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A Fresh Coat of Paint with a Fresh Vision

Posted on: April 22, 2009 and filed in: Miscellaneous, Site News

How did you get here?

You probably haven't been here before, but I've thrown a fresh coat of paint on this place, and have changed the underlying architecture. I've moved the site from Tumblr (which is a great platform) to ExpressionEngine. A previous iteration of this site was on EE, but I could never get myself to login and post to my site. I just didn't have anything to say. My hope is with this new design and a renewed focus I'll be inspired to post more frequently.

In the past year, a bunch of change has happened in my life. I've been working for a great church for over a year and I genuinely feel satisfied and passionate in what I do. I love the challenges and strategy involved in my work and the impact it has on people. I still do freelance web design and development, just not on a full-time level. I want to take more time to help others who are in my situation do their work better, which has led to...

A New Goal, A Renewed Focus

My personal site has taken various forms and has seen sporadic levels of activity, but it's always been a place for me to discuss things that are passionate to me. More and more I've found my focus has been on ministry and the use of technology to that end. With that, I feel the next step is to morph the content of this place to reflect that. You'll start seeing posts that support this site's new goal, which is to help people do ministry better. That's not to say I won't throw in the odd entry here and there linking to some randomness that has my attention at the moment, but generally things will stay on topic. If you want to get the more personal details of my life, you can befriend me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter.

I really would like to see this place turn into a community where we can share tips and insight into ministry technology. I hope this can be a place where even the novice feels comfortable in the conversation. I'm excited to take a new direction and hope you'll subscribe to my RSS feed and enjoy this process with me.

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Recording

Posted on: April 14, 2009 and filed in: Audio, Recording

I've been recording a lot of music lately. It makes me excited because music has been one of my biggest loves, it's one of the most satisfying things in my life. To be able to put to music words that have been in my heart or create an atmosphere with sound is an awesome gift to me.

Here's a description of my main recording rig. I'm tracking guitars with a Les Paul and Gretsch Pro Jet into a variety of amps. My friend Aaron is the proud owner of some very nice gear and I've been able to use that. We've recorded with his Orange AD30, Mesa Boogie Stiletto and my Peavey ValveKing 100 head into a pair of Avatar 2x12 cabs loaded with a G12H Vintage 30 70th Anniversary Edition and G12 (Vintage 30) speakers. All the amps are on Hot Plates to get good saturation at a decent level and recorded with a Shure SM57. Aaron's main axe is a Les Paul Custom. We're tracking bass with an old Samick bass I have lying around.

All that sweet tone is captured at 24bit/96k into an M-Audio ProFire 2626 that runs into a pair of Tannoy Reveal monitors. We're using Apple's Logic Studio package for recording, mixing and editing and it's good. I'll be posting a little video describing the setup in a few days (when I get around to it). What are you guys recording with?

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Pondering the Future of My Facebook Account

Posted on: February 28, 2009 and filed in: Miscellaneous

I think I'm done with Facebook. It's reached the point of over-saturation. I can spend endless amounts of time on there, but I find I want to spend less and less there. Everyone and their mother (literally) is on there and I'm constantly bombarded with an endless stream of information I could care less about. I've got better ways to spend my time.

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