Daily Discovery: Mike Wojniak, “Stone and the Sea”

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August 18, 2014 11:50 am

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In January 2013, Wojniak left his Midwestern hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and settled in San Diego, California where he has been writing and performing ever since. Recently, Wojniak partnered with a new independent label, and after more than a decade of music making as an independent artist, Wojniak will release his third studio effort, Anima Mundi, through Golden Wave Records

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ARTIST: Mike Wojniak

SONG: Stone & the Sea

BIRTHDATE: 10/8/1982

HOMETOWN: Columbus, OH

CURRENT LOCATION: San Diego, CA

AMBITIONS: I want my music to affect people in a positive manner, to motivate them, to bring love, comfort, and to allow the listener to connect in a deeply personal manner.

TURN-OFFS: Arrogance

TURN-ONS: Smiles

DREAM GIG: The Greek Theatre

FAVORITE LYRIC: This is tough with so many great lyrics out there, but I really like the words in Sleeping at Last’s song, “Clockwork.” A few lines are “future gardens wait patiently below and somehow we smell them, blossom through the snow.”

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: Me

SONG I WISH I WROTE: Radiohead “Bulletproof”

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Albert Einstein, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Carl Jung, Mozart, Henry David Thoreau

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Seeing Sigur Rós live for the first time was mind blowing.

I WROTE THIS SONG: To tell a story about the journey of searching for true meaning in a relationship with a person and “finding what we are looking for.”