Show Cancelled :(

We had a show tonight in Oklahoma that was cancelled. The promoter basically dropped the ball and didnt care about the tour. We were all upset, but there is not much we can do. So we are going to drive towards St. Louis and see how far we get. We have off tomorrow so that will be nice. We are going to stay at one of the church's we played at in St. Louis. Then we play in Illinois the day after.

Im really tired, sore, worn out. This next day off will be great....


hope all is well,

Wiki

bloody knuckles and cracked cymbals......

Tonight were in Salina, Kansas. AWESOME venue. Its a really slick night club, game room, cafe, basketball court combination. Lots of stuff to do. Best of all is the green room. First off, its upstairs from the stage. I walked in and there they were, 12 leather recliners, a HD projector, and surround sound. GLORIOUS!!!! Were watching march madness right now.....great game between UNC and LOU.....looks like UNC will take it.

Anyways, the bloody knuckles. The past 6 gigs I've cracked my knuckle on the hi-hat and bled everywhere. On my jeans, shirts, snare drum, cymbals. Thankfully blood comes out of cloths, so thats good. The thing is that im so amped up that I never see it till after were done playing. I've tried moving my hi-hats, and I still end up hitting them. I guess I just have to get used to it until I can figure something out.

Cymbal cracking is another crappy thing. My 16" AAX crash cracked about 3 weeks ago, and tonight I was looking at my 19" K hybrid crash and it has about an 1/8" crack on the edge. Im like "CRAP." I think I need to play softer. Well I know I do. The thing is that I've just been getting sooooo sooooo into it the last 3 weeks that I just flat out go nuts and m arms go where they want, hahah. I was talking with clay, the drummer from dizmas, and I think im going to get some ride/crash combos. He has a 21" professional alchemy ride that SINGS like no ones business. He crashes that thing like mad. I really love the sound and its beefy and big. I guess ill look into some stuff when I get back to M-Town and can get the drum shop. If anyone has some suggestions, just leave a comment.

This leg of the tour has definitely more grueling. We have a lot more shows booked back to back. Were going from Kansas City, MO - Salina, KS - Allen, TX - Tulsa, OK in four days. Crazy I know....

Anyone that is reading this I have a prayer request. I found out today that my uncle Tom has cancer. He had been having bad chest pains the last week or so and the other night they got so bad they took him to the emergency room. They did some tests and found that he has cancer. Unfortunately it has taken over most of his bones and one of his bones is actually almost deteriorated already. Lift him up in prayer please........


Well I hope that anyone who is reading this is doing well


take care....


Wiki

St. Louis part duex...

Hey all, Im sitting in a La Quinta in STL. Had areally good show tonight. Good turn out, good reaction, good playing. We all had a really good time.

There are good and bad things about not brining a kit on the road. The good = No set up, more room for storage, less hassle. Bad = never know what you will have to play on. Tonight was by far the worst. Pearl export from 1990's. OLD heads, a bass drum with pillows, blankets, and a small child for dampening. (not really a child in it, but it would have slept comfortably I'm sure) . I had to go the ?uestlove root playing only with a kick, snare, floor tom, ride/crash, and hats. Honestly, I enjoyed the set-up. It made me play a lot more simpler, which for hip-hop/rock is good. I might consider tweaking what I use.


But overall it was a good night. We are off to Kansas city tomorrow. woot.....

We can sleep in tomorrow which is AWESOME!!!!


goodnight...

wiki

On the Road Again

Hey all,

Im in St.Louis right now. Were are officially back on tour after our one week hiatus. It feels good to be back on the road. We are hitting up a lot of the east coast this leg.

We played a church last night and again tonight we are playing at a church.

I've been reading a lot about taming the tongue lately (James 4, Ephesians 5 and so on) its been really good...

I'll post more soon.....were about to leave for our show..

wiki

update.....

hey all, ive been really busy and have lots to post and lots of pictures.....im planning on posting stuff when I have time (hahaha) when I get back to Memphis.....

Hope everyone is doing well...

Wiki

WRITING COMMENTS...

I've had a few people say that they wanted to put comments on my page but couldn't. Well I think that is changed now, so comment to your hearts content...


Wiki

yo yo yo...

Well last night we slept in a church, as I had mentioned previously.........suprisingly I slept ok.......here is a picture of my lovely living quaters last night ...




And here is my lovely shower that I took this morning!!! Great and refreshing!!!!!









Touring = the good life...... hahaha! :)


Well after our 11 drive yesterday we are again driving towards Lancaster today. About 6 hours so nothing to bad. Tomorrow hopefully we will go to L.A.!!! I've always wanted to go to Hollywood, Beverly Hills, ect..... I dont really know why, but I always have. Also Corey wants to take us to compton.....haha....actually, I wouldnt mind going as long as he was in the drivers seat and we were all in the back. I think it would be cool to say that I was in compton and didnt die.....hahaha....

Well I think were staying in a lodge tonight, which should be nice!!!!


wiki

Portland

One of the most interesting places ive ever been too. Its hard to describe really what portland is like....

west coast

So i think I have determined the best part of touring.......

for me at least....

It is: Seeing the country....

Our country is so beautiful. Every I have gone on the west coast is just stunning. We drove from northern Oregon to Medesto California today and it was insane how beautiful it was.....God is amazing. God created this beauty, but i was thinking, Heaven!!!!! I can not even fathom the thought of what it will be like. A perfect place, wow......because to me, its hard to believe that something else could be as beautiful....


Well the bad part of touring comes next....

3 of our CA dates have been cancelled so we have off till friday. It really stinks, but that means we get to go site seeing. Hopefully w will make it to LA. Our show friday is in Lancaster, which is about 1 hour north of LA, so im hoping we get to go....


Well my bed (made out of church chairs, foam, and a sleeping bag) is calling my name.......AAAAAA THE GLORIOUS LIFE OF A ROCKSTAR!!!!!!! HAHA.......i love it.........


night all.....


Wiki

Seattle = beautiful

Wow......Seattle is one of the best cities i've been to.....I really have been digging the west coast....





















First Starbucks!!!







We are in Portland right now and it is quite the city. Very interesting to say the least....Were are then heading to San Francisco CA, Lancaster, L.A., Arizona, than back to Memphis for a week!!!!

Wiki

love

Love -

1 Corinthians 13: 1-13
-And now I will show you the most excellent way: If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the ruth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preservers. Love never fails, but where there are prophecies they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled. Where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put my childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror, then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part ; then i shall fully; even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. but the greatest of these is love.

This section in scripture is awesome. As I mentioned in a post before, to me love seems to be a huge theme throughout the bible. I think that the end of this scripture sums it up( And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. but the greatest of these is love). There are many different types of love....... God's love, wife/husband love, christian brother and sister love, parental love, the list goes on and on. There are mounds and mounds of scripture references pointing towards love. I think that the examples of God's love are obviously and are guidelines for how to love. I think that God's biggest act of love was in John 3:16. He proved his love for us by sending his son to die.

One of my favorite verses on love is when us men are instructed to love your wife as God loves the church. Wow, is that a huge burden or what? To me though, I see it as a challenge that I cant wait to take on. I want to love my future wife(Erin) as much as a God loves the church. She deserves that kind of love, any wife does. I think with those words, we as men are challenged to live up to God's standards on love, which leads back to 1 Cor. 13 -

"Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the ruth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preservers."

These should be our guidelines on loving our husband/wife, christian brothers and sisters, parents, friends, loved ones, authority figures and so on.....

I know this is a lot of jumbled thoughts thrown together, but hey, its just what ive seen from this scripture.

Wiki

Im in Moscow!!!!!!!! Idaho :)

Hey all!!!

We are in Moscow, Idaho right now, its a cool little town.......very quaint and rustic, as seems to be the trend in most of the towns we have played in. Last night we played at the Nuart Theater. It was a show seperate from the tour. Very cool place run by a very cool guy named Eric. The building was an old movie theater. They actually kept the screen up and run movies for free every friday night, very cool. They had a coffee bar and book store in front. The crowd was small but good. It is always awkward when there are chairs, because everyone always looks so confined and not able to move.

My internal time clock is soooooo askew. We were in mountain time last night, two nights before that we were in eastern time, and now we are in pacific time. AAAA!!!!! It's very hard to keep track of time and days when your in a new place/surrounding every day.

We stayed in a La Quinta which was nice. We are doing laundry and catching up on things which is nice. The good thing about all of this is that Moscow is only 20-30 minutes from where the next show on tour is. Sooooo we got to sleep in, do laundry, RELAX!!!, and take it easy which is very nice.

I've been really enjoying Romans as of late. I've been reading over Romans 12:1-2. Being a living sacrifice to God. It is really an encouragement and reminder.....really good stuff...Also I have been reading a lot about love in the bible.......brotherly love, marital love, christian love......and it really seems like everything comes back to love.....love really seems to be "it" in the bible, its really interesting.......and I am enjoying reading more about it.

Another thing I read is John 1. The singer from Children 18:3 i've noticed reads this in the morning. It's titled "The word became Flesh" I would encourage you to read it......its really awesome!!!!!

Pictures will be coming.....its just hard to upload stuff when we have very slow internet, thanks la quinta!!!!! :)

sick...

Not feeling to great. Sinus headache and flu like symptoms.......crappy.....

Show was good tonight. We are in Idaho falls, Idaho. Cool venue, cool people. It was hard playing sick but i made it through....

Im going to sleep, we are in a hampton inn which is big and nice.....

Ill post more later...

Night...

I dont know where I am...

Hey all,

Well this weekend was great. We flew down to Orlando, FL Thursday afternoon. We played at the LCMS youth gathering. It was at the Wyndam resort on International Drive. It was good because my church from back home was there so I saw a whole bunch of people that I knew. Another awesome thing was that my parents suprised me and flew Erin down for the weekend. Basically awesome, haha. So it went really well....There were about 300 kids there so it was a fun crowd to play too. We played A TON. We played around 35-45 songs so it was a little taxing. We had a great response from the kids and we all had a great time.

We finished out the weekend playing a worship set at 12:00 a.m. which was awesome. Erin came up and sang too which was awesome.

We left sunday morning to fly back to Denver. We got in around 12:30 or so and then started driving north. I think we are in WY but im not positive. I slept for a while so i guess we will find out in the morning. Ill post some pictures from Orlando soon....