I haven't been able to blog much lately. But on my end, it's ok because I have been expressing myself creatively a lot more in other ways of late. Definitely not short on opinions and rants that's for sure! ;-)
Heather (aka: my "foxy") is pregnant with our 4th child. She's queasy all the time it seems and that makes me think we're having a boy. This is similar to what she went through with Christian. Hope to know soon if I am correct! August 27th is the due date.
I've had great opportunities to help other music ministries in their efforts lately. One example would be a freshly designed myspace for Hillsong London in anticipation of their US tour next month that Integrity is promoting.
myspace.com/hillsonglondonofficial
Check it out...Add them to your friends!
This will seem HIGHLY insignificant to you, but I think it's cool...
Integrity Music is about to launch Israel Houghton's iPhone App. The first app for a Christian artist! Chris Estes led the development team and had me beta test it. Through that, I was able to provide feedback that I was missing a pause option for songs. On the fly Chris asked me to work up a pause icon...I did..and voila: I have a small part of the first iPhone app for a Christian artist!
Told you it wouldn't be as cool to you as it is to me! ;-)
I mostly work for Integrity Music, but, I did accept a small outside project that I took a Saturday afternoon to create. It's a media/press destination site for Inspirational/Country legends The Oak Ridge Boys. I just HAD to do it considering I sang many a "UMM PAH PAH MAU MAU's" when I was like 9 years old. Plus, they still have the guy with the seriously long beard. Who wouldn't wanna' do that job?
Here's a bit of what it looks like:
Also made some fresh graphics for my church...I do it for free as time allows and I enjoy it. Especially if it helps us reach beyond our 4 walls.
In other news, Christian completed a 4 performance run with Gibson Southern High School's production of West Side Story. Pretty cool show! Since January, Christian went from never dancing to doing full blown choreographed songs quite well. This event was especially cool since it was the last performance in the current auditorium.The new & improved one will be used next year. By the way, Christian is an 8th grader who was invited by director Matt Hart to be a part of the high school production. He not only looks like a rock star, he's got some talent to back it up! (yeah, proud & biased dad...deal with it!)
I twitter so often that most of this won't be news for too many folks..but I needed to unwind and blogging was my outlet of choice for the night.
One question: If money were not a factor, what would you be doing with your life? Is it vastly different than what you are doing now? If so, are you living an unfulfilled life by not following your true passion? I've asked myself this a lot recently and was amazed to be able to honestly say, I wouldn't change much at all. But I think it's a valid question that everyone should ask themselves from time to time. A "gut check" is always good.
See ya soon!
jamie
PS: House Of Guardian | April 2009
