The Seagull Artist Mosaic Christmas Miracle

It’s been a rough last month or so……as I try to get back into being ‘bi-vocational.’ (I guess that’s the cool word right now.) Technically, I’ve worked for my church for a long time…but I’ve always had to have a second job, too, so that I can make more than I spend. (And no, it [...]

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Seven Things We Can Learn From Death and All His Friends

This is one of my current favorite songs, by none other than lovely Coldplay. It used to be really cool to like Coldplay, because they were kind of indie, sort of British, and a little bit unknown. They were like a find…an entrance into a club. Now, they’re too popular for you to feel cool if you [...]

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One Set Worship Team or ‘Hey, Can You Hold a Guitar? You’re In!’

I have yet to find an answer to this question. Should the worship team be a set group of people, who have their hearts set on worshiping the Lord, are talented musicians, who sound tight together, and who are gifted at leading people into worshiping the Lord by using music? Or should the worship team [...]

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Behind the Mixer

This is a quick plug for Chris, over at Behind the Mixer. He was kind enough to do a quick e-mail interview with me, so I’m going to return the favor by giving his site some props. It seriously has a ton of incredible information, and not just on sound stuff; on all kinds of [...]

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Chorus Pedal Shootout

Ya……I know it sounds wussy. And I don’t know why! There’s just something about chorus pedals. I mean, ‘Delay Pedal Shootout.’ Yaaaa, sounds sweet. ‘Overdrive Pedal Shootout.’ Oooh! Even better. Nice and staunch. ‘Fuzz Pedal Shootout.’ Mmmmmm. Even ‘Phaser Pedal Shootout’ sounds better. Not by much, but a little. ‘Chorus Pedal Shootout’ is right up [...]

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The Official Fuzz Pedal Weigh-In

The Present Players…waiting on two more:

Not really a shootout yet; more of just a weigh-in. Or you know, like in movies how before the shootout scene, the two groups always have to meet a couple times first. Tough talk each other a bit, say things like ‘I’m your huckleberry’, show their guns to each other, [...]

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Change Your Strings

With hundreds or thousands of dollars invested in gear, you would think we would care a little more about the part of our tone that is actually providing the true sonic, acoustic vibrations that are actually moving the air physically. (And by ‘we’, I basically mean ‘me’. hehe) A three thousand dollar Divided by 13 [...]

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Playing with Other Musicians

This is an interesting subject……because most musicians really, honestly don’t want to play solo……unless there is a band behind them. Know what I mean? For example, few lead guitarists want to be the only person on stage, because then it lacks the depth of the bass, the drive of the drums, and the power of the [...]

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Leaving All the Pedals at Home Tonight…maybe

Yikes, it’s hard to do this. But tonight is a night for just plain, stripped down worship through music. And I am trying really, really hard to resist the urge to bring pedals. Usually, I at least bring on of my Timeline’s to loop some acoustic stuff. But tonight just feels like it needs to [...]

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Not That Interesting In the End

I’m always trying to get across the idea of minimalist guitar and instrument playing, anti-solos, fitting the music as a whole, and all the stuff that goes with it. But here’s a video of Edge from U2 (yes, again, I know) explaining way better than I ever could what it means to be a supportive [...]

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