Equal or Unequal

Had some interesting conversations today. If you have the time, check them out for yourself in the comment section of my facebook page. If you do take the time to read all these you'll know where I'm coming from better.

Soundmind Artists does not stand for anything other than what Jesus stood for. Before anyone goes off about how a Christian Record Label shouldn't be doing..whatever, let me say that first. THAT BEING SAID: I don't believe that those that live an alternative lifestyle are necessarily going to hell any more than a born again Christian is when they go a mile an hour over the speed limit! That's a pretty drastic statement to a lot of, so called, Bible believing Christians. Must it be said, YET AGAIN, that Jesus chose the lowest of the low to kick it with, and eat with (which was a very intimate thing in that time and culture) to the point where His disciples were EMBARRASSED of Jesus' behavior! So why is it any different NOW days than back then? It really shouldn't be! If we are treating those with different beliefs any differently than Jesus would've treated them then we are NOT being Christ-like! DUH!!!! So for all those nut jobs out there that are doing crap like THIS, SHAME ON YOU!!!!

Okay, so now I'm done with that rant. Those who hate God and think that God is a hateful and evil God... I don't have anything to say to you that will change your mind so I won't go any further than saying, the only thing that will change your heart, if anything at all ever will, is a truly genuine EXPERIENCE of who God really is, what He is and does, and a KNOWLEDGE through that EXPERIENCE of His love for us. If God can reveal it to me, a hard headed moron to say the least, then I KNOW He can give you something just as real too. BULEEDAT!!!

The Other Music Festival

I remember a time when the unsung hero had a place to perform regularly. What some uppity labels would consider unsignable, those who had a more open mind toward what makes music great, congregated and enjoyed the actually company of these groups. Some bands made bigger names for themselves and did eventually get signed to a major label down the road, but it all started with this idea to give the under dog in the Christian Music Industry a place to shine and show their skills. They even made room for a little ground breaking hip hop! Comunalien, Lojique, 3NP!, Braille, Redcloud, Dirt, and many other groups got a chance to share the stage with the likes of MxPx, P.O.D., Blenderhead, SoulFood76, Twin Sister, Tragedy Ann, Squad Five-O, Five Iron Frenzy, The Orange County Supertones, Stutterfly, 90 Lb. Wuss, Thee Pirates, Stavesacre, Slick Shoes, and hundreds (literally) more bands that fail to come to memory at the moment. It was these experiences that cemented the idea of doing Christian Music for the entirety of my life. I wish there were more pictures, but alas, there are just great, wonderful memories. Wish everyone could've been there with us. R.I.P. TOMfest!!!

Ha! Check these out! =D

There's a really fun app that I've been getting increasingly more and more excited about called "digisocial!" It's almost like "instagram" but it allows one to attach sound to each submission! This is very awesome for people like me especially! So I wanted to encourage you to download this app if you haven't already.
For the time being, it looks like it's only available as an apple application. Here's the link: DOWNLOAD
If you are one of the awesome people that make this app a main thing on your phone, here's my profile link. Make sure to add me! Nickels Hawkeye Digisocial Profile

Here is an example of a post I did this week.

Most of you know I have always been a Smashing Pumpkin's fan since their second album. I have been saddened by the idea that their latest work hasn't been as good. That is, until I heard this song! I've been REALLY getting into this song lately... Check it out.

Panopticon

Can you see why? It's melody and rythm signature are perfect together! Such emotion to it! I hope you got the same feeling I did when you heard it. Anyway... Thought I'd share.

On a rather different note, there is a group I'm in called Hundo, and I don't think many people have heard this kind of music come from my library too often. Hundo is Ricy Bauer (Vocals), Christopher Reeves (Guitar), Nickels Hawkeye (General Production), and Matt Ober (Percussion). Check out the first song we did...



We haven't done much more than this, but it's a dream of mine to get more material out before too long.
I love my friends...