Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Phillip was my "musical soul mate" and my spiritually connected brother. We wrote and recorded allmost 60-songs together during a brief several-year period. When it came to music, we had the same creative purpose, focus, hunger for perfection and the semity of our musical creative thinking was as one, clearly showing through in the songs we created. Before his illness resurfaced, we had put into motion the next steps in our musical creative journey, again as the team of Phil and Mike, a few years older, but certainly wiser. Unfortunately these plans were cut short by his untimely passing. Not only will I not let his great talent that was the unique and wonderful Phil Antonucci become just a memory, as I plan on making every effort to ensure that his talent and gift for creating beauty is never forgotten. In fact, my new studio is the result of his guidance and direction, from start to finish as we were getting ready to co-write again, now with the ability to overcome any logistical issues as a result of new technology. We were both excited and couldn't wait to get started. Unfortunately, this was not to be. Although not physically there with me, he will forever be with me in spirit, right by my side, showing me the way! We will continue the long journey together as I know he is always going to be my musical soul mate until the end. As musical "Brothers in Arms", we fought the good fight and it is not over yet. The music creation I am going to undertake in the future, will always be Phil and Mike, creating from the heart, letting our love of life and more importantly our deep love of music and the creative process, live on through our songs. I will miss you my brother but now am comforted in knowing you will always be with me in spirit. I will love you forever my brother. Mike Knox
