What future do you want?#ImagineFor1Minute pic.twitter.com/nrQfqdc46n
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 21, 2020
Send yourself a reminder
Better send it yesterday.
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Posted: September 22, 2020 in Opinions and Observations
Tags: #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #poeticadvice, #reminder, #thoughtoftheday
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Posted: September 21, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: #covid19, #michaelskennedy, #midimike
There is no need for a helmet for the fall that is coming will never end.
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Posted: September 18, 2020 in Opinions and Observations
Tags: #michaelskennedy, #midimike
Every time you leave the room
You take your shadow with you.
Remember your memories
They have already forgotten you.
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Posted: September 18, 2020 in Opinions and Observations
Tags: #memories, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #poeticadvice, #shadow, #thoughtoftheday
You can ask me anything.
If I know the answer it will be easy.
If I don’t know the answer it will be easier.
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Posted: September 15, 2020 in Opinions and Observations
Tags: #midimike
It didn’t take long to get here but it never does.
Every answer I get lately is, ‘just because’.
It takes so long to retrace steps carelessly made.
No winners or losers whenever the game is played.
A never ending stream of lies like burning arrows
Directed at the innocent as the fire grows.
Family or friends you’d throw anybody under the bus
Hard to believe who could but someone always does.
The Intersection of Karma and Irony
When everything gets thrown back in your face.
The Intersection of Karma and Irony
Your empire demolished and a temple in its place.
Thinking you’re so clever with all the right things to say
Hoping the pretty dance you do makes it all go away.
With power you didn’t earn you push and shove the weak
The sheer weight you have has now left you up a creek.
The Intersection of Karma and Irony
When everything gets thrown back in your face.
The Intersection of Karma and Irony
Your empire demolished and a temple in its place.
It’s not like we believed you, no one could be that dumb
The hidden agendas just make us a little numb.
The pedestal you stood on was never really there.
And the truth of the matter is that we never even cared.
Your words are meaningless and soon forgotten
But the bitterness remains as the fruit becomes rotten.
With power you didn’t earn you push and shove the weak
The sheer weight you have has now left you up a creek.
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Posted: September 11, 2020 in Poetry
Tags: #karma, #karmaandirony, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #poem, #songwriter, irony, karma, poem, poetry
I have been working with a new suite of audio recording and mixing software for the last two weeks called Presonus. I am using their Studio One 5 bundle. I am starting to get the feel of how it works. A bit of a learning curve and unlearning curve from other programs, but very flexible interface and great sounding plug ins.
Here is my first tune noodling around with the functions and features. A simple groove I call ‘Forward’.
The great thing is the new software automatically imported all the instruments, effects and and plug ins I already had. These are all ‘virtual’ instruments from the sound and effect plug ins. I use a MIDI keyboard controller for most of the input for instruments.
I hope you enjoy this one for a few minutes in your busy days.
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Posted: September 4, 2020 in Midi Series, My Tunes
Tags: #DAW, #Instrumental, #keyboard, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #mixingboard, #original songs, #Presonus, #recordingstudio, #Sphere, #StudioOne5
It’s not like I planned it
Much of life is under handed
I didn’t really understand it.
And all of it demanded.
The rest of my life branded
My soul reprimanded
Heart and thoughts now commanded
Hope forever abandoned.
Not like I didn’t have a choice
When I needed it I lost my voice.
The true cost is not on the invoice
But everyone loves their toys.
There are those who will rejoice
Not just women or their boys
Their words thick and moist
It is the silence that destroys.
My Mistake
And I made it so long ago.
My Mistake
Took me this long to know.
Passions and hope and dreams
I made them all routine
Rather leave than make a scene
Hide behind another machine.
Standing tall and in between
Excuses and lies on a trampoline
Drinking cool-aid from a canteen
Pretending what I did wasn’t mean.
My Mistake
And I made it so long ago.
My Mistake
Took me this long to know.
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Posted: August 30, 2020 in Poetry
Tags: #guilt, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #realization, #songwriter, personal blame
Another installment in my “I Can Explain It To You” series. Here is a link for the first installment: https://midimike.com/2020/06/27/when-the-silent-majority-speaks-out-what-will-they-say/
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Posted: August 15, 2020 in Opinions and Observations, projects
Tags: #blm, #discrimination, #icanexplainittoyou, #indians, #indiantribes, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #racism, #racisminamerica, #video, #whitemansbigmistake, #wlm, Emancipation, treaty
