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Comment from Nosha17
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You have a good voice, but I couldn't hear it too well because the sound effects were a bit loud. I guess finding your place might be a life long venture. Well expressed thoughts and most suitable to the music. Most enjoyable. I will write to you as I am off soon. Perhaps you would like to read my latest poem, 'A Stormy Day'. Faye

 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015

Comment from justafan
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OK...I am officially a "groupie"!!

Kick ass sound ya got there, Mikey! How old is this audio?
Love the guitar. Oh and the voice...what can I say. The words...sound lost and alone. You absofrickinlutely rock mister!!!

Always justafan,
Missy
Whoever teased you into doing this...tell them I said Thank you!!

 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015

Comment from Barb Hensongispsaca
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Requested?
Very different but still has a little bit of you in it.
Still not sure if I understand the piece but it has a sort of rhythm to it.
Can I request you sing it for me? NO? Darn

 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015


reply by the author on 22-Nov-2015
    Just scroll down to the author's notes and click on the video. Hahaha. Yep, they DID talk me into it. Remember, you asked for it!!!!!
Comment from nordicgirl
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What??? For God`s sake man, what did you do all your life stsy hidden away somewhere? This is mad good. Musically engaging and vocally, well, uh ... appealing to say the least. These these lryics are so cut above 99% of the crap that`s put out. Well, hell. If you nust want to hang out here and entertain us, fine with me. Awesome!!!!!!

 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015

Comment from robina1978
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Great you sang this yourself on top of writing the lyrics. Nice song made on request you remember. Somebody is left in a bone yard looking for someone. But all look similar in the ice cubes.

 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015

Comment from rama devi
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Outstanding work, Mikey! Sounds like a song and reads lyrically too.

Especially loved the imagery here:

walkin in an ice forest
wonderin' where my place is
seekin' a match to warm me
faces suspended in irregular time (*GREAT LINE)
I know them all

I like how the repetition line morphs a bit from walkin' to walk into in this stanza:

walk into the local liquor hole
wonderin' where my place is
seekin' a black Russian or two
I see your eyes in every ice cube
I remember you

Also nice assonance of I and U making a random rhyme effect.

Powerful closing:
I remember you
layin' in the boneyard, alone

Excellent assonance of O in those last two lines too.

Excellent flow.
Excellent style choice to use no end line punctuation.
Excellent presentation.
Potent message.

Bravo

Warmly, rd

 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015


reply by the author on 22-Nov-2015
    Hi. Thank you sooo much. I'm so pleased you enjoyed this. It IS a song. Did you happen to listen to me singing???? I was talked into posting one of my songs, but it took me all this time to figure out how to get it on Youtube and then to Fanstory. Very crude video and recording. But, oh well. ROCKStar. hahaha. Thanks again. mikey
reply by rama devi on 22-Nov-2015
    Oops--I did not listen...will do so now. I'm used to ignoring the listening posts because my internet stick in India doesn't download it well. But right now I am in USA... Yay!
reply by rama devi on 22-Nov-2015
    He he he--very ROCK star. Thanks for sharing that. The guitar picking reminds me of the Grateful Dead. :-))) Love, rd
reply by the author on 22-Nov-2015
    I'm just pleased no one is THROWING rocks. :))
    Grateful Dead? Yes, I will take that. Thank you! mikey
reply by rama devi on 22-Nov-2015
    :-)))
Comment from giraffmang
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Hi Mikey,

The title of this reminded me of a song by the band 'Little Angels' (British soft rock in the 1980's). Made me put the album on so thanks for that!

Ah, the good old cassette tape. The savoir of all wannabe musicians! They haven't held up well!

I enjoyed this. It reminded me very much of something I couldn't quite put my finger on (the music I mean). I liked it. Very late 70s / early 80s feel.

Good lyrics, some disturbing sound effects!

Nice one. thanks for sharing!
G

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 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015

Comment from reconciled
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hahaahhh...thats tight Mike. all this time spent hanging with the white Russian, when the black russians got the chicks moaning back up....why did you wait so long to show and tell us boneyards only bury bodies not their ghosts. wonderful sound Bro. love michael

 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015

Comment from krys123
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Mikey;
-I could say I've been there in the past, looking into ice cubes and seeing the ripples in the glass of scotch as I tried to wash away my dreams and remembrances of a long-lost friend passed away way before his time.
- the imagery you diligently expressed in most vividly and demonstratively described throughout your writing was exponentially created.
- the picture that you use and chosen for your writing is outstandingly wonderful and very appropriate, relative and complementary to your work.
-good use of enjambment which is the running on of a thought and concept from one stanza and line to the next without a syntactical break.
- I enjoyed your symbolist again metaphorical music any window was from a cassette it did not sound bad at all. It took me away into a far distant world of another dimension. good job and it sounded like you had fun.
- if you have an email I can send you information of all my songs that I've written in composed where I have my own website and songs on YouTube. it be great to converse to our email about our art and are many different formulations of our art. here is my email: krys123.654@gmail.com
- thank you for sharing and posting this Mikey and may the good Lord be with you always my friend. You always increasingly invent works of art that always
interest and makes me develop a liking for your particular type of art.
Alex
PS: this is my website if you're interested: krys123654.wix.com/alex-krysyna
hope to hear from you soon my friend.



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 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015


reply by the author on 22-Nov-2015
    Love your website, Alex. Do you live near the ocean. Looks so peaceful there especially compared to this desert I'm stuck in. :)) I've heard your music on Youtube a number of times and enjoyed it. Thanks for the e-mail, I'll send you a note so we have each others address. I've looked for you on facebook but can't find you. Glad you enjoyed this. I finally figured out how to get something on Youtube. :)) I wish it were more than some old cassettes, but that's all I have for the time being. Thanks for the kind words. mikey
reply by krys123 on 22-Nov-2015
    I'm so glad you had a chance to listen to some of my music. I'm still working on that every day in my studio and I'll tell you about the studio in my email.
    It's a small studio approximately $3000 and it's all digital. And that does include the guitars the harmonicas and the keyboards. I'll talk to you soon and of course you are always very welcome.
    Alex
    PS: Also have a very Happy Thanksgiving
Comment from I am Cat
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Holy SHIT!
I'm.... speechless.
yep.
that's right. me. I'm speechless.
That was just ....
(Is it hot in here?)
Who turned up the heat?
wow.

I can't even be coherent... my fingers don't even know what to do.
LOLOL
Well, you didn't help a damn thing at my house! LOL
Thanks Mikey. ;)

that was REALLY sexy.
just saying.

ok, that's ALL i"m saying.
I'm done.
wow

take it... the six... just take it.
so... when's the concert? ;)

 Comment Written 22-Nov-2015