Here’s a page collecting some of my musical guest appearances documented on the web. Currently there ain’t much that’s been documented, and less of that that’s posted, but as I go through my archives I’ll dig up more.Daniel Sonenberg with Mike Kupietz:Dan’s a very old and dear friend and major force early in my music education, currently a successful opera composer, music professor at University of Southern Maine, and still playing rock & roll. I’ve contributed small bits to his rock and classical compositions twice.It Doesn’t Matter To Me (feat. Michael Kupietz & John Kapsis)Dan Sonenberg – Words & Music, Jon Kapsis – organ & clavinet, Mike Kupietz – guitar solo, Matt Schickele – backing vocalsRadiohead SongDan Sonenberg – music, Mike Kupietz – textThis was a facebook request by Dan for intense emotional memories involving music. Not knowing what was to come, I responded with a short paragraph about perhaps my personally darkest private moment ever, which happened to come during a listening of Radiohead’s “Ok Computer” and had resulted in me not listening to that album again for about 5 years. Dan set it to avant-garde classical piano music, charmingly incorporating some momentary strains of “Karma Police”, as part of a suite he called Detuned Radio: Ecstatic Reminiscence and Arguments about Music and had an operatic soprano sing it the world. Dan Sonenberg · Radiohead SongMike Kupietz and Phillip LaurentMy neighbor across the hall, Phillip Laurent, is a teacher, electronic music composer, and organist, as well as the founder of Hilarious Youth, a children’s radio comedy workshop. I don’t know how I got lucky enough to share a landing with this guy. Over the 15 or so years we’ve been neighbors we’ve done our fair bit of collaborating; and yet somehow these few moments of casual, directionless noodling are all of it that has ever been preserved for posterity online. I like it though, especially my Standard Strat’s tone through a crappy little 15 watt amp. (And insecurity compels me to point out that this video captures me in glorious full profile at the heftiest I ever was; no comments from the peanut gallery, please.) Mike Kupietz , a reluctant scion of the postmodern age, is larger on the inside than the outside: perhaps not a composer, but a producer and arranger of sounds; nor a writer, but an avid writer-down; an occasional author of doggerel; an erstwhile urban hermit; and privately a man of very great ardor. He is, if now resigned to never succeeding at those personal and artistic pursuits he holds most dear, unwavering in his determination to fail at them as entertainingly as possible. He is currently in what he calls the "red bathrobe period" of his life. If you're wondering what all this has to do with FileMaker development or IT consulting: you done taken the wrong turn, this river don't go to Aintry—Mike's professional services are on his San Francisco FileMaker Pro consulting website. View All PostsPost navigationPrevious Post Site MapNext PostIndoor Container Gardening—A Complete Guide to Growing Plants in Limited Space