Mick MacNeil
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Birth name | Norman Michael MacNeil |
Born | (1958-07-20) 20 July 1958 (age 65) Isle of Barra, Scotland |
Genres | Rock, post-punk, new wave, pop rock, alternative rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards |
Years active | 1978–present |
Michael Joseph MacNeil (born 20 July 1958) is a Scottish songwriter and keyboardist. He is best known as a former member of the group Simple Minds.[1]
Trained as a folk music accordionist between the ages of seven and sixteen, MacNeil discovered pop music at seventeen.[2]
MacNeil joined Simple Minds in 1978 and left in 1990. During his time with the band he was recognised as one of their main composers. After leaving Simple Minds, he occasionally joined Simple Minds-related projects such as Fourgoodmen (along with fellow ex-Simple Minds member Derek Forbes plus Ian Henderson and Bruce Watson)[3] and XSM (with Forbes and original Simple Minds drummer Brian McGee).[3] He also recorded with a reformed Visage.
He released a solo album called People, Places, Things on his own record label, Mix Records, in 1997.[citation needed]
Equipment
During the early years of Simple Minds (the first four albums, between 1978 and 1982) MacNeil used a Farfisa organ and a "tiny wee Korg, two oscillators on it... It was a stupid sound, but it had lots of good noises on it."[2] He added a Roland Jupiter-4 programmable polyphonic synthesiser in the early 1980s, which featured heavily on the Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call albums.
In 1986, MacNeil's stage equipment included a Yamaha CP-70 piano (used as his master keyboard via MIDI), a Yamaha DX7, an Emulator II, an Oberheim OB-8, a Roland Jupiter-8 and an unspecified Kurzweil keyboard using an Apple Macintosh for program saving. He was also using an Elka accordion with MIDI capacity.[2]
References
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- Jim Kerr
- Charlie Burchill
- Ged Grimes
- Sarah Brown
- Gordy Goudie
- Cherisse Osei
- Brian McGee
- Tony Donald
- Duncan Barnwell
- Mick MacNeil
- Derek Forbes
- Kenny Hyslop
- Mike Ogletree
- John Giblin
- Eddy Duffy
- Mel Gaynor
- Andy Gillespie
- Catherine AD
- Life in a Day
- Real to Real Cacophony
- Empires and Dance
- Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
- New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)
- Sparkle in the Rain
- Once Upon a Time
- Street Fighting Years
- Real Life
- Good News from the Next World
- Néapolis
- Our Secrets Are the Same
- Neon Lights
- Cry
- Black & White 050505
- Graffiti Soul
- Big Music
- Acoustic
- Walk Between Worlds
- Direction of the Heart
- Live in the City of Light
- Real Live 91
- Sunday Express – Live (Volumes 1 & 2)
- 5X5 Live
- Acoustic in Concert
- Live in the City of Angels
- Themes for Great Cities 79/81
- Celebration
- Glittering Prize 81/92
- The Promised
- The Best of Simple Minds
- Early Gold
- Silver Box
- Celebrate: The Greatest Hits
- "Love Song"
- "Promised You a Miracle"
- "Glittering Prize"
- "Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)"
- "Waterfront"
- "Speed Your Love to Me"
- "Up on the Catwalk"
- "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
- "Alive and Kicking"
- "Sanctify Yourself"
- "All the Things She Said"
- "Ghostdancing"
- "Belfast Child"
- "This Is Your Land"
- "Kick It In"
- "Let There Be Love"
- "See the Lights"
- "Stand by Love"
- "She's a River"
- "Mandela Day" (US)
- Themes – Volume 1: March 79–April 82
- Themes – Volume 2: August 82–April 85
- Themes – Volume 3: September 85–June 87
- Themes – Volume 4: February 89–May 90
- Themes – Volume 5: March 91–September 92
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