Soul Amp

Time for a song. Like most of the Soul Amp songs it's an odd one:My FriendIt seems the story of life is to just keep plugging away. I've watched my mom do it. And my dad did it to. Therein lies the beauty of life. Not giving up and continuing to grow and enjoy what we have around us, right? Well that and beer (in moderation). That's what I think. You might think something different, but maybe that's what the freaky song above is mostly about I think as well as dealing with what people think of you including your friends and family.... and well you might find the following two photos strange to look at (don't let them freak you out too much)...I'll tell you how I did it sometime:Strange floating glasses illusion photo. Photos by Mike Fisk of Soul AmpBe sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here (look for the "New" songs, if you've been here before):http://soul-amp.com/freebiesHave an exceptional Thursday. 1 day to go to Friday.... Yipee!

Love is the Beat:Love is the Beat mp3 Flowers, Flowers, Flowers! Have a happy Monday!Yellow rose telling it's short story followed by a Christmas Cactus blooming in Summer. Photos by Mike FiskWhite flowers in reflected sun off window. What the heck flowers are these anyway? Does anybody know? Photos from Milwaukee, WI, 2010. Photos by Mike FiskPink Geranium. Photos from Milwaukee, WI, Summer 2010. Photos by Mike FiskIf you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (look for the stuff labeled New_Albumn if you want to watch the progress of this little mess in it's creation):http://soul-amp.com/freebiesSeriously you must have a wonderful Moday. I insist! =)

Shine on you fine people:Shine On an mp3I took this composite image in Colorado just before a bunch of tornado warnings hit the area. It's a vertical composite of 10 images. It's weird, I know. But enjoy and rock out to the newish song about not giving up... 'cause we can't stand it when you do.Also, if you want to see a really big version of this image, click here:Really Big Version of the Train Tracks...you will dig... you can zoom and zoom and zoomBe sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (look for the new_albumn songs if you like to hear new stuff):http://soul-amp.com/freebiesEnjoy your hump day! Weekend is on it way, woo hoo!!!! =) Be sure to scroll to see the train tracks...and more postings. =)

Here's a wonderful new song by the Ampers of the Soul 'cause some might call this a Love Song... and that's the way I'm rolling it:Love is the Beat mp3 Ah, spring. Here's it is in June and we're still in the midst of it here in the WI. Summer is just around the corner, maybe. You never know up here. These we taken in April of this year. It's supposed to be warm this weekend, but rainy rainy rainy. Alas... enjoy what we get...cause the beat is in you! =)Photo of Daffodils in Spring in Wisconsin by a lovely industrial park pond all yellow and beautiful in April 2010. Photos by Mike FiskDaffodil pointing to the sky in the still dead woods of winter. Photos from Milwaukee, WI, April 2010. Photos by Mike FiskIf you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (look for the stuff labeled New_Albumn if you want to watch the progress of this little mess in it's creation):http://soul-amp.com/freebiesHave a unbelievably stupendous Friday and may all your weekend dreams come true. Rock On you Fine Fine Humans! =)

Here's that weird and wonderful Sha La La La La song from the irrepressible Soul Amp:Same...Sha La La La LaSo sorry to be absent for so long. I think I just went into a bit of a creative slump. I hope to get back to music as well. But here's a couple of odd photos (with more to come) of a Chinese bird sculpture or object or whatever it might be called (it's very cool...it opens) that appears to be floating in midair. It's a little trick to get it to float (no I didn't toss it into the air)...I'll tell you how in a later blog (I have more of these floating object pics to post). I think they are a bit mind bending, but that's just me. I figure they fit the song. Enjoy.Weird Chinese Bird Sculpture Floating Illusion in Odd Room. It's staring right at you. Photos by Mike Fisk of Soul AmpBe sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here (look for the "New" songs, if you've been here before):http://soul-amp.com/freebiesI hope you all forget about the world for a bit and have a super delightfully odd and fun Tuesday!

Here's an odd song for you. What's it about?Same...Sha La La La La an mp3I took this composite image from our office window and I found it odd enough to post. It's a goose's foot prints leading to an American flag at a Toyato car dealership in a haze of pollution (of course, the goose is not really walking all the way there... it's an illusion). But how symbolic eh? It's in a vertical format because it's a composite of four images. I took four pics one right after another leaving enough for Photoshop to stitch together. Be sure to scroll down. I hope you dig it and the song.Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesEnjoy your crummy Monday everybody! See ya back soonish...

Here's a newish song that asks you to be tolerant of others and express yourself as you feel is right without worrying about what the world expects. If people are hurting you, then don't worry about them...that's what I say. Oh oh, I explained my song. I really don't like doing that. Really, when I wrote, I had no idea what it meant, but now that's what it means to me. Interpret it as you like. It's just a silly song:Same...Sha La La La LaFor your visual perusal here are photos of ice on Lake Michigan in early Spring (so called, if you will...any sun for us is Spring around here):Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan just North of Milwaukee, WI, March 18, 2009. .....Photos by Mike FiskPhotos of Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan. Photos by Mike FiskBe sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesWell folks, that's it for the closeup natural ice sculpture photos from 2009. I hope you enjoyed them!

Ok, you've got admit this saguaro is cool. It looks just like a giant hand, huh?And is this odd new song it's cool too...:Threads of Warmth mp3 Photo of Saguaro that looks like a gigantic hand in the Arizona desert in the morning backlit by the glaring and hot sun. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike FiskSaguara Giant Hand in the Hot Sun. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike FiskWhich side is the thumb?....You can also check out a saguara dancing that I took during another trip to AZ in 2007:http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2007/11/saguaro-walking-in-fountain-hills-az.htmlIf you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesHave a big fat happy monday and a lovely, shiny, new week! =)

A soul-searching new confessional song with obscuring references:Too Much to SayHere are photos of close ups of ice on Lake Michigan at sunrise.Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan just North of Milwaukee, WI, March 18, 2009. .....Photos by Mike FiskPhotos of Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan. Photos by Mike FiskBe sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesAnd a happy weekend to all you delightfully wonderful beings! =)

More AZ desert pics for you. What's with the smudge? Stupid dirty lens.And with that I present to you this weird song featuring Hammond Organ and pounding piano and some "shoo dots":Big Fat Blaze mp3 The bees were swarming around various bushes that day. It was very strange and eerie.Photo of Arizona desert just after sunrise with lots of prickly, pointy, pokey foliage of the catcus viarety backlit by the glaring sun. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike FiskImage of sun over exposed behind leaning catcus. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike FiskThe classic desert scene....If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesHave a cool Friday my peeps! =)

It's sunny today in the WI, but dang it's cold. (I'll have some ice lake pics to show you all soon...but later)OK, so enough snow and freeze for a little bit. Here's some cactus flower pics from sunny Arizona. Hey, ML, what type of cactus is that anyhow? I know I should know. Anyhow, enjoy the picsANDHere's a crazy love song in the "Soul Amp Style":There Once Was (A Sunny Way to Go) mp3 These were taken in May of 2009 while we were visiting a friend. It looks like the sun is exploding out of the catcus flower, huh?Photo of catcus flower in the desert back lit by sun to make it look like it's birthing the sun or exploding or something . Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike FiskLooks like the catcus flower is on fire doesn't it? Image of sun over exposed behind a catcus flower. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike FiskThis one is my favorite the way it really looks like the flower is emitting light....And from the flower, the sun was born (imagine a deep voice).Yep, I'm pretty happy with this image... he editorialized and slightly bragged... ok I'll stop.If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesSo enjoy your Friday and have a delightful and rewarding weekend (yep, I'm running out of kind and silly sentiments to put down here to all of you -Hi, mom - but I'll keep trying. I wonder how many of you actually read these???? hmmmmm.....) With that, bye for now and see you all next week, maybe. =)

At last Friday is here. Ok this song seems to match the pics all right. What do you think? A bit of a searching song, it seems:Shove Me All You LoveThese were taken from Lincoln Memorial Drive in Milwaukee. It's Bradford Beach with the snow fences still up and a cool street light and some leafless trees:Bradford Beach March 2009 (ok doesn't exactly match the song because the song is an Autumn song...ohhhhh well).....Photos by Mike FiskBe sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesHave a super great friday with all the trappings of joy that may befall you! =)

The photo below inspired the lyric (also for those brave enough, you can find precursors to this song if you look around for it on the soul-amp.com site..they are very strange instrumentals... quite odd...full of mistakes...more so than this version of the song):Big Fat BlazeSo here's the frozen shoe buried in dirt and shells on Lake Michigan next to a piece of ice that looks surprisingly like the state of Texas. (Of course, if it had looked like Elvis or Jesus, I would have had to take it home and put in the fridge and people would have made pilgrimages to my house):Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesWhen will Friday come?.... man it's got to get here soon!! =)

Well, here ya go, another new Soul Amp tune:My FriendFor your pleasure some odd macro-ish photos of small ice formations on Lake Machigan at sunrise on a calm March day in 2009. Do not hestitate to enjoy the music and images all my lovely blog readers.Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan just North of Milwaukee, WI, March 18, 2009. .....Photos by Mike FiskCascading muddy water of small waves over ice. Photos of Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan. Photos by Mike FiskBe sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesA delightful hump day to all of yous peoples... See ya back here soon for more visual and audio amusements. =)

Talk about different. Here's a love song from Soul Amp. It's odd and colorful, as per the expected:There Once Was (A Sunny Way to Go) mp3 Here's some more of the December blizzard (12/8/2009) images from Wisconsin 2009.Enjoy the pics and music as we make are way through the beauty and harshness of winter!Blizzard through the trees and lit by a streetlight. Magical and sureal and fairy-like snow and light images. Photos from Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskTree branches in blizzard at night with pink clouds lit by a street lights. December Blizzard Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskStreet light as a sun through the snow covered trees... cool, huh?....A little red bird house surround by snow covered tree branches at night light by street lights.If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesMerry Monday you beatiful readers, viewers, clickers, and listeners! Enjoy!! =)

Ah, here's something completely odd and wonderful to listen from the electronic age:Same - Sha La La La LaStrange and amazing photos of splashing small waves against natural ice sculpture formations on Lake Michigan's shore in the morning at sunrise. Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan just North of Milwaukee, WI, March 18, 2009. .....Photos by Mike FiskPhotos of Natural Ice Sculpture Below at Sunrise on Lake Michigan. Photos by Mike FiskBe sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.htmlAnd more here:http://soul-amp.com/freebiesAnd a glorious Friday to all you wonderful beings. Please contribute your thoughts and good wishes (and donations) for all those who are suffering especially the folks in Haiti....May their future grow brighter quickly.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Joyous Soltice, and Happy Whatever you may celebrate!Here's a piano Christmas tune for you. It's weird and beautiful, but all our stuff is:Silent Night mp3 Here's a couple pics of a Christmas tree they put up in West Allis on National Ave. I hope you all have happiness, health, and joy for all the year.Christmas tree in a median. Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskGlobes of snow reflected light surrounding Christmas Tree on National Ave. Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskIf you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesA Delicious and Glorious Holidays to all of you kind readers!! =)

Here's a tragic winter romance song for you all about the ill-fated romance of Johnny and Jenny (poor Johnny... Jenny seems to be doing all right):The Ballad of Jenny and Johnny mp3 It took me a bit to get around to posting these images (and I have a few more posts of them coming up), but here's some of the December blizzard (12/8/2009) images from Wisconsin 2009. It turned out to be not as big a deal in Milwaukee storm-wise, but it snapped off one of my trees (be boom, but no damage to the house). It's just amazing how little snow they got at the lake, while inland it was pretty good dumping. Enjoy the pics and music! Blizzard through the trees and lit by a streetlight. Looks magical and sureal, don't it? Photos from Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskRed tree house in blizzard and pink clouds lit by a street lamp. December Blizzard Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskSuch beauty in an urban setting. It sometimes happens even in suburbia... the magical kingdom of suburbia... hahahahah....Ahhhhhhhhhhh........If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesHave an amazing Tuesday! Happy Holidays all you wonderful readers!! =)

When you have pics of the moon you have to have a song called Shine On (yep, I'll post a different tune next time):Shine On mp3 Moon and Jet shot through autumn trees in November. Photos from Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskMoon and Jet and Contrail through trees. Moonlit autumn in Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskNo Jet in this one, just the moon.Here's a massive autumn collage: Autumn CollageAnd an odd collage of queen anne's lace flowers and others: Queen Anne's Lace CollegeIf you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesMoons and Jets and Trees, oh My. Have a victorious Thursday you fine and beautiful losers! =)

First, have a listen (if you like and you're in the mood to try something new)... yep, it's strange, but is it cool-strange?Shine On mp3 Here's more late autumn forest pics in moon light like the ones posted earlier today. I dig the picnic table that got crushed by the tree. The exposures were about a minute (about the time it took me to run around with the flashlight).Moonlit autumn forest picnic table crushed by a fallen oak tree. It was so dark I didn't realize that there were picnic tables until I started to take this photo and walked over to them with the flash light. Photos from Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskPainting with light. Fire logs in a late autumn moonlit forest. Moonlit autumn in Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskPointed the flashlight down to get the below effect. Neat, huh? Another of the crushed picnic table.Here's a massive autumn collage: Autumn CollageAnd an odd collage of queen anne's lace flowers and others: Queen Anne's Lace CollegeIf you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesYep me again. If you like these pics, check out the previous post below. May your week be a wonderful delight! =)

Here's a song for a moonlit forest in autumn:The Monster's Monster mp3 These photos were taken in Greenfield park at the end of autumn. The leaves have all fallen and a 3/4 moon is out to cast shadows. I used a flashlight to paint the scene. If I hadn't told you that, would you have figure out where the lights on the ground were coming from?Moonlit autumn forest photo art painted with light with a crushed by tree picnic table. It was so dark I didn't realize that there were picnic tables until I started to take this photo and walked over to them. Photos from Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskDancing moonlit trees. Autumn forest in moonlit in Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike FiskIt was so dark that without the flashlight I couldn't make out much of anything. The lights make it kind of "elfin", huh? A picnic pavillion.Here's a massive autumn collages (I plan on doing a better one soon): Autumn CollageAnd an odd collage of queen anne's lace flowers and others: Queen Anne's Lace CollegeIf you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesHope you like the pics and song. Have a great week! =)

Here's that song again.... I guess I shouldn't say too much about it and you should just listen (if you like):Shine On mp3 Here's some more autumn leaves and hopeful pictures for you all to gander at. It's a beautiful morning in the double you eye (that's WI). I hope you had a scrumptious Thanksgiving and enjoy all your leftovers and all the black Friday (BF) shopping (you are such crazy, braves souls out there fighting for deals). Anyhow, enjoy the pics and music!A fall maple leaf falling from the sky in Milwaukee, WI. I think I cheated on this one... you know how. Photos from Wisconsin 2008. Photos by Mike FiskA lone leaf in the sky of leaves as it falls to the Earth in the wind (at sunrise). Pretty cool huh? You have to wait a while to catch a pic like that. Autumn Leaves in Wisconsin 2008. Photos by Mike Fisk These are poplar leaves (they look like aspen leaves, huh?). Some prarie grass at sunset.Here's a massive autumn collages (I plan on doing a better one soon): Autumn CollageAnd an odd collage of queen anne's lace flowers and others: Queen Anne's Lace CollegeAnd one more pic for you... looking up into an autumn maple tree using the flash.....If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesHappy Friday. Enjoy the deals (if you're the shopping type)! =)

I hope everyone is having (or had) a wonderful Thanksgiving day! Here's a song and some picks for you.I think this one turned out ok. Stick around to the end, I think:Shine On mp3 Doesn't the sunrise look like fire? I unintentially moved the camera. This is on Lake Michigan.Lake Michigan autum firery sunrise. Photos from Wisconsin 2008. Photos by Mike FiskThis one is my favorite of this batch. Lake Michigan sunrise in orange and green Autumn Leaves in Wisconsin 2008. Photos by Mike Fisk And here's a crazy pic at night looking up a tree.Here's a massive autumn collages (I plan on doing a better one soon): Autumn CollageAnd an odd collage of queen anne's lace flowers and others: Queen Anne's Lace CollegeAnd one more pic for you... so weird.....If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesEat up and enjoy today. Good luck with any black Friday shopping! =)

Here's an odd confessional/seeking/searching type song. You might like it, you might hate it. Not sure how I feel about it, but it sure the heck matches the pics... you have to at least agree about that... right? So take it out for a listen:Too Much To Say mp3 I know this next photo is a cliche....so what?... it fires my spark plugs with the sun and all that... and it was pain to take (lots of trial and error). (You try holding a camera with one hand and catch a leaf with the other...=) ) Besides the tree shooting to the sky in the background is also pretty interesting.But I bet a lot of you like it. Seems kind of hopeful, doesn't it? So am I catching the leaf, or am I throwing it? Right? shhhhh....don't tell anyone... I'm throwing it.I think the next two pics are even better. Leaves floating in the air at sunrise as the trees spin above. I think I may have to try that it again. It came out quite nicely.)."Catching" an autumn yellow maple leaf in the sun with my hand. Photos from Wisconsin 2008. Photos by Mike FiskFall leaves floating to the ground at sunrise with swirling trees above. Psychedelic Autumn Leaves in Wisconsin 2008. Photos by Mike FiskNow for some leaves just lying on the ground. Which is one of my favority photography subjects. You might find them boring. I find them peaceful.Here's a massive autumn collage (I plan on doing a better one soon): Autumn CollageAnd an odd collage of queen anne's lace flowers and others: Queen Anne's Lace CollegeAnd one more pic for you... If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs): http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html And more here: http://soul-amp.com/freebiesI insist upon you all having a lovely Wednesday..... and here's my big eyed smiley for ya: =)