mpwalker is music by California-born, multi-instrumentalist Michael Walker. Michael has been active in many bands in the past 15 years including Royal Ruckus, The Promenade, and with Peter Matteson in death comesto matteson. He is currently working on balancing family life, work, and his so-called artistic credibility and hopes to release some new music soon. For now, look for a high-quality re-release of his last album Empty Talker in the music store
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12/14/09
It's #MusicMonday. I'm giving away free download codes for my 2005 album Empty Talker. Just tweet something like "I like @mpwalker's music, you should too http://mpwalker.bandcamp.com/" or something similar and I'll send you instructions to download the album for free.

Conditions:
First, you have to include the "@mpwalker" in your tweet otherwise I won't see your tweet.
Second, link to the Bandcamp.com website: http://mpwalker.bandcamp.com in your tweet.
Third, this offer is only good for #musicMonday so you have to participate today.

with lots of love,
Mike
12/10/2009
For the past month or so I've been trying to re-release songs that I've recorded either as a solo artist or with previous bands I've been in. Back in 2002 and, heck, even back in 2005 I just didn't have the ear to notice just how poor the sound quality is when you render music in mp3 format. The highs are tinny and the lows don't thud as well and everything in-between is just bland. Hardly any dynamics. I didn't even think about how that would effect the music I was making. Well since I've joined Bandcamp.com I now have the ability to offer music in a lossless format. That is if you download the FLAC version (I reccomend using VLC Media Player for listening to any format of any type of media, by the way) you are hearing exactly what I was hearing when it was being mixed. It's truly the "official" version of the song. I just wanted to point out how neat that is.

Last night I took a look back at a song my band The Promenade recorded in 2002, an 11 minute instrumental psychedelic guitar-jam we named "Manchild". I think this version really captures the sound and energy in the garage/studio that afternoon that Zach, Sal, and I spent making music.

Here's a streaming version of it for you and is available for free to download in you favorite format:






12/2/2009
Over the weekend I took some photos of the family for our official 2009 family portrait. I think they turned out very nice:





Then last night we got to be apart of the fun of the annual Christmas tree lighting in our downtown square:


Me and my little girl.

We're really soaking up the season. Lot's of fun.

-mike
12/1/2009
Happy birthday to my brother and a big "welcome" to the month of December.

Empty Talker has assumed it's usual role at $5 for the entire album download. This includes six bonus tracks and album artwork. For your convenience, individual tracks are $0.50 (50 cents) but you won't get the bonus material.

May this Advent season be a blessing to you and yours,

-Mike