I often wonder why most people fail to see the obvious. Do you really need someone to hit you over the head with one of life’s signs before you ever see one?
Yes. I know from getting hit a few times.
MIDIMike
Posts Tagged ‘#music’
The Signs MSK 2021
Posted: March 25, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
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The Pleasure Tax MSK CDK 1981
Posted: March 18, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
I have many thoughts on a Pleasure Tax. Part of it is the price you pay for having fun or a good meal. Part is penalty for those that want luxury items. Part of it is the toil on your body as the good times start to pile up. We all find out when we get a chance to relax.
MIDIMike
The Path Forgotten MSK 2016
Posted: March 11, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
I have always enjoyed walking, hiking and riding my bike. Often I take a familiar path but I also like to go off trail and explore. Life is like that.
But the worst thing is to forget which path you are on or where it goes. You get tangled up in the past and present, left or right, and here or there. This makes it impossible to return and difficult to find home.
MIDIMike
The Other Side MSK 1981
Posted: March 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
I was always an awkward kid. Never grew out of it. Not much at parties or groups of people. Learning about yourself from others can be treacherous, so I often trust strangers. My life has been filled with music and melodies, but the answers are still beyond me.
MIDIMike
The Next Step MSK 2020
Posted: February 25, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
A song about the choices we are given in life. For some, a few keep accelerating, knowing the traffic light is red. You friendly suggest they should slow down and they treat you like a lunatic. They make their decisions and choices without regard for the consequences. They leave it there for someone else to fix or clean up when it is too late for them to stop. A sure cure for arrogance.
MIDIMike
The Mighty Plan MSK 2020
Posted: February 18, 2025 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry PODTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
IF
man truly was made in the image and likeness of god – – – – – we were all doomed from the start.
MIDIMike
‘It Only Takes One’
Posted: February 15, 2025 in MUSIC, My TunesTags: #guitarist, #keyboard, #keyboardplayers, #korgnautilus, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #Midi, #midicontroller, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #original songs, #poetry, #Presonus, #song, #songwriter, #studioOne, #themerchants, #themerchantsofdeath, #universalaudio, #vocalist
I recently added vocals to the instrumental “It Only Takes One‘. This is just a fun song in my opinion. It has a toe-tapping beat with a fast pace to it. I like the simple chord changes and the way it just sticks in your head after you have heard it a few times.
I sent this to my band mates from ‘The Merchants’. We may have a real version at some point in the future. This version is just me and my toys lol.
I have been preoccupied lately with family and life style challenges, though I have still managed to be productive. It is just difficult for me to put things together in a post. Hopefully in the future I will catch you all up, and visit my amazing followers again. I hope you are all having a great New Year.
MIDIMike
The Intersection of Karma and Irony MSK 2020
Posted: February 11, 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 set of lyrics about my wife’s unpleasant personality traits. All so well hidden until the closets are full and nowhere to stuff all the garbage. Eventually it all falls out in the open. The bitterness remains.
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.
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