Life is a roller coaster

Whoever first made that analogy was dead on. The musical aspects of my life certainly have cycles, but now I’m beginning to see that those cycles are even part of much larger peaks and valleys. Let’s take a look at the history. When I graduated high school and started college, I was:

• Leading worship in 9am (a rock/worship band)
• Leading worship at a church (Sandario Baptist)
• Playing keyboard at another church (Mission View AG)
• Singing in two choirs at Pima CC
• Writing/recording for Stand Alone

Somewhere along the line, 9am fizzled out, but I picked up a gig as the lead guitarist in the Priority Band at First Southern Baptist. Several changes and a year later, I was:

• Playing guitar for the Priority Band
• Playing guitar for the BSU
• Leading worship at Refuge Center concerts

And that eventually was reduced to just the Priority Band. Sure, Stand Alone was still writing here and there, but it has never really picked up momentum. So, for several years now, I have been simply:

• Playing guitar for the Priority Band

Of course, as many of you know, I recently switched careers to audio engineering. That made it impossible for me to play on Sundays for Priority Band. Very depressing, but I have been lucky enough to continue playing with Priority for several worship gigs. And now, every coaster goes up after going down. In only a matter of weeks, I am now:

• Playing guitar for the Priority Band (just not on Sundays)
• Filling in and playing guitar for the Pantano Christian worship band
• Writing/recording and leading Stand Alone (in the works)
• Leading worship in 9am (in the works)
• Playing guitar for Holding Ground (another worship band)

See? Told you! It would make a beautiful graph.

Alright, so now that I’ve prefaced it, here’s the real purpose of this post. I have a vision and a proposal. Imagine a one-night worship concert experience. Imagine hours of music and prayer. Imagine 3 bands and 3 worship leaders. This could be the most influential and powerful night of worship that Tucson has experienced! They don’t know it yet, but I’m going to ask the Priority Band, 9am (my old buddies), and Holding Ground to sit down and collaborate an agenda. The worship leaders: Lyle Thompson, Philip Cain, and Sean Stone. Man, this could be awesome! Right now, the most obvious place to host it seems like Pantano Christian Church. I’ll provide more information as it develops.