Jason spelled, “Verse one and two, chorus, verse three, chorus, bridge, verse four, chorus.”

For additional guidance to the Suno music program, Jason spelled, “Male; the genre will be grunge pop; and excited, hopeful, easy listening, and worldly.”

The music program developed two versions of the song for Jason’s lyrics based on his parameters. Interestingly, both versions had a female singers.

After listening to the two versions of the song, Jason spelled, “Of the two, I really like the first one and it may be the winner but try putting in male singer.” Katlyn did and the third version featured a male singer.” After hearing the third version, Jason spelled, “I am going to go with the first female one.”

Here is Jason's second song that he spelled/wrote:

Title: Far Reaches

Verse One

How far can you see,

Past the horizon like me?

I dream of adventure,

A wish my dreams feature.

Verse Two

The cultures of old and new,

Representation in various hues,

Foods, religions and more,

A longing in my core.

Chorus

Traveling by plane, train or car,

The reaches of the World so far,

Every mountain I will climb,

Every place will be sublime.

Verse Three

People bring connection,

Kindness and love in directions,

To see the World’s gifts,

My spirit would lift.

Chorus

Traveling by plane, train or car,

The reaches of the World so far,

Every mountain I will climb,

Every place will be sublime.

Bridge

Look at that view,

I’ll see more than a few.

Verse Four

My chains I will break,

My freedom I will take,

I will see the world, 

My limitations unfurled.

Chorus

Traveling by plane, train or car,

The reaches of the World so far,

Every mountain I will climb,

Every place will be sublime.

Katlyn asked Jason if he would like to write an into for the Neurolyrical Café and Jason spelled, “I have so many dreams about traveling the world, but my body gets in the way. I wrote this with the hope that those dreams will become a reality one day.”

The International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC) featured Jason’s second song on the set list in the virtual Neurolyrical Café on 31 January 2025. Once again, It was very well received by everyone!

Link to I-ASC and the Neurolyrical Café: https://i-asc.org

Link to Jason's song via the Suno App: https://suno.com/s/bhsYBsNsx683tdXu

In addition to Jason's one-on-one spelling sessions twice a week with Katlyn, Jason has also participated in group spelling sessions at Growing Kids Therapy Center (GKTC) with his peers. The theme for the group sessions vary every couple of months. This group session's topic was Conspiracy Conundrums.

The group of spellers included: Jason, Justin, Ben and Gage. Together, writing one verse each and then one line each of the chorus, the group spelled/wrote the following song.

Intro

WE HAD SOME FUN LEARNING ABOUT DISS TRACKS IN GROUP. SO WE DECIDED TO WRITE ONE TOGETHER TO ALL THE HATERS OUT THERE. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE SPELLED IT OUT. PLEASE OPEN YOUR MINDS AND ENJOY.

Verse 1

HATERS LISTEN UP TO WHAT WE SAY

MY ATTENTION IS TOWARDS YOU TODAY

YOU HAVENT MADE ME DOUBT

I HAVE WAYS TO SHOUT IT OUT

Verse 2

YOUR IGNORANCE AINT EVEN A LITTLE CUTE 

IM TELLING THE HATERS TO GO MUTE 

VOICES DONT NEED TO BE SPOKEN ALOUD

SPELLED OUT AND PROUD 

Chorus

STOP SPEWING YOUR OUTDATED LIES

SEE THROUGH THE BULLSHIT, OPEN YOUR MIND

LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY 

TAKE THE LIES AND THROW THEM AWAY

Verse 3

SPILLIN THE TEA ABOUT YOU

LIKE PINOCCHIO YOU GREW

YOUR MISINFORMATION BE HARMIN

BUT OUR TRUTH BE CHARMIN 

Chorus

STOP SPEWING YOUR OUTDATED LIES

SEE THROUGH THE BULLSHIT, OPEN YOUR MIND

LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY 

TAKE THE LIES AND THROW THEM AWAY

Verse 4

WE’RE SMARTER THAN YOU KNOW 

WATCH AND WE’LL SHOW

WE’LL TELL THEM NOT TO LISTEN

TO THE LIES YOURE SPITTIN

Chorus

STOP SPEWING YOUR OUTDATED LIES

SEE THROUGH THE BULLSHIT, OPEN YOUR MIND

LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY 

TAKE THE LIES AND THROW THEM AWAY

Verse 4

WE’RE SMARTER THAN YOU KNOW 

WATCH AND WE’LL SHOW

WE’LL TELL THEM NOT TO LISTEN

TO THE LIES YOURE SPITTIN

Chorus

STOP SPEWING YOUR OUTDATED LIES

SEE THROUGH THE BULLSHIT, OPEN YOUR MIND

LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY 

TAKE THE LIES AND THROW THEM AWAY

The International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC) featured the group's song on the set list in the virtual Neurolyrical Café on 31 January 2025. They received lots of kudos for their efforts!

Link to I-ASC and the Neurolyrical Café: https://i-asc.org

Link to Jason's song via the Suno App: https://suno.com/s/RDiVsDuVrHjtxCkj

Link to Jason's song video via YouTube: https://youtu.be/pQMGI_BZ6HY

Jason was so proud of his accomplishment that he spelled a note for his website and blog about it: "Hay my wonderful readers. I am very excited to share this song that I wrote. It was played at a concert full of songs written by other non-speakers like me. It is so powerful to not only share my thoughts but do it through a creative outlet like this."

Prior to this, on 15 November 2024, Katlyn mentioned to Jason the opportunity to write a song for the upcoming Boards & Chords virtual event, sponsored by the International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC). Katlyn asked Jason what kind of song or theme did he want to write? Jason spelled, “I want to write about the true meaning of freedom.”

Katlyn asked him how he wanted it phrased in the application and Jason spelled, “There is a lot of discord in our country and the world right now. The idea of true freedom has been on my mind. It is applicable to more than politics. Understanding that can be challenging for some, so I’d like to bring attention to it.”

On 20 December, Jason had a spelling session with Katlyn at the Growing Kids Therapy Center (GKTC) and set out to write his song for the Boards & Chords. Jason spelled, “My goal with this song is to encourage everyone to consider the idea of true freedom. It’s so important to educate yourself to break the chains of bias.”

Jason spelled/wrote his fourth song:

Title: Freed to Freedom

Verse 1

Looking all around me

The invisible bindings I see

He told me I had to

I'd rather follow my own cue

Verse 2

Watching the news stories

Biased informational cronies

How can we decide on it

When they want us to forget

Chorus

We are freed but do we have freedom?

We get choices but do we have true choice?

What's your definition of freedom?

It's time to hear your voice

Freed to freedom

Verse 3

Our options are given

Choices are set it

Is freedom an illusion

I have reached that conclusion

Verse 4

They say we've been freed

But I believe we'll succeed

In choice for everyone

Autonomy and freedom will come

Chorus

We are freed but do we have freedom?

We get choices but do we have true choice?

What's your definition of freedom?

It's time to hear your voice

Freed to freedom

Verse 5

Lift your words high

Open your mind to the sky

Freedom from education

Unbiased complete information

Chorus

We are freed but do we have freedom?

We get choices but do we have true choice?

What's your definition of freedom?

It's time to hear your voice

Freed to freedom

Bridge

Be yourself and decide for you

Let your freedom ring true

Chorus

We are freed but do we have freedom?

We get choices but do we have true choice?

What's your definition of freedom?

It's time to hear your voice

Freed to freedom

For the order of the song, Jason spelled, "Verse one and two, chorus, verse three and four, chorus, verse five."

For the notes to the program on the style, Jason spelled, "Male voice, rock anthem, freedom."

The Suno App music program developed two versions of the song which Jason listened to. Afterwards, Jason spelled, "I like the clarity of the second one and it may be the one, but try adding electric guitar to the notes to see what we get."

The program generated a third and fourth version of Jason's song. Afterwards, Jason spelled, "That last one is the winner." 

When asked how he wanted to develop the multimedia video presentation (which is required for the Boards & Chords), Jason spelled, "I wish I could be rocking out but it might be hard to get my body to do it. Do you think Group (Jason's spelling group session with his peers) would record us all rocking out together, with you and Kelly for the chorus?"

For additional ideas for the video, Jason spelled, "For verse one, image of hands breaking bindings. Verse two, maybe we can can Google bias news and information images for inspiration. Verse there, show a ballot to show set choices. And verse four need to think about it."

The next day, the spelling group - Ben, Jason, Gregory, and their CRPs Kelly and Katlyn - played Jason's song and video recorded them rocking out to it! Katlyn worked with Jason in next several one-on-one spelling sessions to edit and mix the video and pictures together with the song and lyrics. 

The virtual Boards and Chords event was broadcasted live on the internet on 22 February 2025. For the intro to his song and the one thing that he would like the audience to take away, Jason spelled, "Inspiration to stay fully informed by unbiased sources. It's as close as we can get to true freedom."

Link to I-ASC and Boards & Cords: https://i-asc.org

Link to Jason's song via the Suno App: https://suno.com/s/XUgNnTHRd80dFrQe

Jason collaborated with his friend, Jack, to jointly write a song for an upcoming Neurolyrical Café event sponsored by the International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC). 

Here is the song that they spelled together with Katlyn at the Growing Kids Therapy Center (GKTC).

Verse 1 (Jack)

There’s this feeling in the air

The space between you and me

Vibrations to heal and care

Sensations you can’t see

Verse 2 (Jason)

Energy magnetic or repellant

It’s a feeling we can’t shake

People give off energy expellant

True intentions they cannot fake

Chorus

(Jason) Always surrounded effected deeply

(Jack) Your choice to focus energy

(Jason) The beauty of a healing reaping

(Jack) Let the ringing bring vibrational synergy

Verse 3 (Jack)

Energizing as powers beyond

True intentions seep out

We feel where we belong

Universally vibrations shout

Chorus

(Jason) Always surrounded effected deeply

(Jack) Your choice to focus energy

(Jason) The beauty of a healing reaping

(Jack) Let the ringing bring vibrational synergy

Verse 4 (Jason)

There is power good and bad

Healing power in sound baths

Notes ring truly rad

Listen to calm the rath

Verse 5 (Jack)

Like music for the soul

In the air around

Calming energy the goal

Pulsing and lifting spirits abound

Chorus

(Jason) Always surrounded effected deeply

(Jack) Your choice to focus energy

(Jason) The beauty of a healing reaping

(Jack) Let the ringing bring vibrational synergy

The International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC) featured Jack and Jason's song on the set list in the virtual Neurolyrical Café on 28 March 2025. They received great praise for their collaboration and friendship!

Link to I-ASC and Neurolyrical Café: https://i-asc.org

Link to Jason's song via the Suno App: https://suno.com/s/HC3LyyBw2v1xUKqb

During Jason's spelling session with Katlyn at the Growing Kids Therapy Center (GKTC), he wrote his sixth song for an upcoming Neurolyrical Café event sponsored by the International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC). 

Here is the song that Jason spelled:

Love Spring

As the petals open
Sprouts of green begin to grow
Beauty and peace begin
New life ready to show

Birth of a generation 
Nature’s music sings aloud 
Make room for regeneration 
As Earth spins around

Spring is our reminder to bloom and grow 
A time to let new seeds be sewn 
Soak in the hug of the sun 
Our chance for a new life has begun

Mother nature brings reprieve 
Putting joy in sight 
More love than you’d believe 
She lets the colors be bright

Spring is our reminder to bloom and grow 
A time to let new seeds be sewn 
Soak in the hug of the sun 
Our chance for a new life has begun

Hello spring my old friend
Let’s dance and sing love’s lend

As petals turn to leaves 
It’s not goodbye but change
For flowers do not grieve
Life comes in range

Spring is our reminder to bloom and grow 
A time to let new seeds be sewn 
Soak in the hug of the sun 
Our chance for a new life has begun

The International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC) featured Jason's song on the set list in the virtual Neurolyrical Café on 25 April 2025. received great praise for their collaboration and friendship!

Link to I-ASC and Neurolytrical Café: https://i-asc.org