CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINKS TO EMAIL ME OR LISTEN TO OTHER MUSIC I HAVE WRITTEN, OR READ : Mike Smith started writing performing and recording music at the tender age of 14 in various astoundingly bad rock bands. In the same way that hard skin builds up on your forehead when you run into a wall over and over again, Mike became proficient at singing and keyboard/guitar playing just at the age when you are deemed to be too old to become a rock star, hence this songwriter page, which is a last living testament to a mis-spent, yet enjoyable teens and 20s (although I am still young at 37). These songs are here for your enjoyment, primarily (hopefully) and also in the hope that they are good enough to be sought after, recorded properly and marketted copiously (I'm not proud) The music is influenced by a number of 80s, 90s and 00s rock and pop sources including Keane, U2, Talk Talk, Muse, Paul Weller, Toploader, Coldplay- although none of it sounds anything like them (unfortunately ;-p) The track should start to play as the screen loads up. Alternatively click on of the links above to access a way of emailing me with any comment you have about the music - just tell me what you thought - good or bad, any feedback is better than no feedback, unless you want a clean guitar sound - shut up Mike!- . Thanks for stopping by.......