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Hi, folks. I have to appologize for being so scarce around here. As some of y'all know, I've been on a five-month work-related detail in Texas since early May. I am wrapping that up Tuesday and will begin the three-day, 1830-mile drive back to New Hampshire around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1<br /><br />There is a good chance I will be moving to Texas sometime before hard winter sets in, or early next year. If the opportunity presents itself, I'll be DFW-bound in a heartbeat. But, the instructing job, combined with three huge projects I've been involved with here in Texas, has eaten up a bunch of time. Hopefully, once I get back, get some vaction time in Maine done, and get settled back "home" (mid October) I will be back here visiting with y'all a bit more often.<br /><br />Finally, I hope you'll check out a few "live" recordings I posted here this morning. They were recorded on Aug. 31 at a festival gig me and my band did in New Hampshire while on a home visit from Texas. <br /><br />These songs ("Rumble". "Skat4Alvin/Living On The Edge", and "Mustang Driving Mama&quot are rough at best, and represent the mix of the tracks as they went through the master board (we had no control over that feed). I certainly didn't play my best, but the energy more than makes up for it.<br /><br />It's amazing that we pulled it off at all. Because of my detail in Texas, Dave (bass) and Doug (harp) and I hadn't played or practiced together since last October! Kris, the drummer, was amazing -- he has never shared the same room with any of us, even though he is the drummer on most of the "Mustang Driving Mama" CD we finished earlier this year. We captured his drum parts for the CD via electronic track swap, but we never met face-to-face or played together until the day we did this festival.<br /><br />Enjoy the tunes.

The music is staying just on the Mix for now just to see how the page goes with it. Anyhow, joined Facebook out of boredom lol. You can nip along and say boo here:<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/pages/IDIOM/36232639342#<br />

Umph!<br />Bah Humbug!<br />etc...<br /><br />You know when you've become obsessed with something when you're awake at 3.20am staring at your software and the lifeless notations within, pondering whether to give that corrupted tune one more shot or just hit delete.<br />The problem is folks, a song is like a pet dog: It's with you for a long time and even when it's ill, all life being sucked out through it's eye sockets, you just can't bare to let go of the poor creature. So we have to find a miracle cure; that one magic medicine to cease the rampaging disease that ravages the nerve endings of that beloved creature you have nurtured since birth.<br /><br />So here is that one track, sat here in FL Studio, looking at me as if to say <strong>well, Jackass, if you had thought it out a bit more I wouldn't be in this goddamn mess</strong>, and you know, it has a point. I was reaching deep, attempting to extract a simple notion, that of betrayal and the madness that ensues, and came up with something resembling a broken toaster.<br /><br />It's now 3.26 am and still it's not right.<br />One improvement was to turn the overall bass and drum lines into a muddy bath to simulate the feeling of depression, add some reverb to create a rumble over several synths to bring forth the nerves about to rip into pieces. A dark track indeed, a very dark, non melodic painful expression of something very close to home.<br /><br />And this is where the problem may lay. When I wrote lyrics I wrote from experience and found some words harder to come by because my innerself would not open up to that time and place. Maybe this too applies to this stubborn monkey that looks up at me now like a demented goldfish.<br /><br />Now 3.30am I'm going to end this ramble and proceed to some sort of sleep and hopefully in the morning the world will seem a much happier place. <br /><br />........<br />.........<br /><br />Oh to hell with it..back to work<img src="images/smilies/face-devil-grin.png" border="0" alt="devil" title="devil" />

<span style="font-size: medium; color: #ff00ff; font-family: andale mono,times;">Watch for it....great new tune...<br /><span style="color: #00ccff;">dem rockin' blues, coming soon to a club near you...</span></span>

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Well, I only been here a short time, but have been overwhelmed by the response to my music. I'm not a great forum person, so meeting people through their pages is a great experience for me, plus I have never listened to so many great tracks in my life.<br /><br />I'd just like to thank those that have listened and have entertained me with their music. I'm a beginner at making sounds ( being a former lyricist, words is what I know), and listening to what YOU do is a greater tuition than a dusty book on theory.

<span style="font-size: small;">I wanted to take a moment and say thanks to everyone that is out there doing Reviews. I see a lot of the same people always in the Top 10 Daily Reviewers such as Margot, Rapster and WildHoneyPie. Your dedication astounds me so again thank you!<br /><br />Since we have implemented the ability for artists to determine whether or not their songs can be reviewed and rated, I have not seen a lot of people take advantage of this. This tells me that the artists here do want their songs listened to and reviewed. With that in mind, please be courteous to your reviewers and return the favor!<br /><br />Again, thanks to everyone who is doing reviews. This site would be kind of boring without them <img src="images/smilies/face-smile.png" border="0" alt="smile" title="smile" />.<br /><br />Dazed</span><br /><br />

hi all ,,blog number 2 is short a and sweet ...just uploaded a dozen ,,yep 12 new tracks for you all ,,,theres a bit of everything in there as long as you like off the wall electronic stuff ,,you`ll be rockin ,,,<img src="images/smilies/face-grin.png" border="0" alt="grin" title="grin" />

<p>Hello,<br />Just want to Thank everyone for the warm welcome i recieved here on mixposure..You are all so very kind..Thank you for commenting on my poems..Sincerely appreciated..I have been exploring and have found some really great music on here..So happy that you are sharing it..There's alot of wonderful people and&nbsp;talent out there..Keep up the Awesome work..And Thanks Again<br /><br />best wishes,<br />lonesome princess</p>

<p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana; color: #0080ff;"> WOW!!! Someone in our Mix Radio DJ Corner's Forum actually guessed our next, fabulous Artist for this week's CSP - non other than ReaperSG! And here is the OFFICIAL announcement: our next Mix Radio Center Stage Presentation is: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/Gary_Carciello/">Gary Carciello</a> <br /><br />Hailing from Finland, this artist really needs no special introduction to the Mixposure community! Gary is well known and has successfully collaborated with quite a few artists here on the site!<br /><br />Gary is heavily influenced by music of some really great artists, namely: Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Rush,T oto,D eep Purple, Eric Johnson and Frank Marino! WOW - GREAT influences! Just wait until you hear from our special guest yourselves. It's a wonderful Center Stage you do not want to miss!!!<br /><br />So, please tune in to <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/index.php?t=mix_radio">Mix Radio, the "Interactive Radio" via Mixposure.com</a> at <strong>8 pm Eastern Time - USA on Saturday, September 27</strong> and join us in the <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/chat/">Chat Room</a> for some fun chat during the show! There's always a great crowd hanging out, so don't be shy and come on in! In addition to <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/Gary_Carciello/">Gary's</a> great Center Stage Presentation, I will bring you a great mix of Independent Artist's music from all over the world! After all, Mixposure is not only the home, but also the "future of Independent Music"!!! <br /><br />As usual, your song requests during the show are always welcome So, be sure to be in the chat to get your requests in. You can also email me at <em>mike@mixposure.com</em> for your requests and/or any other Mix Radio related matters. I'd be delighted to answer your emails! <br /><br />When requesting a tune, please be specific: real Mix artist name (no nick names!) and real song title is a MUST! If I have the music, or can download it during the show, I will honor your requests (oh yeah ... please, keep 'QUALITY' in mind - we're picky!! LOL!!).<br /><br />
<p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana; color: #0080ff;"><em>You still have the opportunity to listen to last weeks show by going to the: <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/MixRadio/blog.php">Mix Radio Blogs Page here on Mixposure.com</a>, which also includes a link to last week's artists/songs I've played as well as the previous Artists, featured as a CSP during my shows, along with all the comments and rebroadcast links.</em><br /><br />
<p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana; color: #0080ff;">We hope to see you this Saturday. I know you will NOT be disappointed! <br /><br />Cheers,<em><br /><br />Mike</em></span></p>
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