A Musical Novel
A Musical Novel
15 CHAPTERS | 15 SONGS | It's Just Make Believe Ready To Play? Why Does Oscar Live in a Trashcan? Are the Animals Real? My God, Is He On Something? Ding Dang! Order's Up! I Think I'm Floating Through Time A Musical Novel? A Novel Musical? All the Melodies and the Fantasies If You Look Closely You're in Swing Town, Make It Count A Super Fantastic Dream A Super Dump Trump A Musical Mindfuck A Psychadelic Fairy Tale A Puzzling Adventure An Adventurous Puzzle
“ … keeps you hooked as you jump from chapter to song, year to year, clue to clue…an ingenious package.”
—Neil Janowitz, editor, Vulture.com
SEASON ONE
MEDIA & NEWS
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
SEASON ONE
MEDIA & NEWS
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
“ … rife with intriguing layers…the fun is putting the pieces together…”
—Lorne Behrman, writer, MTV, The Village Voice
Season 1
01 The Piano (Intro)
02 Hello, I’m Mike
03 The Dream House
04 Are the Animals Real?
05 Something Alive in the Basement
06 The First Trip Backwards
07 Doorbell Next to the Door
08 Freelancer
09 Basement Lullaby
10 When Will We Get There
11 You Don’t Look Like You
12 Beep Bop and Boop Boop
13 The Montage
14 Make Believe
15 The Piano (Outro)
Season 1
01 The Piano (Intro)
02 Hello, I’m Mike
03 The Dream House
04 Are the Animals Real?
05 Something Alive in the Basement
06 The First Trip Backwards
07 Doorbell Next to the Door
08 Freelancer
09 Basement Lullaby
10 When Will We Get There?
11 You Don’t Look Like You
12 Beep Bop and Boop Boop
13 The Montage
14 Make Believe
15 The Piano (Outro)
“ … great songwriting and unique production work woven into a concept record that is truly unforgettable.”
—Mike White, Engineer (David Bowie, Talking Heads, Whitney Houston)
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I have a new nightguard. This is really exciting.
— Mike Monsoon (@mike_monsoon) April 11, 2019
“My God, what have I done?”
—Mike S. and Quoter of David Byrne
There’s something alive in the basement!
Mike Monsoon’s Song Journal is the story of a man, Mike Smith, facing a reality-shattering question: If you could go back and change things, would you…or did you?
Season One of this psychedelic, horror-tinged, time-traveling musical puzzle is comprised of fifteen songs and fifteen chapters, woven together, layered with meaning, and littered with clues. The more you listen, the more you read, the more you discover.
Come and explore the joy–and occasional horror–of creativity.
There’s something alive in the basement!
Mike Monsoon’s Song Journal is the story of a man, Mike Smith, facing a reality-shattering question: If you could go back and change things, would you…or did you?
Season One of this psychedelic, horror-tinged, time-traveling musical puzzle is comprised of fourteen songs and fourteen chapters, woven together, layered with meaning, and littered with clues. The more you listen, the more you read, the more you discover.
Come and explore the joy–and occasional horror–of creativity.
“To me, it stinks. And I live in a trashcan.”
—Oscar, Grouch
Mike S.
Songwriter, Instruments, Vocals, Production, Writing
Mike W. Production, Mixing
Brian S. Writing
Joe S. Instruments