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Mike Houston

About Me


I'm 27 but I was born 6 years old, from Northern Ireland, I'm an English teacher, Songwriter, Musician, Recording Studio Engineer, Record Producer, Brother, Uncle, Son, Guitarist and Drummer. I like funny things, and clever things, and challenging things. I like guitars, especially old ones. I can play several chords. I also like microphones, but I still havent found one that makes me sing any better. I like songs, because they are bigger than the lyrics and melody they wrap themselves round. I like stories for the same reason. I used to have a 14 stone great dane but he's gone and i miss him.I live everyday of my life with the vague feeling that i may have missed something. I would like to be taller and more forgiving. If i was to compare myself to an animal i'd be a duck. I believe in God's grace above all things, and if i could vote for any polititian in the world i'd elect Jed Bartlett, but he's made up so I can't. I have kissed over two girls.I am the planet's shyest extrovert, and the most self depricating narcissist you'll ever meet. I thought i was lonely for a very long time but it turned out i was just really bored, so that worked out OK...'Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their song still in them.' Henry David Thoreau.That would be depressing if it wasn't existentialist crap.I love you all.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Ghandi, MLK, Elvis, Bono, TBone Burnett, and the wee git who keeps stealing the dust caps off my car to put on his bike... The Devil Went Down to Nashviille

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My Blog

im home...

well, back in the land of the coldness again, had a blast in tennessee and new york (if youve never experienced times square and broadway at midnight...wow...back to the grind...YOOOOO
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:36:00 GMT

Nashville Ho!

Well howdy y'all, i jes gots te tell yeh that ah durned ony gone dawgnabbit and booked my ass on a air o plain to gods own nashville tennessee! im a leaving on saturday 11 and will be writing both typ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:05:00 GMT

Beverly Knight gig NICE EDIT 2

So Laura Stevenson was given a support slot at a Beverly Knight gig (Saturday past, 28th July) in seven live in the OdysseyBut most importantly. and this is Key...my wee guitar sounded great. I mean p...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:42:00 GMT

cut update

So the flappy bit of skin on the cut seems to have stuck down a good bit, so amputation may well be less likely. also when i woke up this morning the plaster that was on my hand was stuck to my face. ...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:29:00 GMT

i cut my hand

i cut my hand. its right on the line across the middle of my palm. caught it on a nail. no big deal really, just wanted to moan...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:08:00 GMT

more mixing madness

So ive been locked in my wee home studio for most of the week now. its been really long days, a million cups of tea, half a million kit kats, more swearing in my house in the last few days than in my ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:55:00 GMT

The black art...of mixing...

so ive spent a couple of days mixing a record for a local artist who has spent tens of thousands on his record. it was already mixed in probably the top studio in ireland - and he didnt like it. so im...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:00:00 GMT

can i play with madness?

Can I play with madnessThe prophet stared at his crystal ballCan I play with madnessTheres no vision there at allCan I play with madnessThe prophet looked and he laughed at meCan I play with madnessHe...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:13:00 GMT

Metaphorical Trains, damn women, bajitars and bon jovi...

Oh, life is biggerIt's bigger than youAnd you are not meThe lengths that I will go toThe distance in your eyesOh no, I've said too muchI set it upsaid REM (Losing my Religion)life is bigger and the bl...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:29:00 GMT

hot hot its too damn hot to sleep

man its just too damn hot. the heat all rises and my bedroom is stifling. so i spent a fortune on a new bed and im sleeping on the sofa...aint life grand... the past few weeks have been mixed with emo...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:35:00 GMT