Together Again

I began writing and recording songs in the Summer of 1987 while I was a graduate student at North Texas State University. Over the past two decades I've made an extensive number of home recordings. While some are better than others, all represent a unique perspective on the world I lived in at the time.

In the Fall of 2005, I began revisiting some of my work from the '80s and '90s and the results appear here. A handful are in their original form, but most were partially or entirely re-recorded in the Summer of 2006 and are presented here for your amusement.

Written and Performed by Michael Minn

1) Together Again (MP3)
Written 8/6/1997 - 12/25/1998
Recorded 6/19/2006

2) Missing You (MP3)
Written 7/12/1987 - 12/31/2005
Recorded 1/15/2006 - 1/19/2006

3) Just Like A Summer Rain (MP3)
Written 5/29/1987 - 2/3/1999
Vocals recorded 2/28/1999 - 3/3/1999
Track recorded 3/5/2006 - 6/8/2006

4) Only For You (MP3)
Written 9/1/1987 - 2/27/1999
Vocals recorded 2/28/1999 - 3/3/1999
Track recorded 1/29/2006

5) Soft Summer Night (MP3)
Written 4/6/1988 - 7/16/1989
Recorded 05/31/2006 - 6/9/2006

6) Never Have To Say Goodbye (MP3)
Vocals recorded 4/23/1988 in Dallas, TX
Track recorded 6/12/2006

7) Someday (MP3)
Written 6/4/1988 - 12/8/1999
Recorded 1/21/2006 - 1/27/2006

8) Just To Be Near You (MP3)
Written 10/5/1988 - 2/15/1999
Recorded 2/16/1999 - 2/28/1999

9) Father Lead Me Day By Day (MP3)
Written by Georg C. Strattner (1691) and John Page Hopps (1877)
Arranged 1/1989 - 6/9/1996
Vocals recorded 3/3/1999 - 3/4/1999
Track recorded 7/3/2006

10) Somebody Out There Waits For Me (MP3)
Written 3/4/1989 - 12/28/1998
Vocals recorded 1/1999
Track recorded 6/9/2006 - 6/12/2006

11) Too Late (MP3)
Written 7/20/1989 - 6/5/1998
Vocals recorded 3/6/1999 - 3/8/1999
Track recorded 6/13/2006

12) In My Time Away (MP3)
Written Fall 1989
Recorded 11/13/1989 in Dallas, TX

14) She Walked Away (MP3)
Written 5/14/1993 - 1/23/2006
Recorded 6/13/2006

15) Diane (MP3)
Written 2/28/1994 (New Orleans, LA) - 12/30/2005
Recorded 6/14/2006

16) Marianne (MP3)
Written 4/24/1996 - 2/21/1999
Vocals recorded 2/24/1999 - 3/3/1999
Track recorded 6/13/2006 - 6/14/2006

17) Voices From the Past (MP3)
Written 1/19/1997 - 6/14/2006
Recorded 6/14/2006

18) The Love That I'll Never Know (MP3)
Written 2/3/1997 - 6/7/2006
Recorded 6/13/2006

19) It's A Lovely Day (MP3)
Cut from the unproduced musical, "The Bridegroom"
Written 4/2/1999 - 5/20/2006
Recorded 6/15/2006 - 6/19/2006

20) Rhondo (MP3)
Written 6/19/1999 - 6/26/1999
Recorded 7/3/2006

21) Where I Belong (MP3)
Demo for the unproduced musical "Anything Can Happen"
Written 11/19/1999 - 12/4/1999
Recorded 6/8/2006 - 6/19/2006

22) There's A Certain Joy (MP3)
Demo for the unproduced musical "Anything Can Happen"
Written 11/6/1998 - 12/16/1999
Recorded 12/16/1999?

23) Somewhere Down The Road (MP3)
Demo for the unproduced musical "Anything Can Happen"
Written 3/9/1999 - 9/8/1999
Recorded 12/12/1999

24) Regift My Heart (MP3)
Written 12/20/05 - 01/08/06
Recorded 6/19/2006 - 6/20/2006

25) I'll Always Come Back To You (MP3)
Written 1/12/1999 - 1/13/1999
Recorded 2/1999

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Equipment
MMUSIC recording, sampling and sequencing software
Operating Systems: Red Hat Linux 6.2 - Fedora 2, Windoze 98-SE
Laptops: Toshiba Satellite T1910, 335CDS, 2755DVD, 1905-S303, M35-X
Microphones: Neumann TLM-103, Audio Technica AT-318, Shure SM-57
Modules: Roland/Edirol UA-100, UA-5, UM-1, ART DPS-II, Aphex 204, Roland SC-8850, Yamaha MU-80
Instruments: Gibson Les Paul Special, Ibanez AEF-18-TVS Steel String Acoustic, Korg ToneWorks Pandora PX-4, Fostex X-15
MP3 Encoder: LAME by Mike Cheng and Mark Taylor
Photos taken with a Kodak disposable camera in the Summer of 1997

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All music and lyrics © 1987-2006 by Michael Minn. All rights reserved.