Recording

Listen to 18 poems from the book Divorced Dad’s Laundromat put to music by David Tonkin of The Beat Night Band for free on Soundcloud.

Album includes 4 bonus tracks set to music by The Beat Night Band
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View From the Mic – Mike Nelson and The Beat Night Band
The companion Album to my Book Another Forty Years. A two-disc Album, The first is thirteen tracks with me and the Beat Night Band and the second is an open mic disc with John-Michael Albert, Genevieve Aichele,   Kate Leigh, John Grady, Lindsey Coombs and Sal Sciretto also with the beat night band. The Band is Frank Laurino on Percussion, Mike Barron on Drums, Chris Stambaugh on Bass, Scott Solsky on Guitar, Scip Gallant on Piano and Organ, Cynthia Chatis on flute and vocal and Don Davis on Horns.
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Zaftig Nebulosa – Stairway to Bed

Poems by Mike Nelson. Guitar by Rob Eaton, for RPM Challenge 2013


A recording done for the RPM Challenge 2013  with Rob Eaton on Guitar, one poem with my son Jay Nelson,  then ten years old, reading his own poem, and myself playing drums and piano and reading original poems.

Layered Wahtever Cake – Couch Anthems

Layered Wahtever Cake is Crystal Paradis and Mike Nelson.
This Album was made for The RPM challenge 2017

Deep in the darkness of time, on slabs of fantastic butter they rolled and rolled. Until the one who says so dumped in flour and eggs and sugar and it just didn’t stop for a while. Bakes in the fires of hell at 350 they then rested and cooled for minutes unbeknownst. Whereupon they stacked and slathered with all the deliciously beaten dreaminess their mothers said no to. Served until it wasn’t 

Layered Wahtever Cake – The End of Pants
The End of Pants: Story written and narrated by Mike Nelson. Song lyrics co-written with Crystal Paradis. All guitar by Crystal. Flute by Mike. Etnune voiced by Crystal. Created for the RPM Challenge 2018 as Layered Wahtever Cake.