Finally...

Mike Mudd has a CD! I'm calling it simply "M." It may only be 30 minutes and it may not be perfect, and it's completely different than the album I had intended to make, but it's (almost) all new music and I'm (mostly) satisfied with it.

I managed to produce it in the living room of my little apartment over the last 6 months (minus the time I was gone).

Samantha came up with a great concept for the outside art, every cover is unique. She did them in acrylic and they're textured and tactile which is what I wanted. The picture at the top doesn't do justice to them. They are beautiful. The first thing everyone does who sees one is feel it.

The first song was written during a late night session. It came out pretty fast, and it seemed like I could have written a hundred verses for it at the time, unlike some tunes which take years to finish the lyrics. It took forever to record and mix though. Oh well, I'm still learning.

"below"

I'm also posting the MP3 of the final mix of "Noise", which I posted a couple of months ago, I think that this version sounds way better. I'll post some more of the material a bit later.

"noise(new)"

"noise(old)"

Considering everything, I hope that my next recording can be produced by a real record producer. That's the goal with this thing, I hope it gives an idea of what I am capable of.

The next step is getting back into playing live, which I'm working on, I swear! I've gotten a small PA system. Soon I'll be able to loop and make all kinds of noise and have a wall of sound. And I've been slowly putting together more visuals. And now I have a demo/EP for people to hear! Maybe I'll put an ad on Craig's list...