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About Me

My name is Todd Cotten. I am currently a teacher at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio. I develop elearning for a multitnational company and do multimedia/webdesign as a freelancer. These are my day jobs. Every other waking moment, I am thinking about God or playing music. I have been playing guitar for 22 years and singing for about 12. I wasn't born with either talent but anyone who knows me will tell you that isn't going to stop me. It takes me longer to get there than some naturals but I think I am close to getting there. If I decide I want do something, I will work at it until I get it. I play at The Church on Strayer every Saturday night and some Sundays. After the Saturday service, you can usually find me doing an acoustic gig at about 7 pm down in the Coffee Shop.I have been writing a lot of music lately and the new year is going to awesome. God has some wonderful plans and I intend on living out whatever he wants me to do for him.

My Interests

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Creating music, interactive multimedia/websdesign, music, Ford Mustangs, good friends, creating music, life, travel, books, magazines, photography, did I mention music?

I'd like to meet:

God, Chris Cornell, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani.

Music:

Shinedown, Audioslave, Pillar, Nickleback, Dark New Day, Double Drive, Seether, Alter Bridge, Tool, POD, Dream Theater, Movie Soundtracks, Joe Satriani, Jeff Kollman, Steve Vai, Crossfade, Incubus, Breaking Benjamin, Michael Hedges, Kiss, Van Halen, Chris Tomlin, Disciple, Decypher Down, Hillsong, Israel Houghton

Which Guitar Player Are You?

John Petrucci
You are John Petrucci! You are the lead guitarist for Dream Theater, one of the most underknown and underappreciated bands of the past 15 years. You are a pioneer to progressive rock, and an incredible musical composer. You have one of the widest scale ranges of all guitar players.
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Movies:

Office Space, Halloween I & II, The Matrix Trilogy, Final Fantasy, Broken Saints, Rock Star, Animal House, Jeepers Creepers, Strangeland, The Island.

Television:

Blade, Lost, Rock Star SuperNova, House, The 4400, Without a Trace, Dark Angel, South Park, CSI (All three), Millenium, X-Files, Alias, Roswell, The Dead Zone, American Idol

Books:

The Bible, Any Terry Brooks, Artemis Fowl, The Midnighter Series by Scot Westerfeld, Harry Potter, Eragon

Heroes:

God, anyone who overcomes adversity, people who do little things everyday that make other people feel good about themselves

My Blog

Playing with the Pillbugs at International Pop Overthrow Festival Friday nite 10:30 @ Paychecks

I am playing bass for Mark Mikel and the Pillbugs tomorrow night at a festival in Detroit. The website is www.internationalpopoverthrow.com. We are playing at a club called Paycheck's Lounge.Paycheck'...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:24:00 PST

Which Guitar Player Are You?

Which Guitar Player Are You?John PetrucciYou are John Petrucci! You are the lead guitarist for Dream Theater, one of the most underknown and underappreciated bands of the past 15 years. You are a pi...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:45:00 PST

Playing with Kim Clement this weekend at Cathedral of Praise

I will be playing guitar with Kim Clement this weekend at Cathedral of Praise, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 6 pm. I won't know much for sure until the band gets a soundcheck but everything at this g...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:50:00 PST

Manhattan Grounds Show Moved to March 3rd.

Hello,I have moved my Manhattan Grounds gig to Saturday, March 3rd due to me playing with Kim Clement this weekend (90% sure). Todd
Posted by Todd Cotten on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:38:00 PST

Acoustic Gig at Manhattan Grounds

I am playing an acoustic gig at Manhattan Grounds on Friday, February 16th at 7:30 pm. It is across from Target on Monroe Street. I will be playing some originals, Christian covers, and some secular c...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:58:00 PST

Check out www.toddcotten.com

Please check out my website at:www.toddcotten.comI will be posting pictures from the CedarCreek show today or tomorrow. Special thanks to Tom Ethington for taking pictures for me. He has been a friend...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:42:00 PST

CedarCreek Gig Friday was a success.

Hi Everyone,Thanks for all the positive comments at the gig on Friday. Everyone had a real good time. The new originals went over well and a lot of people were asking me about the lyrics. A couple of...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:51:00 PST

Cedar Creek Gig with Singles Ministry Oct 20th 7:30pm

I will be playing with Sandy Lewis (friend from Cedar Creek) with the Singles Ministry Oct 20th 7:30pm. I don't know many details yet but I will let everyone know. I am hoping to have some t-shirts an...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:47:00 PST

Evelyn Bay Coffeehouse Shut Down

I'm sorry to report that the Evelyn Bay Coffeehouse that I was playing at suddenly went out of business and I was probably the last person to play there. I don't have any details as to what happened b...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:42:00 PST

Toledo Art Museum Glass Pavilion Party

Hi,I went to the Toledo Art Museum Glass Pavilion party tonight and I have to say it was pretty impressive. There was a lot of neat glass art and it made me want to learn how to create something like ...
Posted by Todd Cotten on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:05:00 PST