Archive for July, 2009

Sean:What’s your name?
Derick: Derick Thompson

Sean: At which campus are you directing arts?
Derick: Yellow Box

Sean: What instrument do you wish you could play that you can’t currently?
Derick: Cello

Sean: Who’s your favorite musical artist?
Derick: Bruce Hornsby

Sean: What’s your favorite hobby other than music/art?
Derick: Web-Development

Sean: Who are your influences?
Derick: U2, Coldplay, Mathias Grunewald

Sean: Married?
Derick: Married
Sean: Kids?
Derick: None
Sean: Pets?
Derick: dog
Sean: Or just gear?
Derick: lots

Sean: What’s your favorite caffeinated beverage?
Derick: Diet Everything

Sean: If you had to choose between a new car or a new piece of gear, what would you choose?
Derick: Car

Sean: Mac or PC?
Derick: Mac

Sean: Who do you want to be when you grow up?
Derick: Arts Director

Sean: In your opinion, what’s the best thing about being an artist at Community Christian?
Derick: The great group of people I get to work with on a weekly basis.

• @jekblad it’s nice working with you too. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_the nerve chorus is powrful on this tune. so much it just knocked the speaker over. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_backfire killer melody line on the chorus of this song. love the guitar work too. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_clipping love the piano and string arrangements on this one. awesome. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_spotlight good tune to clap to. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_no response love the bass line on this song. sounds like it’s got some radiohead influence. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_pins and needles cool song great drums #
• @mutemath/#armistice_goodbye dance tune great feel. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_odds lots of darren on odds and it’s really good. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_electrify this song is vintage mm #
• @mutemath/#armistice_armistice love the horns great sound for mutemath #
• @mutemath/#armistice_lost year great vocal/piano song nicely arranged. #
• @mutemath/#armistice_burden great way to end the record. guitar sounds great on this tune. exactly how you’d expect mm to end a record. #
• Just got done listening to the new @mutemath album #armistice. It comes out in august. Buy it you’ll love it. #

• brainstorming for 20th anny celebration at community. if our ideas don’t work we’ve scheduled a blamestorming meeting. #
• http://twitpic.com/agn97 - the band was blazin at all staff today and BZ brought the heat too. good morning. #
• manly day. cleaning garage and built a workbench. now i need to learn how to use the tools on it. or just make it a recording desk. #
• http://twitpic.com/akobp - this ice cube defies gravity. my freezer has zero gravity. #
• http://twitpic.com/as2kt - the invention of the bowl with a handle was pure genius. #
• http://twitpic.com/augan - improv night at the yellow box. funnier than tbs. #

Sean: What’s your name?
Pat: Pat Ferguson

Sean: At which campus are you directing arts?
Pat: Carillon

Sean: What instrument do you wish you could play that you can’t currently?
Pat: Guitar, violin, flute

Sean: Who’s your favorite musical artist?
Pat: Right now, Chris Tomlin and Josh Groban

Sean: What’s your favorite hobby other than music/art?
Pat: Fishing, golf, going to antique stores, reading, travel

Sean: Who are your influences?
Pat: Earl, my three children all influence me.

Sean: What’s your artistic background?  Why are you qualified?
Pat: Piano lessons for 8 years, sang on stage since I was a child, started accompanying choirs in 8th grade, and  sang/played in college ensembles, directed children and adult choirs, worship director at Deer Creek Christian Church for 25 years, arts director at CCC for 5 years.
I think I am qualified by “comparison” here at Carillon at this particular time.

Sean: Married?  Single?  Kids?  Pets?  Or just gear?
Pat: Married to Earl for almost 48 years (forever?), three children, no pets

Sean: What’s your favorite caffeinated beverage?
Pat: Mocha Frappachino from Starbucks with whipped cream

Sean: If you had to choose between a new car or a new piece of gear, what would you choose?
Pat: New car….Mercedes convertible

Sean: Mac or PC?
Pat: PC

Sean: Who do you want to be when you grow up?
Pat: I want to be a band director……specialty, the violin or maybe a professional dancer.

Sean: In your opinion, what’s the best thing about being an artist at Community Christian?
Pat: Seeing my grandkids!
The second best is having the “helps” with the worship planning.

Sean: Thanks Pat.

• back from a weeknd off. gonna be a cool morning. get to hear from @tonymorganlive and hopefully see @creativearts around too. #
• good meetings today with my service coordinator @bethbartlett and my vocal coaches. now an exciting session with propresenter. zzzzzzzzzzz #
• getting ready to meet with @timrbakker. got him a strong coffee so he doesn’t snooze through my yapping. #
• just signed up for my “authortracker” of @billshazzar on zondervan so they can notify me of his tour dates! #
• hey @oakleafchurch meet @jekblad. you two were made for each other. #
• @billshazzar yes that was listed on the tour dates followed by the madison square garden gig. in reply to billshazzar #
• dinner with my small group tonight saying goodbye to a couple who are moving. somebody made some awesome lasagne. #
• @bretkoontz ask him to come to the stuco golf outing monday after he’s done with the cubs. #
• listening to sue ferguson and @daniseaton grilling lee messersmith in our staff meeting. poor guy. #
• http://twitpic.com/9w7kp - this is an “official” meeting today. my add has arrived. #
• really enjoying watching baseball on wgn today. you’d think pujols played for the cubs. they love him. #
• @dougLeddon behind pujols. that’s all that matters. in reply to dougLeddon #
• 7 am band call for LC = brutal. @billshazzar and @daveferguson owe the band an americano today! #
• @dougLeddon it’s awesomely funny that you know what the climb is. did u see the movie too? #
• gotta remember when at panera to order tea not coffee. their the same thing. #
• http://twitpic.com/a4gda - make sure u check out @bigideatheater1 today at 11. Sounds awesome and @daveferguson in 3D sort of. #
• http://twitpic.com/a4oek - here’s @daveferguson just rockin the talk this weekend. really good stuff. #

• @rgryan yea same number. let’s catch up. in reply to rgryan #
• @tomgreever website looks good tom. the search and podcast link are nice features. in reply to tomgreever #
• listening to we didn’t start the fire. great tune from when i was 2. #
• @tomgreever did he take it apart with his bare hands? in reply to tomgreever #
• the mind is the only weapon that doesn’t need a holster - paul blart #

Sean: What’s your name?
ERIC: Eric Bramlett

Sean: At which campus are you directing arts?
ERIC: All of them, and None of them. Beyond being Uncle Eric to the misfits, I also oversee the catalyst content (big idea, video and teaching) for adults, students and kids.

Sean: What instrument do you wish you could play that you can’t currently?
ERIC: Piano effectively beyond plunking out chords

Sean: Who’s your favorite musical artist?
ERIC: Prince

Sean: What’s your favorite hobby other than music/art?
ERIC: Watching most sports, playing basketball

Sean: Who are your influences?
ERIC: Styx, Journey, Kansas, Prince, Weird Al Yankovic, The Bobs, The Beautiful South, sketch comedy, my parents, anyone who ever let me make them laugh.

Sean: What’s your artistic background?  Why are you qualified?
ERIC: I have a BFA in Musical Theatre from University of Arizona and an MFA in Directing for the Theatre at Illinois State University. I love to tell stories, and go tmy start doing so in the theatre. CCC was my first “church gig.”

Sean: Married?  Single?  Kids?  Pets?  Or just gear?
ERIC: Married to Kristi since June 5, 1993. Our daughter Sadie is almost 11, son Dillon is 8, and Anna is almost 5.

Sean: What‚s your favorite caffeinated beverage?
ERIC: Tie between latte in the morning and generic “energy drink” impulse-buy at the gas station

Sean: If you had to choose between a new car or a new piece of gear, what would you choose?
ERIC: What is this gear you speak of?

Sean: Mac or PC?
ERIC: Mac. Used to have an old IIvx back in the day. Switched to PC for a while, but have come back home.

Sean: Who do you want to be when you grow up?
ERIC: I want to be the best version of Uncle Eric that I can be.

Sean: In your opinion, what‚s the best thing about being an artist at Community Christian?
ERIC: There is always an opportunity to serve as an artist at Community. We are not afraid to take risks. We thrive on risk taking, and it shows up in the product we create for all campuses, and it shows up in the individual expressions of each campus‚ personality. The arts are constantly changing, and Community has never (so far) been afraid to move somewhere else if it will culturally help more people find their way back to God. I’m also humbled and amazed and how many brilliant arts directors we have serving at our campuses. I watch all-staff meetings with these crazy monkeys leading worship and I think “all-staff?” more like “all-star.” Awesome. And I got the word monkey in there.