Mike's Music Blog chronicles the creative process of a musician through (nearly) daily posts of his sound sketches and explorations.
Anything you want to You’re a burning tower and the World is spinning You’re a spring flower in the Winter hours The winter’s cold and hard You warm up rooms and hearts and You take up room in my heart … Continue reading →
Have i lost the words or have i lost the feeling? play→Take5
One of these days I’m gonna stop wimping out and just sing some lyrics. Unless of course I find someone else to sing first … anyone? … nobody? … Ok, until then, here’s a beat. Enjoy! play→Who Knows
Oh man, if I could I would stay up all night and change EVERYTHING in this song. Alas, the cycle of laundry is complete and thus is my time making music this week. Enjoy! play→Rainy Day Song
Back in the Dance Off post I tried to make a dance song and it didn’t quite turn out that dancy. Well, I started to finally mess around with Ableton’s Live 8 and Camel Audio’s Alchemy and the results are … Continue reading →
Suzie kicked my ass on Saturday and told me I have to start posting again. I thought about posting some old material, but Matt told me I have to keep it fresh. So here we are: laundry day + peer … Continue reading →
This week I attempted to start making songs with guitar. I recorded the guitar part. Of course, I forgot to buy drumsticks so there’s no drum part. I wrote lyrics, but for fear of being hated by the entire neighborhood, … Continue reading →
I started off doing a little Rhodes thing and thought about turning it into a dance song … didn’t quite work out that way … here’s the result. Enjoy! play→No Water
Well, it seems that I wind up posting every time I do laundry, so I guess this is going to be a weekly event … In this podcast, I explore adding orchestral instuments into the mix. We start with a … Continue reading →