Random Thoughts and Re-caps

Hello Fellow Bloggers...

• It was a great weekend at church. I have been off for the last 2 weeks and really was missing leading worship with my fellow CBGers.
• I am playing bass the next few weekends and I can't frikkin wait! (I don't play bass much)
• I returned my new bass. I absolutely loved how it looked and sounded but I couldn't handle the weight. WAY TOO HEAVY!
• I love student ministry.
• I need to find a better job. (Preferably in the area of music)
• Twitter is spreading like crazy. In fact, my church just wrapped up a series called twitter. Check it out here
• My diet is going slowly but going good. Check sidebar for details.
• Being done with school is such a good feeling. My graduation is gonna be at the end of next month...then comes the party
• I don't see what the big deal was with "Dark Night". I watched it and it was a great movie but definitely not "THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN" like people said it would be.
• This band is awesome.
• I am toally hooked on this restaurant.
• I won't be able to go to this year's Hillsong United Conference after all. I couldn't get enough money together and I couldn't get anyone to go with me but it's cool though. God has his reasons!
• Switchfoot is coming back along with some other really cool bands!

What I do on Wednesday Nights!

Don't worry, I shaved and cut my hair shortly after 

making this video

"Locos"

Hello Fellow Bloggers...

Well, it's about 1:30am, I just took a shower and am about ready to hit the sack. I am dead tired. Today I got a really cool opportunity to help out my brother in law, Carlos with a gig he had today. You see Carlos is the sound engineer for a local latin/funk/reggae/cumbia band called "Locos por Juana". He goes everywhere with them. He has been to Virginia, New York, L.A. and many other places. Thankfully, I get to help him out sometimes when he has local events with the band and today they had an showcase event at the Seminole Hard Rock. The band is signed with Universal and it was a private event with about 5 really good bands. Actually this was the first time a Latin band is invited to play at this type of showcase event for Universal so it really was awesome to be able to be there. It wasn't too long of a set and I got to mix the last 2 songs (see video below). For the most part, however, I served as guitar/bass tech and helped with set up. 

"Locos por Juana" has gained popularity really quickly and they have worked hard to earn it. They are featured artists on MySpace Latino, have been featured on MTV TRES and were even nominated for a latin grammy last year. 

check them out here

 

Me Mixing

Here is the Rig we used

Check it out!

Hello Fellow Bloggers...

I got this yesterday

Woot Woot!

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I Caved!

Hello Fellow Bloggers...

Sorry I have been gone for so long. I hope there is still someone alive out there in mindofbert land!

So I finally did it and I caved and bought the bass I have been wanting. Check it out.

It is a Fender Mike Dirnt Precision Bass!

For those who don't know, Mike Dirnt is the Bassist for Green Day. If you don't know who Green Day is then I can't help you. Now I am not even a little bit of a Green Day Fan or much less a Mike Dirnt fan and I have seen this bass many times but didn't really fall in love with it until I saw Deon Rexroat playing it. Deon is the bassist for a band called Anberlin who I absolutely love! I researched it, played it and it sounded even sweeter than it looked. It has been on my wish list for quite a while now but I couldn't resist any longer. Fortunately I had some money left over from my stimulus check (Thanks George Bush...I think). So I called up my good friend Jeffrey D. and he hooked it up. Thanks man!

I have this poster hanging in my room. My friend Martin gave it to me a while back. He said he got it because it had the bassist I love, the Bass I love, the band I love and it advertises an organization I love

Heredes insists it needs an Heredes.com sticker....ummm we'll talk later, H!