"Mike Livingston is a mixture of Neil Diamond, Harry Chapin, and David Letterman.....YOU figure him out!!"-WMUR-TV

Update: 6-2-2008

If you'd like to share any pictures taken at one of my gigs, please email them to me...
... I just might post them!

Well... um... where do I start?

Roughly two weeks ago I was playing at
Patrick's in Goffstown, NH, and I noticed that
every time I would sing loud, my head would feel
like it was painfully reverberating inside.  Not only that,
but it appeared that my PA was louder than it
usually is.   Weird!!

So - I figure it's the PA acting up (It's working fine.),
but it continued to happen on a regular basis!

It turns out that I have...

...A PERFORATED EARDRUM!!  (right ear)

How the heck did THAT happen?
Maybe I've been implementing the wrong earwax removal system...


(Is this the wrong stuff to use?!?)

Actually - it probably came from my illnesses over the winter months.

The good news is that it should heal in a few weeks if I'm careful.
Even better news is that it doesn't effect studio work!
(I mix and master at a relatively low volume)
The bad news is that I have to wear annoying earplugs when I perform.
(Honestly, I feel like I'm singing in a fishbowl with them on!
A very strange sensation-sation-sation-tion-tion-tion.....)

Hey!!  Mike Livingston is now on YouTube...
Click here and see!!

EXTRA, EXTRA!!!
MIKE LIVINGSTON MUSIC NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WEB!!!!

You can see/hear all of the selections by clicking on the little
navigation control under the CD cover graphic.

SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MUSIC!!!!
(Hey, that's me!!!)

F.Y.I. - I've been trying to keep the schedule updated!

Danny's party!!!

New - Mike Livingston.com Wallpaper!!
The first thing you need to know: What size is your computer screen set to?
To find out, right click on an empty part of your Desktop - "properties" - "settings"
Write down your "screen resolution" number.  It has to be one of the #'s listed below!!
"Cancel" out of that box.
Now that you know...
Click on the appropriate link - Wait for it to download - Right click on the pic. - "Set as background"

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1152 X 864
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1280 X 1024

Have you ever heard of  "The Yips"?  "The Yips" is a golfer's condition.  You get "The Yips" if you've had a bad game, then you try to alter your swing to make up for it.  Eventually it just snowballs into an avalanche of self doubt.  It ruins your form.
 I've been dealing with "The Mike Livingston Yips" for the past month or so!  Not just professionally, but in EVERYTHING!!
It really sucks!
Especially when you're thinking of seriously putting yourself back out there with original music.  I'm still getting over my 4 year "divorce/record deal blowup slump"!  I start building up my nerve to start over - and WHAM!!!  Things in your life (personal & business) cause you to second guess everything.  It's made me a nervous wreck!  I know I've come across as a bit disjointed talking to my friends.

I do - however - have good news!!
 THE YIPS (for the most part) ARE GONE!!!!
Wanna know how?

Last Monday night my son asked me to play my new song for him.
I did, and he liked it.  (It is rather funky)
But - afterwards - I began doing this Pete Townsend/Brian May/guitar solo sort of thing, you know, just kind of letting my fingers move without thinking about it...
I looked up - still playing - and I saw him REALLY getting into it.  His head was bobbing to the beat, and he was moving his eyes back and forth between my left and right hands trying to figure out what I was doing.
When I was done, he looked at me with TOTAL admiration in his eyes and said simply, "WOW"!
Outside, I kept my cool.  But inside... I was screaming "I'VE STILL GOT IT!!!!"

Thank you Nick!  You really helped your Dad out!!
It's AMAZING how far just a little bit of praise goes.
I remember at one time T.D. mentioned that I was "very entertaining". That had me walking on air for a week!!  Pitiful huh?!

Just goes to show you...  I'M EASY!!  :)

CLICK HERE TO SEE PAST FUN

OK... is this a bad sign?
I'm in the video store renting a movie when this guy walks by me and says "Hi".
I have no idea who he is.
He sees that I'm confused and tells me that he's a fan!
I say, "Oh... well... thanks".
He takes off and IMMEDIATELY goes into the "adult section".
Should I be depressed about this?! 
Just puttin' it out there gang...  :)

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"What the heck is that?"

THIS is a painting of me (I'm the one with the guitar) created by a
very talented children's book illustrator named Mittie Cuetara.
Mittie and her friends were vacationing in Waterville Valley, NH.
They just happened to be staying at The Valley Inn where
I was performing.  She started painting away, and "TA-DA"!!!!

Thank you Mittie!!!  I'm truly humbled...

~Brynn's poem~

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    My schedule
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Wanna meet the band?  Here you go...

Click here to see my guitars if you're interested.

idiot.gif (7045 bytes)Yours truly has made it into a book!!   It's called: "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music on the Internet with MP3".  They've placed my song, "Cruisin' Through The Afternoon" on the MP3 CD-ROM you get with the book.  I also got a pretty good write-up.  NEATO!!!  Thanks Nat & Rod!!!!

 

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