{"id":66097,"date":"2020-11-13T15:09:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=66097"},"modified":"2020-11-13T15:09:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:09:12","slug":"mike-the-force-drops-epic-house-track-living-in-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/11\/mike-the-force-drops-epic-house-track-living-in-the-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike &#8216;The Force&#8217; Drops Epic House Track &#8216;Living In The Moment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mike &#8216;The Force&#8217; channels that 2010s Ibiza sound with his latest single, &#8216;Living In The Moment&#8217;. A sunshiney, upbeat house track, it calls to mind the classic sound of David Guetta, Avicii, and Afrojack. Mike&#8217;s talent with a wide variety of electronic styles shines through, and you&#8217;ll find yourself harking back to those carefree, pre-COVID days when you could escape and enjoy yourself freely.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Living In The Moment&#8217; has the added effect of causing us to consider that we need to appreciate the time we&#8217;re living in, and not just reminisce, or think about the future, but enjoy every second we have right now &#8211; we need to live in the moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mike &#8216;The Force&#8217; started as a DJ back in the early 80s in Chicago, and he spent years playing alongside some of the best DJs in the US. Following this, after buying a Roland Dr-660, he got into music production, creating underground beats and samples throughout the 2000s. His first album, &#8216;Analog For A Digital World&#8217;, released in 2017, was released after he started using analog synths. He followed this up in 2018 with the single, &#8216;Speakeasy&#8217;, which was a 3 version classic piano house track, with a 1920s vibe, and which was remixed by the legendary Paul Johnson. Mike&#8217;s most recent album, released last year, was entitled &#8216;Tilt A Wurl&#8217;, and contained a collection of Progressive House, Electro House, Dirty Dutch, and EDM Trap tracks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about Mike &#8216;The Force&#8217; and his music online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/miketheforce3P\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_miketheforce\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/miketheforce\/\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7dhqoX0utmlYzja7rmk1xq?si=RL4rmYYdQBixiQq3_RzK3Q\">Spotify<\/a>. Stream and download &#8216;Living In The Moment&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/ditto.fm\/living-in-the-moment-mike-the-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>, and watch the music video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_43443\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i1VsWyXUpYE?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Living in the Moment\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/i1VsWyXUpYE\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike &#8216;The Force&#8217; channels that 2010s Ibiza sound with his latest single, &#8216;Living In The Moment&#8217;. A sunshiney, upbeat house track, it calls to mind the classic sound of David Guetta, Avicii, and Afrojack. Mike&#8217;s talent with a wide variety of electronic styles shines through, and you&#8217;ll find yourself harking back to those carefree, pre-COVID days when you could escape and enjoy yourself freely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,640],"tags":[368,809,11720,26379,26378,77,370,116,10677,81,22992],"class_list":["post-66097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-videos","tag-edm","tag-house","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-living-in-the-moment","tag-mike-the-force","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-single-review","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-hc5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61800,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/04\/mike-skill-founder-of-the-romantics-releases-solo-tracks-including-not-my-business\/","url_meta":{"origin":66097,"position":0},"title":"Mike Skill &#8211; Founder of The Romantics &#8211; Releases Solo Tracks Including &#8220;Not My Business&#8221;","author":"Emma Mages","date":"24\/04\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"US musician Mike Skill, founder of pop-rock band The Romantics, has released some of his solo music on Soundcloud.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-23-at-20.18.25.png?fit=499%2C498&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":44906,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/01\/grammy-nominated-artist-mike-posner-releases-video-for-new-single-move-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":66097,"position":1},"title":"Grammy-Nominated Artist Mike Posner Releases Video For New Single &#8216;Move On&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"14\/01\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Famed for his singles, 'I Took A Pill In Ibiza', and 'Cooler Than Me', Grammy-nominated, internationally platinum-selling, singer-songwriter Mike Posner, has released his new single, 'Move On'. 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