Mike Echlin

Category: New Music

  • Bad Ideas>Good Ideas

    Bad Ideas>Good Ideas

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    Everybody is quick to point out a bad idea. It’s fairly easy to assimilate why something is not working. However, as a creator, the bad ideas are inevitable. I’ll go as far as saying they are necessary. Every “bad” idea when writing music is really just a stepping stone to the good idea. By itself,…

  • New single, “Crystal” out everywhere on August 6, 2024

    New single, “Crystal” out everywhere on August 6, 2024

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    I’m so relieved to finally put out this tune. It’s been a labor of love for 3 years?? I’m really not sure – a long time. The core foundation of the song never changed, it was the arrangement I couldn’t get right. So, here it is have a listen! Hope you like it. You can…

  • Brianna

    Brianna

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    An old friend from the Southside started an entertainment agency a few years back. He was packing clubs in Wisconsin doing “Idol-like” events and finding some great young talent. Last year, he reached out and told me about Brianna and sent me a few videos. Immediately I heard the raw talent. Beautiful voice with a…

  • New Single, “Waterloo”

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    This song was inspired by several trips to Waterloo, IA. It’s really about any small town USA, where it’s great to place to grow up. Then maybe you stay – or go. ~Available everywhere on 9/10/21~Find on your fav service It’s a great lifeAlive and kickin’Motor runnin’Living every day by the hour, by the minuteWe…

  • New Single – “Let Me In”

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    I wrote this song about 10 years ago. I tend to write songs and then there’s something about it that isn’t fitting, so I put it on the shelf. I was about to re-shelve this one until I found a great acoustic drum beat that fit the song perfectly. ~Available everywhere on 7/2/21~ I’m on…

  • New Song, “The Truth Lies In Confusion”

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    In January 2020, I wrote this new song with the working title ‘Confusion.’ Obviously, I had no idea how the year would play out and this song would turn out to be very relevant. I guess you could call it my “2020 song.” Today, I’m excited to officially release the song to the world. Some…

  • My Computer Kept Crashing…

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    My computer kept stopping with a “system overload” error as I was trying to record the acoustic guitar part.  My Macbook Pro is old but mighty (for a while longer I hope!). I changed some parameters and finished the track. Then, listened back. Horrible. “This sucks, @#$%! it” and I closed Logic (recording software).  Then…

  • Quarantine Sessions: Inthemiddle

    Quarantine Sessions: Inthemiddle

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    Here’s a song about growing older and stopping to take in the scenery. This is the second song in the quarantine sessions series where I just use my iPhone voice memo to record a single take. Here’s a link to Distrokid (my distributor) and they have links to all the digital services.

  • Quarantine Sessions: American Girl

    Quarantine Sessions: American Girl

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    After playing all these livestreams, it dawned on me that I could record these raw versions and release them. So I’m doing it. Here’s the deal.. Single take, no edits no studio magic. Just me+guitar+iPhone. First song to be released is a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song – “American Girl.” Here’s the link for…

  • Virtual Happy Hour

    Virtual Happy Hour

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    You know the line, “it’s 5 o’clock somewhere”! Well it absolutely applies when you are talking about a livestream at 5pm. Any timezone can watch. Check it out here on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/memusic/live/ You can also watch past livestreams here.