mike skliar
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your actions will change your emotions your actions will change your emotions
this was a very fast co-write with nancy rost- she co-wrote the lyrics with me and I wrote the music. quick demo.
a civil action part one a civil action part one
this is a musical narration of a civil malpractice action.. not sure if this has ever been done before, at least like this.
strawberry lane strawberry lane
this is a tribute to the Beatles. A fairly elaborate production for me.. lots of sonic layers here.
broadway broadway
this is a song about a particular street near where i live-broadway , in manhattan, nyc. quick demo, first draft of the song, too
pretty girls know the score pretty girls know the score
I wrote the music for this. the lyrics are a co-write with nancy rost, who i met as part of the feb album writing month project.
saddle saddle
this is an anti-war song , played on dobro, with vocal and harmonica added as well.
mine fine valentine mine fine valentine
a love song written to my wonderful wife....
come back al gore come back al gore
a folk-protest. trying to write 14 songs in the month of february for fawm.org. getting stuck, watching the news, thinking of politics, this came to mind...
strangledisco is not dead 6 strangledisco is not dead 6
this is (a slight remix of) a 'strangledisco' piece for fawm. (see fawm.org for details on this crazy songwriting and recording challenge) - silly but fun.
strangledisco is not dead strangledisco is not dead
this was done as part of a dare from the 'fawm' group to do a so-called 'strangledisco' song- see the fawm.org website for details
eat that chicken eat that chicken
a wacky fun one, nothing deep here. I heard the line 'eat that chicken and be saved' and decided to combine it with a songwriting challenge of writing a song with two chords.
somebody take me home somebody take me home
a more serious song for me.. hard to say what this is 'about'
random understanding random understanding
this is a strange song, i got into the idea of the sound of words for words' sake.. then thought of a chorus that hopefully puts it together, maybe. an experiment
rip van winkle blues rip van winkle blues
in my neighborhood in manhattan, alot has changed in the past few years, not all for the better. here's a blues about it.
day the music died day the music died
a song about the plane crash in 1959 that killed buddy holly, richie valens and the big bopper.
birthday song birthday song
folk rock-- it was my birthday, so I decided to write a song about the whole getting older and birthday thing!
listen to fools listen to fools
written after seeing a 'debate' about global warming' on CNN- the fact that people can seriously debate whether it exists at all, at this late date, is beyond me!
Pluto Pluto
written when they demoted Pluto from a planet to an asteroid; I figured the least we could do was give Pluto its own song
mothers advice mothers advice
what my mother (and others) have said to me for years!
