Howdy

Howdy y’all. Remember slash marks /// means put in how you would define the over all feel of the action being described.

I would like to try and explain the pictures/saying by my mom. We will be selling these at (how would you put it) here soon, unless Brady has already started it. Any way, back over the winter holidays my mom wanted to give a gift to some people she felt she wanted to say thank you too. So she picked out pictures of Mikey and decided on a saying. Now I don’t know where or who came up with the words. And please don’t message about where it came from or what part is what. I don’t really care, it is something my mom feels strongly about and that’s what matters. The ones who got the first set (if you want to call them that), were pictures she picked for that person. Some got pictures of Mikey and me, Mikey and her, some got a picture of me and her with a picture of Mikey (from when we were walking at the Day of Dead cermony after Mikey passed) and some got a picture of Mikey. The saying changed a bit with each but the jest is as follows “Some bring a light so bright that even after they are gone it still remains” After she made these she decided that maybe some of you less close would like one too. Well we picked 3 different pictures that she really liked because she feels they have special meaning to them. The pictures she picked are: one from Soundset, not sure if it was 09 or 10. But Mikey is jumping around, having fun and she talks often how Mikey would climb anything and jump off. She even talks in one of her poems about swinging high and jumping off. The next one picked is of Mikey playing the guitar in his yellow shirt. She picked this one because Mikey told her yellow was his favorite color and she loved when he played. She was so impressed that within a few years of playing he was so good. As for the last one it is very special to her because she believes it speaks to the person Mikey was. He is hosting a benefit for one of his best friend’s (Joey) sister who had passed the summer right before Mikey. Sheri asked Mikey if he would host and play a benefit to help cover funeral cost. Mikey was touring at the time (I think with Education Consumer but not sure) and he rearranged his whole schedule so that he could be here to help.

So she had me help her with ones to go to soundset and we did. We made 25 of each picture and started to sell them at soundset. To explain why we are selling them it is to continue to put together some music from Mikey in many forms that had not been released into the world. That’s what Grands Sixth Sense is, all about the very first young music that had never been put out. Now that’s not to say that other forms of some of that basic music didn’t work it’s way into music that did come out. It’s just to say that in the raw 1st attempt it wasn’t out. All the money made on here goes to continue this process, and will allow us to put things that Mikey had just been working, the work he had or was doing with others, and to keep connections going the best we can.

I say we because there has been many in and out to help with many different projects/parts/tasks/under takings but the main few who have been the constant have been my mom, Brady(Brody) and believe it or not, You fans. At the very least, all most everyone I meet/get messaged/respond to posts/support events/what ever way you reach out, has been very encouraging. It helps when I struggle with all that keeping things moving, entails.

Thank you all for the love and support you continue to show me.

Love

Kathy