The Body CD

“For almost as long as I can remember I have always had some interest in music. However, it wasn’t until I saw my first concert on a mission trip to New York City at the age of 15 that I decided I wanted to be a musician. The band was a worship team led by singer and songwriter Jeff Scott. I remember being completely amazed at how powerful and moving their music was. I had never heard anything like it.

“After I returned home my life went back to normal, however; I never forgot my experiences in NY. The mission trip as well as the worship had had a profound influence on me, and I continually listened to Jeff Scott’s CD.

“About a year later my brother Luke, who had also been influenced greatly by the music and worship that we had experienced in NY, began learning guitar and writing his own songs. Being a natural musician, Luke became very good pretty fast, and it wasn’t long before he started to teach me how to play. From there the idea of starting a band came pretty naturally.

“Since I had natural rhythm we decided that I would play percussion, and that Luke would be the lead singer. We then recruited our younger brother Stephen to play guitar and our cousin Tim to play bass and we had our band. Well almost. We all barely knew how to play our instruments and I didn’t even have a drum set. Despite this seemingly big obstacle we pressed on toward becoming a real band. I would play on buckets or anything that I could find, and we had a great time learning all of our instruments together. That Christmas our parents bought us a drum set, and I almost immediately started to play in the praise band at our church.

“Music has been a huge blessing in my life, and I thank God for giving me the opportunity and ability to honor him with it. Some of the best times in my life have been going on tour with my band Freedom Drive or praising God with our worship team on Sunday mornings. God has been so good to me, and I plan on serving him wherever he may lead me in the future.“