CoV era meets musician/producer Mike Stock, interview by Ash Mahmood
Casual conversation with a backstage feel. What does the view look like from an industry insider who predates conglomerate control?
Interview: When You’re Traumatized You’re Easily Led, (x.com/AshTFE).
Time Traveling back to 1984 - Mick Stock decided in December of 1983 to quit working as a gigging bar musician because he wanted to work on producing his own music instead of performing as a cover band musician/singer. His band at the time broke up except the guitar player joined Mike who was working in his basement on song writing. He got to a quick start in January 1984 and the music world has been spinning round and round with his catalog ever since.
“By the end of 1984 the newly formed partnership of Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) had a #16 hit with Divine's, "You Think You're A Man", a massive #4 with Hazell Dean’s "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" and had released "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" by Dead Or Alive which would give them their first #1 in March 1985.
Interview on Channel: Planet Uplift, (Youtube).
MikeStockMusic.com, (mikestockmusic.com/biography)
Very interesting interview, wide ranging opinions about difficult conversations, many still on the other side of the Overton Window (Tavistock, charts, loss of small record labels, CoV era fear tactics, use of vibrations to break up infection or cancer cells, ritualistic stuff/blackmail? … Mike avoided that but saw a bit of the risk that needed to be avoided - don’t get caught up in a blackmail trap), and a surprise cameo.
When asked about Mike’s favorite song/s that he produced. He mentioned he likes the chart toppers as an indicator that people were happy, they liked that song. “The one that sold the most… because it means the people liked it the most.”
*Addition, Mike did mention that he also liked a few B-side songs that were more of his own muse creations, but he didn’t mention any of those songs by title/artist name. He highlighted the bigger hits or artists he had worked with.
“…. Obviously going to like the….Rick Astley one.” A chart topper: Rick Astley’s 1987 hit song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ (mikestockmusic.com/rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up) backstory ~ per the interview, Rick fell in love at age five and never looked elsewhere and a song was born for producer/songwriter Mike Stock. The world fell in love with the song and young singer too: “Highest chart positions: United Kingdom: 1, Australia: 1, Belgium: 1, Canada: 1, Denmark: 1, Finland: 1, Germany: 1, Greece: 1, Netherlands: 1, New Zealand: 1, Norway: 1, South Africa: 1, Spain: 1, Sweden: 1, USA: 1, Zimbabwe: 1, Iceland: 2, Ireland: 2, Switzerland: 2, Austria: 4, France: 6”.
Donna Summer, Paul McCartney and Cliff Richard were also mentioned for their professionalism and ease to work with. Mike’s own tendency to be too harsh and demanding was mentioned as something he gradually worked to improve on as a producer of young artists.
Good vibrations flow on. Rick-rolling will live on.
Cliff Richard - 2025 tour, see him live! The Cliff Richard “Can’t Stop Me Now” tour will be in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom: (cliffrichard.org). Cliff has been suggesting we Dance the Night Away since 1974 at least, (Youtube).
Hit: ‘Fast Food Song’ Lyrics: (mikestockmusic.com/fast-food-rockers-fast-food-song), (Youtube, audio with a still image of the record)
Ultra-processed food seems to support negative microbiome species while not supporting growth of beneficial species — eating ultra-processed modern foods is like promoting a garden full of weeds and pesky bugs.
The fast food or snack and easy processed foods are also made to be tasty and kind of addictive, or simply, use potentially addictive ingredients. Sugar itself has addictive qualities.
Caution is needed regarding the food supply and modern media - ear candy can be silly but could also be fear inducing or be negative in other ways - depressing or simply discordant and chaotic to brain energy patterns. Coherence of energy would be found in evenly paced rhythms and in healthy frequencies that match healthy body patterns.
Sing, dance, row, move, knit, whittle, knead bread dough…. There are many ways to synchronize your energy, and you can create while you’re at it.
“It’s a beautiful life if we’re all allowed to live it.” [54:37] …
“Open your eyes. You've got to fight for yourself for your brothers, your sisters, your mother, your father, your everybody…. Fight for them and don't listen to what they're telling you. [55:16]
… “Whoever they are telling you is the enemy, have a little think about that before you go along with it.” [55:45] - Mike Stock
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i enjoyed this interview, and your reader's guide as to what was in it made it even better.