There's a new video out, and many new songs in various stages of completion..(continued..)
This is a long-overdue update.. I'm still writing and recording, and completed the February Album Writing Month "14-songs in 28 days" challenge for the 6th year in a row. In fact, I wrote about double the number (28 songs) in the month. I've also had many recent songs of mine played on WBAI-FM on a monthly basis as part of the "CCCP Comedy Players".
Most recently, I had a visit from one of my nephews from Toronto, and we recorded a video of an old traditional song "Shady Grove" with my nephew Eric on mandolin and vocals, and yours truly on guitar. You can view it here on youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-05yDfGt_b8I'm not sure when the new and as yet largely unheard songs will make their way on to an album.. but look for more announcements sooner or later.
Until then, check the links for my two albums of all original music "Mike Skliar" and "Ship of State". They're both still available at iTunes, at CD Baby, at Amazon, and other places as well.
Happy Spring!
see blog for new news.
See prior blog entries for June 2010 (and before) for exciting news about the new single 'No Tea for Me (the anti-tea party song)' as well as more gigs with Saboteur Tiger, and don't forget the still-fairly-new album 'Ship of State' is out there!
Happy early summer 2010!
The new single "No Tea For Me" is now on iTunes, & other places- see blog for more!
My new topical (and rather political) single "No Tea For Me (the anti-tea party song) is now not only availabe for download at CD Baby
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mikeskliar but also at iTunes! The iTunes link is
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-tea-for-me-the-anti-tea/id376170476The song has been called a "rockin' summary of the last eight years of the American Political scene, a musical Huffington Post, and a great way to score some points against the 'tea party' here in the US, which seems to be the party of 'forget everthing that happened before Obama". Writing, playing and recording the song has been great fun, and I want to thank Paul "Hoopshank" Turrell for drumming on the track, and Tom R. for production assistance.
If you haven't heard the song, go to one of the above links, do all that computer clicking stuff, and grab it! (and if you like, spread the word!)
Also in new music news here, I'm continuing to sit in on electric guitar with the blues and oldies cover band Saboteur Tiger , and we're playing a gig on Friday June 18th, 2010 at the upper west side manhattan bar P & G, located at 78th St and Columbus Ave., NY NY , between 8 and 10 PM. Hope to see some of you there!
And finally, I just wrote and recorded another topical song, this one about the recent oil spill, and energy, generally. It's called "Oil Addiction" -- so far not yet commercially available, but contact me for details if you're interested... and thanks for listening, stay tuned for more news!