God, drums, music, books,
friends, family and life, not necessarily in that order.
In terms of Drums:
I'm using an all Maple CX PDP kit. Her Name
is Isabella. She is my pride and joy. I'm running all Zildjian cymbals, most
are A Custom, my ride is a Z
Custom. I like bigger cymbals, like 19" and 20" crashes. I'm using my
old A Custom 22" ping ride as a crash, if that gives you any indication,
and a 20" A Custom Projection crash. I support DW drums, Zildjian cymbals, and Vic
Firth sticks.
My other pride and joy (in terms of drums)
is Melissa, my Djembe (pronounced Jembe )
A Djembe is a African hand drum that has gotten pretty
popular over here, pretty big in worship music. In essence, Melissa is a
portable Drum kit, which is saying something, because all drummers will tell
you, drums are about as portable as a Grand Piano.... Djembe's are great for
acoustic stuff, where you need something to provide the backbeat without the
decibel level of a kit. I've used them on various jamming occasions.
I'd like to meet:
Mr.
Whittaker, Don Miller, The Normals ,
Andrew Osenga , Ernest Shackelton ,
Danny Carey, Paul Rusesabagina .
"And
you're the only one, who caught the other line." – Mat Kearney
Music:
I'm a big fan of melodic rock/metal, but i love softer music as well, as long as it carries a melody, i'm game
THE NORMALS
A
Aaron Sprinkle
Agony Scene
Anberlin
Andrew
Osenga
Angels and Airwaves
As I Lay Dying
Atreyu
Audio Adrenaline
B
Bleach
Breaking
Benjamin
C
Caedmon’s
Call
Celtic Women
Chevelle
Coldplay
Crossfade
D
Dark New Day
dc Talk
Dead Poetic
Death Cab for Cutie
Deftones
DEMON
HUNTER
DISTURBED
Dizmas
Dragonforce
E
Enya
Extol
F
Falling
Up
Fiona Apple
Five O’clock People
Foo Fighters
I
Incubus
J
Jars of Clay
Jennifer Knapp
Joy Williams
K
Killswitch Engage
Kutless
L
Lacuna Coil
Life House
Linkin Park
Loreena McKennitt
M
Matisyahu
Melissa
Tawlks
Michelle Tumes
Modest Mouse
Mudvayne
N
Nickelback
The
Normals
P
Plumb
P.O.D.
Project 86
R
Ra
Rachel Portman
Rebecca
St James
Red
S
Sanctus Real
Sarah Brightman
Seven Places
Slipknot
Spoken
Staind
Staple
Stavesacre
Strata
Stutterfly
Switchfoot
System of a Down
T
Telacast
Ten
Years
T.F.K.
Tool
W
The
W’s
Within Temptation
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…are a few of the many.
Movies:
I love Traditional war and guy movies like Brave Heart, gladiator, Top Gun. I also like good Chick Flicks: Return to me, Just Like heaven, and yes, While You Were Sleeping.
A Few Good Men
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Brave
Heart
Clear and Present Danger
The
Constant Gardener
The Count of Monte Cristo
Ever Afer
Father Goose
Gladiator
Hotel Rwanda
The Hunt for Red October
The Interpreter
The Last Castle
Lord
of the Rings
Master and Commander
Miracle
Open Range
Operation Petticoat
Princess
Bride
Return to me
Runaway Jury
Saving Private Ryan
Sneakers
The
Sound of Music
Spinal Tap
Spy
Game
Star Wars (The original)
That Thing You Do
Top
Gun
Twister
While You Were Sleeping
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Television:
JAG, back in the day. PBS stuff Like Nova. Anything that goes to places outside of the U.S. I LOVE M.A.S.H. I've seen most of them, they're so funny, way better than anything tv does now. They actually knew what good script writing was.
Books:
Favorite Books include:
The Bible,
Blue Like Jazz (D.M),
Searching for God Knows What (D.M),
To Own a Dragon (D.M),
Wild at Heart (J.E),
An Ordinary Man (P.R),
Endurance,
Pilgrims Progress,
Jesus Freak Vol II,
Prey (M.C),
Sphere (M.C),
Timeline (M.C),
Congo (M.C),
The Testament (J.G),
Runaway Jury (J.G).
Favorite
Authors include:
Michael
Crichton (M.C) ,
John Grisham (J.G),
J.R.R Tolkien ,
Paul Rusesabagina (P.R),
Robert Ludlam ,
Louis L’Amour ,
Clive Cussler ,
Max Lucado ,
John Eldredge (J.E),
And
my favorite author is Donald Miller (D.M.)
Heroes:
Mr. John Avery
Whittaker-the embodiment of love and wisdom. Â
Don Miller- a picture of beauty in grace
…….and Peter’s
Dad Al, who was arrested in Pakistan and accused of being an Afghanistan spy in his teens :)
The
Best I Can – The Normals
I
sometimes hide behind my words
Sometimes I’m round the corner from these songs
But words are only words
Like days are only days
And I’m nothing for just singing along
The air is hot in Florida
The rain is cold in Maine
The thaw is flooding Washington
And this all feels the same
But You’ve brought me to this place where there’s nothing else but faith
And this is what I have been given and I will make the best I can
There’s a joy we find in living and a love that’s in Your
hand
Cason’s always talking about the sky that covers Kansas
And I wish I could be under it today
I’m tired of all the spinning lies
Tired of all this killing time
Tired of always getting in the way
I wish I could conjure up a love song
Wish I could pray the way my friends do back home
Is there a part of You that I still don’t believe
Cause this is not what I thought I had been praying for
But this is what I have been given and I will make the best I can
There’s a joy we find in living and a love that’s in Your
hand
Someday some girl will find my words beautiful
Someday some son will call me dad
Someday I won’t wake to find myself lying in another cold and lonely hotel bed
Someday Ill trade in this guitar for a city of golden praise
Someday I won’t be here any longer, Someday,
But this is what I have been given
And I will make the best I can
There’s a joy we find in living
And a love that’s in Your hand
