Father forgive me, I have not blogged in over two months.

So this little gem was worth sharing this morning. For those who have not known, I’ve pretty much wrapped up any and all musical ambitions that I’ve had — I don’t sell very many CD’s, when I’ve played out I don’t fill out the cafes, and I’ve lost interest for a number of other reasons as well. Suffice to say that I really don’t have a reason to play, so I don’t; and my guitars sit in the basement collecting dust along with any and all musical inspiration that I’ve had once before.

This morning the “red phone” rang when an e-mail arrived in my music-only e-mail account, saying “you’ve received a PayPal payment of $30.00 from…” and citing the CD’s that they’ve ordered. I thought, now that’s random. I haven’t received an order off the website in well over a year. Well, I guess I’d have to rummage through the boxes and dig out a few CD’s to send off.

Following routine, I fired off a ‘thank you’ e-mail, thanking my customer personally for the order and saying they’d ship later this week. About an hour later I received a reply:

Thanks Michael. It was a blessing to hear you on Sunday at Hillside. You are truly God blessed and very gifted.

Peace and goodwill,
name withheld

Zoinks! The lady bought my CDs thinking I was someone else — perhaps “Magic Banjo” Michael Miles? Perhaps another Michael Miles out there? Regardless, she bought ALL of my solo CDs thinking that I was the one who performed at their church that past Sunday.

For one moment, I had a small glimmer of light (not quite enough to call it hope) that someone out there that didn’t know me from Adam bought my CDs because they liked my music. Nope. They bought my CDs because they thought I was someone else. Classic.

Anyway, I thought I’d share that little gem of a moment with the world. If you do want to help me clean out my inventory of instrumental acoustic guitar music, please buy some CDs. It’s not like I’m using them anymore.

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