three chord truth

moving

2008-03-09T20:58:00.001-05:00

this will be the last post here - im moving!

::check out my new blog::

greater things have yet to come-

passion:: washington DC

2008-02-27T18:17:00.000-06:00

photos here

ebay auction

2008-02-02T10:58:00.000-06:00

auction time again! all proceeds go to the passion world tour.

bid now!

passion:: washington DC

2008-01-17T23:24:00.000-06:00

im heading to DC in a few weeks, and i cant be more excited! i went to the regional in chicago and had an amazing, life changing experience. this time i am going with 2 of my co-worker/roomies and i cant wait for their faces to get blown/rocked/smashed off. i dont think they have any clue what is about to ensue.

i have another autographed chris tomlin drawing that im gonna put on ebay shortly...

i havent updated in a long time, and i cant promise i ever will again, but heres hoping :)

greater things have yet to come-
tk

free eric voltz

2007-04-24T17:42:00.000-05:00

His name is Eric Volz. He is a U.S. Citizen and has just been sentenced to 30 years in a Nicaraguan prison for crimes he did not commit. He was working as the publisher for El Puente Magazine in Nicaragua when he was accused, convicted, and sentenced for murder.

friends of eric voltz
eric voltz myspace

ebay auction & photos

2007-02-17T12:17:00.000-06:00

its been a while since i posted the last picture of this... but i added Isaiah 26:8 at the top and i got chris to sign it... sold it on ebay... and raised $150 for the passion world tour!
and in other news... pictures from the milwaukee concert are up here

drawing again

2006-12-20T21:37:00.000-06:00

here is my newest creation...

high-5 to anyone who can guess who that is

drawing

2006-11-07T20:34:00.000-06:00

i know these arent concert pix, but since they are of third day i think its okay to put them here (and heck, this is my blog so i can do what i want!)
i wipped this up tonight and i am very pleased w/ the end result. what do you think?

i have to admit that the one of mark (above) is my favorite. it was the first one i did, and frankly speaking, its the best. perhaps i will sell it... i need the money! gimme your best offer! it is 12x12 and framed in a lovely black frame from wal-mart :)

3rd day 11th time

2006-09-28T08:47:00.000-05:00

the night kicked off w/ hyper static union... good stuff

then david crowder band tore it up

and busted out the highly professional keytar and layed down a phat beat

third day time... UH-mazzzzzzzzzzzing!

replay of the cheesehead debut for mac. (that was my cheesehead thank you very much)

their very own third day lisence plate!

many good times were had... crowder was tons-o-fun... great sound... awesome lights... good dancing... brad talked (wow!)... horrible pic tossing skills from mac... and THEIF made another debut! awesome night! praise God!

LIFELIGHT 2006

2006-09-06T15:26:00.000-05:00

i went to lifelight fest in sioux falls, SD and it was saweeeeeeeeeeet. the first day it rained... and it was VERY muddy, but oh gosh, it was so much fun! the first day i saw tree 63 and audio a

day 2 was casting pearls, jeremy camp and casting crowns

day 3 was leeland, sanctus real and newsboys

unity videos

2006-08-25T17:10:00.000-05:00

made to worship

party

everlasting god

amazing grace (my chains are gone)

Unity 2006

2006-08-12T18:03:00.000-05:00

i went to a festival. yup. this festival was "the largest one in michigan" but was only a couple thousand ppl... so not the biggest ive been to, but it was by far the cleanest and most organized. the stage was very impressive and the mulititude of flat pannel tvs on the stage was a big plus. the first day brought me 2 artists i had never seen before and one of my alltime favorites.

after a long day of waiting in line to get in, i finally did, and made my way to the front. i waited some more and talked to some nice people next to me... then FINALLY the music started. aaron shust was the first to play and i was really excited to hear my savior my god... and it was FLIPPIN AWESOME! they did this sweeeeet intro... gave me goosies! great new artist - check him out!

lincoln brewster

very funny guy... lots of energy... great set... good songs... great jokes... good timing of the train that came through... all around, A+.

Chris Tomlin... amazing as always! such a great night of worship and dancing! songs (in no particular order): forever, made to worship, holy is the lord, PARTY, how great is our god/how great thou art, your grace is enough, famous one, everylasting god (brenton brown song that melts my face off), indescribable, amazing grace (from the new movie coming out)

2nd day... 2 more new bands and 2 oldie but goodies. first off... casting pearls. bryan (formally of the newsboys) and his band were stinkin awesome and lots-o-fun. he told a very touching story about his grandma and how on her death bed came to know jesus. not a dry eye in the place. such a great god moment where you see first hand how amazing he really is.

salvador was next... lots of things going on... too much to watch at some points. the horns were awesome and blew my ears out... but it was great none the less.

thousand foot krutch blew up next... pretty much literally. i had to get ear plugs and im glad i dropped the $2 for them cuz i woulda been deaf for sure. the mix was really bad for them cuz i couldnt understand one word he said. lots of crazy kids appeared outta no where for them and it was exciting... and loud.

the best part of the day was of course, the newsboys... and they threw out all the stops. this was my 8th time seeing them... and it was the best. the worship was unreal... so much excitement in the air... and it was very windy!

during the last song... the whole drum platform got raised up about 10 feet.... then the best part.... it started spinning around.... and THEN rotated forward so duncan was basically being spun around like a wheel! he was (thankfully) strapped in w/ a seatbelt type apparatus, as well as all the drums. he played the whole time while spinning... totally flippin sweet.

these 2 days were just what the doctor ordered cuz i yesly needed a re-energizing experience to refill my cup. religion and beliefs have come up a lot lately at camp, and in my cabin during late night talks. it is so very hard to work with lots of ppl who constantly pull you the wrong way and give you reasons to think that doing the wrong this is okay. i feel satan is trying to tear me down little by little, but thank the Lord for festivals and music. music is the weapon of the future... my future for sure.

LIFEST 2006

2006-07-15T09:12:00.000-05:00

wednesday... opening day! day of fire, jeremy camp...

and rockin out the night was the newsboys (w/ my favorite, Mr. PC)

thursday was new song cafe w/ rebecca st. james, brenten brown and leeland...

then we had some todd agnew, rebecca st. james, michael w. smith, and tobymac.

friday was new song cafe, first w/ leeland, matt maher, and brenton brown, then jaden lavick and stu and martin from delirious? stopped by... it was the sweetest thing ever. the afternoon consisted of the afters, delirious? and jars of clay. then a late late late late night show from sanctus reel.

saturdaywas more worship w/ matt, brenton and leeland. then some kutless, relient k and audio a to round out the night.

the last day was sunday morning worship w/ crowder

casting pictures

2006-03-28T22:10:00.000-06:00

last enstallment - enjoy!

LIFESONG TOUR - "M" for MAGNIFICENT

2006-03-24T10:03:00.000-06:00

last night i concluded my third installment of seeing the lifesong tour; i was not disappointed. youd think that seeing pretty much the same set (minus a few songs) and the same talks would get boring right? well some parts were, but you cant get sick of great music. no matter how much the radio overplays a song, it will always be amazing live. thats all i gotta say about that. on to the night...

our first time ever eating at red robin - which is now designated as our "pre-concert" eatery forever. the manager swiped susan's basket before she was done, so he brought us some peanut butter ice cream cake to make up for it - it was GINORMOUS!!

as well as tasty and satisfying.

then we headed over to the venue... had to pay for parking and we were far away - thanks a lot aliant energy center. found our seats, and met annette! then we bumped into josh bates and talked to him for a little bit before he went on. he was great - i wish he would have got to play more songs and nicole did less :) she just didnt do it for me. i yawned too many times to count. during her set my friends and i all agreed that building 429 was a much better fit for the tour - oh well, what can ya do right?

there was a short lil turn-around time during which they played the american dream video. now the last times i saw this tour, when they played it everyone in the crowd was clapping and singing along to it. this night = nothing. i knew the crowd was gonna be a sleeper and prolly not stand much ( i hate being right). we only stood for a couple songs and only because mark said for everyone to stand. he should have just said we had to stand the whole time haha that would have been great. anyways, they sounded great, no major sound issues (my ears did start to hurt just a tad towards the end and this morning they are ringing slightly, but its a good ring) and the lighting was right on.

tony man, i tried to find ya to say hi but you were nowhere to be found... but josh did say he would say hey for me. if he didnt... hey :)

during the first song we wore our burger king crowns and hector gave us a shout-out... good times good times.

some sweet lights and one of the only good pix of hector - sorry dude - you were too far away!

once again, great talk from tony... lots of great facial expressions also. this being the 3rd time seeing this tour w/ my buds (shout out to nicole and susan!) we all agreed that the alter call time is a tad bit confusing. i will explain: the first time we heard it in rockford, IL, we didnt realize that is was meant for (at least what we gathered after it was all overwith) "first-timers," if you will. i prayed the prayer, i raised my hand, i stood up... then when tony said we have all these new brothers and sisters we all kinda looked at each other thinking "oops!" cuz we've (well i know i have) given my life to christ like 492 times at just about every concert or gathering. so on to the 2nd concert... we were all like, okay, we really need to listen this time and see if he says first timers or whatever... so we did, and we all gave the "im still confused" look to each other haha maybe we arent the sharpest knives in the drawer, but i like to think we are able to listen and follow directions. anyways, this probably doesnt make much sense but at least i have cole and susan who know what im talking about. we had a nice discussion about it on our car ride back home and it was unanimous that it was still confusing lol

loved when all the girls were singing... so soothing. one of the highlights of the night, but i did miss hearing and now my lifesong sings during this part. i will get over it though ;)

the drum solo + star wars shirt - the cheesehead = great entertainment.

who knew there was a super hero on the tour? i for one, had no clue.

juan got some major air... not the best picture but ya get the idea.

set list:
lifesong
praise you with the dance
if we are the body
does anybody hear her (video)
here i go again
set me free
praise you in this storm
voice of truth
stained glass masquerade
tony's talk
falling on my knees
who am i
glory
-encore-
what if his people prayed

while waiting in the m&g line we talked to josh again and met some other nice people. i had to run to the car to get the guitar and luckily i got back in w/ out any security guard issues. just about all of the band asked how the "gang" was doing. it took me till just about the end of the line before i figured out they meant the fish gang (danny, margo & D) yea, see im not very sharp afterall. andy started to sign the guitar over by chris tomlin, and i was like... dude, you cant just leave your band like that! and he did the "deer in the headlights" look and was like... ohh i am so sorry! then he pretty much smacked his head down on the table lol it was all good though, cuz i know this little secret... and i will share it w/ you: aerosol hairspray removes permanent marker! (on most shiney surfaces like cds) so have no fear... the guitar shows no signs of a random name that is not in chris tomlins band.

annette and josh

and mwah w/ josh

i have no complaints other than cc didnt play nearly as long as they should have. yeah. thats really all i got. i have lots more pix that are good... when i have more time i will make another installment.

hear it first!!

2006-03-08T23:09:00.000-06:00

PASSION: EVERYTHING GLORIOUSreleases 4.4.06

track listing (click on title for 30 second clip - windows media player)

1. Awesome is the Lord Most High/ Chris Tomlin
2. Glorious/ Chris Tomlin [with Christy Nockels]
3. Party/ Chris Tomlin
4. Jesus Paid it All/ Kristian Stanfill
5. All We Need/ Charlie Hall
6. Center/ Charlie Hall
7. We Are Yours/ Charlie Hall
8. You Never Let Go/ Matt Redman
9. I Stand Amazed [How Marvelous]/ Chris Tomlin
10. Everything Glorious/ David Crowder*Band
11. You Are My Joy/ David Crowder*Band
12. We Win/ David Crowder*Band
13. Our God Reigns/ Chris Tomlin, Charlie Hall, David Crowder and Matt Redman

preorder here

videohmy

2006-03-07T16:53:00.000-06:00

some videos from the concert-

thief

your love oh lord

king of glory

#10 is the charm

2006-02-28T15:16:00.000-06:00

it has been since august that i had my last third day encounter... and that is a very large amount of time for me. when i saw them in august it was at fishfest... outdoor festival = shorter set and bad lights. i was also in "work" mode then cuz i was responsible for taking pictures for the fish, so needless to say a great third day concert was what the doctor ordered.

we got to willow at like 3pm... and crowder was playing for one of the early sessions... so we snuck in (haha) and watched for about 3 minutes before someone asked us where our badges were... so we had to leave (darn!). we got some coffee and chilled for a long time. if you have seen crowders blog, then you may know about a game they are playing... where you say certain phrases and they are worth different amounts of points... well i wrote them down and told my friends we were gonna play... lets just say that jc really took ahold of the game and blew us outta the water. every single person who walked by he asked if their name was bobby... and i was waiting for someone to say yes... and FINALLY a guy did! haha that only sparked a convo between them where jc threw in like 6 more 3pt. lines... he really racked up the points w/ bobby.

then ppl starting showing up... so we claimed a front door spot and played some uno w/ some random kids...when the doors opened jc ran down and got us front row spots in front of mark... there were 2 seats, a HUGE plasma tv and then a single seat... i took the single one so i could spread my junk out and have leg room (thats hard to come by when you are tall) one of the pastors at willow and some other guy were up on stage right dj'ing... they played secular songs.... but it was kinda cool. everyone was dancing or jumping around... there was a group of energetic kids behind us... we got the wave going throughout the whole place... good times good times.they read us the rules (no jumping for the ppl in the balconies) and then it started.

shorter set list (unfortunately), but a great mix of new and old. at the 9 previous shows i had been to, i had never heard thief -- but tonight was the night!! it was so awesome... the drums kicked bootay. that song is special to me because that was the first third day song i ever heard. and this one time, at bible camp, when i was in 7th grade, the staff did a human video to it and it broke me. it is very special to me and i will cherish hearing it live for the rest of my life (and watch my vid over and over haha) i loved the mix of songs and mac sounded great as usual. being tall, and in the front, and wearing a orange gomer shirt - i was spotted right away... got a finger point from mac, mark and tai... david didnt notice me till later on and gave me the head nod. mac did the survey to find out where ppl were from... there were quite a few ppl from korea and other countries... but mostly from the midwest. lots of random cheering and jokes occured... almost a ADD moment.

nearing the end of the set i was trying to figure out what they would do for the encore... hoping for some spetacular surprise to blow me out of the water... but
right when they hit the last note of the last song a guy from willow hopped up on stage and basically cut them off. mac looked kinda surpised and they all just kinda walked off the stage slowley while looking at each other... prolly thinking... "what the heck?" the lights came up right away... it was a very cold... like "hey thanks for coming... now leave!" kinda vibe. thanks a lot willow. love you too.

also, about an hour into the set, we started getting confronted by willow people telling us we couldnt take pictures. ????? what!!? we had been for the past hour, why would they care now?!?! i saw ppl w/ camcorders for heavens sake!! why worry abou lil ol me w/ my tiny digi camera!??!?! jc got sneaky and sat down and took some more while trying to hide the camera... but dang, those willow ppl musta had like night vision/hawk eye glasses on.. cuz they came running back down the isle yelling at him. it was actually kind of humorous... but nothing beats the lady who confronted me while i was ON MY CELL PHONE and told me i couldnt take pictures with it. hello?!!?!? i am not skilled enough to be able to do those 2 particular things at once. i should work on that though. perhaps that will be a skill i can pull out later, like my ninja skills. everyone needs skills right?

after we got kicked out of the auditorium, we stopped by the busses to say hey... all the guys came right up to me and we talked just a little bit cuz it was SOOO cold out. i gave tai a bag of nutter butters for eveyone... brad was all smiles and grabbed my elbow haha mac was like... are you here for the conference or did you come just for the night? and i was like... just to see you guys! and he asked how long of a drive... i said not long -2 hours and he kinda look surprised. they were all really cool (duh). got everyone but mark to sign my siggy guitar... not sure if mark was already on the bus when we got out there or if we left before he come out... stinky either way. we also had a crowder sighting while he was on the way to the bathroom... a VERY funny guy!

set list:
Creed
I Got a Feelin'
I Can Feel It
King of Glory
Thief -- FINALLY AFTER 10 SHOWS I HAVE HEARD IT LIVE!!!
Your Love Oh Lord / Nothing but the Blood (acoustic)
Blessed Assurance
You Are So Good to Me
I Believe
Communion
Show Me Your Glory
Come Together
God of Wonders
Cry Out to Jesus
My Hope is You

i am blessed beyond words... GO GOD!

wherever you are

2006-02-26T20:55:00.000-06:00

i am pleased to say that the place where i will be tomorrow will ALSO be the place they will be... same time... same venue. what are the odds huh? to say i am excited would be an understatement. i have read a few posts from the 3d boards about previous shows, but i didnt dig too deep, in fear that i would ruin the surprises for myself and me' mates. i know the setlists and that dcb would normally come out for a song w/ them - but i also know this isnt a normal tour stop so things will be different (i.e. no dcb at night). it will be fun to see how they change it up... and if there are other gomers there that i know. i hope to see lots of orange! and perhaps... if i have my concert mojo working... a lil m&g action. i have a crappy guitar that is now just for siggys, so i hope to add a few more.

god has been speaking to me lately and it feels great. he is reminding me that whatever i do, i should do it for his glory. when im at work and its a long day and i have to deal with rotton, mean ppl... i need to keep it real and remember what is important. thats the great thing about god - he will meet you at work, at home, at school, in your car, at a concert.... wherever you are! my satisfaction with work or with the great things i do bring ME temporary glory, not him. when i am satisfied in HIM, then he gets the glory. its a hard place to find, but i think i am getting close.

starting over

2006-02-26T11:12:00.000-06:00

time for a fresh start... new name... new look... new content... new thoughts.... its just new.