GHM EP on Spotify

Hey, my band's EP of four songs that was released last year is now on Spotify!!! For those of you who are unfamiliar with Spotify, sign up for free here, and listen to different kinds of music ALL FREE: https://www.spotify.com/us/

When you've got it installed, just search "Government Hate Mail" and it should bring it up. Feel free to listen to it *cough* all you *cough* want... :D (PS, For every song-listen we get around half a penny... :D Just sayin'...lol)

Yikes

I was the only dude on the Church security team today. My church is one of the 14 "Mega" Churches that make up MARS HILL CHURCH here in the United States, with LOTS of men, women and kids, and it was being protected by single...solitary...17 year old.......me.


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Kinda pathetic, lol. :D

Me walking to the gym

                                            Me sitting on the shoulder-press machine :D

My interview with Timothy Wong

Hey, Tim.


Metal15: First of all, what's up?

Timothy: Well I've been traveling a lot recently.

Metal15: How's the weather?

Timothy: Hot and muggy.

Metal15: What country do you live it? (If I may ask...)

Timothy: USA

Metal15: What life experiences have shaped your personality and your outlook/worldview on life?

Timothy: Attending my church, playing “Knights of the Old Republic”, being raised in a christian home, being homeschooled, and growing up listening to wide variety of music.

Metal15: What are your views on God? And do you believe that he's watching you 24/7?

Timothy: He is the omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, sovereign creator, and, due to these qualities, does watch us 24/7.

Metal15: Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? If so, what are your basic opinions on that subject?

Timothy: Absolutely. In short, those who have been predestined by God and are his elect will join him in heaven for eternity, and those who are not elect will suffer in Hell.

Metal15: Do you believe there is such a thing as "Predestination", and that every action and decision you make has been "Predestined" and known by God?

Timothy: As mentioned above, yes. 

Metal15: Do you believe in premarital abstinence? Explain your views.

Timothy: Yes. Sexuality is a thing to be enjoyed by a husband and wife after marriage, and anything outside that would be considered either fornication or adultery.

Metal15: Do you believe in dating? BF/GF?

Timothy: It’s not my personal philosophy, if that’s what you mean. While I don’t have anything against that method or the people who follow it, I would rather follow a biblical courtship process.

Metal15: Do you have a favorite band/musical group?

Timothy: Now you've put me in a tough spot. While I don’t have any one favorite group or musician, some of my favorites include Joe Satriani, “Led Zeppelin”, Sam Cooke, and Enya.

Metal15: Do you have a favorite song of all time?

Timothy: It would probably have to be “Change is Gonna Come”.

Metal15: Do you have a favorite book series?

Timothy: Any book by David Eddings.

Metal15: What's your favorite movie/movies?

Timothy: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride, and FF7 Advent Children.

Metal15: Do you have a personal site? After this interview people might be thinking "Whoa, this guy/girl is awesome, I wanna check out his/her blog/twitter/facebook/website…" etc.

Timothy: Yup, you can find me at: http://twebonhawk.blogspot.com/ 

Metal15: And lastly…How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Timothy: Yes.



Thanx, Tim, and have an awesome day! :D

Camping pics

Alright here's some pics from my camping trip. These aren't ALL the pics that were taken, I'll see if I can get some more up another day, but here's some of the best ones:

                                                          On the way to the campsite

                                                          My dad taking creative pics. :D

Me and my Dad in the light of the fire

My dad and my brother Solomon

My brother Otto

From left to right: My little sister Olivia, Solomon, me, and Otto

                                            Otto with the happy cup. :D (you can see my feet)

Otto, Olivia, me, and Mom

A flower

We hiked over to the Fish Hatchery nearby:

                                                          Me, Otto, Mom, and Solomon

Pics of the fish:

Me, my dad, and Otto(but you can barely see him behind dad) walking around the town of Sisters.

Back at the campsite:

    My brother Otto made a couple stick-men to burn in the fire. *evil chuckle* but we only got around to burning the one on the right.

   Dad, Mom, Henry and Otto(And Solomon, you can see his hand holding the triomino on the right) playing triominos. With me posing behind them, of course... :D

                                                                        Same people

                                                                        The guitar

                                                          Me and my sister riding bikes

                                                      All of us (With my dad making a face, lol)




And that's it for now. :D

Going Camping

Hey, I'm going on a camping trip with my family in approximately...*looks at the clock* 5 hours. So yea, wish me luck! :D If I never post again on this blog, that means I died. O_O Hopefully that won't happen, but just sayin'. If I DO make it back, however, I'll make sure to bring a truckload of pics. :D

*salutes*

So long, comrades! :D

Weight lifting...

Been lifting weights lately. :D I looooove it. It feels awesome to build your body up. I'll be an Arnold Schwarzenegger before ya know it. :D

Super Collider (Megadeth acoustic cover)

Hey, here's my cover of Super Collider off Megadeth's brand new album..."Super Collider". :D This song wasn't recorded with acoustic guitars, but I thought that it sounded good acoustically, so that's how I recorded it. I'm do an electric version too, sometime, don't worry, lol.

Here it is, hope you like!

Song of the day: Forget to Remember

This is one of my favorite tracks on the new Megadeth album "Super Collider". I thought this was a really good track, it's heavy(D tuning), but at the same time it has a kind of...how should I put it..."Hard-rock"? feel to it? I dunno. But also combined with a sad feel. I like it. I almost thought I'd heard the song before while I was listening to it...
Also, I thought the chorus was catchy, like ALL choruses should be, in my opinion. :D

The song starts with a single solitary guitar plunking away with distortion for the first 15 seconds, then all guitars bass and drums burst into a big epic sounding wave of awesomeness! WHOO!!!! YEA!!!! *calms down* Anyway, then at 0:30 the vocals start, with a simple palm-muted guitar riff behind the vocals:

"Sands in the hourglass fall for us all

You don't answer me anymore when I call

So much is trapped inside, tangled in your brain

It's getting cold outside and it looks like rain

The sky is falling and my heart is caving in"

 Now, Dave Mustaine the vocalist is over 50 years old now, so his singing is quite low and gruff. But that's okay, doesn't effect me too much, but it might make you guys roll your eyes, I dunno. :D Then at 1:00 a little bridge cuts off the verse, and then it goes into the chorus at 1:04:

"So, now the time has come to say the long goodbye

The setting of the sun reflecting in your eyes

Day after day after day the world will pass you by

You forget to remember"

Then at 1:29 after the chorus, it goes into a short solo by Dave Mustaine, which wasn't bad, and then goes back into the verse riff:

"If this is living, what the h*** is living for?

You've boarded up your eyes, you mind has locked the door

I'm just a stranger now with an unfamiliar face 

You can't recall me at all,

There's not a trace...not a trace...not a trace

I don't know where you are and my world is crumbling in"

And then it goes into the chorus again:

"So, now the time has come to say the long goodbye

The setting of the sun reflecting in your eyes

Day after day after day the world is passing you by

You forget to remember"

After that, at 2:40, a new riff starts, with Chris Broderick on lead guitar soloing in the background, and Dave Mustaine saying a new vocal line, conversing with some girl, by the sound of it...

Dave: "I just wanna talk..." Girl: "What do you want?"

Dave: "But you've got nothing to say..." Girl: "Leave me alone"

Dave: "I beg you to come" Girl: "Get away from me..."

Dave: "And you just walk away..." Girl: "I have no idea who you are!"

"I curse the day that your smile fades away, till then I pray"

Then the song gets kind of quiet, with one of the guitars sustaining a note, while the other guitar is riffing, with Dave Mustaine saying:

"A burning candle in-between and at both ends

With all that we've learned, yet we still pretend

I just wish you could say my name again"

Then starts singing again, with the guitars bass and drums back in full force:

"They made the lock and broke the key,

The culprit was the mercury

The vaccine wipes your memories

Till you forget even how to breathe

A tangled web they weave, when they practice to deceive"

And then back to the chorus!!!

"So now the time has come to say the long goodbye

the setting of the sun reflecting in your eyes

day after day after day the world has passed you by

I said that I'd be strong, but you know I had to lie

You forget...to remember...you forget...to remember...It's time to say the long goodbye."

And that ends a great track off Megadeth's new album "Super Collider". My thanx to Megadeth for continuing their writing of great music!!! :D

And here's the song:

Breadline (Megadeth cover)

Alright, here's my cover of Breadline, by Megadeth off their album "Risk". This song isn't very....heavy, lol, so I pulled the acoustic out for this one. My apologies for the sloppy playing, I hadn't practiced it a whole lot after learning it all that morning. Hope you like!