Another look at relationships and friendships that just work well. Things fit in place. Intentions are understood. A smile that means everything. This is what it feels like to belong to someone.
Posts Tagged ‘#singersongwriter’
It Belongs MSK 2020
Posted: February 6, 2024 in PoetryTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #musician, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
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Is there Anything? MSK 2004
Posted: January 30, 2024 in PoetryTags: #audio, #Cakewalk, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #Midi, #midicontroller, #mididrums, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #poetrypod, #recording, #recordingstudio, #singer, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #sound
Bucket lists have been a recurring thing now and then. In the earlier days I would think about crossing off something on the list before I die. Now my list has a bunch of things to do before someone else like the artist or performer dies! Back to the song, it is trying to inspire us to think of life as short for some but death happens to all of us as they say. What would you like to do? One of those was just to finish something to be proud of. To actually accomplish something good. But whatever it is, I want to take you with me when I do it.
If there is a Heaven MSK 2007
Posted: January 23, 2024 in PoetryTags: #audio, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #poetrypod, #recording, #recordingstudio, #relationships, #religion, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #sound
I read these lyrics and know this is a compilation of feelings about my direct family. Many have suffered a bit over the years. I am sure most of it went untold and unshared. We are just like that. Back to the topic of heaven and death with this song. Great people are not forgotten. Good people give me reason to think of a heaven where I will indeed see them again. We have a strange way of dealing with extreme pain toward the end of life. We treat it like it is the last test or challenge you need to complete before you pass on.
One By One
Posted: January 19, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, PoetryTags: #lucky, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #one-by-one, #personal, #poem, #poetry, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #writing, creative-writing, poems
I’ve been told that I am So Lucky
Doesn’t seem that way
From my point of view.
My history with women
And faith in mankind
Just to name a few.
I keep hitting myself on the head
Love that got away……
Again, nothing new.
Still searching for solutions
The world’s so unkind
Soooo, unlike you.
So Lucky, in life and in love.
So Lucky, in ‘everything SHe does’.
So Lucky, SHe rises above
So Lucky, it’s easy because……
Good things just seem to fall in my lap
All I do is ask
And my dreams come true.
Where it seems incredible
I pull off my mask
Become who you want me to.
So Lucky, in life and in love.
So Lucky, in ‘everything SHe does’.
So Lucky, SHe rises above
So Lucky, it’s easy because……
I keep writing, I don’t know if I can stop. I put things together while waiting for them to drop. We all know it’s meaningless to try to get things done, so let’s enjoy life’s pleasures……
…….. One by One.
One by One.
One by One……
I’ve been told that I am So Lucky
Doesn’t seem that way
From my point of view.
My history with women
And faith in mankind
Just to name a few.
I keep hitting myself on the head
Love that got away……
Again, nothing new.
Still searching for solutions
The world’s so unkind
Soooo, unlike you.
So Lucky, in life and in love.
So Lucky, in ‘everything SHe does’.
So Lucky, SHe rises above
So Lucky, easy for them because……
…….. One by One.
One by One.
One by One……
Until we’re done.
…….. One by One.
One by One.
One by One……
Until we’re done.
I Gave it Back MSK 1980
Posted: January 16, 2024 in PoetryTags: #audio, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #poetrypod, #recording, #recordingstudio, #reeltoreel, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #sound
I don’t remember a time when these lyrics and the music were separate. It has always been a slow groovin’ piece I usually played when no one was around and I was just jamming. Learning how to play sing with more power, but controlled. I must like juxtaposition and odd perspective observations but the thought that someone would give you their love that you would give it back. It can be taken both ways. Is giving their love back in addition to yours or does the word ‘but’ in the Chorus mean it is a rejection and you are refusing their love or a meaningless phrase? You can be the decider on that one.
Music for ‘Caretakers’
Posted: January 12, 2024 in #poetry, Holiday, MUSIC, My Tunes, Poetry, projects, technology, VideoTags: #audio, #caretakers, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #Midi, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #poetry, #resolutions, #reward, #rewardyourself, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #Studio1+, #studioengineer, #StudioOne+, #takecareofyourself, #video, #vocalist, #YouTube #newyearsresolution
I recorded a nice version of this song to share with all. I edited the lyrics a bit to make things match a bit better but I like the final arrangement. I also had a little fun with some of the percusssion tracks. The chimes and hi hats are from a MIDI keyboard, but the bongo like percussion starting about the middle of the song I am using the top of my Yeti mug – filled half-way with green tea to be exact – as the drum.
Here is ‘Caretaker’:
‘Caretaker’ (C) MSK 12-31-2023
As a biproduct, I wanted to see if the spatial audio affects mixing with ATMOS would work with a YouTube upload.
So I made a video (pictures is all) and posted it to see if my surround sound home theater system will be enhanced using ATMOS for short videos. You will not hear anyting in the mix move at all until the end of the song. But I want to see if it distributes the channels automatically. So, before I test it and find out it doesn’t work and delete it, you can hear the ATMOS mix and pictures of my studio rooms. Or better yet, close your eyes and try to imagine where each player (instrument) is sitting on stage. With ATMOS, they could be……… behind you or ……… on a ladder in front of you. Or sitting next to you.
Happy New Year.
In the Middle of the Day MSK 2005
Posted: January 9, 2024 in PoetryTags: #12string, #Cakewalk, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #Midi, #midicontroller, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #ovationguitars, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #poetrypod, #recording, #recordingstudio, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #sound, #vocalist, #Yamaha DX7
I remember writing this when I was at work managing the call center at CMI. Everyone joked you could tell when it was a full moon – even in an underground bunker – just by listening to the calls we would get. People are just nuts sometimes and many times it is predictable. You can talk plainly and truthfully and make sense and they act as if you are torturing their grandparents or something. So coming back to work from lunch I notice there is a full moon.
I’m Positive MSK 2020
Posted: January 2, 2024 in PoetryTags: #audio, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #Midi, #midicontroller, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #poetrypod, #Presonus, #recording, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #sound, #studioOne
I think I originally titled this I promise, until a real song from a real singer released one. That has happened to me before so on we go. But now I am positive about it. A simple pledge of better times when there is nothing left to hold you back. A point of no return.
The Feast
Posted: December 29, 2023 in #poetry, My Tunes, PoetryTags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #poetry, #singersongwriter, #songwriter
There are things that will grow
In the bottom of the well,
If you let them.
Angry monsters can live
Deep within your heart
Only if you them.
If I were given more time
I’d probably throw it all away.
Nothing is guaranteed,
Not in the least.
Sometimes they go out hunting;
But end up as the Feast.
Spent years building bridges,
Should have started digging,
A place to hide.
Scraped together a fortune
Now there’s nothing to buy.
No place left to hide.
Nothing is guaranteed,
Not in the least.
Sometimes they go out hunting;
But end up as the Feast.
If I were given more time
I’d probably throw it all away.
Until I’ve wasted my last dime
Safe bet I’ll continue to play
And throw it all away.
I Gave it Back MSK 1980
Posted: December 26, 2023 in PoetryTags: #12string, #audio, #guitar, #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #ovationguitars, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #poetrypod, #rec, #recording, #reeltoreel, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #sound
I don’t remember a time when these lyrics and the music were separate. It has always been a slow groovin’ piece I usually played when no one was around and I was just jamming. Learning how to play sing with more power, but controlled. I must like juxtaposition and odd perspective observations but the thought that someone would give you their love that you would give it back. It can be taken both ways. Is giving their love back in addition to yours or does the word ‘but’ in the Chorus mean it is a rejection and you are refusing their love or a meaningless phrase? You can be the decider on that one.
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