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It Used to Be Fun

Posted: April 14, 2026 in #poetry, Cover Tune Tuesdays, family, Holiday, live Sound Reinforcement, Live Sound Reinforcement Series, Midi Series, MUSIC, music technology, Music Theory, My Tunes, Opinions and Observations, Photography, Poetry, Poetry POD, projects, Question of the Week, Reviews, technology, Uncategorized, Video
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #poem, #poetry, #songwriter

I started my blog years ago with the help of my daughter, to reach out to other artists, tell my story and post original songs I have written or produced for great local artists I have been lucky to know. I added pictures and opinions from time to time. People visited. People viewed. People liked. People commented. I responded. I was encouraged to post more.

A few years back I retired from my day job. Shortly after I retired from musical gigs for other groups and individuals. I posted less often and as you (or anyone) would expect my views dropped. Because of this I noticed something strange after one WordPress Update, and you may have as well.

Then I got one of those surveys from WordPress and whatever they call themselves now. JetPack, I think. I responded and said basically everything was fine but I could not trust the view/like data. Now that I was getting very few views and responses to actual posts, there was an obvious problem. I would have two visitors and three views in a day, but have 35 downloads of my songs and PoetryPod or creative posts……. Sometimes the same song or file would be downloaded 10 times in the same day. But only two visitors. I scoffed and thought surely they know about all the AI e-bots scanning and copying creator content.

A month later and another update. To my surprise, I got a follow up message from my survey with the attitude of what could you mean by our data is not dependable? We are great Please tell us what you mean. I thought about responding but knew it would be a waste of time. So I just let it roll.

Another update. I rarely post now. Sometimes I respond to their question of the day messages……. but now I get between eighty-five and one hundred views in a day. Every day.

More views this month than all of last year. But no downloads. No likes. No Comments. No Referrals. No people.

It used to be fun.

I moved my catalog of music to my SoundCloud page under MIDIMike. Here is a link to one of my PlayLists of great songs so you don’t have to wander through more than one hundred songs I have posted there so far. If you do feel like wandering, I have a different picture or icon that indicates the various projects or styles of music.

I will be posting more on SoundCloud, but I am just too old to fight the system JetPack seems to be using now.

MIDIMike

East Fork Lake Fall Colors

Posted: November 3, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #eastforklake, #fallcolors, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #parks, #personal, #photo, #photographer, #photography

Fairly close to where I live is a man-made lake named East Fork Lake. I took my sister out for a little nature sight seeing and we were not disappointed in the colorful show as we explored the lake. I had to stop and take pictures with my phone from time to time. Here are a few pictures from last week I hope you enjoy.

It is even better to be surrounded walking under these giant splashes of color, but you can almost picture yourself here.

MIDIMike

More Fall Pictures on Halloween

Posted: October 31, 2023 in Holiday, Photography
Tags: #fallcolors, #Halloween, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #nikon, #personal, #photographer, #photography, #Spring Grove Cemetery, #SpringGroveCemetery

And even more pictures from Spring Grove Cemetery and a Happy Halloween! A few special pictures thrown in for fellow bloggers jessyrocco, satyam rastogi and Reiko Chinen!

Every shot is worth taking. Each moment worth saving.

MIDIMike

Fall colors

Posted: October 28, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #Cincinnati, #CincinnatiParks, #fallcolors, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #photo, #photographer, #photography, #Spring Grove Cemetery

As I traditionally do, I would like to share some pictures I took at my favorite cemetery. It might sound an unlikely candidate for seasonal pictures, but Spring Grove Cemetery has a unique and undisturbed setting.

I will post just a few of the pictures from a week ago so I don’t bore you with a bunch. Some of the trees had not yet turned, but others were brilliant. Each year is a bit different and this year the pumpkin orange and deep reds are currently at their peak.

I hope you get out and enjoy what you can of the seasonal changes wherever you are.

MIDIMike

Sunsets

Posted: September 23, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #cincyparks, #michaelskennedy, #midimike.com, #nikon, #photographer, #photography, #sunsetphoto, #sunsetsinthepark

Just a few pictures I took recently. The weather has been great and the sunsets are icing on the cake!

Spring blooms.

Posted: May 5, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #Cincinnati, #CincinnatiParks, #cincyparks, #lindnerpark, #michaelskennedy, #midimike.com, #nikon, #personal, #photographer, #photography

I posted a few pictures as Spring started to burst out from Winter’s hold a few weeks ago. I am glad that even though we did have three or four nights where it went below freezing during the nights, that most of the flowering trees and blooms survived. Usually we get a late freeze and it wipes out most of the early bloomers.

Here are a few pictures from my local city park I have featured before many times. These pictures are untreated or processed. This is how you would see the park if you took a walk there today or tomorrow. Enjoy>

Me Neither

Posted: April 21, 2023 in MUSIC, Photography, Video
Tags: #audio, #meneither, #metoo, #michaelskennedy, #midicontroller, #mididrums, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #video, #videographer

A friend of mine has a humprous response to a serious subject. Dave Young wanted to start a Me Neither Movement in support of the Me Too Movement from the time he read about it.

With my help he created a song parody to help introduce viewers to the Me Neither Movement.

Time for a llittle fun and music! Here is Dave Young’s:

Welcome to the Me Neither Movement!

MIDIMike.

Flowers in the Spring

Posted: March 4, 2023 in Photography
Tags: #Cincinnati, #CincinnatiParks, #climatechange, #lindnerpark, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #nikon, #photographer, #photography

I really enjoy posting pictures of new growth after a cold winter in southern Ohio. I know it gets worse – or better – elsewhere but we can get some pretty extreme weather from time to time. Most winter days here are cold, drab, grey, and pretty short. Even in the spring and summer the skies are overcast and grey. Not like polution. More like low hanging clouds so you never see blue skies, or the sun for that matter lol.

But this year it seems like spring keeps popping up in little pockets and hidden corners. It is warm enough many plants feel it it worth a shot to come out now.

I guess this is a sign of years to come. Climate change is all over the news everyday now. The effects are here and more to come. If no deep freeze comes at us just when things are starting to bloom like it usually does and kills all the blooms, it could be rather pretty around here in the spring.

Maybe I will get to post flower pictures more often. I hope you enjoy.

Fall Colors with Halloween Twist

Posted: October 26, 2022 in Photography
Tags: #autumnpictures, #Cincinnati, #fallcolors, #Halloween, #Michael s Kennedy, #midimike.com, #nikon, #photographer, #photography, #Spring Grove Cemetery

Celebrations at Ault Park

Posted: July 13, 2022 in Holiday, Photography
Tags: #4thcelebrations, #4thofjuly, #aultpark, #Cincinnati, #CincinnatiParks, #CROWN, #fireworks, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #photography, #wassonway

I have shared a lot of pictures from local city parks in the past. Readers know one of my favorite city parks is Ault Park. Ault Park is actually the cities third largest park. Recently revived from years of neglect, I have shown pictures of sunsets at the park, the construction of connecting bike trails along with the floral gardens and overlooks.

Part of the park’s revival funding comes from renting the pavilion for weddings, corporate and local sponsored events. Here are some pictures of the pavilion when they are preparing for events:

The park has also been a place for celebrations like the 4th of July. On these occasions because the park is at the center of a number of neighborhoods, people come from all over to enjoy this wonderful area. This year we had beautiful weather and a full crowd to celebrate the freedoms we still have. I will share a few pictures but will try not to bore you with all of them.