Get Set Go

Happy Friday! Hard Mode is now available via Bandcamp.

Hard Mode, by Get Set Go 13 track album

Hey! Just fyi, all of Get Set Go's music that I control has been removed from streaming services.
It's still available via Bandcamp. And it will be always available via the SquareTire.app.

Because I am between homes at the moment, I haven't had a chance to really promote the Square Tire app the way that I intend to as soon as I do have a permanent location. Right now, I'm staying with my brother, Joseph, and assisting his family as they are dealing with a health crisis.

I should have a new place in the middle of November/early December. At which point, I'll be actively promoting and recruiting folks to the SquareTire app.

I'm no longer using Facebook on a daily basis. I'll be using it just to let folks know what I'm up to but even that grows less attractive as Facebook continues to throttle my reach.

I love you all. Be well. Stay safe.

So, this is a pretty insightful breakdown of the exploitative way that Spotify is treating artists and their music in this current day and age. It's mostly a breakdown of their new artists agreement.

Of course, I'm planning on removing all of Get Set Go's music (except our first four records which are owned by TSR records) from Spotify and ultimately from all streaming services other than SquareTire.app.

But, this is what we're up against as artists. This is how callous, pernicious, and disrespectful Spotify is regarding the artists that are their lifeblood.

Add in ghost bands, AI-derived art, algorithmic anemia, and shadow-banning and it's a very, very, very bleak service.

I'll be pulling my stuff from Spotify this week. So, enjoy it for the next few days while you can.

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Hey, Get Set Go fans. I love you very much. With all my heart. Thanks for being people that listen to my music. I know it can be pretty tough to listen to. So thank you.

With all my heart, I love you.

Many of you may know that I've stopped releasing new music on Spotify. Well, full albums. Well, except for my new children's album, Tiny Songs for Tiny People, which is sorta my gift to the world. But, I've stopped relying on Spotify to do anything other than make singles of my new music available for perusal and I then encourage people to buy the albums on Bandcamp.

And because today is Bandcamp Friday, every single sale I make on Bandcamp, 100% of the funds goes directly to me.

So, I've made it super-easy to pick up my entire catalog. It's now 70% off! Alas, I can't discount all of the albums individually but I can sell my whole discography at 70% off. And my discography is huge and only getting bigger. As of now, it includes...

23 full-studio albums
15 stripped-down acoustic-guitar/vocal only albums
3 eps
17 singles
And scads and scads of demos

To buy this collection would be about $250 normally.

But, on Bandcamp Friday, it's now $75.60.

Just figured I'd let you know. You know, in case you wanna listen to some earnest, honest, catchy music that doesn't mince words.

Link below...

Thank you so much to Dennis and PopRockRecord.com!

https://poprockrecord.com/2025/04/17/smoking-jacket-required/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_S1lleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIeE9idE54cjBjTzRnWG9OAR5VV4OoeJ3FPJnLi2m5b99N41smvu2npSjblJreSWflX3MDGMVDkIcLhB9gXA_aem_tDXRjjmaoh4fai1ztRHHOQ

Smoking jacket required Sometimes we go classy here at Poprock Record. Sure, generally we like rambunctious guitar-centric beat group stuff. We love the thrill and the rush of great hooks. But every now and then we crank …

Here's a long but fascinating conversation between myself and novelist, Joe Clifford. We discuss art, and artists, and why we keep creating in a world that is growing increasingly more difficult to make a buck and survive off of the tens of thousands of hours of effort we put in.

It's available to all of my Patreon members. You can join for free just by clicking the Join This Community button.

Of course, you can also sign up to support me with a buck or two. I post four times a month. And by signing up you gain access to scores and scores of singles, over 15 albums, podcast episodes, and so much more.

Lives of Quiet Desperation... | Mike TV & Get Set Go Get more from Mike TV & Get Set Go on Patreon

Patreon has literally been my life-line since 2014. It's really a place where my hard-core fans and closest friends and family stay in touch with the bleeding edge of my endeavors.

I've got four albums slotted for release in 2025. All the basic tracks for these records are complete (drums, bass, acoustic guitars, scratch (possibly not) vocals, tambourine, shaker). All of which are gifted to my Patreon patrons for free.

I also have a songwriting course that I'm gonna be launching in the next few months, where I walk folks through the methodology that has allowed me to write between 1 and 2 thousands songs since starting out in 1996. I'll be providing excerpts and a truncated version to my Patreon patrons for free.

I'm working on an app to celebrate the sounds and the bands of the old Mr. T's/Kiss or Kill scene. It's starting out as an homage and tribute app but, I think it might have application way beyond that. My Discord and Patreon communities will have access to the app right from the start.

I've just recently started live-streaming again, five days a week, Monday through Friday. I'm gonna edit down the best bits of the week's streams and give them to my Patreon patrons. Again, for free.

And if this is something that interests you, you can join up for free. Just by clicking the Join This Community button.

If you feel that my efforts are worth money (sad to say, in all the world, only 100 people do, so you're in good company if you don't) you could always pledge a few bucks. I post 4 posts a month. There's usually music, art, albums, videos, or giveaways included with each post.

I've been doing this since 2014, so if you wanted to join up, you'd have access to a whole heck of a lot of stuff, right out the gate.
Heck, you could game the whole system, donate a buck, download all my stuff, and then immediately leave my community. That's the Trump way. That's the Musk way. No empathy. No losing. Only winning.

Wow, how did this post get political? Sheesh. I need to get outside and take a walk.

If you read this far, you're nuts. Go outside and take a walk, silly goose.
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Seriously, still reading?

Uh...

This is getting a bit weird.

And I really want to take off. (Need to p*e)

But, I'm also sorta loving this bit.

So, I'm of two minds.

Which is actually a song I wrote.

Of Two Minds, is the name of the song.

Where I sing two completely different parts over each other the entire song.

It's sorta crazy.

But, also sorta amazing.

It's on my album, Furthermore, from 2015.

You can listen for free on Bandcamp.

Yes, you can also listen on Spotify.

But Spotify is destroying the way we think about music, engage with music, and feel about music.

Which is why I'm building the app.

You know the one that's a tribute to the old scene.

Because I think I can create a better dialogue between bands and their listeners.

Actually, reducing fans to listeners is sorta gross.

As if they're actually just clinically listening.

I like "fan" but I don't think it describes all the people that pay attention to what an artist does.

Maybe we could split them into "supporters" and the "curious".

Both of those feel right.

Okay, as of now, can we agree to call people that pay attention to the art that an artist makes, particularly musicians, either supporters or the curious.

Hello?
...

Anyone?

Today's national Pi day!

A Little Slice of Pi, by Get Set Go from the album Tiny Songs for Tiny People

Here's another really interesting perspective on Tiny Songs' first day...

So, just looking at averages, folks that made it through the whole record, listened to it a few times. And of the 41 listeners, all of them saved the album but one.

And that one outlier saved Six Senses, Numbers, Crazy Amazing, and If You Love to Make The Music. Which is pretty darn mind-blowing.

I know that my friends, family and fans that dig what I do are not a huge number. But, man, you have given me a huge boost in confidence.

I know I have tendency to lean into the darker sides of my perspective musically. But thank you for showing up for this record.

I'll explain why I made it, why it's a litmus test for streaming services and the way that they and their algorithms damage and harm music and artists' ability to follow their muse.

But for right now, I'm just really enjoying the support the music has gotten. I love you all!

We just hit 1000 plays on Spotify in the first couple days.
I know I have a lot of friends that blow these numbers out of the water with their new releases.

But, it's really exciting for me, to get a sense that people are actively paying attention to the new stuff and not just the Grey's Anatomy songs.

I'll include a couple other interesting metrics in the comments.