sal and myself discussed putting the rockin valentinos back together tonight.should this occur it would be a gig thing in rhode island and possibly other states too.we were well known in our day and the name is well known still.
we would be switching from drums to lead vocals as sal can play drums and i can sing too.id also be on guitar.the lead guitarist and bass player would stay on their respectable areas.i dont know for certain who they would be because the original guys are both dead now but wed still be a great band back at work.with that said wish us luck.we were both thinking this right along.all original band too but aside from his sinatra thing and my Christian band solo stuff as it would be separate from them.
bruce roger medici
harpy
Monday, February 23, 2009
watching b movies allot!
lately i have been watching many b movies.i watched three last mnight including return of the vampire which has a guy who was addicted to pills and every time he missed one he bit people on the neck! a bad actor too.
tonight its the "below the sea"
a German kills a another German an steals a map he has.after they get shipwreccked.
then the guy gets resceweed.then the fun starts when a crew goes out in the middle of a giant storm.
the killer captain will stop at nothing to get the sunken treasure from what the old ship he was on had,,including getting everyone killed as he drinks rum in his cabin during the storm.this one looks read bad folks!
wish me luck!
tonight its the "below the sea"
a German kills a another German an steals a map he has.after they get shipwreccked.
then the guy gets resceweed.then the fun starts when a crew goes out in the middle of a giant storm.
the killer captain will stop at nothing to get the sunken treasure from what the old ship he was on had,,including getting everyone killed as he drinks rum in his cabin during the storm.this one looks read bad folks!
wish me luck!
yawwwwwwwn
thats all you know.yawwwwn
i feel ok.im not thinking iof writing anything at all.no ideas for any songs.no wishig i ahd a girl.no wanting to jam although id play if i was asked to play.i was supposed to get together with a guitarist yesterday but his wife had a cold and he was nice enough to let me know so i didnt get it,
seem all my musician friends..most of them,want to play right now which is great because it takes my mid of things.but today is yawwaawwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..........
nothing to speak of at all.
not such a bad thing at all.
many people use thier blogs to bictch and moan.i do somtimes but not today.today is yawwwwnnnnnnn
i feel ok.im not thinking iof writing anything at all.no ideas for any songs.no wishig i ahd a girl.no wanting to jam although id play if i was asked to play.i was supposed to get together with a guitarist yesterday but his wife had a cold and he was nice enough to let me know so i didnt get it,
seem all my musician friends..most of them,want to play right now which is great because it takes my mid of things.but today is yawwaawwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..........
nothing to speak of at all.
not such a bad thing at all.
many people use thier blogs to bictch and moan.i do somtimes but not today.today is yawwwwnnnnnnn
Friday, February 20, 2009
down again
being bipolar is like being a jackhammer.you go uopp..then you crash.i am elated so many of you want the cd! nine are going out to people who have asked for one.
as for anyone who thinks they may not like it you can hear tidbits on i tunes because im not wasting a cd on somneone who may think it stinks.you know who you are.gotta give things a chance ..you may like it!
but i cannot make copy after copy for people when im unsure who will want one.as i said..nine are made up.even my brother may not get one as he probably is close minded and wont play it.
tochee!
im not wasting any copies..i heard from billy.he did the tribute to jeff but he didnt mention anything of how it went.and then im looking for addys to send these out and im getting old emails from jeff saying hang on..the holidays are finally over bruce..we can play soon.yup
thank you julie for making me see its OK TO MOURN!
iam still sad.but i will be bashing those drums for any band that wants me.i dont care if get paid.im doing it because people are asking me to.
as for anyone who thinks they may not like it you can hear tidbits on i tunes because im not wasting a cd on somneone who may think it stinks.you know who you are.gotta give things a chance ..you may like it!
but i cannot make copy after copy for people when im unsure who will want one.as i said..nine are made up.even my brother may not get one as he probably is close minded and wont play it.
tochee!
im not wasting any copies..i heard from billy.he did the tribute to jeff but he didnt mention anything of how it went.and then im looking for addys to send these out and im getting old emails from jeff saying hang on..the holidays are finally over bruce..we can play soon.yup
thank you julie for making me see its OK TO MOURN!
iam still sad.but i will be bashing those drums for any band that wants me.i dont care if get paid.im doing it because people are asking me to.
watching and waiting
with my nerw album out and playing live with friends,i am kind of in standstill position.i want to play in a band and make people happy.i also want to make gods people happy and knowledgable by getting the new album "seconds" out in a timely fashion and i have.
but i want to keep playing.i have invites all over to play it seems.sadly 4 a cross wasdnt one of them.what beats me is why they wont let me play when a dozen other local and far off bands will>?i must ask them!
it would be a ball for us all to get up there and do gods music.
so im deliberating..should i start my own group?
some voted yes,while others think i should join one.
i am going to jam every other week with the guys fromn last night(the big river band) and also with bands that are gigging.if i am as good as people say on drums and i am.it wont be long before i get snagged up.
but im cuatiose it doesnt interfere with my christian solo stuff.
actually whats kind of ironic is that at the places i go where its not a christian gig,people want to buy my 2 albums.at christian gigs it seems everyone is all on a high for jesus but do they keep it all week?
who knows.im still confused by them..the christian groups.they claim to be honoring christ.they say its "not about us"
but of course its about them..all of them because if it wasnt about them they would never be on a stage at all.
i am not being mean..just making an observation thats all.
how do they know what to do with thier music?
many christian groups are not promoted properly because they feel a hands off approach is best.
i never felt that way in any group i have been in.
i feel its a go get em world out there and if you wanna get people to hear your album or come to see you..then you have to push your live acts and albums hard.
this rule applies to all bands out there not just one or two.
im not directing this at any certain group.
its just that i have been doing this longer than many of them and they really dont know what they are doing.
they practice all the time..play out and then practice more.
but they never get a recording contract.
they would if they went about it correctly.
promo kits..anything saying why they feel they need to be signed.i personally plan on getting signed.its just a matter of time............
but i want to keep playing.i have invites all over to play it seems.sadly 4 a cross wasdnt one of them.what beats me is why they wont let me play when a dozen other local and far off bands will>?i must ask them!
it would be a ball for us all to get up there and do gods music.
so im deliberating..should i start my own group?
some voted yes,while others think i should join one.
i am going to jam every other week with the guys fromn last night(the big river band) and also with bands that are gigging.if i am as good as people say on drums and i am.it wont be long before i get snagged up.
but im cuatiose it doesnt interfere with my christian solo stuff.
actually whats kind of ironic is that at the places i go where its not a christian gig,people want to buy my 2 albums.at christian gigs it seems everyone is all on a high for jesus but do they keep it all week?
who knows.im still confused by them..the christian groups.they claim to be honoring christ.they say its "not about us"
but of course its about them..all of them because if it wasnt about them they would never be on a stage at all.
i am not being mean..just making an observation thats all.
how do they know what to do with thier music?
many christian groups are not promoted properly because they feel a hands off approach is best.
i never felt that way in any group i have been in.
i feel its a go get em world out there and if you wanna get people to hear your album or come to see you..then you have to push your live acts and albums hard.
this rule applies to all bands out there not just one or two.
im not directing this at any certain group.
its just that i have been doing this longer than many of them and they really dont know what they are doing.
they practice all the time..play out and then practice more.
but they never get a recording contract.
they would if they went about it correctly.
promo kits..anything saying why they feel they need to be signed.i personally plan on getting signed.its just a matter of time............
relaxing
nothing big today or tonight.just relaxing and taking it easy.last night took allot of energy and its spent for a bit.but i had fun and i have no regrets at all.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
the harpy kicks ass!
tonight i went out and got togerther with my friends who have a every other thursday jam nearby.i played 4 songs with them and i dont think i have played that good in 20 years!
it was all good old rock n roll.
rock and roll by zeppelin
all right now by free
great balls of fire by jerry lee and one other one.
i played so good they want me there every time now .
i am also going to be playing on and off sitting in with thier real band when they play on weekends.they knew my pain and they were great about it,.
i only played in the past with one of them kevin hanna on bass and he was so good to play with again despite all the guitarists and other players.before we went on this band of pre teen kids went on and man were they good!
they had a 12 year old kid on keyboards and steel guitar and they did "nights in white satin" as good as the moody blues ever did it.i was elated!
i met people i had only heard of through sessions and it was a great time.a non christianight although many asked about my cds and all i didnt push it.they all wanna hear it.this was what god wanted me to do.you all would have been proud of me because the minuite i knocked the band into 'honkey tonk woman" it was apparent id wasted time in my past playing with people who never let me rock out.
i had so much fun!
i will be playing all the time now.sadly some of them knew about jeff but they were not cruel at all and they said how sorry they were.
now the fun part.i met a gal.she knew me from over twenty years ago..i knew her too but i could not remember from where not did i ever recall it.
i gave her one kiss and then when she asked me to dance i said no.
she felt bad but i have certain ways i must live by and i couldnt do what she wanted me to do.
oh welp.
then i met another woman i knew years ago who understood my position.we are going to be frieends and email each other.she never goees anywhere other then the club we were at which is a giant renovated barn we used to fill back in the 70s when were big when i had electric blue together.
the old days!
i met a guy nick who i knew but had never played with and he told me all about how tough it was when he was in nashville.but he nearly made it there.he said i would need allot of strenth to be there full time.im too old for all that.let me tell ya..during 'rock and roll" by zep my arm nearly fell off!it had been over 20 years since kevin and myself played together and it was like an hour.the best bass player i have ever been with smiled at me and said 'good man!"
what more can i ask for?
now im sure some of you would think i am crazy for passing up a good night in bed with a woman.thats life.im a christian.I AM NOT ALLOWED TO ACT LIKE THAT!
now a funnier one.there was a guy bill marson who used to write great songs who i knew back then and played with.
i mentioned him and kevin said to nicky 'you wanna tell him?"
and nick said bill changed his way./i was like what???
he is gay? they said nope.hes a woman now.my god! anyways i am going to be doing all his songs because he sure wouldnt want em bnow.maybe hes a female singer now?
cripes!
that is the life and the harpy has indeed spoken!
if the chief wills it..then his work is done.
if a person wills it,then the work is work....
it was all good old rock n roll.
rock and roll by zeppelin
all right now by free
great balls of fire by jerry lee and one other one.
i played so good they want me there every time now .
i am also going to be playing on and off sitting in with thier real band when they play on weekends.they knew my pain and they were great about it,.
i only played in the past with one of them kevin hanna on bass and he was so good to play with again despite all the guitarists and other players.before we went on this band of pre teen kids went on and man were they good!
they had a 12 year old kid on keyboards and steel guitar and they did "nights in white satin" as good as the moody blues ever did it.i was elated!
i met people i had only heard of through sessions and it was a great time.a non christianight although many asked about my cds and all i didnt push it.they all wanna hear it.this was what god wanted me to do.you all would have been proud of me because the minuite i knocked the band into 'honkey tonk woman" it was apparent id wasted time in my past playing with people who never let me rock out.
i had so much fun!
i will be playing all the time now.sadly some of them knew about jeff but they were not cruel at all and they said how sorry they were.
now the fun part.i met a gal.she knew me from over twenty years ago..i knew her too but i could not remember from where not did i ever recall it.
i gave her one kiss and then when she asked me to dance i said no.
she felt bad but i have certain ways i must live by and i couldnt do what she wanted me to do.
oh welp.
then i met another woman i knew years ago who understood my position.we are going to be frieends and email each other.she never goees anywhere other then the club we were at which is a giant renovated barn we used to fill back in the 70s when were big when i had electric blue together.
the old days!
i met a guy nick who i knew but had never played with and he told me all about how tough it was when he was in nashville.but he nearly made it there.he said i would need allot of strenth to be there full time.im too old for all that.let me tell ya..during 'rock and roll" by zep my arm nearly fell off!it had been over 20 years since kevin and myself played together and it was like an hour.the best bass player i have ever been with smiled at me and said 'good man!"
what more can i ask for?
now im sure some of you would think i am crazy for passing up a good night in bed with a woman.thats life.im a christian.I AM NOT ALLOWED TO ACT LIKE THAT!
now a funnier one.there was a guy bill marson who used to write great songs who i knew back then and played with.
i mentioned him and kevin said to nicky 'you wanna tell him?"
and nick said bill changed his way./i was like what???
he is gay? they said nope.hes a woman now.my god! anyways i am going to be doing all his songs because he sure wouldnt want em bnow.maybe hes a female singer now?
cripes!
that is the life and the harpy has indeed spoken!
if the chief wills it..then his work is done.
if a person wills it,then the work is work....
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
depressed again
it wont leave me alone.all i can think about is what happened a week ago.why do i have to keep thinkin all about it?
i have good things awaiting me.the new album is out and im happy about it.
i dont think everyone will like it but to those who do not like it..dont play it.for those who do..god bless you and i hope it gets through.
the other part is the loss.it stays all the time. a friend of mine called today and i told her i was still mourning and she said that was good..it was ok!
being a chriatian doesnt mean i wont be sad.
it give me no guaratees that i will always be happy.
i cannot replace my friend and icant deal with it still.its been a week.
wed have been playing by now.i know that.i also know that he wanted to play blues with me.
its all gone now.the thought of going in another roots band now is unthinkable unless its to jam or sing and leave.i cant take it man.
all those songs ..
all the poeple we havwe lost now who cannot beb here to play.i have lost so many muscian friends now i cant count them .anymore.
what i can take is that i have collected records all my life and i have a giant collection of great records.i play them now and than.it was nice to play a few sun records last week,and i enjoyed it.pulling out an elvis sun 45 and playing it brings it all back to me.why i started playing rockabilly to begin with.
those were the records that started me.
i do NOT regret having been a rock and roots player at all.
but i cant do it now.
all i have is my songs and my album to offer.nothing else.i cant give advice.i cant give anyone what i myself dont have now.
they say its within us to get over things that are bad.
we are the ones who mourn the dead.they are happy.
some say unless you accept christ here and now in this life you go to hell.
no way does the bible say that.if you deny christ when he calls you then you are gone.
but theres no such thing as an eternal pounishment.
the eternal damnerd are burnt up quickly and gone forever.
but if a person doesnt acept christ now in this life they may be deluded or confused.
god wont kill them off.remember this as you read.there are many many errors in churches and pastors.
thats why i do not go to any religiose groupings or fellowship with groups.
no physical church has it right.
they are all wrong.
its within to know the truth .ask god and he will give it
i have good things awaiting me.the new album is out and im happy about it.
i dont think everyone will like it but to those who do not like it..dont play it.for those who do..god bless you and i hope it gets through.
the other part is the loss.it stays all the time. a friend of mine called today and i told her i was still mourning and she said that was good..it was ok!
being a chriatian doesnt mean i wont be sad.
it give me no guaratees that i will always be happy.
i cannot replace my friend and icant deal with it still.its been a week.
wed have been playing by now.i know that.i also know that he wanted to play blues with me.
its all gone now.the thought of going in another roots band now is unthinkable unless its to jam or sing and leave.i cant take it man.
all those songs ..
all the poeple we havwe lost now who cannot beb here to play.i have lost so many muscian friends now i cant count them .anymore.
what i can take is that i have collected records all my life and i have a giant collection of great records.i play them now and than.it was nice to play a few sun records last week,and i enjoyed it.pulling out an elvis sun 45 and playing it brings it all back to me.why i started playing rockabilly to begin with.
those were the records that started me.
i do NOT regret having been a rock and roots player at all.
but i cant do it now.
all i have is my songs and my album to offer.nothing else.i cant give advice.i cant give anyone what i myself dont have now.
they say its within us to get over things that are bad.
we are the ones who mourn the dead.they are happy.
some say unless you accept christ here and now in this life you go to hell.
no way does the bible say that.if you deny christ when he calls you then you are gone.
but theres no such thing as an eternal pounishment.
the eternal damnerd are burnt up quickly and gone forever.
but if a person doesnt acept christ now in this life they may be deluded or confused.
god wont kill them off.remember this as you read.there are many many errors in churches and pastors.
thats why i do not go to any religiose groupings or fellowship with groups.
no physical church has it right.
they are all wrong.
its within to know the truth .ask god and he will give it
more relaxed today
yesterday was too crazy for me
today is much better and im calmer.it goes up and then down again and nobody can tell when it will be up or down but me because i can see it coming.
i even thought my friends were playing tonight but they are playing thursday not tonight.i have been a day ahead all week!
i may go jam out..i dont know how it would be drumming right now but im game to sing a tune.we shall see.if anything id be up there doing a swing tune or a blues.could use it.
thats all today.no sermomns and no more swearing on the blog!
i was told its wrong and it is.swearing is not good because you dont know who will read it. a kid could log on .
anyways im ok for now.
bruce
today is much better and im calmer.it goes up and then down again and nobody can tell when it will be up or down but me because i can see it coming.
i even thought my friends were playing tonight but they are playing thursday not tonight.i have been a day ahead all week!
i may go jam out..i dont know how it would be drumming right now but im game to sing a tune.we shall see.if anything id be up there doing a swing tune or a blues.could use it.
thats all today.no sermomns and no more swearing on the blog!
i was told its wrong and it is.swearing is not good because you dont know who will read it. a kid could log on .
anyways im ok for now.
bruce
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
gotta get a grip
im feeling very tense.i dot know why.things that normally would not bother me are making me nervous.it could be im holding in allot again and not trying to remorse from jeffs death.
but i have to let it out.i have a friend who has a band and i may go sing tomorrow night.i think i need to belt out a skynyrd tune or maybe an allman brothers song.
they know them and they have a super good drummer so i wont have to worry about any of that stuff.just go..sing as good as i can and leave!maybe have a dr pepper which is about as high as i get these days.dont go for drugs or drink at all..besides if i could count all the crap i used to put in my body id be 120 years old before i got to the end of it.i know god hears me.i know he wants me to be ok.
but i miss my friend.i miss playing and i miss having a band..group..whatever.and i am going to start hearing different people soon because if i am going to get a band going its going to take a long time to find people.even if it doesnt and i go into a set group i sing and write and all that has to be worked out.i know god will work it out as he sees fit.
but i still have tons of energy inside that needs to come out somhow.
if that doesnt work i dont know what im going to do.i am on a group for depression but it seems that it all works on itself..if one person is down all the others topple like bricks,.and i dont need that either.
all i want is to sing gods word out to people.i do not want to give people advice or tell them how to live.i just wanna belt out the songs and be happy!
thanks for reading.
but i have to let it out.i have a friend who has a band and i may go sing tomorrow night.i think i need to belt out a skynyrd tune or maybe an allman brothers song.
they know them and they have a super good drummer so i wont have to worry about any of that stuff.just go..sing as good as i can and leave!maybe have a dr pepper which is about as high as i get these days.dont go for drugs or drink at all..besides if i could count all the crap i used to put in my body id be 120 years old before i got to the end of it.i know god hears me.i know he wants me to be ok.
but i miss my friend.i miss playing and i miss having a band..group..whatever.and i am going to start hearing different people soon because if i am going to get a band going its going to take a long time to find people.even if it doesnt and i go into a set group i sing and write and all that has to be worked out.i know god will work it out as he sees fit.
but i still have tons of energy inside that needs to come out somhow.
if that doesnt work i dont know what im going to do.i am on a group for depression but it seems that it all works on itself..if one person is down all the others topple like bricks,.and i dont need that either.
all i want is to sing gods word out to people.i do not want to give people advice or tell them how to live.i just wanna belt out the songs and be happy!
thanks for reading.
Monday, February 16, 2009
a very important note concerning god and 'good deeds"
There is a great deal of true satisfaction in service to others. The servant of God is actually a kind of funnel through which God pours out His love to a needy world. The person who is involved in humble service is vibrant and alive. He can sense the love of God flowing through him, and he is constantly getting a firsthand experience of the wonderful ways God works.
In addition, the truly humble person has all his relationships in proper perspective. He does not think more highly of himself than he ought to think (see Romans 12:3). He does not look down on others, use them for his own benefit, or ignore their needs. Most importantly, he is in right relationship to God.
GOD HATES PRIDE
Many of us are familiar with the children’s story about the frog who wanted to fly. As he sat on his lily pad watching for insects day after day, he often spied the birds of the forest gracefully winging their way through the air. Their freedom and ability to travel quickly from one place to another began to disturb him, and he soon became completely dissatisfied with being a frog-he wanted to fly!
One day the frog went to his friend, the robin. "Mr. Robin, will you teach me to fly?" he asked.
"I’m sorry, but that’s impossible," said the robin. "You’re a frog. Frogs were not created to fly. Frogs were made to hop."
Next the frog approached the cardinal. "Mr. Cardinal, please teach me to fly," he pleaded. To his dismay, the reply was the same.
Then the frog conceived a brilliant idea. He hopped to the robin and to the cardinal. "Robin, Cardinal!," he shouted enthusiastically. "I have the answer! If you two will pick up a stick and hold it tightly in your beaks, I will grab the stick with my mouth and travel with you as you fly."
Although somewhat skeptical, the frog’s feathered friends agreed to give his idea a try. They found a sturdy stick, grasped it tightly in their beaks, and the frog clamped his mouth in the middle. Then off they flew-up, up, higher and higher, swiftly skirting the trees of the forest, out across the meadow, and back once more.
The frog was jubilant. He was flying!
One by one, the other animals appeared at the forest’s edge, gazing in disbelief at the sight before them. As the triumphant trio made another sweep past the growing crowd of spectators, the deer exclaimed, "How clever! Who ever conceived such a perfectly ingenious idea?"
The frog, swelling with pride, shouted, "I did! It was all my idea!"
As he spoke, he lost his grip on the stick and hurtled through the air to the ground. Splat! Alas, the frog’s dream and delight proved to be his demise. His life was snuffed out in a moment of time. The sin of pride had claimed another victim-just as it will claim you and me if we do not deal honestly and firmly with it, refusing to allow it any opportunity to rise up.
Remember, God says, Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18).
Why is pride so deadly? For one thing, pride was the sin that led to Satan’s fall. Caught up with his own beauty and wisdom, willfully forgetting the fact that it was God who made him that way, Lucifer began to see himself as something to be worshipped above God. When he said, I will be like the most High (Isaiah 14:14), he lost everything that was his.
Later, Satan succeeded in getting Eve to sin with the same promise with which he had deceived himself-ye shall be as gods (Genesis 3:5). And when Adam and Eve sinned, they, too, lost everything God had given to them. Most devastating of all, they were sent forth from His presence. Ever since that day, the human race has been plagued by the sin of pride and the consequent loss of blessing that comes with it. Like the frog, humanity desperately seeks satisfaction but at the same time stubbornly refuses to renounce the pride that makes dissatisfaction inevitable.
Some would have us believe that pride is a virtue. In recent years, a number of best-selling books have appeared, telling us how to assert ourselves, how to get what we want, how to increase our self-esteem, and how to intimidate others. Humility is viewed by many as a weakness. The "me first" syndrome has spread throughout society like a plague.
In such an atmosphere, it is little wonder that so many are dissatisfied, for it is in giving, not receiving that we are blessed. It is in serving, not being served, that brings fulfillment. And it is in humility, not pride, that we open ourselves to receive the grace of God.
God hates this sin of pride (see Proverbs 8:13). Pride is a denial of God’s right to glory. It is a challenge to His sovereignty. It is a deification of self over God, and it leads to contempt for others for whom Christ died. It is as morally perverse and debasing as any sin known to man, for it can lead to many other kinds of sin. And inevitably, the prideful will experience the frustration of feeling baffled, bewildered, and befuddled.
How damaging and hurtful pride is! It increases the desire for satisfaction and at the same time pushes the possibility of personal fulfillment further and further away. May God give us the grace to be truly humble.
In addition, the truly humble person has all his relationships in proper perspective. He does not think more highly of himself than he ought to think (see Romans 12:3). He does not look down on others, use them for his own benefit, or ignore their needs. Most importantly, he is in right relationship to God.
GOD HATES PRIDE
Many of us are familiar with the children’s story about the frog who wanted to fly. As he sat on his lily pad watching for insects day after day, he often spied the birds of the forest gracefully winging their way through the air. Their freedom and ability to travel quickly from one place to another began to disturb him, and he soon became completely dissatisfied with being a frog-he wanted to fly!
One day the frog went to his friend, the robin. "Mr. Robin, will you teach me to fly?" he asked.
"I’m sorry, but that’s impossible," said the robin. "You’re a frog. Frogs were not created to fly. Frogs were made to hop."
Next the frog approached the cardinal. "Mr. Cardinal, please teach me to fly," he pleaded. To his dismay, the reply was the same.
Then the frog conceived a brilliant idea. He hopped to the robin and to the cardinal. "Robin, Cardinal!," he shouted enthusiastically. "I have the answer! If you two will pick up a stick and hold it tightly in your beaks, I will grab the stick with my mouth and travel with you as you fly."
Although somewhat skeptical, the frog’s feathered friends agreed to give his idea a try. They found a sturdy stick, grasped it tightly in their beaks, and the frog clamped his mouth in the middle. Then off they flew-up, up, higher and higher, swiftly skirting the trees of the forest, out across the meadow, and back once more.
The frog was jubilant. He was flying!
One by one, the other animals appeared at the forest’s edge, gazing in disbelief at the sight before them. As the triumphant trio made another sweep past the growing crowd of spectators, the deer exclaimed, "How clever! Who ever conceived such a perfectly ingenious idea?"
The frog, swelling with pride, shouted, "I did! It was all my idea!"
As he spoke, he lost his grip on the stick and hurtled through the air to the ground. Splat! Alas, the frog’s dream and delight proved to be his demise. His life was snuffed out in a moment of time. The sin of pride had claimed another victim-just as it will claim you and me if we do not deal honestly and firmly with it, refusing to allow it any opportunity to rise up.
Remember, God says, Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18).
Why is pride so deadly? For one thing, pride was the sin that led to Satan’s fall. Caught up with his own beauty and wisdom, willfully forgetting the fact that it was God who made him that way, Lucifer began to see himself as something to be worshipped above God. When he said, I will be like the most High (Isaiah 14:14), he lost everything that was his.
Later, Satan succeeded in getting Eve to sin with the same promise with which he had deceived himself-ye shall be as gods (Genesis 3:5). And when Adam and Eve sinned, they, too, lost everything God had given to them. Most devastating of all, they were sent forth from His presence. Ever since that day, the human race has been plagued by the sin of pride and the consequent loss of blessing that comes with it. Like the frog, humanity desperately seeks satisfaction but at the same time stubbornly refuses to renounce the pride that makes dissatisfaction inevitable.
Some would have us believe that pride is a virtue. In recent years, a number of best-selling books have appeared, telling us how to assert ourselves, how to get what we want, how to increase our self-esteem, and how to intimidate others. Humility is viewed by many as a weakness. The "me first" syndrome has spread throughout society like a plague.
In such an atmosphere, it is little wonder that so many are dissatisfied, for it is in giving, not receiving that we are blessed. It is in serving, not being served, that brings fulfillment. And it is in humility, not pride, that we open ourselves to receive the grace of God.
God hates this sin of pride (see Proverbs 8:13). Pride is a denial of God’s right to glory. It is a challenge to His sovereignty. It is a deification of self over God, and it leads to contempt for others for whom Christ died. It is as morally perverse and debasing as any sin known to man, for it can lead to many other kinds of sin. And inevitably, the prideful will experience the frustration of feeling baffled, bewildered, and befuddled.
How damaging and hurtful pride is! It increases the desire for satisfaction and at the same time pushes the possibility of personal fulfillment further and further away. May God give us the grace to be truly humble.
new cd 'seconds" is released!
the new one is out!!!
its going to sold all over the world.that means england,france..australia,,all over the place!
it will probably be a month or so before it hits but as of now i am very happy its done and mixed well..and i hope you all like it.
it took work and patience to do it all.
i emailed a link so you can all see it but you cannot buy it yet.
some of you have asked for copies.io shall send 9 out free.then you have to buy it so the first nine get one.so far im up to 6 requests so hurry up! and thank you to all who helped me stay focused on this album
bruce
http://www.tunecore.com/albums/140278
its going to sold all over the world.that means england,france..australia,,all over the place!
it will probably be a month or so before it hits but as of now i am very happy its done and mixed well..and i hope you all like it.
it took work and patience to do it all.
i emailed a link so you can all see it but you cannot buy it yet.
some of you have asked for copies.io shall send 9 out free.then you have to buy it so the first nine get one.so far im up to 6 requests so hurry up! and thank you to all who helped me stay focused on this album
bruce
http://www.tunecore.com/albums/140278
Sunday, February 15, 2009
settling down a bit
im still numb but im able to function.very very manic thank god or id be drugged out and asleep all the time.i stayed up all last night till 7am remixing my album.what a job!
now i am pretty much leavin it alone.you can overdo something and wreck it.
its good.i can say it will turn some non christians off probably but i dont mind.
i do that kind of music.
its funny.a friend told me "no matter what you play,you always seem to have a bit of rockabilly in your guitar playing"\
that was a nice thing to hear today.
im retiring from drumming live now for good.
i will only sit in with bands.my travel days of lugging those things are done now.
i cant go on.
i am officially a guitar player now and a lead vocalist like it or not.
a friend says i sound like ozzy when he started out!unexpected but ozzy has a hell of a good voice on those early sabbath lps so im not offended!
now off to the mania lab!
now i am pretty much leavin it alone.you can overdo something and wreck it.
its good.i can say it will turn some non christians off probably but i dont mind.
i do that kind of music.
its funny.a friend told me "no matter what you play,you always seem to have a bit of rockabilly in your guitar playing"\
that was a nice thing to hear today.
im retiring from drumming live now for good.
i will only sit in with bands.my travel days of lugging those things are done now.
i cant go on.
i am officially a guitar player now and a lead vocalist like it or not.
a friend says i sound like ozzy when he started out!unexpected but ozzy has a hell of a good voice on those early sabbath lps so im not offended!
now off to the mania lab!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
the new album is out soon! 'seconds?"
my new cd is set now and done.its much better than the last one.i will be making copies for anyone who asks for one and then putting it online soon.
its a;'concept' album.starts out with a surf rocker..then a christian song called pray with me..then the listener goes into a song about a shy guy who cannot talk to girls..or god because he cannot get the right words.
then a matter of time..till we all get taken away.
after that i have a song to my mom who is an angel in the song.its out as a single but i added keyboards,synth and bass to it now.
then the biggie of the cd."hear me lord..take me up to the third heaven" which is now two songs in one instead of what i had on souls.
it carries the listener to a why not take me as god has'taken his son back home" part..then a swing part that says ok..here i come!
then theres a seven seals count and the person hearing it is invited to praise jesus and finally hes there..in heaven.the last song is not really a song at all but a guitar thing..without words or anything but an electric guitar,.which sets the mood that the person is happy in heaven.
when it plays its up tio whos playijng the album to make it whatever they wanna make it.
anyways thats the cd.i think people will like it.i naturally can find faults with everything on it but i know its good.
all the songs are cleaer and you can hear all the words fine.
so i will dedicate the third heaven to jeff as when i was recording it he was saying goodbye to us that night..but i didnt know.as i was counting the one to seven on the song he passed away.
and thats it.
once again..thanks to all who helped me out.julie and gary you helped sooo much!
and johnny..thanks again man.i am probably not going to do a new album for a long time now so i hope everyone lieks this one.
no rockabilly or anything like that but in all my songs theres an element of it in the guitar playing./theres 8 songs.there could have ben 30!
how does one pick what they wanna put out?
you go with what your heart tells you do go with.
thank you for reading
bruce
its a;'concept' album.starts out with a surf rocker..then a christian song called pray with me..then the listener goes into a song about a shy guy who cannot talk to girls..or god because he cannot get the right words.
then a matter of time..till we all get taken away.
after that i have a song to my mom who is an angel in the song.its out as a single but i added keyboards,synth and bass to it now.
then the biggie of the cd."hear me lord..take me up to the third heaven" which is now two songs in one instead of what i had on souls.
it carries the listener to a why not take me as god has'taken his son back home" part..then a swing part that says ok..here i come!
then theres a seven seals count and the person hearing it is invited to praise jesus and finally hes there..in heaven.the last song is not really a song at all but a guitar thing..without words or anything but an electric guitar,.which sets the mood that the person is happy in heaven.
when it plays its up tio whos playijng the album to make it whatever they wanna make it.
anyways thats the cd.i think people will like it.i naturally can find faults with everything on it but i know its good.
all the songs are cleaer and you can hear all the words fine.
so i will dedicate the third heaven to jeff as when i was recording it he was saying goodbye to us that night..but i didnt know.as i was counting the one to seven on the song he passed away.
and thats it.
once again..thanks to all who helped me out.julie and gary you helped sooo much!
and johnny..thanks again man.i am probably not going to do a new album for a long time now so i hope everyone lieks this one.
no rockabilly or anything like that but in all my songs theres an element of it in the guitar playing./theres 8 songs.there could have ben 30!
how does one pick what they wanna put out?
you go with what your heart tells you do go with.
thank you for reading
bruce
a good evening
letting the holy spirit do its work i had my friend sal over tonight as hed been stood up on a valentines date.
so he needed cheering up and so did i.we watched u tube and saw tom jones,frank sinatra and bobby darin.had ablast and we chatted about music allot.
we were once in a band that nearly made it so we know each others musical interests well.
sal sings great and we talked about the old days when we used to fill clubs and arenas ect.good memories for sure.
then we ate and just chatted about life.
we talked about bobby darin as he gave his last show and u tube had it.he literally gace his life for playing music rather than get his heart fixed up.
just like jeff did and sals own dad who passesd away long ago because he played his music when he wasnrt well but he loved it so.
i can relate.i feel i should be able to give all i can while i am here because we never know how long we have.
it could be a second more or a decade.
we dont know.
so he needed cheering up and so did i.we watched u tube and saw tom jones,frank sinatra and bobby darin.had ablast and we chatted about music allot.
we were once in a band that nearly made it so we know each others musical interests well.
sal sings great and we talked about the old days when we used to fill clubs and arenas ect.good memories for sure.
then we ate and just chatted about life.
we talked about bobby darin as he gave his last show and u tube had it.he literally gace his life for playing music rather than get his heart fixed up.
just like jeff did and sals own dad who passesd away long ago because he played his music when he wasnrt well but he loved it so.
i can relate.i feel i should be able to give all i can while i am here because we never know how long we have.
it could be a second more or a decade.
we dont know.
jeff
i heard from bill my guitarist friend and jeff passed away from a heart ailment hed had for a long time.he would not go to a doc and hes gone now but i am looking at it as we all should.hes playin in rock and roll heaven now.imagine..we are all sad.hes in a band with elvis and who knows who else because so many of us musicians are gone now.it must be a good place to be.
yesterday when i heard this news i was lost and sad.now i feel better.i will dedicate a song called third heaven on my album to jeff as iwas recording it when he was passing away.its all about the seven steps of god and heaven.
i think its an appropriate song for him.
i couldnt think of playing in a band right now after this.
so much of a loving person gone so quickly.
thank you all who called or wrote me about this,there were only a few.(carla and deb-poco deb whos not well either!)
thos who didnt bother to comment,..welp thanks alot.i was there for you wasnt i?).
i love you both for your comments.
also julie who without you id be lost right now.
i love you.
johnny for helping me pray when i wasnt able to function.
thank you all.
bruce
if the chief wills it..then his work is done.
if a person wills it,then the work is work....
yesterday when i heard this news i was lost and sad.now i feel better.i will dedicate a song called third heaven on my album to jeff as iwas recording it when he was passing away.its all about the seven steps of god and heaven.
i think its an appropriate song for him.
i couldnt think of playing in a band right now after this.
so much of a loving person gone so quickly.
thank you all who called or wrote me about this,there were only a few.(carla and deb-poco deb whos not well either!)
thos who didnt bother to comment,..welp thanks alot.i was there for you wasnt i?).
i love you both for your comments.
also julie who without you id be lost right now.
i love you.
johnny for helping me pray when i wasnt able to function.
thank you all.
bruce
if the chief wills it..then his work is done.
if a person wills it,then the work is work....
Friday, February 13, 2009
deep sorrow
nothing can make it better.nobody can .nobody answers my emails except my old manager who i put down who prayed with me today on the phone.
i want jeff to be back singing in his twang voice.i want to be onstage playing with him as he promised.
i dont like this world.i dont care even about the album now.
nothing matters except letting god do his work.
but the sadness wont leave me.
how can it?
my emails to him a day after he was gone said what the hell are we doing/ why dont we play?
yea.ok.
sure.
i have no sense of what the hell im doing or saying half the time and i dotn like being alive.
i dont like being in pain.
my dad is sad but theres nothing he can do but be here for me.
i have nobody i can talk to about it.
its just gonna hurt and hurt.
when good men die and assholes do not and continue to hurt others i have a real problem with this stuipid fucking world.
i want jeff to be back singing in his twang voice.i want to be onstage playing with him as he promised.
i dont like this world.i dont care even about the album now.
nothing matters except letting god do his work.
but the sadness wont leave me.
how can it?
my emails to him a day after he was gone said what the hell are we doing/ why dont we play?
yea.ok.
sure.
i have no sense of what the hell im doing or saying half the time and i dotn like being alive.
i dont like being in pain.
my dad is sad but theres nothing he can do but be here for me.
i have nobody i can talk to about it.
its just gonna hurt and hurt.
when good men die and assholes do not and continue to hurt others i have a real problem with this stuipid fucking world.
the saddest day i have had in years
i am sick.sadddened and crying my eyes out.
jeff spencer died and i was told in an email from the guuitar player.i was always nagghin jeff about playing more and whwen will we play?
and he passed away.the day i went there to play he was 60..it was his birthday.i cannot take it.i just wanna close my eyes but im crying too hard to do it.
jeff spencer died and i was told in an email from the guuitar player.i was always nagghin jeff about playing more and whwen will we play?
and he passed away.the day i went there to play he was 60..it was his birthday.i cannot take it.i just wanna close my eyes but im crying too hard to do it.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
im pissed off
in all the months i have agreed to play with memphis rockabilly to help them out if thier drummer leaves the damned guy wont take one lousy nite off so i can get in there and get tight with them?
if a band never plays together they cant get tight.im ready to give up but the guitarist keeps saying we shall play soon.
its annoying.it all happened when i emailed them..having played a fill in gig with them back in the late 70s i was elated to find they were back together and had toured france in 2005.so i asked to be on thier list and that qwas all.
i got an email from jeff spencer asking if id like to audition and i went up there to boston and we kicked ass.
but they are keeping thier drummer because hes a friend of thiers.he solos like me and if he leaves..and they are certain he will im in solid.
but at least take a fucking night off!
how greedy can anyone get?
i play that stuff like you wouldnt believe and i am really a roots drummer..which explains why i seldom do anything more than a simple beat on my own stuff.
its not roots music.
but when i get into a roots band..blues or rockabilly..even country i exell.
i grew up playing jazz and swing as a child when i was nine and got into aband that had 35 black guys playing ..horns and an upright bass and all.
i had never played anything before that.just a simple beat and i was using left foot and lefthanded drumming.when i changed to right handed i was better but i can still play both ways.
so i joined any roots situation i could get into.
in 1978 i got a call from jack smith who was starting a rockabilly band and wanted me on drums.the band was called 'wildfire' and we were hot.i still had not played in a hard rock band yet!
after that fizzled out i was in many bands including ;'electric blue' which was a good solid original rock band that nearly made it.
then the 'bounce' that got offers from rca victor but the lead guitar player who wrote all the songs left and we got screwed.sadly because hes been dead for years but he knew his shit.
i never sang or wrote anything then other than poems and never considered playing anything BUT drums.
but after many many years of playing out in bands..many big ones i got sick both with crohnes desease and bipolar .
i never knew i was bipolar till they gave me steroids in the hospital and i trashed the entire room and nearly killed a nurse!
the doc who was covering said'are you bipolar?"
i was like what the fuck is that?
i worked with handicapped people but had never heard the expression before.
he put me on meds and since then i have been aware of mood swings..many bad ones.many times id leave a band just for the hell of being alone.
not regarding anyones feelings or what i was doing.
i never got a recording contract.
i could have because i was playing with neal vitullo and david howard then.they got signed and i was in the damned hospital bleeding to death.
so now im like come on!
i wanna play my drums with people.it has NOTHING to do with any christian stuff i am doing.i just wanna play!
and its like pulling teeth because when you say you have played for over 40 years people shy away..they figure you wont stay.and maybe they are right but i could stand a l;ittle fun!!!
originally that was why i joined the 4 a cross band.
i helped start it.
i wasnt playing and had not played a gig in 20 years although i was apaid session player for a long time.
that even stopped when i didnt keep in contact with the bands i was playing in.
when my friend dan hardiman said why not play drums with a christian band i said'are you out of your fucking mind?"
but he knew.he got me in and i helped them.in all fairness i wanted to just drum with them if that but they pushed my singing..only to remove it later on which hurt me badly..but thats water now.
i just lost it complete.but after playin with them for a year my chops were back and i just played..i didmtshakend and make faces anymore.
i got good again.
but my inability to communicate properly with them killed it.if i could have said i love you guys..but i need a break or i need to start writing away from the band i could have stayed.
but because i was sick and not in control i left them immediatly after we released an album.
they were luckty to get aguy fast but i could have ruined them.
instead of facing what i did i showed them rath because they never listened to my stuff..but i wasnt writing alot then.i couldnt play guitar yet well and i couldnt show them anything.if things were different now i could show them dozens of songs but its far too late.
so what does the harpy do???
join a band? no way.id just leave again.neil young always said he had trouble working ina confined space of aband and i understand his feelings well.
but i may start my own band and do christian stuff.i never thought of that till my friend sal said it last week.do it man.just do it.
so i might.but i need a pa and space.
meanwhile im on standby witmemphis who if they had any brains would go to nashville an they could record an album there.
i dont know what the hell to do but i do have a new album finished.a solo one but a damned good one this time as opposed to what i had on the first album wich was a ill show them all demo mess.the songs were all good.the recordings were rushed and messy.
not now.
the new cd will be out soon..in a month or two.
it will be called 'seconds?"
why that?cause in asecond god can rapture his saints.or else its just the second fucking cd.
anyways im done.i warned yall.i said id post one christian post and then get back to the complaining!
plus my buddys band wasnt therte tonight or id have been doing some swing and blues.
arrrggggggg!the harpy needs aband to jam with.
if a band never plays together they cant get tight.im ready to give up but the guitarist keeps saying we shall play soon.
its annoying.it all happened when i emailed them..having played a fill in gig with them back in the late 70s i was elated to find they were back together and had toured france in 2005.so i asked to be on thier list and that qwas all.
i got an email from jeff spencer asking if id like to audition and i went up there to boston and we kicked ass.
but they are keeping thier drummer because hes a friend of thiers.he solos like me and if he leaves..and they are certain he will im in solid.
but at least take a fucking night off!
how greedy can anyone get?
i play that stuff like you wouldnt believe and i am really a roots drummer..which explains why i seldom do anything more than a simple beat on my own stuff.
its not roots music.
but when i get into a roots band..blues or rockabilly..even country i exell.
i grew up playing jazz and swing as a child when i was nine and got into aband that had 35 black guys playing ..horns and an upright bass and all.
i had never played anything before that.just a simple beat and i was using left foot and lefthanded drumming.when i changed to right handed i was better but i can still play both ways.
so i joined any roots situation i could get into.
in 1978 i got a call from jack smith who was starting a rockabilly band and wanted me on drums.the band was called 'wildfire' and we were hot.i still had not played in a hard rock band yet!
after that fizzled out i was in many bands including ;'electric blue' which was a good solid original rock band that nearly made it.
then the 'bounce' that got offers from rca victor but the lead guitar player who wrote all the songs left and we got screwed.sadly because hes been dead for years but he knew his shit.
i never sang or wrote anything then other than poems and never considered playing anything BUT drums.
but after many many years of playing out in bands..many big ones i got sick both with crohnes desease and bipolar .
i never knew i was bipolar till they gave me steroids in the hospital and i trashed the entire room and nearly killed a nurse!
the doc who was covering said'are you bipolar?"
i was like what the fuck is that?
i worked with handicapped people but had never heard the expression before.
he put me on meds and since then i have been aware of mood swings..many bad ones.many times id leave a band just for the hell of being alone.
not regarding anyones feelings or what i was doing.
i never got a recording contract.
i could have because i was playing with neal vitullo and david howard then.they got signed and i was in the damned hospital bleeding to death.
so now im like come on!
i wanna play my drums with people.it has NOTHING to do with any christian stuff i am doing.i just wanna play!
and its like pulling teeth because when you say you have played for over 40 years people shy away..they figure you wont stay.and maybe they are right but i could stand a l;ittle fun!!!
originally that was why i joined the 4 a cross band.
i helped start it.
i wasnt playing and had not played a gig in 20 years although i was apaid session player for a long time.
that even stopped when i didnt keep in contact with the bands i was playing in.
when my friend dan hardiman said why not play drums with a christian band i said'are you out of your fucking mind?"
but he knew.he got me in and i helped them.in all fairness i wanted to just drum with them if that but they pushed my singing..only to remove it later on which hurt me badly..but thats water now.
i just lost it complete.but after playin with them for a year my chops were back and i just played..i didmtshakend and make faces anymore.
i got good again.
but my inability to communicate properly with them killed it.if i could have said i love you guys..but i need a break or i need to start writing away from the band i could have stayed.
but because i was sick and not in control i left them immediatly after we released an album.
they were luckty to get aguy fast but i could have ruined them.
instead of facing what i did i showed them rath because they never listened to my stuff..but i wasnt writing alot then.i couldnt play guitar yet well and i couldnt show them anything.if things were different now i could show them dozens of songs but its far too late.
so what does the harpy do???
join a band? no way.id just leave again.neil young always said he had trouble working ina confined space of aband and i understand his feelings well.
but i may start my own band and do christian stuff.i never thought of that till my friend sal said it last week.do it man.just do it.
so i might.but i need a pa and space.
meanwhile im on standby witmemphis who if they had any brains would go to nashville an they could record an album there.
i dont know what the hell to do but i do have a new album finished.a solo one but a damned good one this time as opposed to what i had on the first album wich was a ill show them all demo mess.the songs were all good.the recordings were rushed and messy.
not now.
the new cd will be out soon..in a month or two.
it will be called 'seconds?"
why that?cause in asecond god can rapture his saints.or else its just the second fucking cd.
anyways im done.i warned yall.i said id post one christian post and then get back to the complaining!
plus my buddys band wasnt therte tonight or id have been doing some swing and blues.
arrrggggggg!the harpy needs aband to jam with.
a christian post month one(out of 12)
whenever i make a christian post i will label it as such.that way anyone who wishes to freely open the knowledge given them can do so while they who wish to ignore it may still do so.i make no commands on anyone.i simply will state a passage from the word and let you take it from there
remember..god sent himself as christ to shed blood so we ..all of us can live eternally.
theres no other leader.no one else who did this.there were thousands of prophets but NONE did what jesus christ did for us.
nor do witches,warlocks and ortghwer demon like spirits,.(im sure that will get me hated)good! id rather be hated and saved.
so here we go.
this passage is from the end book revelation.
it talks about christ being the ONLY worthy being to open the book or scroll of life for us .without this knowledge no way can we be saved from what we do here.drinking..drugs..slander..hatred..theft..it goes on and on.
the evil one has us good.but his time is short!
so i encourage you to read this.there will be ONE christian post per month.
that is all.so you wont have to suffer to come read my blog.yes..much of it will be nosensical complaining about trivial things that are useless to our saving.
but i am human.
so here we go.this ones heavy.
it says the angels do not sing..but they have known god forever..as we have not.
open the scroll!
Verse 1: And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
The book in the right hand of the Lord Jesus Christ is actually a scroll of either sheepskin, papyrus, or vellum. Its subject is redemption, and its contents unlock the remainder of this chapter. The message is contained on the inside and outside, and is enclosed by seven seals.
Verse 2: And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
The search for a member of the human race, past or present, or any rank of angel to open the book proves fruitless. None is worthy!
Verse 3: And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
John is heartbroken!
Verse 4: And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
John's lament has to do with the fact that this scroll is also the title deed to the earth. As long as it remains sealed, Satan will be in complete control of the planet.
Verse 5: And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof
John's weeping ends at the place where all tears are dried. He is pointed to Christ where tears are turned to joy. Christ is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David. Since Judah is the leading tribe of Israel and a lion is the king of the beasts, Christ is thus pictured when He comes as Israel's King (see chapter 19, verse 16). It is at this same moment that the Lord God gives unto him the throne of his father David (Luke 1:32). Let's go further in proving that our Saviour is the One John sees.
Verse 6: And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
As mentioned previously, the seven-sealed scroll is the title deed to the earth and its subject is redemption. The Lamb of God (John 1:29), who earned the right by redemption to the title deed of the earth, is the only One worthy to open the seals. This is the Lamb who died for you and for me. Yes, Christ died for our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3). He shed His precious blood to purchase our redemption, for the blood of Jesus Christ [God's] son cleanseth us from all sin (1 John 1:7). John, who recorded the fact that Jesus was the Lamb of God when He walked upon the earth, now says that no one can overcome but by the blood of the Lamb (chapter 12, verse 11). "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?" There is no other way! Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission for sins (see Hebrews 9:22). This Lamb is worthy because of the sacrifice He paid for your sin and mine. Yes, worthy is the Lamb to be praised for time and eternity.
The Lamb's seven horns picture strength. Jesus said, All [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18). The seven eyes picture the fact that He sees everything each of us does: All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do(Hebrews 4:13). Since "seven" means perfection, there will be no mistakes made as the judgment is meted out, because the seven spirits of God-a picture of the Holy Spirit in all of His fullness-rest upon Christ without measure. Coupling His power (seven horns), His all-seeing vision (seven eyes), along with His filling of the Spirit of God in a sevenfold way (see Isaiah 11:1, 2), not one mistake will be made during the Tribulation hour. The One found worthy now acts.
Verse 7: And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
Verse 8: And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
The twenty-four elders, representatives of all of God's saved people, share in this glorious moment. The praise is so spectacular that the redeemed break out in song. What a heavenly choir-the largest ever assembled! Listen to them!
Verse 9: And they [sang] a new song, saying thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue and people, and nation;
Verse 10: And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
The song is in appreciation of the fact that Christ was slain on Calvary's cross, that His precious blood was shed (see 1 Peter 1:19), and that it was shed for the entire world. This includes Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, Catholics, and Baptists. Some Christians think they are going to have their own little corner, all alone, in heaven. Not so! Christ's sacrifice was for all kindreds, all tongues, and all people, all nations. God loves the world! The choir also sings about their soon return with Him when He comes as King of kings (chapter 19, verse 11). At that time they-the armies of heaven-will follow Him upon white horses. At this point the angels also join in praising the Lamb...
Verse 11: And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beast and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.
Verse 12: Saying with a loud voice, worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory and blessing.
Notice that this passage is not a song. Nowhere does the Bible teach that angels sing. They recite their praise, whereas the Church Triumphant sings her glorious message. The angels, associated with the Lord since their creation, know Him as few know Him-for they have lived with Him for thousands of years. They praise the Lamb for seven reasons: (1) His power; (2) His spiritual riches; (3) His wisdom; (4) His might; (5) His honor; (6) His glory; and (7) His blessing. Carnal Christians who will not bow in worship to Christ here on earth, soon will!
Verse 13: And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
At this point Philippians 2:9-11 will be fulfilled: Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
What is the response as the heavenly hosts envision this future hour?
Verse 14: And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshiped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Notice they get a head start. They cannot wait t
remember..god sent himself as christ to shed blood so we ..all of us can live eternally.
theres no other leader.no one else who did this.there were thousands of prophets but NONE did what jesus christ did for us.
nor do witches,warlocks and ortghwer demon like spirits,.(im sure that will get me hated)good! id rather be hated and saved.
so here we go.
this passage is from the end book revelation.
it talks about christ being the ONLY worthy being to open the book or scroll of life for us .without this knowledge no way can we be saved from what we do here.drinking..drugs..slander..hatred..theft..it goes on and on.
the evil one has us good.but his time is short!
so i encourage you to read this.there will be ONE christian post per month.
that is all.so you wont have to suffer to come read my blog.yes..much of it will be nosensical complaining about trivial things that are useless to our saving.
but i am human.
so here we go.this ones heavy.
it says the angels do not sing..but they have known god forever..as we have not.
open the scroll!
Verse 1: And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
The book in the right hand of the Lord Jesus Christ is actually a scroll of either sheepskin, papyrus, or vellum. Its subject is redemption, and its contents unlock the remainder of this chapter. The message is contained on the inside and outside, and is enclosed by seven seals.
Verse 2: And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
The search for a member of the human race, past or present, or any rank of angel to open the book proves fruitless. None is worthy!
Verse 3: And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
John is heartbroken!
Verse 4: And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
John's lament has to do with the fact that this scroll is also the title deed to the earth. As long as it remains sealed, Satan will be in complete control of the planet.
Verse 5: And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof
John's weeping ends at the place where all tears are dried. He is pointed to Christ where tears are turned to joy. Christ is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David. Since Judah is the leading tribe of Israel and a lion is the king of the beasts, Christ is thus pictured when He comes as Israel's King (see chapter 19, verse 16). It is at this same moment that the Lord God gives unto him the throne of his father David (Luke 1:32). Let's go further in proving that our Saviour is the One John sees.
Verse 6: And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
As mentioned previously, the seven-sealed scroll is the title deed to the earth and its subject is redemption. The Lamb of God (John 1:29), who earned the right by redemption to the title deed of the earth, is the only One worthy to open the seals. This is the Lamb who died for you and for me. Yes, Christ died for our sins (1 Corinthians 15:3). He shed His precious blood to purchase our redemption, for the blood of Jesus Christ [God's] son cleanseth us from all sin (1 John 1:7). John, who recorded the fact that Jesus was the Lamb of God when He walked upon the earth, now says that no one can overcome but by the blood of the Lamb (chapter 12, verse 11). "Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?" There is no other way! Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission for sins (see Hebrews 9:22). This Lamb is worthy because of the sacrifice He paid for your sin and mine. Yes, worthy is the Lamb to be praised for time and eternity.
The Lamb's seven horns picture strength. Jesus said, All [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18). The seven eyes picture the fact that He sees everything each of us does: All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do(Hebrews 4:13). Since "seven" means perfection, there will be no mistakes made as the judgment is meted out, because the seven spirits of God-a picture of the Holy Spirit in all of His fullness-rest upon Christ without measure. Coupling His power (seven horns), His all-seeing vision (seven eyes), along with His filling of the Spirit of God in a sevenfold way (see Isaiah 11:1, 2), not one mistake will be made during the Tribulation hour. The One found worthy now acts.
Verse 7: And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
Verse 8: And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
The twenty-four elders, representatives of all of God's saved people, share in this glorious moment. The praise is so spectacular that the redeemed break out in song. What a heavenly choir-the largest ever assembled! Listen to them!
Verse 9: And they [sang] a new song, saying thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue and people, and nation;
Verse 10: And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
The song is in appreciation of the fact that Christ was slain on Calvary's cross, that His precious blood was shed (see 1 Peter 1:19), and that it was shed for the entire world. This includes Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, Catholics, and Baptists. Some Christians think they are going to have their own little corner, all alone, in heaven. Not so! Christ's sacrifice was for all kindreds, all tongues, and all people, all nations. God loves the world! The choir also sings about their soon return with Him when He comes as King of kings (chapter 19, verse 11). At that time they-the armies of heaven-will follow Him upon white horses. At this point the angels also join in praising the Lamb...
Verse 11: And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beast and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.
Verse 12: Saying with a loud voice, worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory and blessing.
Notice that this passage is not a song. Nowhere does the Bible teach that angels sing. They recite their praise, whereas the Church Triumphant sings her glorious message. The angels, associated with the Lord since their creation, know Him as few know Him-for they have lived with Him for thousands of years. They praise the Lamb for seven reasons: (1) His power; (2) His spiritual riches; (3) His wisdom; (4) His might; (5) His honor; (6) His glory; and (7) His blessing. Carnal Christians who will not bow in worship to Christ here on earth, soon will!
Verse 13: And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
At this point Philippians 2:9-11 will be fulfilled: Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
What is the response as the heavenly hosts envision this future hour?
Verse 14: And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshiped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Notice they get a head start. They cannot wait t
bruces goes out for nothing.
i admit unless i am playing with a band doing a gig i never leave my house.just to the store maybe or bank.
but my wonderfull friend kevin had asked me to come out any thursday to sit in and play some swing or classic rock.i decided id go!
when i got there it was vacant.
the ad was in the paper but the sign said band next week!
ok.it was a hoot to go out in the feezing cold for nothing .hes rehersing with his classic rock band tonight when i called.
so now i am freezing from being out there for nothing.
next week i may or may not go..if i have a gig obviosly i wont be around.
but i have an open invitation to play with them anytime..as long as they are playing!
but my wonderfull friend kevin had asked me to come out any thursday to sit in and play some swing or classic rock.i decided id go!
when i got there it was vacant.
the ad was in the paper but the sign said band next week!
ok.it was a hoot to go out in the feezing cold for nothing .hes rehersing with his classic rock band tonight when i called.
so now i am freezing from being out there for nothing.
next week i may or may not go..if i have a gig obviosly i wont be around.
but i have an open invitation to play with them anytime..as long as they are playing!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
lets torment lupos in providence we want roots!
i recently sent an email to the club owner of lupos heartbreak hotel stating that over the past few years,the club and rhode island musuc scene initself has just about deleted roots music from its rep!
lupos..in its day was where we LOVED to play!
it was always a full house.
i played there with the jailbirds,the rockin valentinos and jack smith all on bills with bands such as stevie ray,the fab thunderbirds,robert gordon(with danny gatton) and many many other bills.
now it seems as though the club has forgotten who it was who put them on the map to start with.
what about having roomfuill of blues back?memphis rockabilly(who i am sort of with..) and many other roots bands who played there.remnember b willie smith and the rockin valentinos back at back?
come on.write the club and ask them to start a roots night people.
we wanna play there.ask them for memphis rockabilly band from boston.( i modestly must say we are the best roots band around now) but remember roots bands..blues(young neal),rockabilly country(memphis rockabilly) and jazz swing(roomfull) put that club on the map!
they need a good kick in the arse from yall!
so help out.look them up online and tell them all the bands that we mentioned here and also any i omitted from a bad memopry.we need lupos back on our side and we need to stop the dee jays from busting us out.
bruce roger medici
lupos..in its day was where we LOVED to play!
it was always a full house.
i played there with the jailbirds,the rockin valentinos and jack smith all on bills with bands such as stevie ray,the fab thunderbirds,robert gordon(with danny gatton) and many many other bills.
now it seems as though the club has forgotten who it was who put them on the map to start with.
what about having roomfuill of blues back?memphis rockabilly(who i am sort of with..) and many other roots bands who played there.remnember b willie smith and the rockin valentinos back at back?
come on.write the club and ask them to start a roots night people.
we wanna play there.ask them for memphis rockabilly band from boston.( i modestly must say we are the best roots band around now) but remember roots bands..blues(young neal),rockabilly country(memphis rockabilly) and jazz swing(roomfull) put that club on the map!
they need a good kick in the arse from yall!
so help out.look them up online and tell them all the bands that we mentioned here and also any i omitted from a bad memopry.we need lupos back on our side and we need to stop the dee jays from busting us out.
bruce roger medici
peace finally with 4 a cross and me
i am elated to say that we have finally come to peace and i am no longer in anger about my former band.
they have aknowledged my song on indeheaven.i heard the news today and its been like that for a while but sadly because i was blocked there i never saw it.i want to apologize to johnny cirelli as i was cruel to him and he has a heart of gold.
you talk about a man who will go through hell literally to help people..and those are the guys we torment?
the man has had health issuyes..has never brough any of my anger to the band..has held it all in.
he has more grace than i could hope to have in one lifetime.god bless him dearly.
i feel badly but i also had to bug him because i needed that done.
still to hurt a friend sucks.
i never hated them.
actually i missed them and kicked my own ass for ever leaving themn because they are hands down the best christian band around here.
this band has a maigcal love from above on it.
and i walked away from it.
i was ill.
i wasnt thinking right and i wasnt writing much then,.i was scared to show them what i had.
had things gone differently maybe id have gotten good on guitar than too and showed them more.
anyways..peace johnny and 4 a cross and i will pray for all of you.
im sorry boys.
long live christ!
they have aknowledged my song on indeheaven.i heard the news today and its been like that for a while but sadly because i was blocked there i never saw it.i want to apologize to johnny cirelli as i was cruel to him and he has a heart of gold.
you talk about a man who will go through hell literally to help people..and those are the guys we torment?
the man has had health issuyes..has never brough any of my anger to the band..has held it all in.
he has more grace than i could hope to have in one lifetime.god bless him dearly.
i feel badly but i also had to bug him because i needed that done.
still to hurt a friend sucks.
i never hated them.
actually i missed them and kicked my own ass for ever leaving themn because they are hands down the best christian band around here.
this band has a maigcal love from above on it.
and i walked away from it.
i was ill.
i wasnt thinking right and i wasnt writing much then,.i was scared to show them what i had.
had things gone differently maybe id have gotten good on guitar than too and showed them more.
anyways..peace johnny and 4 a cross and i will pray for all of you.
im sorry boys.
long live christ!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
on typos
i dont wanna hear it..ok???
im a shitty typist.i cant spell for anything.i got all a's in english before i lost my eyesight!!!!
im a shitty typist.i cant spell for anything.i got all a's in english before i lost my eyesight!!!!
from bruce roger medici
hi!
harpy here which is my nickname.i know theres another harpy on
the blogs here so lests get this together.i am a male and a christian songwriter/performer who writes music for our lord jesus and wishes to spread the good news of his coming .my songs have been online for quite some time now as bruce roger medici and i do not wish to get confused with a band called 'medici' from italy!
so remember to use roger in my name.
i have to say i am thankfull although the past couple of years have been rough.i was in a band called 4 a cross for over a year and got ill and had to leave.
also they were not receptive to my material so leaving was my only choice.
so i am a solo act for now although i may be forming a band soon!
i shall update you when that happens!
i have total of 55 songs now as opposed to the ten i had when i was with the band and thats made me think god had me leave them for a good reason although its been painfull not being with them anymore.
a man must go where god sends him though and i did.
i had to.
listen to my original songs on emusic,i tunes,amazon,yahoo and all the other delightfull online places and you will see why i had to leave and be solo.
being a solo artist is hard!!!!
i thought it would be a breeze..welp..it aint!
for one thing theres nobody to bounce off of.
most folks would hear christian tues and scoff at them.so you never know if you are hearing the right kind of critisism~!
another non christian player may say that sucks!
you may agree.
i have a cd called "souls' which has been online and out since last april 2008.
while i did the mix not knowing what i was doing,there are some really good songs there.
some of the words were coweritten by my friend wabbz which remains a anonymous friend!
some songs are good and clear..others are garbled up badly.
but im selling loads of them!
so the word must be getting out somhow.
i have had fueds online with my previose bands manager which got me "banned" from indeheaven.com..a place where all us christians are supposed to be able to sell and advertise our work.
i strongly advise you to read about this site and keith its owner who if you do not agree with what he or an ex band says will use a server called apache to block you.like you cannot go to the local library AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH YOUR SONGS?
the cd we did as band called the ministry begins is a good one but i have two songs on it and i get no kudos on indeheaven with thier page at all.
why is this?
hatred and envy prevail.i left them when they had just finished the album.
daddy ran from home and they couldnt take it?
they refuse to credit my songs although two of them"angel smiles" and 'just pray" are mine so if you go there listen to them both.
also note just pray was my first christian lyric and they dont even mention it.
'angel smiles" was mistitled and sung by the leader without my permission.
on my 'souls" cd you can hear "angel of god' which is the real version as it was written..when i was a little boy my mom would sing it to me.so if they wrote it with me they must have been there in 1961!!!
ok..lets not make this all bout them.i just wanted to clear the air!
since my cd,i have also recorded and released two singles online."come what may" which was done as a cop off a moody blues feel..has no bass on it but has the feeling on it that you are truly hearing what was in a dream i had about the holy spirit and it telling me what i would see someday!
needless to say the song gives me chills even now.
the other song""away with all of you" is not christian..its a pun on the people who demeaned my music when i first began writing.
i ask in the song..'does it make you cring to hear if im in tune..well thats ok..its in a play anyway!"
i believe i robbed shakespear..my friend ralph says i did. :()
new songs are coming now at a quicker pace and i allreasdy have more than enough for the second album which is tentatively titled.."seconds"!
the songs are cleaer now and i know how to mix! i play everything just like on the first album but more clearer now.(i am a drummer at heart but lead sing and play guitar,bass and keyboards too).
the songs are all originals and shoot more towards story telling to get folks to hear christ and his message!
i have also redone "a matter of time" as a slower rock song now as opposed to the neil young country feel it had then.i think its better!
so with all this said please follow my blog.keep in touch.i will be writing more songs and may even throw a few secular ones in too.god doesnt care what we sing as long as we do his work.
but back to the band i was in..stealing his work is another issue completely!
as a last note i will be doing gigs with memphis rockabilly out of boston mass soon as as fill in drummer.
while i think this can lead to a better situation for my solo stuff it will also be fun as i love to sing and play roots music too.i will keep you posted as to when and where! god bless you all and remember to love your bothers and sisters no matter what they do to you.
thats gods command.and i love everyone.but i still believe in being honest and having the truth come out.
ditto on indeheaven.com
you wont see my music there ever!
i believe i can spread gods words without begging people to recognize what i have allready done.
bruce roger medici
2/10/09
harpy here which is my nickname.i know theres another harpy on
the blogs here so lests get this together.i am a male and a christian songwriter/performer who writes music for our lord jesus and wishes to spread the good news of his coming .my songs have been online for quite some time now as bruce roger medici and i do not wish to get confused with a band called 'medici' from italy!
so remember to use roger in my name.
i have to say i am thankfull although the past couple of years have been rough.i was in a band called 4 a cross for over a year and got ill and had to leave.
also they were not receptive to my material so leaving was my only choice.
so i am a solo act for now although i may be forming a band soon!
i shall update you when that happens!
i have total of 55 songs now as opposed to the ten i had when i was with the band and thats made me think god had me leave them for a good reason although its been painfull not being with them anymore.
a man must go where god sends him though and i did.
i had to.
listen to my original songs on emusic,i tunes,amazon,yahoo and all the other delightfull online places and you will see why i had to leave and be solo.
being a solo artist is hard!!!!
i thought it would be a breeze..welp..it aint!
for one thing theres nobody to bounce off of.
most folks would hear christian tues and scoff at them.so you never know if you are hearing the right kind of critisism~!
another non christian player may say that sucks!
you may agree.
i have a cd called "souls' which has been online and out since last april 2008.
while i did the mix not knowing what i was doing,there are some really good songs there.
some of the words were coweritten by my friend wabbz which remains a anonymous friend!
some songs are good and clear..others are garbled up badly.
but im selling loads of them!
so the word must be getting out somhow.
i have had fueds online with my previose bands manager which got me "banned" from indeheaven.com..a place where all us christians are supposed to be able to sell and advertise our work.
i strongly advise you to read about this site and keith its owner who if you do not agree with what he or an ex band says will use a server called apache to block you.like you cannot go to the local library AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH YOUR SONGS?
the cd we did as band called the ministry begins is a good one but i have two songs on it and i get no kudos on indeheaven with thier page at all.
why is this?
hatred and envy prevail.i left them when they had just finished the album.
daddy ran from home and they couldnt take it?
they refuse to credit my songs although two of them"angel smiles" and 'just pray" are mine so if you go there listen to them both.
also note just pray was my first christian lyric and they dont even mention it.
'angel smiles" was mistitled and sung by the leader without my permission.
on my 'souls" cd you can hear "angel of god' which is the real version as it was written..when i was a little boy my mom would sing it to me.so if they wrote it with me they must have been there in 1961!!!
ok..lets not make this all bout them.i just wanted to clear the air!
since my cd,i have also recorded and released two singles online."come what may" which was done as a cop off a moody blues feel..has no bass on it but has the feeling on it that you are truly hearing what was in a dream i had about the holy spirit and it telling me what i would see someday!
needless to say the song gives me chills even now.
the other song""away with all of you" is not christian..its a pun on the people who demeaned my music when i first began writing.
i ask in the song..'does it make you cring to hear if im in tune..well thats ok..its in a play anyway!"
i believe i robbed shakespear..my friend ralph says i did. :()
new songs are coming now at a quicker pace and i allreasdy have more than enough for the second album which is tentatively titled.."seconds"!
the songs are cleaer now and i know how to mix! i play everything just like on the first album but more clearer now.(i am a drummer at heart but lead sing and play guitar,bass and keyboards too).
the songs are all originals and shoot more towards story telling to get folks to hear christ and his message!
i have also redone "a matter of time" as a slower rock song now as opposed to the neil young country feel it had then.i think its better!
so with all this said please follow my blog.keep in touch.i will be writing more songs and may even throw a few secular ones in too.god doesnt care what we sing as long as we do his work.
but back to the band i was in..stealing his work is another issue completely!
as a last note i will be doing gigs with memphis rockabilly out of boston mass soon as as fill in drummer.
while i think this can lead to a better situation for my solo stuff it will also be fun as i love to sing and play roots music too.i will keep you posted as to when and where! god bless you all and remember to love your bothers and sisters no matter what they do to you.
thats gods command.and i love everyone.but i still believe in being honest and having the truth come out.
ditto on indeheaven.com
you wont see my music there ever!
i believe i can spread gods words without begging people to recognize what i have allready done.
bruce roger medici
2/10/09
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