Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred
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Seeing Success On Vocal
It depends what you consider success. For some people, nothing less than great rewards for no effort is the only thing they will see as success, but if you are sensible you will slowly build and take pleasure in any reward you receive and use that to build further.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Motivation
When You Can't See The Wood For The Trees
We often have problems with things and spend so much time and effort trying to find the solution. We cannot see things that when we see them look so simple. Usually in a work situation you can ask for help from a work colleague and as soon as they come to help you with the problem you see the answer that has maybe been staring you in the face.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Motivation
Why Pay For Music, When You Can Stream For Free?
For years people have said this to me, and now there's a generation that has grown believing you shouldn't have to pay for music , films or anything really. It's a sad situation and a lot of it was caused by the greed of the already rich , when they saw how they could rip off their fans with the advent of CD (Elton John and Metallica I'm pointing the finger firmly at you). Also a little at Led Zeppelin with yet another round of remasters.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Beat
They Can Look Good
When CD came along we were persuaded by the pristine sound and their supposed longevity, but this was what I called the MCDonaldisation of music (Check my posts on Vocal for more of my opinions on this subject). You could skip tracks , skim through an album , play it in a different order using remotes and programming. The jewel case was homogenous and meant that if it got damaged then it was easily replaceable. So CDs have become generally homogenised and don't really stand out.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Beat
What Colour Is You Canvas?
What Colour Is Your Canvas? From White To Black , or Black To White? A Single Colour Is A start For Others A Base To Start From To Build A Picture of You Or Me I Start at White You May Start At Black I Add Red For Blood With White It Drifts To Pink Then Green for Grass and For Go Blue for The Ocean A Place To Go The more shades The More we become The More We Paint Ourselves The Colours of The Rainbow On Your own Canvas Painting You Painting Me Our Colours Showing Who We Are Us From Canvas To Work of Art
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Poets
I Read It In Books
I am constantly surprised at the number of people who do not not read books. They give excuses that they are too busy , they can’t concentrate and it’s easier to watch the film or TV series. I was saddened when my mother gave two sets of encyclopaedias to my brother and sister because she decided she didn’t like books. She taught me to read before I hit primary school when I was 4 , so she was well aware of how important reading was, and I am thankful for that. I also did the same for my daughters, much to the chagrin of some of their teachers.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Journal
Hello May, Beltane and Jordan Reyne
It is an incredibly bright and sunny morning, though as I am writing this I am not sure what the temperature is like outside , although I will know by the time I finish this. I have been out and though it is clouding over it seems that winter has truly been banished and spring is moving towards summer, so weatherwise we are in a more clement atmosphere a;lthough there are still some dark clouds overhead , but as long as they wait until tonight before drenching us that will be fine.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Beat
Seven Days In Krautrockland
At the end of the sixties many bands had dabbled with non standard music, such as the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd who were not averse to producing extended soundscapes based on the actual sounds rather than standard song progressions.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Beat
A Computer Steals My Life
I bought my dad a laptop for his 80th birthday. He virtually never used it, so I bought him a tablet and he gave me the laptop back. He likes the tablet, it's easy to use though he's still getting to grips with the concept of wifi, but he likes using it to watch youtube videos and research things via Google. So far so good.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Lifehack
If You Don't Know Where You're Going .... Any Road Will Take You There
This morning is 7 degrees and it's cold it's feels like -4 degrees and you know, sorry, I'm just having a very very brief walk out. I feel less pressure now that I've reduced my daily target from 11000 steps to 7000 steps. I’ve now dropped the million steps and I feel like I can turn around and go back at any time which is good because I'm still walking still going out but it's great when you can do something to remove pressure
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Motivation
Metallica Was Right? - A Personal History of Music Media From The 1950s To Today
My friend Royston posted a link to this blog post from KFMX (Lubbock's Rock Station) about the legacy of illegal downloading. It sums it up in a nutshell. Although I'm in two minds about the grammar, should it be Metallica Was Right, or Metallica Were Right? Anyway, this post isn't about grammatical correctness, it's about the whole music stealing thing, and where we are at today and why we are here today musically/ It's probably best to do it roughly in temporal order so I'll do it by decades:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 years ago in Beat
