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Original Music

I cannot read or write a note of music, I am self-taught on numerous instruments by ear.
Back when I was a musician I generally wrote and arranged all the words and music.

These songs cross a number of styles and genres and include work I composed for instruments I cannot play, such as violin, cello, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano, others.

I Really Didn’t Mean It

“REVELLAIRES RENEW 'POP OF AGES' SOUND” by Mike Joyce "Without really hewing to any one style, [this music is] an impressive string of songs, a mixture ...

Half-Carved Heart

A brooding, pretty piece about being a kid during World War II, and then going back to your 50th grade school reunion. Influenced by Crowded ...

Your Polite Applause

A song about not getting what you need when you could've used it, "Your Polite Applause" was influenced by the Everley Brothers, the Cars, the ...

Arbor Day

I was listening to The Jam and The Buzzcocks quite a bit when I wrote this one... ...It's hard to get a song in under ...

Kid From Kansas

This song combines elements of surf, pop & psychedelia in a lamentation about commuting to work and wishing you were in a favorite idealized place ...

Mary What’s Her Name

This is a pretty song written by me for Mother’s Day. It’s in 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4, and was influenced by the Beatles, Neil Finn, ...

A Real Moral Let-Down

When I wrote "A Real Moral Let-Down", I was listening to a lot of Louis Jordan, the Pretenders, the La's and Social Distortion. It’s performed ...

Goodbye My Baby

"REVELLAIRES RENEW 'POP OF AGES' SOUND" by Mike Joyce "Without really hewing to any one style, [this music is] an impressive string of songs, a mixture ...

Olde Town Crier

This song was influenced a lot by Supergrass, ELO & later-career Beatles. The cello section (for 3 parts) was composed and arranged by me. "Olde ...

Mailbox

This is a pretty waltz I wrote in a moment of bleakness. It was influenced by Crowded House, XTC, The Beatles, The Moody Blues and Paul ...

The Lady Vanishes

"The Lady Vanishes" combines dynamic samples and a high-octane performance mixed with attitude. This instrumental was influenced a lot by the Stone Temple Pilots, Soul ...