I'm a Christian, so Jesus is my first passion, and in addition to my job, I'm also involved as a worship leader at New Testament Fellowship Church in Alton, IL. I try to spend as much free time as I can getting to know God better through worship, through His word, and through fellowship with other believers.
Music
Too many to mention in one place, but I'll give it a shot . . .
By the way, you can also check out my station on Yahoo!'s LAUNCH service. My screenname on there is singmelaughing, and you can see what's on my station by looking up my name profile at launch.yahoo.com.
Saviour Machine, Steve Taylor, Fold Zandura, Keane, The Killers, Aleixa, Five Iron Frenzy (R.I.P.), Mortal, The Choir, The Seventy Sevens, Mae, Anberlin, David Crowder Band, Joy Electric, The Juliana Theory, The Urge, Switchfoot, Fleming and John, Petra (R.I.P.), The Prayer Chain, Juggernautz, Green Day, The Violet Burning, Adam Again, Daniel Amos, Pedro the Lion, P.O.D., The Arcade Fire, Lost Dogs, Mute Math, The Killers, Roper, Mark Heard (R.I.P.), Leftfield, Andy Hunter, MxPx, Oingo Boingo (R.I.P.), Nine Inch Nails, Ben Folds, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Blindside, VAST, Further Seems Forever, Circle of Dust, Massivivid, Deitiphobia, Celldweller, Zeromancer, Kids In the Way, Matt Redman, Chevelle, Jonzetta, Thousand Foot Krutch, WhiteHeart (R.I.P.), FurtherMore, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Phil Keaggy . . .
Movies
Some of my favorite movies of all time . . . Fight Club, Memento, The Crow, Batman Begins, High Fidelity, The Natural, A Simple Plan.
Some of the better movies I've seen and personal favorites, although probably not in the top 10. . . Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Fountain, The Insider, Batman, The Matrix trilogy, The Nightmare Before Christmas, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Passion of the Christ, The Shining, The Negotiator, American Beauty, Swimming With Sharks, The Incredibles, Serenity, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Diary of a Mad Black Woman . . .
Television
Books
Heroes
Jesus Christ. He was the ultimate hero, the only man I've ever known to die for someone, and he died for me.
If you need a hero, leave me a comment with your email address. I'd love to talk to you about who Jesus is and how He can be everything you've ever looked for in your life.
I'm a musician and songwriter by trade, actor and comedian by hobby, Production Director by day, and mobile Disc Jockey by night.
My beautiful wife Julie and I got married on July 11, 2003. That's right, 7/11. Shuttie uppie. No children as of yet, but we are trying, hoping, and praying.
I enjoy all kinds of music, but am partial to punk, emo, metal, industrial, gothic, and good old straight-up rock n' roll. Anything that has a hook is a guilty pleasure, and I also enjoy brooding music, music that isn't easily accessible, music that stretches the boundaries of what most people would hear on the radio, and music that is epic in scope and execution.
I'm also a writer. I write mostly songs, although most of the songs so far consist of only lyrics. I've probably got 20-30 songs completed in form, but about 100 more pieces with no music to them yet. I am also in the middle of writing a piano-based rock opera, which, frankly, I've been writing since about 2002. I don't know when it's going to be completed, but I hope to light the fire again under my rear end one of these days.
I am a comedian and an actor. I worked professionally with ComedySportz St. Louis (now defunct) from 1998 to 2000, and also with CITY Improv St. Louis (also now defunct, go figure) for most of 2001. Only choose to make a career in comedy or comedy theater if you don't mind working crappy side jobs to make up for the income you won't get working on stage. I had some great experiences and learned a lot about what makes a team player versus what makes an individual shine, and it's an area I'd gladly go into again if I knew a way to make a decent living at it. Actually, the next season of Last Comic Standing may very well be calling my name.
Who I'd like to meet: I'm not on here specifically to meet people, but I would like to connect and network with all kinds of people.
Mostly, I am always interested in networking with other musicians to create and perform music.
I currently work as the Production Director for my church, New Testament Fellowship in Alton, IL (STLChurch.com). We're a progressive church -- we use as many outlets as we can to help spread the message of Jesus' love and saving grace to our community and to the world around us. My job consists of presenting the Gospel message in as many creative ways as possible without pandering to the churched, without alienating the unchurched, and without offending anyone. Easier said than done, believe me.
If you check out the church's website - www.STLChurch.com -- you'll find out all about our ministries, and you can even download free MP3s and podcasts from our archive of past messages.
On the weekends, I moonlight as a DJ for Complete Music DJ Service, the largest mobile Disc Jockey entertainment company in the St. Louis area. I'm proud to say that I've been in the Top 5 DJs (out of about 50) each of the last 2 years, and I plan on remaining there as long as I can. If you need a DJ for any kind of event -- wedding reception, birthday party, class reunion, anniversary party, graduation party, what have you -- we book DJs for any type of event all over the St. Louis/Metro East area and surrounding areas, and we DON'T CHARGE TRAVEL PAY. Contact Complete Music DJ Service at 1-800-369-3535, or find us on the web at www.completemusicinc.com. Tell them "DJ Zack Attack" sent you.
See my Networking and Companies sections for more information.
I've been a bad Jenn-Bell...haven't said "hi" in ages!! Just wanted to let ya know I became a mommy (shocking, I know) and we're living in St. Charles now :) Hope all is going good for ya!!
Hey hey..what up homess?!?!? Always seeing you on the go so Hey:] Yeah I have been too...So far been hitten the books and no job but i have been doing alot of odd jobs all-over, but i put some application in some place's and praying alot for the RIGHT job to come along... Working hard on getting a schlorship in my GED class and Psychology class for a full ride hopefully... Next semester i want to take a music class/theory, amongst other things. I am hopeing the music class will inspire sum new "stuff"... But so far the "Good Book" ,ha, has been my biggest inspiration, along with alot of worship/fasting/OBEDIENCE, the prayer movement is so SPECTACULAR on a side note..... So yeah, thats the Life of Sydnie at this point with a few bumps, hills and mountain overcome and possibly a few in the future to be concurred.... So peace out Homess, LOVE Sydnie.
I took the TuneHead's music advice and bought my first Anberlin CD (Cities). It is really good. I'm going to have to look more into some of the harder music.
