87 tracks by MikeyHogan
This song asks a question I think about often. My dad's physical disabilities make life very challenging. He usually seems cheerful enough. But is he happy?
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This is the first song I wrote about my Dad. I wrote it when I realised I was the same age he was when I was born.
I reflect on what he had when he was my age, and all that he has lost.
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I had this little lick in my head since the summer and it eventually came out into a song.
It's about focused but undirected anger with the world, in general.
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A song about opening up to your emotions and finding they're not always pleasant.
They're not usually pleasant
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A song about being aimless but too scared to choose a path.
I wrote it in my head on my bike... and recorded it this month.
For Record Every Month June 2022
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Still figuring out this guitar thing.
There's not much more to say about this song. I had fun making it.
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I got a guitar. Listen to me figure out how to use it!
It's a song about figuring out who you are... or rather it's about failing because our society hands us very narrow expectations and doesn't give us the tools to explore.
For April…
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I wanted to write a CHILL LO FI SONG in a 90s style but somehow it turned into a grunge/new metal ballad.
The mix is kinda funky as I had to rush it for REM March 2022 Deadline
I will buy a pop shield soon
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I wrote and recorded this song for RPM 2022.
It's about the push to go "back to normal" after covid and what that really means.
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I wrote and recorded this song for RPM 2022.
It's a bit of a mess how we've been unable to beat this virus.
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I wrote and recorded this song for RPM 2022.
It was the first song I wrote about Covid, inspired by my partner's office going down with the virus.
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I wrote and recorded this song for RPM 2022.
In the push to take us back to normal, we're being told to accept living with covid as an inevitability.
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I wrote and recorded this song for RPM 2022.
It's about Covid.
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This is a song about a time I took too much drugs. It was an experience that has had a lasting impact on me.
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December's Record Every Month submission is a Christmas track.
I wasn't going to write a Christmas song but the seed was planted on the forums. I got a lyric idea to sing about the excessive waste of the season and the song grew from there.
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Written for Novembers Record Every Month project. I was feeling frustrated about COP 26 in Glasgow and our joint failure to act on climate change, despite the visible effects around the world and here in my own city.
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This song tells a story about how we set up the first Student Radio station on our campus in 2008 or so back when streaming over the internet was still quite difficult.
Featuring Big Rips on guitars and backing vocals.
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I had this one riff and wanted to do something for August's REM so I just followed the riff through.
Most on humanity is now forced to live on Antarctica, but that's ok because Antarctica is coooool.
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This song is sung from someone else's viewpoint.
Another Record Every Month submission.
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