This song is an 8-bit tribute to my mentor and friend, Mike O'Mara, one of the best men I know. I wrote this in two days over the course of something like 10 hours. Mike, I haven't played any video games in three days for this.

The original song is for choir and piano, an opener written for a musical revue called w00t!, about growing up in the information age. If you want to hear more of Mike's music, you can hear it on his YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MikeOMara

This song was written using only 3 separate sounds (percussion, bass, melody/harmony) and 4 tracks. If you have any comments, criticisms, or requests, please let me know! This by no means a "final" version.

w00t!

Welcome back to "The Story Goes"!

This week, my guest is multi-talented artist Noah Ginex, of the Noah Ginex Puppet Company. As it turns out, Noah and I went to the same high school, so we spend some time catching up after 20 (!) years. 

In the interim, we share a wonderful conversation about life, death, our perceptions of our own work, and what led Noah from way back when we last saw each other to being a working artist, still living out his dream while juggling 'real life' responsibilities. It's a special conversation that I hope you'll enjoy as much as I did.

Stick around after our discussion to hear one of Noah's songs!

Thank you for listening - I'll be back with more guests and their stories soon!

Sincerely,
- Mike

TASCAM DR-05

Ep. 8 - Death and High School (and Puppets)

I'm a composer, performer, director and podcaster - originally from Chicagoland, now in Michigan. Founder of etc. Music School (www.etcmusicschool.org), writer / composer of hundreds of songs, plays and musicals, and host of The Story Goes podcast.

Ep. 8 - Death and High School (and Puppets)

Mike O'Mara

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