First of all Congrats to Tyler and Jenny. Jenny gave birth to a boy early this morning!!!!!! Everything went smooth.

Yesterday was weird without Koontz here. He left for a few days to spend time with his family. I felt like I forgot something all day. You spend that much time with someone you get used to hearing them around I guess. THANK YOU TO MATTS FATHER!!!!!

In light of all this excitement it looks like we will be taking a few days off. We may do a few things tomorrow buts all up in the air.

Three songs are complete and all the leads are finished.
We have three more songs that need vocals .
We are going to stick around for some mixing.
Then the songs are being sent off to get mastered.

After all this its back home. It's going to be a shock walking in my front door. Coming back is going to frustrate me. Im treading water at home. Stagnant is the word. I miss my family and friends but I don't miss Myrtle Beach.
Its crazy how some peoples idea of paradise is another's idea of hell.

So its has been a chilly Tuesday morning and I just took my third shower of this trip. We have finished vocals on one song and will be doing leads today and vocals at night. Chad is nailing everything and the studio is filled with good spirits. Except for a few midnight wrestling matches. The schedule for the rest of the week follows the same trend, leads during the day and vocals at night. No pics, I will take some today. By the end of the weekend this CD may be done. Then we have to head home, which sucks!

Its Thursday, Day 2 of guitars. Im ready to get started on all of this. We are about halfway through one song and it is sounding heavy, my Krank head and a JCM 800 together. I might upload some pics of yesterday once I find my USB cable, I can't find it for the life of me. We played some basketball yesterday too. Intense stuff. Koontz elbowed me in my tooth. Other than that things have been fairly low key. Plenty of ridiculous jokes and moments that will keep me laughing the rest of my life.

So its Monday and we are tracking bass. The day off yesterday was good. We went to the mall to buy a football and a basketball. The mall here is an exact replica of the old inlet square, fountains and all. I felt like I stepped onto the set of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and Spacoli was going to pop out of a corner and slap me a high five.Then we went to Lee University to play some 21. We played about 3 games and decided to call it. We got some groceries later and then hung out at First St. the rest of the night. Fun Times. 2 more weeks of it to come.

It smells so fresh outside. Clear air with faint odor of funnel cakes. All of First St. is blocked off for some Apple Festival tomorrow or something. There may be free food so we are going to head up there sometime today. We went to the museum yesterday and looked through the gift shop, I did not feel like spending 5 dollars on seeing the actual museum. Then we headed to this place called The Spot, I guess they have great hamburgers, but I ate some fries. They were pretty tasty. Taco bell and ramen are saving my life right now. I bought some Soy milk too, so I'm pretty set. Its cooling off here and I cant wait to throw on a hoodie!

Day 6 brings more drum editing. We will be listening to everything and if everything is good we will move on to tracking bass tomorrow. We drove down to the dam yesterday and took some pictures. It was awesome. Im excited to hear some guitars.

Matthew Koontz pumped through some songs today, We will spend the next few days editing and cutting up. Fishing is what is happening tomorrow.

Its about 10:30 in the morning and I am sitting outside after just walking to the store for some pineapple orange juice. I cant sleep past 8 so I figured I would let everyone sleep and find something to occupy my time. Cleveland is exactly what I expected it to be, and I think living here for a month will be a nice change. First Street has a real homey feel as well. There is a T.V. in our room with game cube and the only game in it is Mario Cart. Go Fig

"This isn't irrational or primitive or blind faith. It is merely being honest that we all are living a "way"

I'm convinced being generous is a better way to live.

I'm convinced forgiving people and not carrying around bitterness is a better way to live.

I'm convinced having compassion is a better way to live.

I'm convinced pursuing peace in every situation is a better way to live.

I'm convinced listening to the wisdom of others is a better way to live.

I'm convinced being honest with people is a better way to live.


This way of thinking isn't weird or strange; it is simply acknowledging that everybody follows somebody, and I'm trying to follow Jesus"