Archive for February, 2025

Lots of things happened in 1981 evidently.  Another song from that time and this one is based on a romanticized minor traffic accident of all things.  I really did run into the car in front of me on the Arlington Heights exit, but there was no attractive woman in sight!  ACD stood for Assured Clear Distance back then.

MIDIMike

Write about your first computer.

Unlike other computers available at that time, it had built in MIDI ports!  This allowed musicians to connect the computer to the new generation of MIDI keyboards, sequencers and drum machines.  MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

Later I got a job at a music store selling musical equipment and was given the nickname MIDIMIKE!

I still have the Atari and my Yamaha DX7 MIDI keyboard.

Midimike