"so it had to happen some time! i have put off doing this for ages, i don't really know why, i think it's cause i always want the 1st thing to be the best, or at least really good, that's why i have 2 moleskine sketchbooks on my window sill waiting to be broken into! and why i have 3 separate blogging accounts all with nothing on. well, 'here goes'.
So my life, for those reading who don't know me, consists of a number of things some normal, some not so normal. Music, as cliché as it is to 'not be able to live without music' i think there is some truth in this statement, i do enjoy music a lot, i play the guitar and sing, and attempt to play the piano, as well as loving listening to music. i think music helps you bring out your emotions, and helps you to express how you feel, listening and playing. i wish i could write songs, i have tried for those who tell me to 'just give it ago', i have given it all of my goes and have accomplished nothing. i study music technology and i love creating all kinds of crazy sounding music using what ever rubbish my college can provide us with on their tight budget. i recently composed a piece of music using samples of Barack Obama's New Hampshire pre primary speech (where he came 2nd to Hilary Clinton, which i think is mental considering its the famous, 'yes we can', 'we want change' speech). Click Here to have a listen! i really enjoyed making this, my favourite bit is 2.25 in where i played the harmonics and used compression to bring out the ring. MMMM! so yeah, that's music. well a slice of how it fits into my life.
music brings me nicely to another massive part of my life, which is Worship. i am a Christian, i believe in God the Father, God the son (JESUS), and God the Holy Spirit. i believe that Jesus died to save us from eternity with out him, and that the reason that happened was because God loves us all too much! so how does music fit into all this? well i am created to worship God, and to give him a whole load of stuff, listed here! one of the ways i love to worship God is by singing to him, playing my guitar or piano and singing what i feel towards him. so yeah! music = worship to me! (there is a whole other debate about weather all music is worship to God, maybe i will leave that for a later blog post when i am more established in the world of the blogger). In church i sometime play in the worship band, sometimes even lead the band and the rest of the church in worship and i love it when we can all just be honest, where we can all just sing to our creator tell him how amazing he is, tell him how much we love him, and how much we love what he has done for us!
The creator brings me nicely onto my next point, which is Design (see what i did, creator, designer? haa, ok no! :\)I do graphics, i like making images that please the eye, one of the reasons i like graphic design, is cause its the nice version of art! haha! well most art, but then the art that i do like i could class as graphics in a way anyway so there we go! i like order, and neatness, so graphic design helps me do this in a creative way (much more interesting that just tidying your bedroom!). so as you can see that picture at the top of this post says my name, and i did in fact make that image, and if i don't say so myself, no one else will, (haha) i think it looks pretty good! so yeah that was a very brief look into my life as a designer (picture doer), but i no doubt will write about that more in the future.
So that is a 3 point take on my life, music, god and design. but not in that order! :D hope you have enjoyed.
Peace out."
