Words & Music by Mike Power

Tag: original music

  • The Secret of Love

    It was too hot today to go outside. Inside is not a lot better. It seemed like a good day to record a song. I wrote this one a couple of weeks ago and liked it enough to get a quick sketch of it down for future reference. I doubt that I will include it…

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  • Observations

    Music is magic Each song is its own magic spell Some of us are more susceptible than others to this form of magic and most of us are more likely to fall into a trance under certain types of spells – jazz, country, hip-hop, classical, blues, rock – while other types have no effect. In…

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  • Music 101: Origin Story

    The music of our lives begins with the beating of our hearts. One day it will end with the final beat. Since everything has its beginning, I wondered: when did music start? Was it invented or discovered? Music has been around for so long that it cannot be traced back to a specific time. It…

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  • Bad

    The last time I was in a recording studio was April, 2013. I have written dozens of songs since then but have only recorded rough demos of them, until now. For my first studio recording in seven years I chose one of my most recent songs, written  just as the pandemic hit. Recording studios are…

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  • Day 22

    Day 22 – Total confirmed cases in US: 337,933 I didn’t know when I was a child That it was you I was in love with It didn’t have to be But it was I didn’t know where I would find The fairy in the forest The angel on Olympus Then there you were When…

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