im done

I hate blogging. I am not a writer. If i want to journal i will do it in a private notebook and not let the world know what i am thinking or feeling. sometimes its a little smarter to not let the person next to you know how you are or more importantly what you are thinking. hold some cards in your hand, know what i mean? its too your advantage.
i'm done blogging for a while. if you all want to know how i am doing, call me, its more personal that way.

its been a while

So, its been a while since I have blogged........sorry, I have been too busy with a tour and bracing myself for what's next.....which may be the most interesting 2 months ever! Everyone needs to watch Jay Leno on the 21st because MercyMe will be on there playing a Christmas song! I get to meet him and hang for the day.....I think that is pretty cool.
And last night we found out that in Jan. we will be heading to the White House to meet the President and play at his prayer breakfast! Apparentley he personally requested that MercyMe be the band that does the service! I cant wait to meet him.......thats pretty amazing........ Now when I watch Forrest Gump again I will have a better understanding of what it was like for him to meet the President.

And, YES, I am bragging! Oh well, it's MY blog site.

Not bad for a band that a lot of people think are winding down their career (which has only been 5 years long) and are losing that "Imagine" edge (popularity) about them. Oh no, it seems to be the complete opposite! And not to mention this Spring they release their 4th record, which I have heard....and is the best so far! God continues to blow open new doors for this ministry and seems to be turning a knob and cracking another one that has the Mainstream world waiting on the other side with no clue what is about to hit them. Or is it US, who have no clue what we are about to face? Life could get real crazy soon......but in a good way! The wife is awesome and supportive and all is good on the Amick front. Bring it on!!!

See ya soon Leno & W.....I mean, Mr. President!

God contiunes to wow us with what he is doing in our lives!

Iron Bowl!

So, my job has brought me to the "land of college football!" We started rehearsals yesterday in Birmingham, AL, the hometown of my friend Brent Mckinney. He always talks about how big football is down here and today i unfortunatley got a taste of it.
Today at the local arena i made the mistake of asking a local guy who was working for us, something that turned out to be a "dumb" question. I asked, "so, is tommorrow the big game between Auburn and Alabama?" Wearing a Crimson Tide sweatshirt, he looked at me as if I had just asked him to solve world hunger, or if he was male or female! It could have been a simple yes or no question, but he took the oppurtunity to tell me the ENTIRE freakin' history of the two schools involved in the game, and ALL about the game itself. It was like he was an entire ESPN pre-game show all to his-self. He must have gone on for 30 minutes or so talking about the game.
I guess I had to experience the craziness first hand to sort of understand what my friend Brent (an Auburn grad) always talks about. They are football crazy down here for sure.
Maybe they just need a pro-sports team down here or something!

myspace

My wife talked me into getting one of those My Space sites where you keep in touch with your friends and what they are up to. So, If you are interested, or have a site, come see me!

softball!!

We lost again tongiht, but we sure had a blast together! Folr only the second game we have ever played, our CBC church team sure looked differetn than last week! we almost pulled one out in the last at bat tonight but lost 20-17. Looks like a football score, but so goes softball....lots of offense and no defense.

We had a great cheering section full of our sisters in Christ from the Bible study group. They were a lot of fun to listen too!

Dave came through and pitched strikes to keep us in it. Jude, Mark and Keith stepped up and had some big RBI's at the end of our line-up. My brother Brett played in the outfield where he doesnt feel very confortable (he's and infielder) and made some GREAT catches out there!

All in all, everyone had a blast and played great! we had som much fun......clean fun! That is what brotherhood is all about !

Hockey????

That sound you just heard was the dropping of that little black puck thing onto an icy surface and crickets chirpping loudly in the background. Is anyone really excited about the NHL season starting? Somebody wake me up when the playoffs start......that is if the Stars are in it. Apologies to my friend Brent.

Coldplay!!

Since I dont blog very much anymore, I forgot to write about a wonderful experience last weekend. Coldplay was in town at the Smirnoff in Fair Park and my amazing wife of nearly a year now thought it would be a great idea to get us tickets. She called it a "early" anniversary gift.

This was the most unbelievable show I have ever seen......no, it was beautiful! That really was the only word I could say when I was asked if I liked it.....Beautiful. That's not a word that men normally use, but......

I put on concerts for a living, using very expensive tools to make it look and sound great, and this show still floored me. Mainstream bands are apart of a different world, both musically and financially. And Coldplay definitley used that extra money! They had some of the best production I have ever seen in a concert. It made me appreciate what i do even more after actually watching a concert I wasn't working.

I love my wife for getting me the tickets and i love Coldplay for being the next U2!