the gunshow

Our son had his CD release show last night! The Currents album is on iTunes. A huge turn out made it a whole lot of fun!

The stage was so surrounded by kids I couldn't even catch a glimpse of the band! So we will settle for merch pictures and their promo shot I guess. These are their shirts - (nice Indian!) I think they have as much fun designing them as selling them. To look around the room and see how many people were wearing their shirts was fun!

They hit the road this morning bright and early and will be playing tonight in Indiana then head toward Illinois. They will be gone for almost a month and we will miss them!

We encouraged them to serve the Lord in every aspect of their travels and prayed them on their way. What an exciting time of travel and unusual ministry. From what we as parents have seen, thegunshow has a good handle on combining authentic ministry with opportunity to perform and witness. We are extremely proud of our son!!

How cool!

I need to write

It is so predictable that when either of my kids are around I am completely off schedule! It doesn't take much. And one of the things I miss the most is writing. It takes time and it takes focus - I have neither right now.

It doesn't help that the weather is also so out of whack! I cannot believe it as I sit in my living room watching the snow blow past the windows, first from the right and then from the left. Completely off schedule. Yesterday in flip flops, today in socks and boots. Crazy.

My son leaves again tomorrow after his CD release show and I miss him so much when he's gone. But, with an organized house I think a little more clearly, (not crystal), but clearer and I remember the God moments of my day.

I need to write. Tomorrow I hope to begin again!

my day off

On my day off I am recovering from last night. We were unexpected hosts for a mini music festival last night. Our daughter's CD release show was scheduled for CD Jungle in Mansfield, but plans fell through at the last minute, so we hosted!

Phone calls were made, texts were sent, MySpace was updated and we hustled to set up sound and everything they needed. This is some video I shot of Sing For Company (our daughter's band) and The La De Les, band from Michigan. It was the first time I've used this camera, so a little jiggly, but you get the idea!

The show wasn't too bad for last minute put together...sound issues a few times, but, I think you can hear the girls. They amaze me, they sing and lay live tracks on Joci's loop pedal vocally and instrumentally, then sing over them - sounds like a whole choir at times! They even back mask, remember when groups used to use that technique with hidden messages? Now, I'm showing my age! Enjoy.