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Cliches that ring true for the procrastinating artist

2016 January 4
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by Mike Vial

Why must those cliches often ring so true?

“The grass is always green on the other side.”
“The early bird gets the worm.”
“If you wait for the perfect situation, your butt’s going to get sore.”
“Perfection is the enemy of good.”

There is no perfect tour schedule, no perfect time to get your art out there, no perfect time to get working; no perfect financial situation to work on your art with a new strategy that fits your current situation. .

The perfect time is now.

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Setlist – Acorn Theater, January 1, 2016

2016 January 2
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by Mike Vial

January 1, 2016 – Acorn Theater
Three Oaks, MI, opening for Frances Luke Accord

  1. I Just Want to Be Your Last
  2. Change the World (instrumental, Eric Clapton cover)
  3. Damn Fine Day (with Sandra Thompson)
  4. Made a Mess (with Sandra Thompson)
  5. Ohio (Neil Young cover)
  6. Burning Bright
  7. Ghostwriter
FLA playing in the beautiful Acorn Theater

FLA playing in the beautiful Acorn Theater

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Data mining on Facebook gone too far

2016 January 2
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by Mike Vial

My neighbors lost their dog Rookie on New Years Eve. He was 17 years old, a loved member of our Dixboro neighborhood. Lois is going to miss barking at Rookie from our little hill in our backyard.

Obviously, my friend’s Facebook feed was full of regrets after she posted the news.

On New Years Day, she saw this ad on her Facebook feed:

notcooldatamining

This is not OK. This is advertising and data mining, gone too far. And isn’t all data mining of our personal information, too far? This is a year for us to take a stand. Set up ad blockers. Write to your congressional representative. Etc.

Remember, permission marketing is the only marketing that works. If your business’s strategy is to survive abusing technology because you can, you deserve to fail.

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Trinity House Promo

2016 January 1
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cover song list

2016 January 1
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by Mike Vial

Cover Song List:
I have 300 songs in my iPad for requests, but these are the typical songs I tend to play at cover gigs:

  1. 3 AM (Matchbox 20)
  2. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon)
  3. 500 Miles (the Proclaimers)
  4. 867-5309/Jenny (Tommy Tutone)
  5. Ain’t No Sunshine/Untitled (Bill Withers/Domestic Problems)
  6. Alcohol (Brad Paisley)
  7. Alive (Pearl Jam)
  8. All My Loving (Beatles)
  9. Am I the Only One (Barenaked Ladies)
  10. Amber (311)
  11. An American Girl (Tom Petty)
  12. Animal (Neon Trees)
  13. Ants Marching (Dave Matthews Band)
  14. Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet)
  15. Babylon (David Gray)
  16. Badfish (Sublime)
  17. Banana Pancakes (Jack Johnson)
  18. Basket Case (Green Day)
  19. Before You Accuse Me (Eric Clapton/ Eugene McDaniels)
  20. Better Man (Pearl Jam)
  21. Billy Jean (Michael Jackson)
  22. Blowing in the Wind (Bob Dylan)
  23. Brandy (Looking Glass)
  24. Break on Through (the Doors)
  25. Brian Wilson (BNL)
  26. Bubble Toes       (Jack Johnson)
  27. Buddy Holly (Weezer)
  28. Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel)
  29. Change the World (Eric Clapton)
  30. Come on Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
  31. Danny’s Song (Kenny Loggins)
  32. Don’t Ask Me Why (Billy Joel)
  33. Don’t Look Back in Anger (Oasis)
  34. Don’t Mess Around with Jim (Jim Croce)
  35. Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
  36. Drift Away (Dobie Gray)
  37. Even Flow (Pearl Jam)
  38. Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Poison)
  39. Everybody Talks (Neon Trees)
  40. Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
  41. Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
  42. Flagpole Sitta (Harvey Dangerfield)
  43. Float On (Modest Mouse)
  44. Fly Like an Eagle (Steve Miller Band)
  45. Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
  46. Found Out About You (Gin Blossoms)
  47. Free Falling (Tom Petty)
  48. Freshmen, the (Verve Pipe)
  49. Give a Little Bit (Supertramp)
  50. God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
  51. Here Comes the Sun (Beatles)
  52. Here I Go Again (Whitesnake)
  53. Hey Ho (Lumineers)
  54. Hey Jealousy (Gin Blossoms)
  55. Hold On, We’re Going Home (Drake)
  56. Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel)
  57. Hotel California (Eagles)
  58. I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)
  59. I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick)
  60. I Will Follow You into the Dark (Death Cab for Cutie)
  61. I’ll Stop the World and Melt with You (Modern English)
  62. I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
  63. Inside Out (Eve 6)
  64. Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots)
  65. Island in the Sun (Weezer)
  66. It Ain’t Me Babe (Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash)
  67. It’s the End of the World (REM)
  68. It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson)
  69. Jack and Diane (John Mellencamp)
  70. Joker, the (Steve Miller Band)
  71. Laid (James)
  72. Landslide (Stevie Nicks)
  73. Last Dance With Mary Jane (Tom Petty)
  74. Let Her Go (Passanger)
  75. Life My Fire (the Doors)
  76. Longview (Green Day)
  77. Love Don’t Live Here Anymore (Lady A.)
  78. Mad World (Tears for Fears; Gary Jules)
  79. Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
  80. Maneater (Hall & Oates)
  81. Me and Julio Down by the School Yard (Paul Simon)
  82. Meet Virginia (Train)
  83. Message in a Bottle (Sting)
  84. Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)
  85. Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
  86. My Life (Billy Joel)
  87. New York, New York, (Ryan Adams)
  88. No Rain (Blind Melon)
  89. No Such Thing (John Mayer)
  90. Norwegian Wood (Beatles)
  91. Ohio (Neil Young)
  92. Ooh La La (Faces/Rod Stewart)
  93. Out of My Head (Fastball)
  94. Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)
  95. Peaceful Easy Feeling (Eagles)
  96. People Are Strange (the Doors)
  97. Pirate Looks at 40 (Jimmy Buffett)
  98. Plush (Stone Temple Pilots)
  99. Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
  100. Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
  101. Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
  102. Riptide (Vance Joy)
  103. Rocketman (Elton John)
  104. Rodeo Clowns (Jack Johnson)
  105. Roll to Me (Del Amitri)
  106. Running on Empty (Jackson Browne)
  107. Santeria (Sublime)
  108. Satellite (Dave Matthews)
  109. Sea of Love (Phil Phillips)
  110. Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)
  111. Send Me on My Way (Rusted Root)
  112. She’s Electric (Oasis)
  113. She Talks to Angels (Black Crowes)
  114. She’s so High (Tal Bachman)
  115. Slide (Goo Goo Dolls)
  116. Smooth (Santana featuring Rob Thomas)
  117. So Much to Say (Dave Matthews Band)
  118. Solisbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
  119. Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye)
  120. Somebody’s Crying (Chris Issak)
  121. Squeeze Box (the Who)
  122. Steal My Kisses (Ben Harper)
  123. Stuck in the Middle with You (Steelers’ Wheels)
  124. Summer Breeze (Seals and Croft)
  125. Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams)
  126. Sweat Pea (Amos Lee)
  127. Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
  128. Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
  129. This Love (Maroon 5)
  130. Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
  131. Two (Ryan Adams)
  132. Under the Bridge (RHCP)
  133. Ventura Highway (America)
  134. Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohen; Lonestar)
  135. Wagon Wheel (Old Crow)
  136. Why Georgia (John Mayer)
  137. Wild World (Cats Stevens)
  138. Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)
  139. Without You (Keith Urban)
  140. Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
  141. Wonderwall (Oasis)
  142. Your Song (Elton John)

Irish Songs:

  1. A Jug of This
  2. All For Me Grog
  3. Beer, Beer, Beer
  4. Drink It Up Men
  5. Finnegan’s Wake
  6. Galway Bay
  7. Galway Girl (Steve Earle)
  8. Irish Drinking Song (Buck o Nine)
  9. Maloney Wants a Drink
  10. Moonshiner
  11. Mountain Dew
  12. The Juice of the Barley
  13. The Pub with No Beer
  14. The Seven Deadly Sins
  15. Water Is Alright in Tay
  16. Whisky in a Jar
  17. Whiskey You’re the Devil

 

 

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