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nick

dedication lasts for a lifetime. dreams only last for the night.

About Me

Who am i? that's what i'm trying to figure out. i'm a friend to many, a big brother, an only son, a shoulder to cry on, a pining romantic, a hard worker, the wingman, the last chance, the bitter end and possibly the beginning of something beautiful. i think i have some of the best friends that a guy can have. i play and make music for a living and i love it. i used to drive a van with tinted windows (no, i'm not a lurking pedophile), watch wayyyy to many Magnum PI reruns and love to cook. i have a beautiful wife who i totally do not deserve. oh, and this section used to say how i wish i could have a dog, but now i do. her name is sophie and she is the best dog EVER. and that is a scientific fact.

If you've found my page linked from one of the bands i've produced and you'd like to talk about maybe working together on a project, just send me a message. I love finding raw originality in a band, whether they are established or just starting out.
www.nickbaumhardt.com

My Interests

.. music
playing catch - i miss high school baseball
songwriting
poker - but i'm not as good as ben
robot invasions
cooking
go karts, batting cages and driving ranges
going to shows
trying to take over the world and rule with an iron fist

Music:

Telefon Tel Aviv, All Time Low, Mae, Anberlin, Silversun Pickups, Superchick (of course), Third Eye Blind - one of the most amazing and underrated bands ever, Say Anything, Watashi Wa/Eager Seas, deathcab, feist, mutemath, jimmy eat world is amazing, david mead, ryan adams, copeland, panic! at the disco, frou frou, Jem, Bloc Party, Hot Hot Heat, The Format, further seems forever, number one gun, the working title, imogen heap, the postal service, muse, sleeping at last, jonezetta, university, the early november, radiohead, story of the year, switchfoot, park, the rocket summer, coldplay, damien rice, taking back sunday, saves the day, yellowcard, thursday, gratitude, onelinedrawing, spitalfield, two thirty eight, acceptance, hey mercedes, nickel creek and that's all i can think of now...

Movies:

V For Vendetta, Old School, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, SPINAL TAP, bill and ted's excellent adventure (hey, an 11 year old kid who just got a guitar could really relate to that one), shawshank redemption, tommy boy, dumb and dumber, the usual suspects, snatch (and all those good guy ritchie movies), kill bill 1 & 2...oh, and when i was 6 i would make my parents rent the GI Joe movie and i would wake up at 6am on saturday monring and literally watch it over and over until about dinner time.

Television:

is it wrong to steal cable if the people who lived there before you were the ones who did it??

Books:

Da Vinci Code, Atlas Shrugged, HARRY POTTER!, The Fountainhead, Hit Men, Bringing Down The House, So You Wanna Be A Rock and Roll Star, anything by Tom Clancy...oh, i'm a big fan of specialized skills how-to books: Anything from understanding body language to learning German.

Heroes:

my parents, Ron Paul

My Blog

fighting fire with fire

here i am at the end of the summer festival season. for the last two summers, i have been flying every weekend to play shows. flying sucks. i hate it. blah. but i digress. that's another blog. actuall...
Posted by nick on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:38:00 PST

I’m scared

I'm scared. yes, legitimately scared. I'm talking about this whole "credit crisis" that's going on. But what scares me isn't the crisis specifically - this is just a market correction that's caused b...
Posted by nick on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:14:00 PST

it always happens on airplanes

so three days ago i'm on a plane for a couple of hours. as i strapped myself in i got slightly annoyed at the fact that i had forgotten my ipod...which of course keeps me sane when i have nothing else...
Posted by nick on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:21:00 PST

is this true??

this morning i came across this interview of Kenyan economist James Shikwati. my sister is training to be a missionary in africa and i'd also like to help the millions with AIDs, so i was shocked at t...
Posted by nick on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:25:00 PST

i'm soooooo misunderstood

so the other day i found myself in a situation where i was trying to figure out how to find a certain place. i asked one of the people nearby if they knew where to find this certain place, and this pe...
Posted by nick on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:58:00 PST

this is political. be warned. this may piss you off

this dude is pretty much awesomeRon Paul for President 2008 ...
Posted by nick on Thu, 10 May 2007 01:29:00 PST

something for you to see

hey, we got a few days off so i'm back home in nashville. we just had poker night and i lost alllllll of my 14 dollars. anyway, i got a few pictures from a couple of the shows so i decided to post the...
Posted by nick on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:10:00 PST

a few familiar faces are better than faceless thousands

this week has been crazy and fun. on sunday we played in rockford where my mom and dad and aubrey came to see me. adrienne was able to come by for a short time as well. then after a 3 day break at hom...
Posted by nick on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:37:00 PST

catching up

ok, so i've slacked off and not posted for a few days. i'll summarize. we had monday, tuesday and wednesday off and decided to spend it in st louis. we got to hang out all the the fun spots. tuesday n...
Posted by nick on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:45:00 PST

Day 4

every night after the show is all wrapped up, we hop on the bus and start driving. we pile into our little bunks to sleep and wake up in the next town. i don't think i've ever realized how quickly i f...
Posted by nick on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:12:00 PST