I make music now, apparently

Follow this link for lyrics and free download at my little site.


I've played the guitar since, like, 3rd grade. This gave me some cool-points throughout junior high and high school (Lord knows I was running a cool-points deficit, this carried me up to apx. 0).

Back in high school I had a great friend and muse named Beth Homa, who still lives today, and as awkward tenth-graders we even recorded some of our noise in guitar teacher's basement. She and I played at living room, birthday party, coffeehouse, county fair pewee stage, tourist-town street corner and community college. Aw, fun! We were such losers. (I will love you forever B.H.)

College... mediocre travelling worship band... dorm worship... yada yada... Changsha... some chances to bring the music for fellowship here... blah blah.
Ruts.
Nerves.
Uptight.
Fears.
Insecurities.
Not sensing encouraging vibes from little community, leading to general lack of good feeling about playing guitar and such. Guitar mostly in the case.


After all this feeling of being a dead seed rotting in the proverbial music-creativity dirt, something bloomed vibrant late this spring.


Sincere encouragement and appreciation, especially from two guy friends here, must have been the fertilizer in this analogy. They turned me.
I began to believe that, although I'm an unskilled, unlearned musician (it's kind of pathetic really, I've been working on this since 3rd grade)...despite imperfection, I can create music.
I have a song.
Or fourteen.
And this is the first one that I got a chance to record at our friend's house.
It only cost me a pot of chicken wild rice soup.
Friend added drums, electric guitar, bass, mixed it. Now that's a good pal.
(Digression: see how we might steer someone depending on our action of fostering or depreciating his/her abilities?)

Anyway, I hope you dig my music. It's so imperfect guys. The voice running out of air and quivering, the acoustic guitar missing a beat. But it's really a great creative outlet for me, and these days I am lovin connecting with my creator and his word through music.


Tomorrow afternoon Drew and I are going on a date of unprecedented length, SIX hours.
This, to commemorate our 5th wedding anniversary.
hallelu!

counting the graces

thank you Father for

trapped #2 rat last night (another one bites the dust!)

slow cooker for wedding anniversary gift -- hello rehydrated beans

my mom smiling on skype

first Friday night at home in several months

rainstorm, Drew gets so happy

kids' paper and glue collages