Drumming is something I don’t talk about often on this site. I suddenly find that as odd because it is one of the primary identities of my life. I got my first trap set when I was in 5th grade as a ‘get well present’ from my grandparents. I played in my share of local […]

* I didn’t say a cup of black coffee…
After brewing some blue mesa blend, I went to add the cream. But there was only a few drops left.
Fortunately there was another carton waiting for me. Before I poured it though, I did the standard sniff check… WHOAH! sour city.
So after pouring the bad cream down […]

First Forerunner Music and now the IHOP front door. I knew I should have worn my FTSA t-shirt that night.

Now that I am no longer with Merchant Band there are questions I find myself facing.
Questions that I wish were settled but they aren’t. Issues that haven’t been worked out yet. Primarily…
…Do I Believe in a Nameless and Faceless Generation?
I’ve been here before. The pressing issues of unperceived ambition and pride are right back on […]

I have learned an exponential amount of information concerning leadership over the past several weeks, and especially over the past few days.
Something I didn’t know before was the difference between group leadership and infrastructure leadership.
Running the stage for 16 hours a day is pretty intense, but I am really having a blast. It sure is […]

Many of you know I have been playing with Merchant Band for 5 years. It has been a blast! I’m leaving the team on good terms with no motives other than the Lord is shifting things for all of us. It’s a good time for me and the band.
In celebration of the legacy that we’ve […]

Yesterday I got put into difficult situation.
But here’s the catch: it was difficult because of me. (nuts. I hate it when I happen.)
For the past 7 months Merchant Band has been working on our sophomore release. As you all know, things never work the way you want to and so six weeks ago it became […]

Tonight is the first night of the Atlanta onething conference and tonight was Merchant Band’s debut performance of Tim’s new song “You Love Me Forever”. This song is the first ’single’ of our new album due out this fall. It’s also the promo song for this year’s big December onething conference…

Merchant Band led worship for the Summer Teen Intensive tonight. There was about 300 teens crammed inside a room that seats about 250. The band was on the floor up front and I brought in my own drum kit. We had live wedge monitors instead of in-ears, and the teens were right up in front […]