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Mike Bankhead

Dec 30 2022

One year of podcasting

 

I started having conversations for my podcast in December 2021. The last episode I released in 2022 was number 74.  Considering I started off with an "Episode ½" on 31st December, that's a total of 75…

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Dec 25 2022

Favorite Albums of 2022

You know, I thought I had listened to a lot of albums this year.  Dozens of 2022 albums.  Then, I started to read the "best of 2022" lists from a few publications and music writers. That was a reminder that…

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Dec 18 2022

Thoughts on how we remember

On the way back from the trip to celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary, we stopped at Heathrow for a layover. We landed there on the morning of 11th November. 

That particular day is called Remembrance Day in the…

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Oct 24 2022

Songwriting Story - For Misty

artwork by Rob McCowan of Odd Hourz Creative

 

I don't often write happy songs.  I don't ever write songs about my wife.  The reason for both of these things is that my attempts generally turn out to…

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Sep 5 2022

Restaurant Review - assorted cheesesteaks

I went to Philadelphia for the first time a couple of months ago to see Failure.  I'll have more to say about that later.  For now, I'd like ask you:  What's the first thing you think of when you think…

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Apr 3 2022

About music and building community at open mic events

I would imagine that many towns with enough musicians has open mic events.  Our does.  Some of them are truly open... arrive, jump on a sign up list, play.  Some of them are curated... anyone can play, but you must…

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Mar 20 2022

Songwriting Story - Bright Ideas

 

This song started as a voice memo, a brief line of lyrics and the slightest suggestion of melody sung to my phone. The line in question was this one:

tell your teacher I got some bright ideas

Admittedly, that's not…

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Mar 14 2022

New single "Hold the Wick" is available pretty much everywhere tomorrow, 15th March 2022

 

Almost a year ago, on Sunday March 28th, 2021, I went to Reel Love Recording Company and recorded this single. Brian Hoeflich played drums, Jeremy Raucci played guitar, and Patrick Himes sang some vocals and made it all sound good…

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Mar 6 2022

Music as a Time Machine, Part 7 - Love is Here

I have mentioned before that I took a trip to France in 2002, and only took five compact discs with me for the duration of the trip.  As you might imagine, I listened to these albums over and over and…

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Feb 28 2022

Review of my Music Writing Exercise experience

I'm not a journalist or professional writer, but I like to write, so my blog is a way to scratch that particular itch. To some extent, my Twitter feed also serves this purpose. I learned this year of a music…

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Feb 20 2022

Anecdote makes its return to streaming services tomorrow

You might remember that I have a song about a particularly unpleasant experience with the police, and that TINO had the kindness to feature on it. The story behind writing "Anecdote" is right over here, on a previous blog…

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Feb 11 2022

Amplified: Carolyn Shulman

Carolyn Shulman is currently from Colorado. She had a lot to say, which I strongly encourage, so we'll skip the preamble and get around to amplifying her voice after the picture.

 

Photo by Jessie Matteson

 

1.  Let's hear the elevator…

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