{"id":57,"date":"2013-12-07T19:48:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T19:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2023-11-07T06:48:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T02:48:20","slug":"mikes-music-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Mike&#8217;s Music Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SLMcropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SLMcropped.jpg\" alt=\"SLMcropped\" width=\"241\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been playing the piano since I was two years old. Seriously. Little kid classical music stuff. But some time between age two and age ten or so my mother gave up on the idea that I would one day be a concert pianist and just let me play the kind of music I liked. When I was in middle school I started playing piano in the school&#8217;s &#8220;Stage Band&#8221; and developed a great appreciation for jazz. I learned to love rock &#8216;n roll later, and funk and pop and R&amp;B. Now I&#8217;ll play or listen to just about anything.<\/p>\n<p>My most recent CD is called <em>I paid for this Christmas party!<\/em>, a live album of holiday favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this site for further information on my recording projects, CD sales, songwriting, and live performances. I&#8217;m always doing something new, so check back often. You may contact me about bookings or other musical projects as well.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Mike O&#8217;Connell on <a title=\"Still Playing at 33 1\/3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CJM1DK5X\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15Q5OHWRL1SJW&amp;keywords=i+paid+for+this+christmas+party&amp;qid=1699325233&amp;s=music&amp;sprefix=%2Cpopular%2C430&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/62VlvD8e2xpm6sPLzj9nHL\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been playing the piano since I was two years old. Seriously. Little kid classical music stuff. But some time between age two and age ten or so my mother gave up on the idea that I would one day &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?page_id=57\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4299,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/4299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}