The band was invited back to play in Speculator NY, up in the Adirondack Mountains, at Winter Xtreme 2010. Here’s a few photos from the weekend…

We’re excited to be able to give away this Christmas single, The Little Drummer Boy.  Thank you all for your prayers and support.  And we’d especially like to thank Neil Godding and Adrian Saludes for taking so much time to work on this holiday project! May the Lord bless you all as you worship Him this Christmas.  Enjoy!

John 1:1-5

The Eternal Word

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God. ³ All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. ⁴ In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵ And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John 1:14-18

The Word Becomes Flesh

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
¹⁵ John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”
¹⁶ And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

Isaiah 9:6-7

The Government of the Promised Son

⁶ For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
⁷ Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

p.s.- Tomorrow morning we’ll be releasing a Christmas single, The Little Drummer Boy.  It will be free for download at least until the New Year.  So get it and give it while you can!  May the Lord Jesus bless you this holiday season.

This week we’ll be finishing up tracking a few songs for the upcoming EP. We’re really excited about two that we were able to work on today, “Feel It” and “Swing Low”, and Lord-willing, we’ll be wrapping them up tomorrow. I thought I’d post a few pictures from today. Hope you enjoy them!

Our aim is to get a few of the progressing songs posted here in the next few days so that you can have an early listen.

Okay, that’s all for now…it’s an early day tomorrow so I’m off to bed! But go ahead and click the more button to see a few more pictures of today. May the Lord bless you!

So on Oct. 12, Juan, Dave and I went to the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan.  Basically it was a time to look at new or “up and coming” audio equipment.  David and I were sent two passes to attend back in 2007, and last year. But due to being on tour last year, we weren’t able to make it.  When I got three passes this year, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity.

While there, we were able to meet with  manufacturer’s reps and ask them questions about their products that we have read about and wanted a little more info on.  Juan, our DJ, was really excited about one product in particular. The Novation “Launchpad”.   He uses Ableton for live performances, and below I’ve posted a video on this new Ableton Controller, the “Launchpad”:

This unit would be used to help us make beats for our music.  It looks great and is something we are praying towards possibly buying.  We also looked at some digital soundboards and other equipment.

There was definitely some equipment that is coming out that we feel would assist in our ministering through music.  So now that we’ve seen it, we’re praying for what stuff the Lord would want us to acquire, if anything!  It was a good time as we also got to tell some of those reps what we did and witness to them through a common bond of music!

Okay, well, that’s it from this end.  I will post a couple more pictures below.  God Bless

Most of the band, being brothers, grew up together on Staten Island, NY. On October 23, we were invited to play at Church At The Gateway, which is located right by the Outer Bridge on Staten Island.

It was a bit of a rainy day and we got to the church around 3:30pm to load in, and begin a sound check. Around 4:30 we started experiencing some technical difficulties with Chris’s keyboard, or so we thought. Apparently it wasn’t the keyboard. It turned out to be a problem with the Midi-USB wiring. So after our friend Vinnie lent us his Keyboard, and a sound and lighting tech from Gateway, also named Chris, tried a few few different interfaces (I know some people reading this may be getting lost in translation…please read on anyway) we quit trying to remedy the problem, gave it to the Lord, and pressed on with Chris playing keys with no effects.

We also had the great pleasure of having our good friend Jay, from Long Island, make the journey out to play the show with us. It was a huge blessing and made the sound all the richer in quality. Jay also plays the piano

So in the end, the show went off without really any “hitches”. And the sound progressed in some really great ways. The new rendition of “Stick ‘Em Up” was quite a high note in the evening. If I’m not mistaken, there were random dance parties breaking out around the room! Quite the good time!

To Ronnie, and everyone who helped out and had us out, thanks for a great night. We hope you were as blessed by the evenings events as we were. We pray that Jesus was lifted up through our music. God bless you guys over at Church At The Gateway. We hope to see you again soon!

Hey all. This post is a little late, but on the 17th of October we were able to finally get back to Kresgeville PA. The last time we had been there was the summer of 2005. Right before we went to the U.K. for the first time.

At that show, the church in Kresgeville gave us a keyboard, and we’ve been using it since! Thank you so much MiddleCreek Church for having us back. We really were blessed by you…again!

We played on Rosa Parks Blvd. in Paterson NJ this past Saturday. Apparently it’s a pretty gnarly place… It was for an outreach Block Party to the community in that area of Paterson. Above is a picture of us playing one of our original songs “Come Away”. The song is based on the text of Hebrews 11:1, where the writer of Hebrews explains that “Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see…”.

We’re praying that the people of Paterson were blessed, and that those who were listening on the streets would know that they’ve been forgiven because of Jesus sacrifice for us on the cross. We’re also praying they’ll give up on trying “make it” on their own and come away from the drug-slingin’, prostitution and  violence that is plaguing that area and walk into an eternity of real life with Christ. So yea, be praying for the people of Paterson. God bless.