Because the world has gotta know…..

How's everyone doing today? Good? Great! Lets get started....

This is a very important post about a good friend of mine. You may know him as Jason, Jason Paone, or Jason Clement Paone, but I know him by his real name, Jason “Albatross”. This guy has many talents, he’s a skilled handyman, a great husband, and an awesome Dad, but this post is about the one thing that he is most skilled at but gets the least recognition for and that is Music!! I’ll take you back to the beginning….. I first met Jason over a year ago at Wordstock ‘07 where we happened to be placed in the same room. Of course I didn’t really get much time to hang out with him because I was too busy romancing his sister, but a couple months later I came out to California to help fix up the Activated house with him. We became fast friends and I was able to see just how gifted this guy was in not only guitar work, but also the ins and outs of music theory. He was pretty steeped in “nu metal” so I had to school him in the arts of both Metalcore and guitar amp Etiquette. Then, like a butterfly coming out of its cocoon, he was transformed into a formidable Metal warrior. We ended up in the same home where we have been working together musically for the past year, but that’s only the beginning. We are now starting a band with Andrew, Dan, and Tim in Texas where we are going to tear the Enemy a new one through music. That is our history in a nut shell….. In all I would say that I have met my match in many ways when it comes to guitar playing, we do pretty well together. I’m the sort of guitarist that is not so technical. I rely more on the feel or the inspiration. My strong points are precision and timing I think. But I’m also really good at pretending like I know what I’m talking about just enough to not look like a complete musical idiot.

Jason has a great working knowledge of music theory which I think gives him the edge over most guitarist out there. He also has a great gift for composing and writing lyrics. Together I think we make a great team. I’m pretty excited about working with him, it’s going to be a lot of fun.

By posting this on my blog I don’t people the think that I don’t love my other band mates or friends, I’ll probably post about them at some point, but I felt that the world needed to hear about “the Albatross” and I wanted to be the one to tell them. Jason is a good guy with a big heart and he really is a strong disciple who is going to go far for the Lord.

I feel the need to mention that he has one of the best looking families I’ve ever seen.

His wife Clara has redefined the meaning of the word gorgeous and his daughter Julie is smart, beautiful, and has an undying love for her uncle Marky

….a recipe for success.

I’m pretty happy about starting a new home and work with the Albatross family and I can only hope we will stay together for a long time. Stay tuned everyone, there is so much more to come.

Peace out!!

War of Ages

Man, i just heard "Arise and conquer" from the Christian Metal band "War of Ages" and If you enjoy "breakdowns", these boys can lay it down. I would say their style is a mix between the brutal hardcore riffs of "living sacrifice" and the high end speed lead guitar work of "Dragon Force". You can check out their Myspace right here.

I'm going to post about the phenomenon that has taken over not only the metal scene but the mainstream rock world as well. Stay tuned for my take on "Christian Metal" , it's going to be a real doozie.

In the other corner of my room....

Be very jealous!

The corner of my room

Be Jealous!

At the beach

So yesterday was freeday and i spent the majority of it sleeping. The other part was spent with my good pals Angel, Dan, Clara, and Jason on a beautiful beach here in Ensenada. Jason prepared a nice picnic and, with some tasty beer and vodka in hand, and we ended up having a swell old time. Here are some pictures.