<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Harmony Heartbeat by Mickey]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the concert crowd to cosmic connection—exploring the bands, the music, and the life lessons learned through family and the universe.]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:56:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When Music Brings Us Together: The Adventure to Mick Blankenship’s Birthday Bash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adventures ]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/when-music-brings-us-together-the-adventure-to-mick-blankenship-s-birthday-bash</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac45c5d3c5b848101523977</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:32:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Corded Phones to TikTok Lives: Finding My People in the Most Unexpected Places]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I sit back and think about how much the world has changed in my lifetime, and honestly, it blows my mind. I grew up in a time when there was no internet, no social media, no texting, no FaceTime and definitely no TikTok. If you wanted to talk to your friends, you picked up the phone that was attached to the wall with a cord and hoped nobody else in the house needed it. And if you met someone who lived far away? Good luck with that. Long-distance charges were real, and they weren't...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/from-corded-phones-to-tiktok-lives-finding-my-people-in-the-most-unexpected-places</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab74901d852efceeddc644d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:49:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/X5DOGsoiW6c?si=u4HPY3WPgKGma8ZM" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Person by Person, Heart by Heart, Song by Song]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life love and music]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/person-by-person-heart-by-heart-song-by-song</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa6249f5462f0629ba05380</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:22:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From “Slayer Dude” to 35: My One and Only Baby Girl ❤️]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slayer to 35]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/from-slayer-dude-to-35-my-one-and-only-baby-girl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3009d571318e8c9e23d8f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:17:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58?is=6ofNvBjDbCnijFiQ" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When You Didn't Just Listen to the Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 80's had to be lived]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/when-you-didn-t-just-listen-to-the-music</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9e4cf6e1e887e7e3dd80e0</guid><category><![CDATA[Music Blog]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:56:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/zoBm23_ekXU?is=H9M-ofQq0yOWTxOx" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Goodbye I Didn't Know I Was Getting.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The goodbye I never expected]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/the-goodbye-i-didn-t-know-i-was-getting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a836c6c0fc3a56d442cbfda</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:38:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/Tm8LGxTLtQk?is=C6gk3v04qNSWUASH" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Doesn’t Stand Still]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time stand still]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/time-doesn-t-stand-still</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6fcd0821f142e7c47cfbba</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:28:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/dMSFqXGZ5TQ?is=h6JSTGa3m5ZYUiTo" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Gave Us the Soundtrack… Now We Give Them Our Respect]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aging and the music]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/they-gave-us-the-soundtrack-now-we-give-them-our-respect</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a63a6b87c5147bf9c516018</guid><category><![CDATA[Music Blog]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:57:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/q4qlJho8aRM?is=3ZwOVdRDjQCYiawt" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Music Takes You Home: Mötley Crüe, Tesla &#38; Extreme at Pine Knob]]></title><description><![CDATA[Motley doesn't disappoint ]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/when-the-music-takes-you-home-m%C3%B6tley-cr%C3%BCe-tesla-extreme-at-pine-knob</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5fcda9697bed2ba41fe100</guid><category><![CDATA[Music Blog]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:47:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/F9Kw8gDDYnQ?is=QE9m508EpsWk4jrw" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Music, Entitlement, and an Industry That Needs to Remember Its Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ai is not music]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/ai-music-entitlement-and-an-industry-that-needs-to-remember-its-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a52eefe56cd59bfd0143eb8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 02:06:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/A0JIyp-Mptk?is=28nRlMCr1JBGkuDn" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflecting on Life This Fourth of July]]></title><description><![CDATA[As America celebrates 250 years, I have found myself reflecting on more than just our nation’s history. I’ve been reflecting on my own. Today has been quiet. It’s just me, the sounds of Annie the pug snorting away without a care in the world, and the occasional groans from my old beagle, Buster, as he settles into another nap. It’s peaceful, but it’s also given me a lot of time to think. Holidays have a funny way of bringing back memories. When I was in my twenties, the Fourth of July meant...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/reflecting-on-life-this-fourth-of-july</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a49b6680469dcf28c4766e1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 01:49:26 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Happened to Supporting Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lately I have found myself thinking a lot about something that really hit me after watching the video of YUNGBLUD breaking down and reading the statement he put out afterwards. It made me stop and think. Not just about him as an artist, but about what we have become as a music culture online. Because the reaction to it said just as much as the moment itself. Instead of empathy, there was laughter. Instead of understanding, there was judgment. And it honestly made me realize how far we have...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/what-happened-to-supporting-music</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a458b27caae9574583c3f0e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:01:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/oJZmO5mByVY?is=3bQD8Ev1V5ypH6xP" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Universe Gives You Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[The moon]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/when-the-universe-gives-you-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a41589e5bc5795a0134595c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:36:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/YLYEWMOTETo?is=5384wgwt_6NGYEBQ" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pieces of Life I Still Carry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some days memories don’t just visit me, they flood in like they’ve been waiting just beneath the surface. A song in a grocery store. A smell in a hallway. A random object sitting in my house that suddenly transports me somewhere else entirely. Before I know it, I’m no longer standing in the present. I’m everywhere I’ve ever been. I find myself thinking about the people who are no longer here. Not just remembering them, but missing them in a way that feels physical, like something in the world...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/pieces-of-life-i-still-carry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3763ed74aafd04f09f960d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:20:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/-AFHtZ5Or1U?is=mtaUP1x17oF3VOzg" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn It Up Loud Enough to Breathe]]></title><description><![CDATA[It started with one bill. Just one. Nothing dramatic on paper. Nothing that should have changed everything. But something about it hit differently than it should have. And it sent me into a spiral. A quiet one at first. Then heavier. Then familiar. That sinking feeling. The shutdown. The sense of everything piling up at once until I couldn’t hold it all in anymore. Before I knew it, I was back in a place I know too well. Depression. Isolation. Loud music. Silence from the world. And that’s...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/turn-it-up-loud-enough-to-breathe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2d9d3c6ff4252af8f80516</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:19:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/f6ZScBMwmmQ?is=EPol6jxWf9TIEgBt" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magic Power, Memories, and a Full Circle Moment: Triumph &#38; April Wine at Freedom Hill (Michigan Lottery Amphitheater)]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are concerts, and then there are moments in time that become part of who you are. The sold-out Triumph and April Wine show at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill was one of those moments. The day was perfect for a road trip and a concert. The kind of Michigan day that reminds you why summer concert season is sacred. As we pulled into the parking lot, I couldn’t help but smile. Everywhere I looked were waves of gray hair. Gen X had arrived, with a light dusting of Boomers...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/magic-power-memories-and-a-full-circle-moment-triumph-april-wine-at-freedom-hill-michigan-lott</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ca0d599ad5c2aac7cdb27</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 21:20:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/5VtYdKS7FGU?si=sLgb9jrToHPMDlb3" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’m Still Here, Just Buried Under It All]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know I have been pretty absent lately when it comes to blogging, music posts, podcasts, bracelets, and honestly just life in general. The past month has been rough in ways I didn’t expect. Most of my energy has gone into helping my son through some really intense health anxiety. First it was high heart rates, then low heart rates, and suddenly we were spending days going back and forth to hospitals, doctors, tests, and trying to find reassurance anywhere we could. Watching your adult child...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/i-m-still-here-just-buried-under-it-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a173d5ce5051ce0349615ab</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 18:59:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/eQNma7xjMGE?si=JWQAbr1HoJlUp299" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, I’m on this kick again… after reading more and more about bands canceling tours and my love for live music]]></title><description><![CDATA[I keep coming back to this topic lately, probably more than once, and honestly I think it’s because of how much I love live music and how frustrating it is watching what touring has turned into in 2026. The more I read about bands canceling tours, downsizing, or struggling to even get on the road, the more it just sits with me. Not because people don’t care about music anymore, but because the system around live music has gotten so difficult that even the passion behind it is getting buried...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/yes-i-m-on-this-kick-again-after-reading-more-and-more-about-bands-canceling-tours-and-my-love-for</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a07b62fff1c06f8d4a5c9b7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:21:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/UpfZcEjopYE?si=7WVOhH5O8Q0i9E2G" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yungblud – Heaven Looked Like This]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yungblud-Heaven looked like this....]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/yungblud-heaven-looked-like-this</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f60c0c50a86bfc55a74d27</guid><category><![CDATA[Music Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 15:05:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/7sA9HlQft9g?si=pohluq9LmCz8VE03" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troutzillafest 15: Built by Two, Carried by Everyone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Troutzillafest is one of those nights that doesn’t just end when the last note is played. It lingers. In your head, in your body, in the quiet after the chaos. It’s the reminder of why this thing exists in the first place, even when it’s hard, even when it’s exhausting, even when it feels like too much for just two people to carry. You have to understand, Troutzillafest isn’t run by a big team. It’s just me and Damien. That’s it. He’s usually the one physically handling setup and logistics on...]]></description><link>https://www.harmonyheartbeatbymickey.com/post/troutzillafest-15-built-by-two-carried-by-everyone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69efa9c593935ce4a770179f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:43:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Mickey Miller</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>