I am the husband of one and the homeschooling father of five. I am a singer, songwriter, and a worship leader who plays guitar and piano. I am the Executive Director of Trinity Arts Center, a small Christian Arts Academy in Eastern Tennessee. I'm also a guitar teacher and -- I spend about half my time building web sites and helping companies organize their thoughts, fine tune their products, and turn their customers into company evangelists. I've been involved with four music projects in my life -- Hot Pink Turtle, Spin Radio, Stand Like Stone, and of course, Jamin Rathbun. I'm also training to be an Ultimate Fighter (that's not true). = )
musicFirst things first...
This page includes sarcastic references (and links) to heavy metal music, band names, song titles, lyrics, and the like. If you are not, nor have ever been into heavy metal music -- you probably won't appreciate (and might even be offended by) it and would probably be best advised to just move along. = )
This page includes sarcastic references (and links) to heavy metal music, band names, song titles, lyrics, and the like. If you are not, nor have ever been into heavy metal music -- you probably won't appreciate (and might even be offended by) it and would probably be best advised to just move along. = )
About five years ago, a group of heavy metal power houses (oh yeah) including Eric Peterson, Jimmy Brown (of Deliverance), Rick Mester, Todd Hurt, and (I don't remember who else) -- wrote and recorded songs for a fake metal project called Cauldron Of Puke. The inspiration for the project was a couple of REAL bands with names even worse that Cauldron Of Puke (I wish I remembered them). The point (I suppose) was to poke a bit of fun at the death/speed metal scene and -- to create a fake band to see if the tongue-in-cheek project would attract any fans.
Anyway -- my contribution was not included in the official Cauldron Of Puke site because the other participants thought my song sounded too "good." Feeling rejected and alone -- I archived my musical masterpiece, hidden away from human ears... Until now!
Note: Please enjoy "Kokeja" from the album "Spooky Sounding Words - Live At Great Skate." I actually played all of the instruments on this one... I'm especially proud of the "live" atmosphere and the background vocals. I feel like I really captured the genre. = )
Lyrics: Eat all you can and drink lots of milk because it tastes good and makes your bones strong and resistant to evil by pneumonic forces out in the dark. Chocolate chip or peanut butter, macadamia nut is OK. Just not the almond from Chinese place. They make you weak and succeptable. Now there's nothing left but the kokeja (cookie jar), reach your hand deep inside.
Yikes!
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