Watch the drummer…

Give this guy a listen.

This is Sam Martin.  He’s one of our writers that we’ve got a development deal with and he’s amazing.  He’s also one of these people I would watch for in the future. We just got some new songs of his here at work that I’ve been rocking most of the the day.  It’s in the vein of Coldplay and U2.  I must admit, I’m sold on the heavy vocal delay alone.  While I can’t put the new stuff up, I encourage you to check out his website.  His older material is available for free on there and you can also watch some his videos.  What are you spinning (if thats possible in a digital world)?

This is excellent…

Neil Diamond? Really?

 

Ok, I mean really… This is the one year I’ve really tried to get into American Idol.  I figure, I’m in the industry, and this is something that everyone talks about, I need to watch it.  After this last episode, I’m wondering if Idol producers even have a clue as to what their viewers want.  How can anyone complain about song choice when they are giving us entire shows dedicated to crap like Neil Diamond and Dolly Parton?  Sure they had a couple of decent songs, but an entire show dedicated to that?  It was so ridiculously boring that I couldn’t make it through the whole show, I had to turn it off.  Someone needs to fire the music supervisors for the show, this is terrible.

PS: Could the judges make it any more obvious that they want David Cook to win?  He’s good, but lets be fair here…

This is nuts…

Luckily no one was seriously hurt.

Is your boss a rock star?

Can your boss shred on the B3?  Does your boss’s Leslie scream so loud that it makes your ears bleed? Mine can. Last night I got the chance to go to the Dove Awards afterparty and it was unbelievable. For those that don’t know, my boss is Eddie DeGarmo. He was one of the pioneers of Christian Rock with a band called DeGarmo and Key. I knew this but from everything I had gathered, I expected it to be a little on the cheesey side. I was so WRONG. My ears still hurt from seeing one of the most rockin’ shows I’ve ever seen. Not only did these guys still have it, but they could easily run circles around a lot of todays pop acts. They were tight, technical, and flat out amazing. The musicianship was top notch, and I can’t wait to see them again. 

Now this is Worship…

Its been an interesting week…

As most of you know, I work in the Music Business.  Specifically I’m at EMI in Publishing.  I’m quickly learning that job security is hard to come by in this industry.  If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve probably seen stories about EMI cutting 2000 jobs.  Well last week it hit us.  Publishing, myself included, managed to make it through unscathed.  Unfortnately, nearly thirty of my co-workers weren’t as lucky. 

With the state of the business the way it is, something had to be done.  Bottom line is that as a company, we just aren’t running as efficiently as we should be.  As a result, we needed to trim down.  Sadly, that meant getting rid of some really awesome people who for the most part, were great at their jobs.  Since we are reorganizing, 18 new jobs were posted.  We work for an amazing Christian company but it’s a tough time.  Please pray for all those involved.

U2 IN 3D!!!

 This was the best and most expensive movie experience that I have ever had and it was totally worth it. Weds night a few of the guys from publishing went out with some of our writers and watched one of the best performances I have ever seen. I’m not the biggest U2 fan but these guys are truly rock stars that are making a difference. The film is a compilation of shows they did in South America that looked to draw nearly 100,000 people each.  It was awesome to see Bono preaching love and peace and in doing so getting a stadium full of people to unite through it. It was a different kind of worship music.

 Not to mention, I was in awe of the Edge’s tone and live rig. Go see this movie.