NovemberNov 19 Thursday 09
update...
wow. this has been a great last week or so. we started our core values series, wide open. levi is killing it on the teachings. people have been commenting on how they needed to hear it. the music has been fun, we opened with "use somebody" this week. we'll be …
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NovemberNov 9 Monday 09
a great last week
had a great week last week. got a lot done. i'm pumped about our new series: wide open. it's about our core values love grow and serve. the graphics were fun to make and my buddy david made an awesome sermon bumper with it. we opened yesterdays service with 'all you …
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OctoberOct 28 Wednesday 09
u2 concert pics
a few weeks ago, u2 was in concert. i had a blast and it was an amazing show. i got some great pics that i thought i'd share in one space, so here you go:
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OctoberOct 26 Monday 09
Christmas time is (almost) here
its hard to believe how fast this year is moving. pretty soon we will be living in the year 2010 and i will be 4 months away from turning 30. but before we get to kiss our loved one in public we have a little season called Christmas.
i love Christmas. it's a great …
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OctoberOct 22 Thursday 09
new 'from the inside out' intro
me and a few friends got to go to see hillsong united lead worship when they were on their recent tour. it was amazing! i've never seen, in that type of setting, a more unassuming group of humble musicians. they truly were an inspiration to how i should lead worship. …
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OctoberOct 16 Friday 09
upcoming series graphics
ok. so we just started our current teaching series, biggest losers. i was pretty pumped about the design i came up with. it actually was one i created last year but we decided not to do the series. i lost the original when my hard drive failed but i was able to …
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OctoberOct 14 Wednesday 09
we are loved track
we're planning on doing "we are loved" in november. it's one of the new crowder*band tunes. i wanted to find a loop for it but nobody has created one yet. so i decided to take a stab at it. i think it turned out ok. the sounds aren't exact but it'll do till someone …
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OctoberOct 5 Monday 09
song of the week - alleluia, sing (david crowder*band)
i'm getting really excited about doing some of the upcoming songs that we're doing at catalyst. had an awesome time on saturday listening to the new crowder album and having some ideas about when and how we can do the songs.
thought i'd do a quick vid to show how to …
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OctoberOct 2 Friday 09
songwriting
as many of you know, i'm in fusion [worship band] and we released our first ep titled...e.p. earlier this year. we're working toward releasing a full length album in 2011 with maybe a sample ep in 2010 (with songs from the full length album).
as i have been thinking and …
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SeptemberSep 25 Friday 09
marketing
since we got out here to texas, we have done our best to get the word out that catalyst is here. we first got a web page designed by my good friend will hill at delco. i started working with illustrator to create designs and ads that we placed in various paper deals. …
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SeptemberSep 22 Tuesday 09
first full day of dc*b
so i spent the day working with "church music," the new album from david crowder*band, playing the background. i am blown away! seriously. it's amazing. you can definitely sense the progression of dc*b music. in the past, a lot of the sequencing/loops/electronica …
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SeptemberSep 17 Thursday 09
busy again
so, i wanted to blog more and found myself not remembering to do so. with twitter, i can get those random thoughts that i have out into cyperspace pretty quickly so i don't have a whole lot left. but really there's a lot going on.
our church is growing. we had a crazy …
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SeptemberSep 4 Saturday 09
a little diddy
not p
i had a little guitar thing i'd been messing with today and decided i'd throw it down and mess with it. i through a crazy delay on it, put a beat behind it, added a distorted bass, cello, and another guitar part, another guitar with effect and then meagan did some …
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SeptemberSep 1 Wednesday 09
music for september
putting together the music for the next month and i'm pretty excited. this coming sunday we're doing "you found me" by the fray. we're also gonna try some U2 and Pink Floyd this month.
we're also going to do one of my favorite hillsong united songs, "till i see You." …
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AugustAug 28 Friday 09
it's been a while
alrighty!
it's been a while since i last blogged. it's been so busy and i haven't made it a priority.
things at the church have been going great! we've had an amazing few months of gatherings. we've had a lot of new folks joining us and even a few online at catrow.tv …
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JuneJun 23 Tuesday 09
worship song of the week - how he loves (david crowder*band)
just a few months ago, i posted about this new song "how he loves" and we discussed it and the implications of its language. david crowder*band released it today as the first single from their forthcoming album 'church music' and i couldn't wait to get to my computer …
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JuneJun 15 Monday 09
loop rescue
as many of you know, i use a lot of drum loops and midi with my music, both for 'fusion' and for 'sprang.' i had all of my samples and finished songs (about 45) stored on an external hard drive. it's not even a year old and it had a 5-year warranty so i figure i'm …
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