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chadels

Welcome to Tennessee. Patron state of shootin' stuff

About Me

FIRST OF ALL, I WILL NOT ADD ANYONE THAT I DON'T KNOW. AT LEAST SAY HI BEFORE REQUESTING! Well, for a living I am country artist Brad Paisley's guitar tech. I maintain all of his gear and guitars while we're on the road and in the studio. What that basically means is I make it so all he has to do is walk in and play. I've worked for several national acts in the last 7 years including Terri Clark, Jo Dee Messina and Sugarland. By doing this I have seen 49 states, Canada from Vancouver to Newfoundland, Switzerland, Australia, one night in Tijuana and somebody else paid for it. In fact I got paid to go. I've also gotten to do tours in support of Toby Keith and Reba McEntire. The road is better to me than any office I could ever work in but time away from home is hard when you miss someone. Who knows what life after the road will bring because I know I won't want to do this forever. I've only wanted to do music since I was 12 years old, so to think I actually get to do this is pretty amazing. I've mets lots of cool people along the way and I hope the ride doesn't end anytime soon. I dropped out of college, I can't do anything else!I'm open minded about most things, easy going and love to keep things simple. I don't like drama, egos, attitudes or anyone who believes they're better than anyone or just all around think that they're cool. Trust me, YOU'RE AN IDIOT, just like me and everyone else. I'm easy to talk to and am usually the most laid back person in the room. I love live music and in typical musician fashion (along with being caucasion i have 2 strikes against me) I can't dance too well. I think Family Guy is the greatest cartoon since Hong Kong Phooey, and it's near impossible for me to get bored.MYSPACELAYOUTSPY CODE START --
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My Interests

I have a question and answer section on the Dr. Z website at www.drzamps.com/. Go to the forum and click on 'Ask Myles or Chad'. It's a forum to discuss all things guitar and my buddy Myles and I answer questions about anything related to the subject. Myles works for Groove Tubes in San Fernando, CA. When it comes to tubes and amplifiers, he knows all and sees all. You can find him on my myspace page in my top friends or by going to his website www.guitaramplifierblueprinting.com. It's got over 400 pages of articles he's written that will answer any question you would ever have about a tube amp. Another buddy of mine has a cool website that is dedicated to what we do for a living. Mike 'Moses' Beck's site is http://www.mosesontour.com/ and it's full of pictures, videos and interviews from all of us who make our living out on the road. Check him out sometime and you'll see how we keep ourselves entertained out there

I'd like to meet:

I wanna meet Grouch Marx but since he's dead that kinda puts a damper on things. Other than that I really just want to reconnect with some old friends img src="http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u236/chadelsw/l_4c86 6c4306bfe29264b0740ae5ede971.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"

Music:

I used to say 'anything but rap and opera' but to be quite honest I'm liking less and less these days. I hate the whiney, 'sounds like I took a valium before I sang this song' kinda vocals and I REALLY hate vocal olympics. Please please please just SING THE FREAKIN' SONG! I don't need to hear every note you can sing everytime you open your mouth! Better yet, JUST SHUT UP! As far as influences go, in no particular order. Steve Wariner, Jerry Reed, Monte Montgomery, Billy Joel, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Dweezil Zappa, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Steve Vai, Michael Lee Firkins, King's X, Black Sabbath, Dio, early Metallica, Restless Heart, Queensryche, Shenandoah, Toto, etc. I like different things as you can tell

Movies:

Cannonball Run. Hands down favorite movie ever with everything the Marx brothers did at a close second

Television:

Family Guy, Robot Chicken, and Penn and Teller's Bulls**t. I'm a consistant channel surfer

Books:

I'd rather see the movie

Heroes:

my parents, Groucho Marx