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Michael

Mike McQ 's Music for a New Century

About Me

I'm a singer/songwriter and poet. I book musical acts on the NYC downtown music scene.

My Interests

Music, Films, Working with and booking musical talent, songwriting, poetry

I'd like to meet:

Musical artists, poets and other creative people.

Music:

Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Bruce Cockburn, Patti Smith, Regina Spektor, Emily Easterly, Ad Augeri, Rez, Bryn Haworth, Yes, The Moody Blues, Loudon Wainwright, CCR, John Fogerty, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, The Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Pete Seger, Lisa Bianco, Lorriane Leckie,Steve Forbert, Casey Cyr, David Amram, T Bone Burnett, NY DOLLS, Sam Phillips, Rod McDonald, Terry Radigan,Steel Pulse, Waylon Jennings and so much more...

Movies:

4 star movies, art films and good popcorn flicks

Television:

'Music Scene','Smallville', '24', 'Northern Exposure', 'Star Trek- Next Generation', 'Seinfeld', 'Gray's Anatomy', 'Hardball', 'Countdown', 'The Adventures of Superman', 'Adams's Family', 'Your Show Of Shows', 'Batman', 'Odd Couple', 'Get Smart' etc

Books:

The Bible,Keroauc,Corso,Ginsberg,Patti Smith,Arona McHugh, Dan Bown's books, political books- ie: Maureen Dowd etc, Jean Houston, 'The Phoenix In The Carpet' by E. Nesbitt, 'The Luck Of The Van Meers' (Arona McHugh)etc

Heroes:

Jesus, JFK, Ghandi, Harry Chapin, FDR, Lincoln and in make believe land- Captain America, Superman, Batman, The JLA, The JSA, The Avengers, Batman, Supergirl, Green Lantern

My Blog

NEW CENTURYS TOP 1000 HEATSEEKER SONGS

NEW CENTURY'S TOP 1000 HEATSEEKER SONGS OF ALL TIME! Top 1000 Heatseeker Songs Countdown is going on now on my blog on http://www.myspace.com/mcqandthedude  Blog link: http://blog.myspace.com/in...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:20:00 PST

Ingrid Michaelson hits & OCT Heatseeker chart

  BREAKING NEWS: INGRID MICHAELSON SCORES A U.S. TOP 40 POP HIT ON THE BILLBOARD CHART! Scroll down for Michael McHugh's piece on her remarkable breakthrough! [email protected]  w...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:27:00 PST

Self Realization

I guess I need to do some looking within. I can't help anyone else until I deal with my own issues. I wanna be a positive person. I wanna help people. I have made a lot of mistakes in my life. It real...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:53:00 PST

NEW CENTURY TOP 40 HEATSEEKER TRACKS SEPT 2007

..> NEW CENTURY'S MONTHLY TOP 40 HEATSEEKER TRACKS www.myspace.com/newcentury SEPTEMBER 2007     1 BUZZKILL (***4 Wks. At 1***)         & ...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:42:00 PST

The New Century Top 50 Tracks July 2007

THE NEW CENTURY MONTHLY TOP 50 SONGS JULY 2007 A monthly chart which features both Mainstream and Heatseeker artists! 1 FRANK AND AVA (***4 Wks. At 1) (1 AC) (1 HOT AC) (1 ADULT ALTERNATIVE) www.mysp...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:40:00 PST

AN AMERICAN RELIGION

   Stately and pumped Mike A. dashed out of the door of his East Village apartment building and headed off to another joint to watch another jammer play. Suddenly- another inspiration- and a...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:47:00 PST

THE TOP 500 HEATSEEKER TRACKS OF THE NEW CENTURY

  MAY 2007 EDITION (Google these acts and hear many of them online!) 500     WILD MOUNTAIN - RISE 499     COMFORT - EKAYANI & THE HEALING BAND 498 ...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 26 May 2007 04:38:00 PST

MAY 2007 HEATSEEKER TOP 20 TRACKS

CHARTBEAT:     The rock band Went featuring singer/songwriter Sara Wendt's song "Waiting For Your Christ To Come" was one of the first songs to hit #1 back when the monthly Heatseeker c...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:55:00 PST

NEW CENTURY MUSIC AWARDS 2007

www.myspace.com/newcentury Mike McHugh   Click this Bravenet votecast link to see if your act or one of your favorite acts is part of the online voting and CAST YOUR VOTE NOW FOR YOUR FAVE EMERGI...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:13:00 PST

The 3rd Annual New Century Music Awards: Mainstream winners!

 We will soon be starting the voting in the 3rd annual New Century People's Choice Awards where you all get to vote for your faves of the emerging 'Heatseeker' artists who made the New ...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:06:00 PST