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Hi Gang - Haven't posted anything in quite a while. Been slowly trying to complete the new Instrumental CD and a few vocal tunes that have been sitting around for four years or so.

Next week John Daubert and I will be heading to NYU Center Of Neurology to seek out ANY kind of help we can get me I'll be laying in the MRI machine AGAIN this week as well for a few hours thinking about MUSIC of course.

Got to love doing cover tunes though,both fun & no lyrical thinking
Here is DIFFERENT DRUM - Written by Mike Nesmith yes the "Monkee" sung by Patch.

Different Drum 2:58
www.substudiomusic.com/DifferentDrum.mp3

You and I travel to the beat of a different drum
Oh can't you tell by the way I run
Every time you make eyes at me
Wo-oh

You cry and moan and say it will work out
But honey child I've got my doubts
You can't see the forest for the trees

Oh don't get me wrong
It's not that I knock it
It's just that I am not in the market
For a boy who wants to love only me

Yes, and I ain't saying you ain't pretty
All I'm saying is I'm not ready
For any person place or thing
To try and pull the reins in on me

So good-bye I'll be leaving
I see no sense in this crying and grieving
We'll both live a lot longer
If you live without me

Oh don't get me wrong
It's not that I knock it
It's just that I am not in the market
For a boy who wants to love only me

Yes, and I ain't saying you ain't pretty
All I'm saying is I'm not ready
For any person place or thing
To try and pull the reins in on me

So good-bye I'll be leaving
I see no sense in this crying and grieving
We'll both live a lot longer
If you live without me

So upbeat and refreshing :-)
Suddenly I imagined You and John running the streets of New York waving your hands up in the air :-)

All the best
Jan

Jan Thanks.

That's a much better image than me grabbing on to John so I can even walk in that mayhem, and him trying to fight the sounds of the city ringing his ears. I'm a tad freaked out, people with Vertigo & Tinnitus should stay OUT of New York City

No matter how I feel I'll be sure to raise a fist in the air that day for you! Thanks

Now that's music

Sub...good luck at the Dr.....hope they can help you.....I couldn't get this song to load up, is it me?.....T-Bob

Yeah Louis wonderful song.....

Hi T-Bob

Thanks!
Maybe? It is a high rate mp3... maybe it takes longer to load.

Hope is a little low here after all he'll be my 46th doctor 45 who haven't helped one bit.... On we go!

Sounds great Mike. Enjoyed it as much as the Stone Poneys with Linda R. as the vocalist. Maybe even better.

Rick

Hi Mike,

Great to see you posting! I was really looking forward to hearing you sing and didn't notice the "sung by Patch". Imagine my surprise!

Maybe this Doc will be "the one". You have to have hope, Bro.

Ricki

Mike,

This has always been a favorite song of mine. Patch did an outstanding job, even rivaling Ms. Ronstadt's rendition.

Good luck to you, and John, in NYC. Your time for answers is long overdue. Sending good wishes your way.

Greg

Hey Mike, now that's sweet!

Best, John

Hey thanks you guys....

Yeah we cranked this up and it sounded pretty darn cool.. She is very happy with it.. Not bad for one night.

What I like about it is it sounds so "un-computer" recorded. This is live city.. We didn't even use a click track Yes I can tell where it moves time wise, but it feels great so it's cool...

Tomorrow I have the joy of spending all afternoon in the MRI machine.. but with my favorite way to do it "the needle with the constrast IN" Hooray!

1- When I see this NYU Neurologist Monday he'll be seeing me for the first time. I will have a one page typed report with all medical FACTS & notes concerning my problem.
Including brief history, symptoms etc....

2- On CD disc & written report - Cervical Spine MRI, Thorasic Spine MRI, Lumbar Spine Report. Brain/Head MRI with Contrast..
CT Scan report, Neck Flex XRAY report.

3- I want to look at the MIDDLE EAR on this MRI and either PROVE it's part of the problem or THROW IT OUT forever. Because if one more person tells me about inner ear or ear anything I'm gonna lose it and whack somebody LOL....

4- Stop waving fingers in my face, and making me squeeze hands, and checking my leg resistance and arm, hand resistance.. Trust me if you put your neck in my hands I can "End You"
Give me a freaking diagnosis already... Injury? or Disease" One all causing problem? or Multiple problems?

I usually have my hopes up. But for the first time ever they are not up at all.... NYU or not... How I feel now is like nothing i ever could have imagined.. I CAN"T stop the tipping sinking sensation. my body is SHOT and it wants to completely take over my head and heart... I wish it luck!

Rock On
Sub

;;o Hell;o.. Mike..:)..It's a pleasure to meet you:)
I'm listening to your Different Drum'' Piece and
yes it coul;d be classified as a timeless Piece...
I luv the production that surrounds this Piece..''..
..Perfect mix for New York City...



****** Mike I have recently return. back..
to JPf.. ''William Shatner of The Star TRek
SERies..suffered with Tinnitus''..for years..
I read that during the 1960's Star TRek Series
His ears would be ringing so much..He Couldn;t
take it sometimes he was under'''A doctors care
for years..He Said he didn't how he managed to
remember his lines..I had ringing of the ears
a lot when I was little..and i had a lot of ear[excessive]
infections..too..but somehow ''The Noise stopped
when I became a teenager....

***** Mike My Prays Are with you..
I have written a Piece Called
Then There Is Hope''....
one day soon I want you to
read these words....
mike this is about you..
not me... I just want you
to know that youre not alone
i;m not sure ''what The outcome
of William Shatner;s Tinnitus
is: But he had a real popular
series on cable ''Years ago..
A brilliant Actor..


*******
Mike..PleaSe don;t give up hope
because I will have to keep
writing you a book every time
you log on,,surely you don;t
won;t that..:):)...to happen..lol.lo.l




...
SEE you in a few;o
Mike..
'[I luv your recording studio]

take care~~~
Shirl;o

Hi Shirley

Thanks sooooo much. We enjoyed the song very much. I love doing different types of songs.

Actually I get some ringing in my ears but it's friend and JPFer John Daubert who has the Tinnitus not me. I have a terrible chronic dis-equilibrium/balance disorder. Along with it extreme neck & back stiffness, weakness, soreness & pain.
Been dealing with it for 13 years now, as it just gets worse.

So I'm off to see my 46th doctor Monday...

I was wondering do you have a soundclick or myspace page or someplace to hear your songs? Look forward to hearing what your up to.

PS- I'm a BIG Trekie.. Star Trek original series. Didn't know that about Bill Shattner. Bummer! Wonder how he has been dealing with it all these years.

Thanks for the kinds thoughts & words, it's sweet and I appreciate it.

[We Ride]
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8240803



**** No it won't be a book,,lol.lol.:)
******* Mike I will be back to talk more...:)
This Piece was written By Me....
And it;s a part of this This Magical..
craze and Passion I Have for Music
I'm a Lyricist..:)


**** I Hope you enjoy this Piece..
I think Mallorie is a extremely
talented.. artist''ShE put a hurtin on
This Piece:)..
She compose The Music..[background]***
Scroll down and you will see
the Lyrics for ''We Ride''..:)





See you in a few;o
**** I have other Songs Written by me
and My Co writer/Johnny Hoeve/Producer/Musicianhttp://www.reverbnation.com/matthewshoeve


*******
log into this and you will see at least 9
of the eleven songs written by.. Me & My
Cowriter..Johnny Hoeve
Johnny Hoeve sings all the tracks
and compose all Music..


ttyl;;
Mike..:)
Shirl;o

http://www.reverbnation.com/matthewshoeve
[log into player..at least nine songs/

Demos....




Shirl;o

the cover sounds great, Mike.

I pray you find an answer and solution to your medical problem.... I know how frustrating it can be dealing with doctors and diagnosis...

my best.

MIke S

Michael Nesmith the "musician" Monkee. Love his song "Joanne". He dabbled in TV comedy and decided to get out of show biz. He can afford it.

I like your version of the song. Patch has a natural country rock voice. Better than LR. Her accent sounds almost southern. The original was recorded when country rock was getting popular, guys like Chris Hillman, Clarence White, Bernie Leadon were around. The LA southern rock crowd. Sounds like you're using Midi samples, I may be wrong, but it sounds good.

I can't add any more well wishes or comments about your medical condition then what's already been said by others but I truly wish that you eventually get a correct diagnosis and real treatment that will at least improve your quality of life. I'm praying for full recovery most of all.

I've read your stories of being a longshoreman, hell of a position for a talented musician and producer to be in. I was an iron worker when I was 21. I was a beam walker. Had to pull up girders with a rope and walk them across the beam with another guy holding the other end. One slip up and we both fall. Like a high wire act. We were cocky and proud of what we could do. The only injury I got was a burn on my ankle. I was straddling a beam about 30 feet high and burning a hole in the iron with an acetylene torch. The hole dropped out right into my boot. It seemed like forever for me to untie the boot and shake it off. The damage was done. It was heavy work but I never suffered any after effects.

You may have explained this before, but did you belong to a union at the time? Do they help pay the medical bills?

Mike ,,Dude I don't know To begin to tell you
How SErious..The Health CaRE situation is
In This Country..46 doctors..What in the world
is going on..Mike..'''Are the doctors passing
The Bucks??....Using you for Expermentation
purposes''known as guinea pigs''...a very
sorry ass excuse to keep getting paid.
and the only justification they can give
the public[tax payers] is that''We have
been over whelm with ''mal pratice lawsuits
and that;s our way of getting paid.. Bs..



This is a crying shame...
your medical
bills prob are extremely high,,,,,

******ENT[clinics] Do they still exist??
Ear Nose THroat..


you have some very serious health problems
why are you slipping through the system..Why??



okay,,Mike..l;ook dude...

Dear God..Please
help Mike...



***** Okay Mike I;m gonna dedicate
this song to you Mike Caro and your friend
John Daubert

***** Title Of Song:
Then There Is Hope:


*** No music For This PIece yet
God I wish it did..
but that's okay.........
I'm gonna let these words
speak ..and show you
how I feel..

Shirl;o






***** I;m gonna plug it the Lyric/section 3****

Bump. I think it could use a few more comments. If nothing else, to compare to the Stone Ponies. I think it does in the least. Good work Mike.

I Agree : Ben: I'm gonna bump this up~~`


See you in a few;o
Shir;l;o

Hey Mike ... thanks for the listen. You are truly a music magician. I agree with your comment about being un-computer. It sounds sooo real

I listened to it 4 times straight just so I could hear all the cool stuff oging on.



Good luck to you on your Doctor visit Monday.
Take care,
glen

Hi Mike I like this it has everything going for it. I can hear the production......it sounds simple yet there is a ton of stuff going on. Great job and Patch did the vocals proud. I bet she can sing just about anything. That Nesmith bloke was very under rated. I heard stories about the Monkees and how he hated some of the stuff they had to do. He could write better songs than they were forced to record. It caused a lot of friction.
I hope all goes well and the doc finally comes up with something to help you. Best of luck Monday.

Mike I Want To Dedicate This song to You
and John''This song was written by me..

Here It Goes Again:

I just came back up on the board.[what's going on]
[maybe it might be there ..when u log in
again to: JPF..]

My prays are with you both..;o
Shirl;o

Thanks Rick & Riki

I'm not doing much singing these days, accept for Louis's Angels song.

I have ZERO hope about this doctor tomorrow, this is the first time I have felt this way in the 13 years I been going to see doctors about it.

But i appreciate the encouragement.

Thanks Greg, she did do a great job, she just started her music binge last year

John D can't make it to NYU with me tomorrow, he has that bad knee and can't drive. My old friend and a co-producer Neil is taking me.
Yes I am way way way overdue....

Thanks Greg

Mike

Thanks John!

It did come out nice... I was proud of my Harpsichord solo

Hi Shirley

Hey the tunes are pretty groovin man I dig it
I like these styles....

Mike

Thanks Mike good to see ya around...

Yeah I was already frustrated in 1999 when an ENT told me after my sinus surgery there would be a 50% chance my problem would be gone..
Eight weeks with my nose spread across my face and ZERO!

That was 11 years ago!

Thanks
Mike

Hi Ben

Thanks...

Yes and my union was the first ones to screw me... See I need 700 hours in a year to get medical benefits. When i went out of work due to this problem I was shy about 24 hours so I went/crawled back to work near the end of the year and make it to 700 hours.
My pay stub read 700 hours...

A few weeks layer (new year) I go the doctors and they say "you have no coverage" I call the union and ask WHY? they say "you have 692 hours and your 8 hours short,. I say NO here I'm faxing you my pay stub. They see it and say "Oh no, the last eight hours counts towards next years benefits you only have 692

I say "What? Been with you 17 years and never heard of that, okay
I know guys who needed 200 hours to make 1000 hours for full benefits and they bought the 200 hours. I would like to BUY those eight hours,,

They say - Oh no you can buy 200 to make 1000 hours but you can't but 8 to make 700 hours...
I say - OKAY ARE YOU MAKING THIS UP AS WE GO ALONG"!

But Ben - I'm passed all that now, and have to fight for every thing every step of the way... I KNOW my work is what damaged me but can't prove it, especially with NO DIAGNOSIS EVER given to me.
What i would like to do tomorrow is BRING a 300 pound truck tire,
a 50 pound lug gun and that 120 pound jackhammer and sit it RIGHT in front of the doctors office. And say OKAY now deal with these for eight hours today. Move them out of your way ALL DAY.
Oh but wait it's 20 degrees out open ALL your windows NOW..

Now TELL me this didn't cause my problem Biotch Just one day with this thing in his lap.... Never mind years and years and years....

There just not grasping the "TIRE" concept and how I was lifting them 40 hours a week since I was 22 the problem started getting bad when I was 32... I was done by 39

Iron Worker wow, yikes... I did alot of welding in the last few years i was there. Could also cause problems...
I just can't believe that these doctors especially in the past FIVE years have watched me crawl into there office, holding the walls, can't stand up or sit up straight, totally bent over in pain and stiffness and NOTHING! They say and do nothing!

Thanks again all you guys, thanks for the prayers Shirley...

I'm gonna try to get some sleep (hopefully) and I'm off to NYU. How out of it have I been? This will be my first trip to MANHATTAN since the 90's...
Crazy city for someone with vertigo like symptoms...

I'm so prepared, man this doctor has DEFINITELY not met anyone like me in his life, that's for sure. I will take a back seat approach and not speak too much... Let him think. But he has no idea how in tune I am. And how I'm no sheep!

I'll be back!

Hi Mike,

I came away smiling at this performance and feeling really nice...thank you !!

Calvin


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewart

Hi Mike

Great song, Patch has a lovely voice, hah, great cover, thanks for sharing it, thoroughly enjoyed listening, cool. I wish I could sing like that hey, I'm so jealous!

Hope all goes well with the MRI, God bless Mike, I hope you hit the jackpot this time.

Big hugs Michele

.

Sub.....finally got this "puppy" to load.....for some reason this site is slow on my computer....I can go other places and it is ok....oh well...

Any how....I like the old stuff....my creative juices in writing have dried up....they never were flowing that good....lol....but I love doing some covers....brings back a lot of memeories....I found this very enjoyable....some of those Monkee songs were very good...imho....didn't care that much for them, though.....

Take care of yourself....I hope you can beat the problems one day....T-Bob

'' Aw. Mike youre very welcome..And that's the spirit
That;s inside of us Mike that's pulling for us to win..:)
Yes!!..God did not bring you this far Mike to turn on you
now...:)..That has been my ''inner passage I have
adopted within myself..for many years..and it has never
failed me yet..so I have this big smile across my face right
now..Mike..and I believe in my hearts of hearts that you will
find closure ;;to what ever this is that;s trying to invade
your body...Mike...And it will be revealed to you real soon..:)


so..you rejoice in the fact that;o God is on the main line
..just tell him what you want..:).God does things on his own time,......

It;s not that he don;t hear your humble cries
or know that you are in pain..There is a big reason behind
everything that happens to us in this life..Mike..


so.. You're Off to The Big apple ''The City that never
sleeps..I witness that. I went to visit''New york City
many moons ago back in the late seventies and dude,,
I have never seen so many people in my life''sandwiched
together but''I enjoyed The Atmosphere''like Blue eyes said
If you can make it here..you can make it anywhere...
New york New york!!!''

Now You have yourself a good ole time today..
laughter is always good for the soul...:):)
I;m always praying for you Mike:


[you have extraordinary talent]
See you in a few;o
Shirl;o

Excellent work, Mike. Great stuff.

I always loved this song. It takes me back to the Brown Shoe in Chicago right after Linda Ronstadt left Stone Ponies. She was on the bill with Jackson Browne who had the hit with "Doctor My Eyes." They shared the same backup band and these guys played both artist's songs just like the records but with terrific feel. Linda said we'd be hearing from this band in the future, they were called the Eagles.

Thanks guys... Randy I'll PM you back.

Mike D - Thanks for stopping in and checking it out... Big Jim, Michele as well Calvin

Follow Up...
Went to NYU and it was a joke... I'll never see another Neurologist again!!!

If I was as close minded un-passionate and stiff as an MD doctor
with my music, I would totally SUCK! And instead of helping every single one I have ever made contact with accept for one or two clueless people. I would have helped no one...

Very good cover Mike...Loved it! You're a wonderful musician.

Re your body condition have you tried Chinese doctors and accupuncture?

I believe a few weeks of massages by qualified Chinese masseuaes would do the trick! Of course to get the good ones you have to go to China. It's not very expensive...I pay about $70 for a 3 hour massage in Shenzhen (just outside Hong Kong). I used to have a back that they say is as hard as a board! After a few sessions I am pretty supple now.

Cheers,

Stan

Holy catfish - that is another knockout. I should not be surprised but each time I hear one of your songs, it wakes me up and get me moving. You still the man .....

Tom

She is fabulous. I rarely like covers of famous songs - and I love Linda's version of this song. But this one is terrific - better than Linda's.

Tom

Nothing to say pal - except thanks for the big smile

Also, sorry that the doc visit didn't pan out. Hope you keep punching - it inspires all of us.

Scott