So it’s been forever… again! What have I been up to? Growing. Both as a person and as a musician. I’ve written some other posts and need to put them up soon, if I can find them. Most of the stuff I’ve written has been scribbled on random pieces of paper or napkins, paper towels, etc. Some of it is probably good, some not so much. Anyway, here’s what’s been up.
Animated Backdrops is in reboot mode. I guess you can say it’s somewhat of a corporate restructuring. We ran into some issues with the company that does the administration for one of our domains. They don’t do the hosting and were supposed to transfer the administration to the company that does. They failed to and now the domain is in limbo. We still own it but it’s not working properly. That gave us perfect timing to completely redesign the website. I haven’t really messed with HTML and Flash in years so this is taking quite a bit of my time to get things how we want it. I’m spending hours upon hours editing and writing HTML. (I’m sure you care) Hopefully the finished product is a professional, clean and user friendly site that you all can enjoy.
In terms of staff and Artists, the roster has been cleaned completely. I am the only artist currently active on the roster though there are others who are still affiliated or have deals in the works. Half of the executive team is no longer with the company. Other opportunities came up and it was a mutual parting of ways. With that being said, the plans for my album have changed a little. I may be postponing a full album for the time being and instead focusing on overseeing the second Kingdom Kids Project release. Details should be coming in the next few weeks. I will still release a solo project but it will more likely be an EP instead of a full length album.
For those of you who don’t know, every year I help train and lead teams of students on foreign missions trips. Last year we took teams to Haiti and El Salvador. This year we will be taking a team to Panama and a team to Venezuela. This is where a large portion of my time goes every year. We spend 6 months training (Jan- Jun), have youth camp for the state in Jul, then take the second team in Aug. In my personal ministry, this is the time when I see the most rapid growth in students. Taking them out of their comfort zone and removing all the distractions while pushing them to really seek after God has been a life changing experience for countless students over the past few years. It also allows them to see how other cultures live and remove the bubble that they live in.
I told you back in October that I wasn’t with Apple anymore. It’s been both good and bad to have a “retail work schedule” again. My hours are all over the place. It’s been hard to set a real routine for writing, recording, studying, working out (I’m really out of shape right now), etc. One day I have to leave at 5:30 am and the next I might not leave until 2:30 pm. Some days I get home at 4:30 pm and another I may not get home until 2 am. No excuses though. I’ll be hitting you with some new music soon. I may drop another mixtape or at least drop some verses for you.
On another note, there was an update to my iPhone/iPod touch app. You have to have the latest version of the iPod/iPhone software. It now has the Kingdom Kids Project album on there and there is a timeline for the twitter feed. I think a couple other bugs were fixed as well. Big thanks to Jason over at Swift Fox Software. We will be getting into app development in the near future. Well I need to get ready for work. I’m sure you’ll here from me soon. Thanks for reading.
