Category: News

So I still can’t figure this one out. Over the last three months, I’ve spent very little time working on the “business side” of music, and most of my time on the “creative side”. The results? Not a lack of them, I’ll tell you that much.

Obviously, I’ve had my hands in a lot of things, as of late, and the ball is finally rolling on Restoration Project; but honestly, two weeks ago really marks the end of a period where I haven’t been putting in the time to book gigs, do promo, etc. I’ve been primarily focused on the creative end of my profession.

This Saturday, I’ll be performing the biggest concert of my career so far. And the gig just landed in my lap. It just happened to come from a guy I know – at church! I’ll be performing with Restoration Project, opening for Sleeping At Last.

But that’s not all. A few friends of mine in ResProj have accomplished what I have never been able to on the Wheaton College radio station: WETN, 88.1 FM: yesterday morning Paige Winfield had an interview promoing the album, on the “Joy in the Morning” program. Just amazing. And this coming week, I expect the album to be in rotation on the station. Again, unattainable for me, personally – even with my new recordings from Nashville.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the chance to read. Alot. I finished Moby Dick (though I started this a while ago) and I read The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. I loved both books. Obviously, Moby Dick is epic. But both books really push the reader to answer the questions: “Is there any good in humanity?” and “Are we in control of our own destinies?”

Honestly, I don’t think the answers are so simple. Certainly, people demonstrate small amounts of goodness at some point, but the question then becomes: what is the origin of that goodness? Is it generated from within us, or is it placed upon us somehow? McCarthy’s book is a battle for survival – a journey where the only thing left to do is keep moving.

The road itself is, in the book, a metaphor for all of life: we don’t know how things will turn out, but we have no choice but to continue on. McCarthy’s book ends with a resounding “yes” to the question “Is there good in humanity?”. But I tend to disagree with where that goodness seems to be generated from. McCarthy would most likely say that the goodness is self-generated and that all humans are inherently good. I think that this goodness is given to us.

I highly recommend both books, but I would suggest skipping some of the Melville’s writing on Cetology. Though it adds a miniscule amount of depth to Melville’s main character, it does not really add to the plot or overall effectiveness of the book. (Don’t tell him I said that!)