I am writing on a very old computer, so forgive the odd format if that's what I have done. I am a dog trainer, writer, artist and a singer and songwriter from L.A. My life has been somewhat odd (but isn't everyone's?} and due to a sleep problem I lost easily ten years of my life, so I am somewhat immature. I belong to a few fan clubs, mainly to get early notice of shows and whatnot. I have spent a few weeks wandering around here, and this one is different. There are a lot of things I don't get, maybe because I am older. Maybe because it makes me uncomfortable to publicly objectify a person whose talent I admire. I see a beautiful man, but I am more interested in his creativity and his journey than his legs. Of course, I suppose one could care about both.
I don't mean to offend anyone, I am saying this because I was hesitant to post to a forum that was only an adoration society. But there are some very special things here, like the cover songs you people do, and the time you spend on gifting ideas for Mika. And the kindness you show towards people who are not like you. The considerate way you conduct yourselves when you are around Mika, and the way he has altered so many lives. It moved me a great deal. And I thought that I just wouldn't post on the body parts threads and I would be just fine.
I remember watching tv one night ten or so years ago, and it must have been the BRIT AWARDS, and although I was over fifty, music has been central to much of my life, new music in particular. My ears turned my head towards the screen, and for some reason, other than the songs, what I remember is Mika in some kind of animal suit, taking his head off to take a bow. Obviously this was a hallucination, altho the animal suits did show up eventually. I had never heard or seen him before. I liked the music so much that I started playing it at work after closing, while I restocked shelves and counted out the drawer. But that was it, except for idly wondering why I always liked the new musicians while my friends were still playing Rolling Stones records. I still feel that way, very much an outsider to, well, most things.
Time passed, I had another period of time weirdness and temporarily put aside my paintings and my writing and got a guitar and started to write songs. More time passed. I don't know what the event was that had me suddenly hearing a Mika song and starting to listen to him again. Only this time, all the time. Until I heard everything and kept listening. It was the songwriting that hooked me, and the fact that I never listen to pop, I kept asking, why this?. I still don't know. But he is such an individual, and the world he creates reminds me so much of how I created my own when I was young, that I am interested in it all, and don't find it really pop. My big focus right now is to learn what I can from him about songwriting, although you can never choose how you write. And the cowboy song you heard is a baby is much more likely to show up in your work than something you heard as a grownup. I am very interested in his process, although I have not seen that much about it. And I am interested in what he does next, convinced that there is a chance it will be a West End show,. I have never seen him live, what a pity. But life isn't over yet and anything can happen if you say why not?
Is he worried about his Miami friends and his house? Those of us in the States are terrified for anyone there, and it's supposed to arrive on Sunday. Nothing you can do either, nature is the boss. And loss is a miserable creature. I very much hope he is able to give himself over to the writing and the music soon. He has a unique vision that is much needed by this difficult world.
