Released September 9th, 2011

Here are some thoughts on A Story Forever - straight from the fans:

I've listened to the song eight times in a row now! Can't seem to do it justice! 'A Story Forever' is a truly beautiful song, based around an acoustic guitar melody and underpinned by a subtle string section. Mike Peralta's vocal is effortlessly wonderful and heartfelt, and the lyrics are highly personal whilst still being enigmatic enough to make it accessible to everyone. This is a haunting, wistful love song, very atmospheric, and has hidden depths and some beautiful imagery! Cannot recommend it enough!
~Emma Holton

One thing that is fascinating about recent music is its focus on ambience and simplicity. The days of cookie-cutter haven't completely gone, but singer/songwriter Mike Peralta puts a decent dent in it by focusing on ambience, mood, and mystery with his most recent single, A Story Forever. Peralta conveys a lot through a simple instrumental arrangement and melodic, contagious vocal. Being a huge fan of 80's alternative, A Story Forever makes me think of bands like The Church, Love and Rockets, or Talk Talk, who took creative risks that are now, even years later, perceived as innovativeness. As I'm writing, A Story Forever is looping on my headphones, and I'm realizing that this track would work amazingly in film or series. Just off the top of my head, I would put it in a movie like Twilight, or a series like True Blood or Six Feet Under, with it's mysterious sound and lyrics that convey a somewhat emotional uncertainty. Mind you, that's not a bad thing, since I keep wanting to hear more of the song. Kudos to Peralta for A Story Forever, one of those songs that sounds like a deep cut, but is really a single. Download it now!
~Matt Billingsley

Doubts, regrets, and joy. What secrets do the stars hold? What mysteries lie in the blackness of the nights sky? No one knows what forever holds, or what tomorrow will bring. Let Mike Peralta write a story forever, for you!
~Katy Corbeil

The night sky, full of stars, continues through space and time forever. A Story Forever, with its beautifully written lyrics, is like the brightest star in the night sky. Not really knowing where it begins, or where it ends, it envelops and brightens, yet lets the listener feel the melancholy of forever.

~Brandy

Read more and hear the backstory on the official "A Story Forever" pre-release blog here.

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Released May 8th, 2011

Do the pressures of life and social acceptance sometimes seem too much to bear? Do you often feel like you're on the edge of cracking? Are you on the cusp of having a mental breakdown, moving all of your belongings into the forest, then shouting "I'm the mayor! I'm the mayor!" over and over again to a semi-circle of stuffed animals arranged in little seats with little tea cups? If so, you'll probably love Mike Peralta's "Fosner"

Set on a backdrop of an emotional breakdown, Fosner tells a simple story. You've had it with everything. You're fed up. So you have a new plan: You will marry Jodi Foster. And you will one day golf with Kevin Costner. It won't matter what anyone says to you. It won't matter what they do. You'll be living inside a rhyme.

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Released January 3rd, 2011

"Dark Over Here" is a dark brooding song that tells the story of a troubled youth, lost in the world around him. He struggles for answers but finds no one in his life that he can rely on. Desperate to figure out how the average "happy" person lives their life, he turns to his dreams. He dreams of the clouds, the stars, the wisp of the wind, the sun, and the moon - his only friends. In the night and across the sky, they travel to where normal people live, and ask them questions like "Could you explain being happy?", and return to the boy with the answers they have found. Mastered by Derickson Studios aka FatNSassy Mastering.

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Released September 24th, 2010

This track is upbeat yet electronic melancholy and dreamy. It tells the story of a young man who sees sadness everywhere in the world, especially in his own inter personal relationships. He seems to see that there is more to the world than the way he sees it, and wants to change who he is inside, but ultimately seems to be losing the battle within himself, for now.

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Released January 1st, 2009

Music of My Youth is Mike Peralta's debut solo acoustic album. A coffee house style collection of original acoustic alternative tracks, it will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Good for lonely nights, reminiscing over lost love, or looking at the stars, Music of My Youth will make you smile.

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Starlit Moon | Bet You'd Forget | I Will Always Love You | See You Again | I Heard | Eyes Me Slow | New Girlfriend | Ugly | Anytime | She Wants Me | Wasting All My Time | My Mind