Many times when I’m about to start mixing a show, I’ll be approached by brave inquisitive people who are interested in a job in the Christian music industry. I tell them that it has to do with 3 main aspects: who you know, what you know and who you are. Here in part one, I’ll discuss who [...]
I’m a procrastinator. Motivation seems to arrive only when a deadline is fast approaching. Blogging has no deadlines, and self imposed deadlines are meant to be broken from the beginning. Hence a good reason why my last post was from January. The chasm of time between posts has two other culprits: perfectionism and busyness. In [...]
A few summers ago, I went through one of the most physically, mentally and emotionally challenging experiences I have ever experienced in my life. Fortunately, it was positive, not based around sickness or suffering that I know many have had to or are in the midst of enduring. I do not pretend to put my [...]
One of the many hats I wear is that of a road manager. Often, when presenting this job title to an unsuspecting questioner, I am met with a look of confusion. “So, you manage the band?” “No, not exactly. The band has management back in Nashville.” This in turn is met with a few different [...]
Tonight, ABC News World Report featured the story of the Hammitt family and the following they have created through their blog, Bowensheart.com. It was an honor to be a part of the site, building the backend code of design by Ben Stewart (benstewart.net). Ben and I have started a web design company called Louder Media [...]
On the road there are days that feel like they contained more than the standard twenty four hours. As if somewhere along the line you pushed a pause button, stopping the cosmos in its tracks and stealing a few extra hours. Today was that kind of day for me. Waking up at 7:30 this morning [...]
So my flight from Australia was ‘rescheduled.’ Meaning, we arrived at the airport for an 11 am flight to find out our plane was still in LA and we wouldn’t be leaving until 7 PM. But, Qantas Airlines put us up in a 4 star hotel for the afternoon as well as gave us meal [...]
Woke up today at 7:30 am, showered up while Pete called Melissa through the magic jack. I called Hannah soon thereafter and chatted for a while. Pretty awesome that we could talk being on the other side of the world from one another. After that splendid communication I went to eat breakfast at the hotel [...]
Tonight I found myself tearing up while mixing for a show on tour. I believe it was the first time it’s happened since coming out on the road; somehow the beauty of the voices and music combined with such incredible lyrics hit me hard. Last week was probably one of the hardest weeks of my [...]
Today’s task: create an online gallery to host all of the pictures from Hannah and my’s wedding. I’ve been trying to figure out a best way to do this for a little while now, especially as many friends and family have been wanting to at least look through all of our photos. But I have [...]