Pics from Winter Xtreme 09

Xtreme was a blast again this year and I was glad to be with such good friends backing me up. Here are some pics of us leading worship and of Marcus, Matt, and Jake being...

50 Years of Marriage

My wife and I drove down to Deland, Florida to celebrate her grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. She worked really hard to bring it all together and managed to keep it a surprise to boot. My wife is super great at surprises (remind me to tell you about my 30th birthday sometime) and it always makes...

Day 1 of Winter Xtreme 2009

We’re blessed to be leading worship up here in Pigeon Forge for Winter Xtreme once again. I brought with me some great leaders from Oak Leaf Church to be my band this year. Very proud! I’ve been loading up images on the camera I got for Christmas so as soon as I figure out how...

Technical Problems

my website has been down for quite some time. Finally got it working again thanks to the amazing magical wonders of the super Seth Skinner. while I was away, I was working on a redesign just to have something up and am now contemplating actually changing my theme all together. not sure what to do....

Week 4

So I decided to try something revolutionary. My first week of camp made eating right a bit difficult but I held strong until the weekend. Saturday night my wife and I went on a date and decided to try Big Pie in the Sky pizza which is right down the road from our house (and...

SuperWOW Fort Walton Week 1

What a great week! What a great group of students. Excited and passionate about worship God. Technology was our enemy this week – computers failing, in-ears breaking, power black outs, you name it – but GOD WAS STILL GLORIFIED!!! We don’t need no stinkin’ tech to worship God! My favorite part about the week was...

Week 3

This week was frustrating. I kept to my diet but actually gained weight. I upped the amount of weight I was using in the routine and so I know people are going to say, “muscle weighs more than fat” which I will quickly respond, “but that doesn’t help me if it is hidden by the...

Wireless Power Is Coming

This is the one thing I wish I was smart enough to invent. I had the idea a long time ago but of course…I’m not a scientist or engineer so I had no idea where to even begin. Plus, all the smart people who did have the know how were already working on it behind...

Week 2

WEEK 2 They say the first two weeks are the hardest and well…it was pretty hard. I pushed myself further than I ever have before. 40 minute non-stop workout routine followed by either a 30-45 minute run or an hour bike ride (one in which I rode from Acworth to Cartersville to work) for six...

I’m Not On A Diet. I’m Eating As God Intended.

WEEK 1 I’m on a workout routine and am changing what I eat to help the results. Specifically I am doing Power90 which as I understand it is P90x for slower, fatter, more out of shape people (like myself). Basically, it is an older version of P90x with phases that allow a weak, pathetic individual...

Oak Leaf Production Part III

Posted 2 years, 9 months ago in Church Production,Oak Leaf
There are several different ways to get multiple screens to do what we wanted them to do, but most of them are EXTREMELY expensive. It is all because we wanted the ability to show different images, the same image, AND one image across all three screens. The cherry on top...

Oak Leaf Production Part II

Posted 2 years, 9 months ago in Church Production,Oak Leaf
The main component of the video system we use is a ridiculously awesome program called ProVideoPlayer by Renewed Vision. They’re the same people who make ProPresenter which is another great program we use for all of our song lyrics. Both programs are well worth the license cost and I have...

Oak Leaf Production Part I

Posted 2 years, 9 months ago in Church Production,Oak Leaf
Some people have been asking about how we do what we do media wise at Oak Leaf. Since I am the Creative Arts Pastor and I did sort of put it all together, I guess it is only fitting that I write about what we use, why we use it,...

When Technology Meets Guitars

Posted 2 years, 9 months ago in I Love Technology,Just For Fun
If your keep up with these sort of things, you’ve probably heard of the Fender Virtual Guitar which is a basic Fender Strat with the ability to change its own tuning and tone with a little added tech built into the guitar. The video below is Gibson’s version of the...

Grove Level Baptist “Sold Out” Weekend

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago in Band Life
Just got back from playing up in Dalton, GA for a middle school retreat. As chance would have it, my pastor was the speaker for this event and I didn’t have a clue until the day before. In fact, we were invited completely separately and Tom (the Student Pastor) had...

NFL Week 10

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago in NFL
I’ve been catching some flack from my pastor and a few others who think my NFL picks are a joke. Never mind I went 12-2 last week and jumped four spots in my league. I guess they figure since nobody really cares who I pick and for sure no one...

The “Lost” 24 Pilot Episode

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago in Just For Fun
Ever wonder how the greatest TV show of all time got its start? Well, here is a look at the original pilot concept for the Fox hit show 24 way back from 1994 when it all was dreamed up by the shows creators. Really puts into perspective the large amount...

Studio Day #9

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago in Life and Family
We finished lead vocals on all but one song today. We might have been able to finish, but my voice was showing signs of wear and tear and I had to cut across town to OLC band practice. I’ll finish the last song next week and then work towards the...

Studio Day #8

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago in Life and Family
More vocals. We finished just in time last night. I could tell my voice was starting to get a little scratchy. However, today, we’ve done 4 more songs (which includes one we redid because I didn’t like how my voice sounded) and I don’t even feel fazed. We’re breaking for...

Studio Day #7

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago in Life and Family
Today is all vocals. All day with nothing but me singing. I enjoy it but, I don’t really get much of a break. I’m able to type this right now because the engineer had to get something out to FedEx before they closed and so I’m sitting here waiting to...
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