Talent Show for Micah

Micah joined his younger sister and brother this last week to perform in a talent show.  Micah played and sang to Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now".

He did great considering our microphone was a little bit lousy and broken off!

I'm Looking Through You

Micah, now 12 years old, just keeps getting better and better.  

One thing that has been steadily improving is his vocals.  While a lot of the time it has been difficult to hear Micah sing over his guitar without a microphone, now he has learned how to better project his voice.  

His latest song is yet another great Beatles classic,

"I'm Looking Through You":

            

We think this one is pretty awesome.

Micah's 12 Year Old Guitar Photo Shoot

For Micah's 12th birthday, he went all out with a nice photo shoot with his guitars.

Some classy ones with a shirt and tie, and yet also some fun ones.

           

Even one without his glasses for all the girls to get a good look at his eyes!

Last Song as an 11 Year Old

Micah was getting older.  Although he still loved building awesome lego creations, he wasn't a little boy anymore.  He was about to turn 12!  

So, we decided to get one last song recorded as an 11 year old.  

Here is The Beatles "Here Comes the Sun":

               

This song is supposed to be played with a capo, but it made the pitch a little too high (or rather too low) for Micah's voice range, so we opted to leave it off.  

Christmas Jazz Band Performance

Micah had a Christmas concert for Jazz Band this past December.

He wasn't feeling the best for the concert, but he still managed to make it there and play his guitar.  

It is always a little frustrating that you can't hear the guitars over all those horns, but I'm sure they are doing a good job.  Maybe eventually they can turn their amps up a bit and we'll be able to hear them better.

Well, since we couldn't hear him too well at the concert, we had him play at home to get a better idea.
Here he is playing a bit of Jazz at home, although you won't get the full effect without the horns and drums.

Come, They Told Him

This Christmas, Micah was going to join his brother and sister performing at different nursing homes, Christmas programs, and at Maceys.  He learned a few different Christmas songs on his guitar for the programs.  

One song he learned was The Little Drummer Boy.

                

Micah's Super Awesome Guitar Recital

Micah performed in his Fall Guitar Recital last night where it was the first time he would get to play with a live band!  

He was to play lead guitar and do lead vocals with the song "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

We waited for quite some time to hear him finally perform.  At first we thought they were doing youngest to oldest, but then it appeared they weren't.  They were saving the best for last!  There were many good performances, and even some that wrote their own songs, but honestly, Micah was one of the best who sang and played guitar at the same time with the band.  He was just so awesome!  Everyone was so impressed that this little kid could get up their and hold his own.

Here he is getting his guitar set up on stage before his number:

                              And here he is getting adjusted for the microphone.

                                     His teacher is helping him out here..........

Then he is all ready to go!

                            Check him out!