Archive for January, 2009

The Church and Art

I recently watched this video a few days ago and it got me thinking. We as a church body have gotten behind when it comes to art. When was the last time you heard of an awesome piece of music that moved the genre in a brand new direction? When did you last see a [...]

Silence

In our daily lives, there is little silence. Almost every moment is consumed by something; whether it is music, work, radio, television, the list goes on. However, we should still remember the importance of silence. Silence can be deafening. It’s ironic, but life is full of those ironies. Like being alone in a crowd. Example: [...]

Balance of Control

After seeing much news about copyright control, the RIAA, and others, I am getting frustrated. I just read this article from Mashable that YouTube is muting audio to respect copyright. Okay, hold up a second. You’re saying that you’re going to force places like YouTube to coform to the old rules about copyright in a [...]

The Power of the Story

Consider this scene: A military man is riding home with his family on a train. His country is on the brink war, as its enemies stand ready at the gates. As the train rolls close to home, the enemy attacks, unprovoked. As the train arrives, the attacks come closer, as his home is close to [...]

The Value of Real

Here we are in a virtual world. Digital music, virtual games, ebooks, online dating. Pandora’s Box is opened, and we can never go back on the digital world. Not that we want to. However, as evidenced in declining music and book sales, the value of a real product is diminishing. It’s too easy to find [...]

Integrity

One thing to always remember, whether you are a buisness person, a musician, an artist, a writer, whatever; be somone of integrity. In this world of growing transparency and information, what you say and do will be seen by someone. Your business will get word-of-mouth reviews by previous customers. If you have treated that customer [...]

Less is More

I was reading this post on sojurnmusic.com about the keyboard and how to play it in a modern worship band, and I thought that some of it applies to all members of the band. As a musician myself, when playing in a band you want to contribute all that you can. Unfortunately, when we do [...]

Leading Differently

Something I was reminded of today. Attitude reflects leadership. As a leader, your performance affects the rest of your team. If you lead with an iron fist, your followers will mostly obey, but only out of fear. Not a fun environment. If you lead like a servant, your followers are more willing to sacrifice for [...]

First Things First

Hello all. Just decided, it being the new year and all, that it was time for me to start myself a blog. I wanted to have a place to say a few things that I thought might be important or interesting. I’m a musician at heart, and maybe a writer too. So, I’ll be trying [...]