I hope everyone is having a great end of the year!  It doesn’t feel like Christmas without the cold and snow.  It also doesn’t feel like Christmas because of all the changes in my life this year: I got engaged I changed jobs I released my first solo attempt I am thankful for everyone who reads… Continue reading Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I am!  Why?  it will be my first world wide release under my own name!  Yes!  Mike Foerster will have a Christmas release!  Why did I wait until December 1st to release a Christmas song?  Because Christmas music shouldn’t start until December 1st! I’ll make a larger presentation once the song has been released!

If asked about my guitar playing, I would say, “Still learning, but getting better”.  Guitar is one of those things that I would love to master, but I’m happy being the guy who fiddles with it and keeps trying. I’m in the middle of finishing an original Christmas song right now.  My goal is to… Continue reading Stay grounded, keep trying.

I love documentaries, especially ones about the music and the industry.  Last week I watched, 20 Feet from Stardom which is about back up singers.  Some of them wanted or still want to be the star and others are simply happy being in the background boasting someone else’s career. I bring this up because a lot… Continue reading Keeping things in perspective

As a musician, studio engineer and producer, I’ve heard a lot of different bands,  be it in clubs, friend’s places, etc.  One thing I can never stress enough is record a band rehearsal.  Simple reason, all of us think we are sounding amazing when we are in the zone.  You are playing along and hitting each… Continue reading Upstart bands — record yourself!

Hello everyone! As you might know, “Hollow Spirit” has released two new songs over the weekend on SoundCloud: Picture Window I Don’t Care Because of the great response from the releases.  We are looking to make a video for Picture Window. Working with old Technology Since Dean and I started working on the old “Hollow… Continue reading New Music and working with old technology

Just read the following article: Musically Speaking: Talk the Talk – Walk the Walk.  As someone who started by playing hard and trying to learn more, I agree with this. Please give it a read.

I’m currently working with my good friend Dean on recordings which started back around 1993 / 94, we aren’t too sure, but we know it is somewhere around there, when we were in a band called “Hollow Spirit” which included our friend Paul on drums.  Most of these songs, I recorded with Don and Dane when we were… Continue reading Same songs, different interpretations

The nice thing about having a home studio is being able to go back and redo something that you didn’t like without it costing you anything.  I took advantage of this a couple weeks back.  The vocals for “Cold Black Sky” weren’t my best work, so I went back to redid them. “How Much I… Continue reading New release and revised vocals!