EBS Sweden AB - Professional Bass Equipment

EBS Sweden AB - Professional Bass Equipment

This is my newly re-found toy! I am trying to get into a practice routine.

New Post

Isn't is amazing that I am here creating a new post? It has been a while and seems a necessary thing to get some of the goodies out of my jumbled mess of a brain. First thing is first though, my newly discovered passion of music.

Music has a grip in my life. I have not always been the connoisseur that I am today. It had to grow on me and find its way into my heart. There are so many purposes for music. Comfort, release, expression, therapy. I love to sing along with most everything I listen to, I even find myself humming or vocalizing the instrumental stuff.

My recent recourse to music was when I realized that I had spent 1000 dollars on a bass guitar, not to mention equipment, that was sitting in front of the congregation at church while someone else played a different bass... how sad! I have been in various bands throughout my life, even the same band with different names, only to find myself moving on in life to pursue my wife and child. I know God has blessed my in these things and my family gives me all the more inspiration to write and play.

Which, related and not, brings me to another new found joy: writing. I love to write, catchy phrases, deep ideology with a twist on words, or something as simple as a blog entry. Starting this one I realized how I had lost my edge on typing... So now with patience and determination I plan to regain my passions.

Full time work and parenting and being a husband has the main role in my life, all hand in hand having the same ultimate goal. I love the family I have received from the Lord. I am passionate about my ability to consider and describe the things of this world, and the gift of music to better do so with. I long for the day I can do all these things with out the presence of sin and have an eternity to do them.

Various Bands Compilation - Mutinous Wonderflesh vs. The Body Under The Head: A Tribute to Blaster The Rocketman (2008)

Various Bands Compilation - Mutinous Wonderflesh vs. The Body Under The Head: A Tribute to Blaster The Rocketman (2008)

Here is a blast to the past. Blaster the Rocket Man tribute that my band Neutron Bomb was able to take part in.

A great band, that had such a following and love from their brothers and sisters in Christ. Free download from Noise Trade, link on the page. Please share this by what ever means you can!!!

Has anyone seen my head?

We are all familiar with the saying, "I'd loose my head if it weren't attached," well, not only do I sympathize with if but sometimes feel that it would be all the better if I did loose it so I would have an excuse for absent mindedness.  I tend to be a bit hard on myself when it comes to performance.  "A worker is worthy of his wages," and "Do not muzzle the ox while it treads out grain."  I understand a hard days work, and my dad can attest that I had to learn the hard way.  


Learning to work is a common occurrence, all people have to do it or they don't eat or have a home.  So I work hard to provide for my family.  The bible commends this as a good thing, our nation seconds the motion, and I know my wife and child appreciate my drive to provide for them.  I, however, try to strive to do my best and often feel that I am failing.  I know that I produce decent work in a fairly reasonable time... some of the time.  Someone pays to have work done, the workers work within the means of the price paid, and the remainder is the profit to the company.  My goal= use less of the alloted amount to increase profit.  Making more money for the boss means you are worth more.


I am sure we all have those days where we forget everything and everything is against us, yeah I have had a few too.  What gets me is that I know in my head what I forgot or what I needed to do to make it go smoother, yet I didn't...  When I do work for myself this doesn't have a huge effect except for my time compared to my pay.  But, when it's for the boss, I am not profitable.  I feel I need to work on my memory skills and multitasking abilities to avoid these situations.


"Slow and steady wins the race."  Slow and steady, doing it correctly the first time will yield better results the second time around.  If you are focused and take a moment longer to assure you are doing your task correctly it will be done well and if you go to repeat it you will have a better knowledge of what is required.  In my line of work there can be a lot of repetition and this kind of planning is necessary. Though sometimes I tend to get caught up in a hurry and this is when things get rough.


Pray for me, for patience with myself, and for sharpness in my mind.  I want to be profitable to my bosses and to others.  I desire to have a sharp wit and mind to give an answer and resolve a situation.  I'd like to be more efficient and less wasteful.  You can probably see where this would apply to situations outside of work as well.  In life we need to take the time to do things profitably and with out wastefulness.

Quick rant

Just a couple thoughts...

For you Chico people, how many of you have tried the Bear?  Madison Bear Gardens that is, bar and grill type of place.  Well I have only been there twice, I believe, once with Aaron for fries and Guinness.  And, again just the other day, and let me say: its decent.  Of course it is more of a bar type of place, so not a family joint, but fun none the less.  I am not a bar type of guy at all, but the burgers are killer.  The fries however are sadly bland.  For all the drunkies looking to get something to soak up the beer they will do, but next to the burger... nah!

I have been invited to play with one of the worship teams at my church.  A fun affair for sure, seeing that I love a good jam.  I need to get more used to actually playing complimenting parts.  A great bass player makes a strong foundation and can support in times need for the guitar.  Though one of the common things I hear is that the bass lines tend to "out-do" the vocals.... no bueno, unless it is a band without vocals and happens to be a bass led song.  I do feel that in most music, bass is really just something that is there because it should be.  Like why all punk bands stick to a 1, 4, 5 chord progression with a quick beat; both guitar and bass are equally distorted and played with a pick.  Bluegrass, is thought to always have that bouncy 1, 5 bass line (i.e. Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash; not necessarily bluegrass I know but a spin of for sure.)  In other words, I want to be an "active" player but not so noticed for all my fancy techniques, but rather that on a subconscious level the band sounds better do to where I can fill in with the lower set of notes.

I love being a dad, I smile many times a day just because of my little boy.  Seeing pictures in my phone even, I get a bit choked up.  He is just a joy to have and to watch him grow and learn new things.  I do have, in the back of my head, a little nagging, thinking about stuff I want for him and what I need to do to achieve those things and whether or not I am living my life in a way I would want him to follow.... and so on.  But I am confident that if I continue to strive after Jesus, He will direct me and Josiah will follow His example.

Thats about it...  

The oddity of the church

"The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.  It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." Matthew 13:31

From a humble beginning with 12 guys, one previously deceased teacher, a new gospel and a resurrection to prove it the church started in upper rooms waiting for direction.  That direction came in a powerful way as the Holy Spirit descended upon them bringing the gift of tongues as a witness of the power of God.  So in just a few days the church grew to over 3000 people! But, how could these 12, also being new believers, take on a congregation of 3000?

I believe in a better condition...

Or, "We have eternity in our hearts." Or, "Thinking that life matters is an understatement."

This will hopefully turn out to be more of a "free flowing" blog seeing that I intend to cover a broad statement. This comes from the verse that says that we have eternity written in our hearts (Psalms... I think...). Obviously one of the titles is this verse, yet the other two are from lyrics by a couple of bands that I enjoy. I believe this topic is more widely discussed than we would see on the surface.

Story is a marvelous way to put out a point and invoke an emotional response. We see this everywhere: campfires, bedtime, books, radio, movies and so on. Most of the best stories have a common theme. Good triumphs over evil, and the underdog comes out on top.

Wages

Most understand how wages work: your preform a task for someone in exchange for some form of wages.  Some of us know more than others, and some wish they had more experience with this.  This does however apply to more than just money or goods.

Quick first post.

So here is a little bite to start off with... yes, bite, not bit, but bite like a sandwich.

Do you ever get the feeling that you some times catch up to your life?  Or your life catches up to you?  I have had both experiences, though over the past 2 years it has definitely been the first.  At times it almost feels as if I wake up and so much has happened.