Mike Biskup

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Man: 4. Agreement with a Deep Mountain Lake

August 5, 2012, 5:00 am

So the image in my mind that goes with the poem above is a man who spends a year alone living next to a deep mountain lake. He sits with the lake, drinks from it with intention, sleeps on the shore and...

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Man: 3. Trust The Dance

August 5, 2012, 5:00 am

Bill Mawhinney's poem "Trust The Dance" was the starting point point for this song. Ron Dionne altered the words some to create the song.

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Man: 2. We Are Warriors

August 5, 2012, 5:00 am

Written by Billy Lawrie

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Man: 1. The Next Man

August 5, 2012, 5:00 am

I've been doing the "one man band" thing for about 25 years. I record each instrument and voice track separately, layering them on top of each other and building the song's sound as I go. I'll be...

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 10. Your Love... (reprise)

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

This is the original version. Written for my love!

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 9. I Exploded in Passion

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

It's wonderful to have exploded in this way.

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 8. Equatorial Peet

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

Some of the world's wisest men are professional sunbathers. This reminded my brother Tim of Scott Walker. That's cool with me.

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 7. Shooting the Moon with a Pair of Broken Hearts

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

This is A story of the end of my marriage written shortly after it became clear to me. With blessings of peace and harmony to all involved.

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 6. The River

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

My good friend Leif Hansen suggested I write this song after I described to him my fear about letting go of practicality and diving into my passions when it comes to my career choices. As I share this...

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 5. Me and The Sun

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

My mom and I took a trip to Yosemite one recent fall. We started our way up the fairly long hike to the top of Yosemite Falls the late afternoon. She stopped about three quarters of the way there and I...

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 4. Two of a Kind

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

I wrote this song for my parents to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 3. Your Love brings me back to my Home

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

With this bond oh so real I can see and I can feel How your love... With this kiss that we share To the heavens I declare That your love... All my life I've been searching for the truth I'm a man who...

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I SAW IT IN A DREAM...: 2. The Next Man

March 28, 2013, 5:00 am

After staffing the Mankind Project NWTA in 2010 I wrote "The Next Man" and imagined creating an album as a way to share this song (and other MKP inspired songs) with my MKP brothers and The World....

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