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I started playing the guitar when I was 12. My dad taught me to play. He is and was a big classic rock fan. As well as a Paul McCartney fan. So I got some great guitar lessons just by listening to music. I was always a big Christian music fan. A big part of learning for me was just sticking in a tape or CD and trying to play along. DC Talk was great for that. I started playing and leading worship for my youth praise band growing up. I had a band with in Missouri with the guys from my youth group. H.O.G. Rocks!! After high school I was busy at the church my parents pastored and also worked full time at Lowe's. Yes, I sold lots of lumber. I still remember a few item numbers. Not long after that I joined up with the rest of the guys in MercyMe and have not looked back since. I still enjoy making music and writing songs. I look forward to what the future brings.

Friday, February 23, 2007

The Big Chill




The Coming up to Breathe tour version 2.0 is underway and it feels like we never took a break. Things have fallen together easily and we are having a blast. We took some time out on a day off to go snowmobiling, which is always fun....until you hit that one snow drift you think is only one foot deep and find yourself digging out of a 6 foot hole! But hey that is why you travel in a pack. We only broke 2 snowmobiles this time. Broke a key off in one and ran one into a tree. Oh wait, make that 3...we hit 2 different trees. None of which I can take credit for, but I was present at each event. Then to top off an eventful day we got our bus stuck in a rather large drift trying to get out of the parking lot! So did we call a tow truck? NO, why would we do that when we had 10 grown men to push our 45 foot long bus out of it's hole! It took about 2 hours to get out, Will from Audio A and myself shoveled snow like mad men and cleared just enough for us to push it out. But we can't take all the credit. A big thanks has to go to the folks at Mad Mountain Adventures for not only supplying us with our rides for the day but for also working very hard helping us get out of the snow! We couldn't have done it without you! Okay gotta go.....Bart just put on some music here in our dressing room that I have to dance to! Woo Hoo!