Hello, my name is Mike, and I’m a songwriter.

Got a new "Gretchin" or "Trick Pony" style song: "A Hard Man is Good to Find". Hey- I'm just sayin it like it is...enjoy!

I started writing songs in high school by rewriting the words to many of the hits of the day, usually in a vein attempt to get the babe. I think my voice was changing right about then, which didn't help.

My horn improvs got respectable in a college top 40 band, partly because of more attitude, partly because now there were more people in the audience. I’ll never forget blasting out Phil Collins’ “I Cannot Believe It’s True”- a stupendous horn song. Can't sing and play horn so...I wrote songs....

Fast forward to about 7 years ago, I started songwriting in earnest. When you wake up at 2 am with a melody so loud in your head that your hair hums, what do you do? You get up and let it out, or not sleep any more that night.

When you’re driving I-65 to Birmingham and miss three exits because you’re leaving song-snippet voicemails to yourself just to capture them, what do you do? Find the first rest area and tap it out on the laptop.

When a chord and melody progression comes to mind that sends shivers down your spine, what do you do? You plug in the computer and map it out.

Joining NSAI a few years back has been a real good thing for me. EVERY time I talk to a Pro- whether Ralph Murphy, Marc Alan Barnette, Barbara Cloyd, Hugh Prestwood, or Angela Kaset to name a few, I get more focused, more aware, and more devoted.

I’m blessed. I’m afflicted. I’m alive.

My name is Mike, and I’m a songwriter.


All The Best,

Michael Johnson
NSAI/ASCAP
mejohnso2010@yahoo.com