First Musical Duet

Christmas time came around and Micah had the chance to be in a little musical duet with his little brother Caleb. Together they worked together for the first time playing and singing "What Child is This" for a Christmas program.

This was the first time working together, but it actually worked out pretty well. Micah was a good sport as to his brother's over dramatic silliness (particularly during this filming), but they did quite well for the program. Hopefully, this start will lead other duets in the future.

Micah loves to Sing!

Micah has always loved to sing and he has never been afraid to sing in public. When he was 3 years old he stood in front of a retirement home group and sang all sorts of Christmas songs by himself. As he got older he never turned down a chance to sing in a choir, a group, or a solo. He's never afraid to stand up and sing in front of others, and he's not shy; he'll sing pretty loud.

Be it that way, Micah was happy to choose to sing a song for a talent show.

Here he is singing "God Bless America" in the Spring of 2010:

Micah Once Played the Piano

You know, long ago before Micah found out he could be a pretty good guitar player, Micah actually played the piano. It wasn't for a very long time, and he only took lessons from his aunt for a few short months, but he could still add a little bit of music to his singing.

Here is a short video of Micah when he was around 7 years old playing a song at Christmas time:



We still think Micah has the ability to play the piano and develop more talent there if he wanted to, but he left that to his little brother, and went on to find other things he enjoyed more.

You Mean You Can Sing?

As we had mentioned before, Micah loved to sing, and so we thought a guitar would be a good instrument for a singer. Of course, Micah didn't know that he could actually sing himself at guitar recitals.

When he went to his first recital, his teacher sang while he played, but then he saw all these other students who were singing with their guitars themselves!

Wow! Micah thought this would be even more awesome if he sang himself as well.

So, right away he learned that too!

Here he is actually singing along with his Blackbird song:

Micah Takes Off With His First Real Song

Greensleeves was not enough to satisfy Micah. After all, he had already had 4 whole lessons by now, and he was ready to move on!

For his first "real" song, he chose something his Grandpop had once played long ago on his guitar; Paul McCartney's "Blackbird".

He learned it in less than a month and was ready to perform it after only 2 months of taking guitar lessons.

Here he is practicing before his first recital performance later that night:

Micah's First Song

Micah first got his guitar in April 2010. It was a beautiful acoustic/electric guitar that was a little bit big for him, but not too hard for him to handle until he grew taller.

He learned to play his first song after only a few lessons and even performed it at a school talent show.

Here he is after only 3 lessons playing "Greensleeves":