So Cruel (U2 Cover)

Your Love (Outfield Cover - Draft Track)

Say It Isn't So (Outfield Cover - Draft Track)

A quick, late-night recording of one of my originals that I wanted to breathe a little new life into. 

Made on my iPad using GarageBand app and stock mic.

Run (Original Song)

A song I was asked to write as a tribute to Sky View Class of '94. 

"20 Years"

I had a crazy dream not too long ago,  about some people that I used to know.
Girls curled their bangs and wore Girbaud jeans, 
Boys had baby-mullets and socks & sandals on their feet.

In class and halls and assemblies, the boys and girls would mingle and bells would ring.
There was a boss-lady in those olden times, 
With short-cut golden hair, by the name of Vida Gines.

And she'd say...
"Go spread some Pearl Jam on your toast, don't let your Guns & Roses show.
Tupac your locker and Count your Crows, don't stick Cranberries up your nose."

Well, it didn't make much sense, like all big dreams, that feel so intense.
But it seemed like real life,Those Sky View days and those Logan nights.

Well, Vida Gines, you know she wasn't done, 
Sharing words of wisdom when her mouth would run.
She'd walk the halls all during class,
She'd find those sneaky stuffers and then she'd kick their...butts.

And she'd say...
"R.E.M or are you out? This will Sting U2, I have No Doubt.
Cake won't make a Fatboy Slim, and that Garth Brooks, well, he ain't no Prince.
Cause if you live your life in this Depeche Mode, you'll be a Backstreet Boy living on Skid Row."

Well, it didn't make much sense, like all big dreams that feel so intense.
But it seemed like real life, those Sky View days and those Logan nights.

That final year we had a crazy run,
With state champ wins and trophies won.
We studied up and we taped things down.
I can still hear Vida preaching out loud...

When she said...
"Life won't always be so Liz Phair, you'll Smash your Pumpkins on your Silverchairs.
I hope you Beastie Boys and you Spicey Girls, find Nirvana in an En Vogue world.
And may your Jewels be Everclear, please stay Neil Young ‘til Megadeath is near.
If you have Faith No More down in a Hole, just remember we're all one Collective Soul."

It never made much sense, like all big dreams that feel so intense.
We're jocks and geeks, we're drama queens,
We're stoners & hippies all together on the same drill team.
So let the years fly past, it doesn't mean we have to grow up so fast.
Cause we lived those real lives, those Sky View days and those Logan nights.

We're going to be alright...

20 Years

A rough draft of a new-old original song I'm playing around with - still much to do it.

Give it a listen and tell me what you think!

Thanks for lending me an ear!

+ Mike

White Flags (Original)

Here are two studio versions of Outfield's song "Say It Isn't So" from their 1985 album "Play Deep".  This song isn't as well known as their song "Your Love" ("Josie's on her vacation far away...") from the same album, but this to me was a catchier song and my favorite from the album, and one of my favorite 80's songs altogether.  

The original is amazing but I created a couple of newer editions as a tribute to the song.  Enjoy!

Your feedback is welcome and appreciated!!

+ MC

Say It Isn't So (Cover)

Say It Isn't So (Acoustic Cover)

Still finishing the acoustic mix of this song, but couldn't help sharing the alternative 'DrCMix' version. 

From one of my all-time favorite albums - Depeche Mode's 1990 album "Violator".

[Huge thanks to my mentor and brother, Todd aka Dr. C]

Policy of Truth (Cover)- DrCMix

Re-recorded this song I wrote back in my days in Passenger (not the UK group) This is not the final mastered mix but its getting close. I'll post the final version once its finished.

Thanks for listening!

Changes (Acoustic Mix)

After a long writer's block, I wrote this song all of us who have or who are facing life-changing struggles. Its never easy to see at first but hands are reaching out to you...

azmchristensen

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