Access

So, Rudy Vaughn and I were in the band at Access Church in Jacksonville yesterday.  Rudy led worship.  Access Church is in a great venue, the Fine Arts Center of the University of North Florida campus.

 

We’d never met the other three guys in the band before, but they were interesting cats:

 

Mike VonBalson, of Jacksonville, used to be the drummer for the band My Hotel Year, who were no strangers to the Atlanta music scene and worked here with producer Matt Goldman of Smalltown Poets.

 

Will Hill on bass is a part of The Doorpost Film Project, which is a pretty exciting opportunity for filmmakers.  

 

Darin Peckham on guitar is now on staff as the music director for Access Church.

 

And, though he wasn’t on stage with us, we met a local musician who gigs a lot in Jacksonville/St. Augustine named Charlie Walker.  Check him out.

 

Finally, we met Derrick (spelling? sorry, man) of Anthem Church, a new Northpoint startup campus in Gainesville FL that launches October 5th.

 

These were good guys and we had a blast.  Hats off to all of them and to Access Church, who hosted us extremely well.

 

 

Update: Video from Friday’s lunch

Told you I’d try to get my video issues worked out, so I could share a little of the music that went down at this past Friday’s 1ATL Thank You Lunch for Jackson Spalding.  (Click here if you have no idea what I’m talking about, or just scroll down to the Aug. 8th entry.)  Thanks to Josh Peters for fixing the video problem.  Here’s a 10 minute series of song clips with Rudy Vaughn and Miriam Ah Kuoi, doing all original music.  (Sorry it’s so dark; but hey, studios are usually dark.)  

 

Glowing in the Dark.

ONE Atlanta took over the “A” room at Glow In the Dark Studio today.  We threw a lunch for Jackson Spalding public relations firm to say thank you for all their incredible work on our behalf.  They have partnered with us on branding and marketing stuff, and they are amazing.   Original music was provided by Rudy Vaughn (and his bandmates Nathan Cooley and Mike Hankins), with a special guest appearance by Miriam Ah Kuoi.

 

Several of the Jackson Spalding creative staff were there, including Glen Jackson himself.  There was also a contingent of 12Stone’s redemptive arts staff there.  A few other friends of 1ATL were there, too, including Glow in the Dark owner Matt Goldman (thanks for the room) and Michael Johnston (thanks for the pics), both of whom are former bandmates of mine in Smalltown Poets.  Fellow 1ATL founders Dan Hannon and David Fussell were there; even my wife, kids, and in laws were there!   Okay, sorry for the who’s who.  (But I do still need to thank Cindy, Alice, Jenny, and Jake for the food and the chairs.)

 

Hoping to update this post soon with video.  My camera is being very uncooperative at the moment.

 

 

 

Glow In The Dark.

Hung out with former Smalltown Poets drummer/producer Matt Goldman today at Glow In The Dark Studios in Atlanta.  Matt has worked with a million bands, including Atlanta artists like Third Day, Casting Crowns, and - of course - the Poets.  Some of his best work, IMHO, is with one my favorite bands, Copeland.  As usual, our whole time together was spent telling stories and talking about heady stuff like politics and religion.  The renovated studio is rumored to be where The Police once recorded.