The first time I heard it, it caught my breath;
If your wife commits adultery, stone her to death.
Want to hear what I believe to be truth?
Faith is believing in fairy tales without any proof.
MIDIMike
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Only A Fool 4
Posted: February 9, 2025 in #poetry, Opinions and Observations, Poetry, Question of the WeekTags: #astronomy, #athiest, #athiestisaword, #athiests, #bible, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #poetry, #science, #songwriter, #truth
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Only A Fool 3
Posted: February 8, 2025 in #poetry, Opinions and Observations, Poetry, Question of the WeekTags: #astronomy, #athiest, #athiestisaword, #athiests, #bible, #faith, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #poetry, #science, #songwriter
The sun races across the sky every day.
Hard to view it any other way.
So easy to believe you are the center.
Hard to leave it behind once you enter.
MIDIMike
Only A Fool 2
Posted: February 7, 2025 in #poetry, Opinions and Observations, Poetry, Question of the WeekTags: #astronomy, #athiest, #athiestisaword, #athiests, #bible, #faith, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #poetry, #science, #songwriter
During mass I overheard someone at church:
‘Mankind was placed on the highest perch.
The Earth is no more than a few thousand years old
Evolution is all garbage so I’ve been told’.
MIDIMike
Only A Fool 1
Posted: February 6, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Opinions and Observations, Poetry, Question of the WeekTags: #astronomy, #athiest, #athiests, #bible, #faith, #flatearth, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #poetry, #religion, #science, #songwriter
Talking to a coworker laying down tracks,
Says he doesn’t need all of them facts.
He started yelling, then looked at me and spat
When he couldn’t convince me the world was flat.
MIDIMike
The Girl From Arlington Heights MSK 1981
Posted: February 4, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
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
My first computer was an Atari 1040 STE
Posted: February 1, 2025 in My TunesTags: # mixer, #audio, #bands, #cdbaby, #chords, #computer, #DAW, #digital, #drummer, #drums, #education, #equipment, #guitar, #Instrument, #keyboard, #keyboardplayers, #MerchantsofDeath, #Midi, #midicontroller, #mididrums, #midimike, #midimike.com, #mixing board, #music, #musicequiptment, #musician, #Presonus, #recordingstudio, #salesperson, #singersongwriter, #SMPTE, #songwriter, #Soundengineer, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1835, Michael S Kennedy
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
The First Time MSK 2017
Posted: January 28, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
Another song where I refer to my personal musical giants and creative genius. I have always appreciated female vocalists and their style since I first heard Billie Holiday singing on the radio when I was a kid.
She is among many female artists that have shaped my musical world. Bjork is another artist I have more than respect for over the decades. This song is a ‘thanks’ to all of them.
These women might be beautiful, but that is not my attraction to their music. From The First Time I heard them sing, I was already ‘in love’.
MIDIMike
Music for ‘It Only Takes One’
Posted: January 24, 2025 in My TunesTags: #audio, #guitar, #guitarist, #korgnautilus, #lyrics, #Martinguitars, #michaelskennedy, #Midi, #midicontroller, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #ovationguitars, #personal, #poetry, #recordingstudio, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #studio, #Studio1+, #studioengineer
I posted lyrics earlier for this new song and I have a mix of the music ready for “It Only Takes One“
I am working on the vocals now and will have some ‘filler’ tracks to add at some point. I used drum loops (edited and a bit tortured at times!) for the rhythm tracks. I play all the guitar tracks and added a MIDI bass guitar part from my keyboards ……. until the band can make it in for a session.
But for now, here is the instrumental version.
Happy New Year!
The Dream MSK 2023
Posted: January 21, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
Waking up and trying to remember a dream I was having gave me inspiration for this song. Trying to capture the moments transitioning from dream state to awake. Things blend and merge so quickly. But maybe this dream is not the dream.
MIDIMike
The Bottom of the Iceberg MSK 2019
Posted: January 14, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
Personal relationships can be compared to icebergs floating in the ocean quite easily. When you travel so far that nothing looks familiar, you have really lost your way.
One thing for sure; you risk your life getting too close to the iceberg, and you never want to see what is at the bottom. What’s underneath will sink all your hopes forever.
MIDIMike
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