More creativity, experimental

songwriting and artistic value

needs to saturate our current mainstream

music.

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CAPTIVATION

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Artists,

Musicians,

Songwriters,

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My name is Mike Opalka

I am here to EXPERIMENTRENOVATE

andREVOLUTIONIZE

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Brand Mantra

Passionate Creatorwith an

Experimental Vision

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Here is my story

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As a child, my passions were music and animals

I always knew this would be my path in life.

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Growing up,

music was constantlyplaying in my house.

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I would know exactly where to put the needle on the groove of a favorite song so I could hold on to

the speaker and dance in my diaper.

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I started piano lessons and

composed my first piece of music at eight years old

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Just A Few Influences

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Text

Complications

High school

Children

Distractions

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Life started to get complicated as a teenager

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I lost sight of what was important to me

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I became afather at

17 years old.

My dreams were put on

the back burner.

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After manytrials and

tribulations,

I decided tostart writingmusic again.

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I formed and electronic band

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Known as

An Intimate Curse

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We went throughnumerous

band members

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We played multipleshows

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These were some of the best times of my

life.

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We decided to spend less time playing shows and more timerecording so we could finish our album.

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Trial and Error

Many sleepless nights

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After nearly six yearsin the making,our album was

finally complete.

It was one of the most exciting

times of my life.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtuHp3PF-­‐A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H35vw9ECaio

Here are some links to a few songs on Youtube

SoundCloud

https://soundcloud.com/an-intimate-curse

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I decided to take a break and focus on my education.

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I am

currentlyexpanding

myknowledge

at Full Sail

Text

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I am currently fluent in Protools, Logic Pro, synthesizers and keyboards.

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I wouldlike to

improve my knowledge

withmusic theory

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My dream is to score film and own my own animal sanctuary.

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My ear for music, education and being a vegan animal rights activist are my competitive advantages.

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Success

Waking up in the morning excited to be financially well off doing what you love to do.

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THANK YOU

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