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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
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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

Music for ‘It’s About Time’

Posted: December 16, 2025 in #poetry, MUSIC, My Tunes, Poetry POD, projects
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As promised, here is the instrumental version:

Stay untuned for a full mix with vocals.

Retirement is kind of fun.

MIDIMike

You’re In Love MSK 2016

Posted: November 4, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
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If you are looking for the answer in life to know if you are in love look no further. If you answer `yes` to any of them, guess what?

MIDIMike

Your Words MSK 2019

Posted: October 28, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
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Words are swords. They are powerful and can last forever. A doorway to understanding. But the source of their power lies more in the Voice. The Sound. The Meaning. I listen.

MIDIMike

Your Eyes Closed MSK 2016

Posted: October 21, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
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You see the truth and refuse it. You are given advice and reject it. You see the cliff and keep running toward it. But you KNOW what is true. Your stories are not.

Maybe you did have a rough start in life, but you would never let it go to start fresh. You create the storm we live in. You constantly chant `everyone is to blame’ to make you feel better, but all the fingers are still pointing at you.

MIDIMike

Your Best Fan MSK 2018

Posted: October 14, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
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A look at the life of a celebrity stalker. Starved for attention, empty lives looking for someone – some reason – some value. They act like you. Look like you. Absorbing everything you do and still do not know you at all. But they are the Best Fan you have.

MIDIMike

You Gotta Dress Right MSK 2018

Posted: October 7, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
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Looking back I think this was written because people would give me a hard time about what I wore when I played out with the bands I was in. Some kept saying I had to wear faded jeans, etc. to be a ‘rocker’. Obviously not true, besides, being the keyboard player I was usually in the back of the stage in the dark. No one sees the keyboard player.

But if I was going to court to be judged, I will be wearing a suit and tie!

MIDIMike

Words Are Meaningless MSK 2021

Posted: September 30, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
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The best of intentions won’t matter if you don’t let someone know them. Reliving memories, there were so many situations I could have made better or just more enjoyable if I would talk to friends and tell them what I feel or see.

Life is hard when my Default mode is set to ‘Silent”.

MIDIMike

When MSK 2016

Posted: September 16, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
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This comes from learning lessons one by one and a little too slow. Once you realize the correct thing to do it is already too late. Then we think we finally have it down only to see that we were just as naive as before.

This wasn’t my last song, I have a few more, but still don’t know where I went wrong.

MIDIMike

What You Want MSK 2020

Posted: September 9, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
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This song dances around the question about a dog chasing a car. The chase can be fun but what happens when you finally catch the car? Nothing good.

You can ask three wishes from the genie, but each one can turn out to be a nightmare if you don’t take another look at what you are asking for.

MIDIMike

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It Used to Be Fun

Music for ‘It’s About Time’

You’re In Love MSK 2016

Your Words MSK 2019

Your Eyes Closed MSK 2016

Your Best Fan MSK 2018

You Gotta Dress Right MSK 2018

Words Are Meaningless MSK 2021

When MSK 2016

What You Want MSK 2020

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