Home of the Shadercast and various field recordings related to my writing projects and teaching. 

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word is one of the hottest open mic performance series in the country, happening EVERY week in Manhattan and hosted by HBO Def Poetry star Gemineye and NYC spoken word legend Nathan P.

Past features have included Golden Globe Award-winning actress Jill Eikenberry,  Golden Globe/Emmy nominated actress Amber Tamblyn, Grammy nominated singer Carolyn Malachi, American Idol finalist Anwar Robinson, TV comedian John Fugelsang, and such HBO Def Poetry stars as Suheir Hammad, Shihan, Patricia Smith, Willie Perdomo, Vanessa Hidary, Lemon Andersen, Beau Sia, and Oveous Maximus.

Open to all types of artists: poets, spoken word artists, comedians, singers, fiction/nonfiction writers, monologists, musicians, everything. 

We also do slams, fundraisers, and theme events (such as erotica and LGBT). 

I write and record approximately a song a week. So these songs are very rough. I like to use my Soundcloud account as a workshop of sorts, so I welcome all comments and criticisms. Please do so liberally.

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