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WELCOME TO THE STORY AND HISTORY OF MY MINISTRY.
NINE YEARS AGO GOD MOVED MY LIFE INTO A NEW DIRECTION.
I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT USING MY TALENTS, ABILITIES, AND TIME
FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN GLORIFYING GOD WAS USELESS.
GOD THEN STARTED UTILIZING MY ARTWORK, MUSIC, SKATING, AND VOICE FOR
THE PURPOSES OF MINISTRY. MY DRAWINGS CHANGED FROM SKULLS AND GORE
TO ROMANTIC GOTHIC CATHEDRALS. MY LYRICS WERE NO LONGER POLITICAL
WHINING BUT EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE AND SERVITUDE FOR JESUS. MY SKATING
BECAME AN OPPOROTUNITY TO WITNESS TO YOUTH IN THE WORLD. AND, MY DIRTY
MOUTH BECAME A INSTRUMENT OF PRAISE.
THIS IS WHEN "IN THE RED" WAS BORN. AFTER WRITING AND REHERSING FOR
SEVERAL YEARS, I WAS READY TO GO FULL DIGITAL RECORDING.
AT THIS TIME I WAS INVOLVED IN A LOCAL SECULAR BAND CALLED "454"
AND THEY HAD A RECORDING STUDIO THAT I HAD FULL ACCESS TO.
SO I BEGAN TO STUDY DIGITAL & MULTI-TRACK RECORDING. I ALLREADY
HAD PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN MULTI-TRACK TAPE RECORDING BUT I WAS
COMPLETELY SICK OF THE LOW QUALITY. I CURRENTLY HAD ABOUT 10 SONGS
WRITTEN ON GUITAR.
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