My primary interest is music in any form. I played in a local band for the last several years that played mostly classic rock and I recorded a CD with the band. I'm also involved in a tribute project called NorthStar which includes a lot of people from bands that were a major influence on my life. The tribute includes classic Christian Rock songs from Petra, Stryper, Sacred Fire, Rez Band, Holy Soldier, Matthew Ward (Second Chapter of Acts) ,The Brave and a few others. The cool thing is that many of the members of those bands including Roger Lowe, Tim Gaines, Michael Bloodgood, Andy Robbins, Michael Cutting, Jimi Bennett and others are going to be featured on the CD. There are also some newer bands involved with the project including Disciple who will be doing tracks for the Stryper Remake.Although the project has taken longer than originally anticipated,things are still moving forward and should be taking a huge leap before springtime. Several of the tracks are close to being finished and I'll try to post one or two of them for people to get a preview in the near future. Besides listening to, playing or recording music, I also enjoy playing Everquest. I am the guild leader on the bertoxxolous server and enjoy getting .. and playing with my friends.
I have met a lot of the people that interest me. I have met the guys from Stryper, Mike Sweet, Robert Sweet, Oz Fox and Tim Gaines. I have met Will Rogers Jr, Randy Owen from Alabama, Mike Warnke, David Meece, D.C. Talk, Willams and Ree, Several Nascar Drivers, Gallagher, and most recently Elvin Bishop when my band opened up for one of his shows. I would love to meet a lot of other people, probably too many to name !
I love music, it's a part of everything I do from day to day and there are so many great songs out there I don't think I could honestly name any favorites. I started playing drums when I was 7 years old and listening to my parents albums of CCR, Bob Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel. When I turned 15 I mostly listened to Christian Rock. Some of my favorites were Stryper, Bloodgood, Sacred Fire, Holy Soldier, Guardian, and Rez Band. Coincidence ? Not really, The NorthStar project conception was partially my idea after becoming a good acquaintance of Roger Lowe a couple of years ago and we picked out songs for the project that we both liked and received airplay on the Christian stations originally.
Way too many to list. I own a collection of over 600 DVD movies. I hate Television and refuse to support the kind of garbage that we have for prime time. Reality TV is a joke, people who watch this stuff should really see a head doctor.