Tonight kicks off Impact Weekend '08 at Rocky Creek. Where I am an intern, the worship leader intern. Anyway- I am really excited about this- to see what God is gonna do. Last night was amazing (Last night was Storehouse- the wed night worship time). It went so smoothly- we used a countdown video to start it off, and me and blake, my drummer- went on before it was over, so the lights came on while we were up there. IT was awesome! But on a more spiritual thought- I really had a amazing time jsut worshipping God. We did the song, Facedown, by Matt Redman. I love that song- because what else will we be able to do when we see God. As I told my kids- We say we will tell him how awesome He is, and how much we love Him- but we will only be able to fall down flat on our face. We can't give HIm any glory he doesn't already have, we just have to get out of the way of blocking it by falling facedown.
Impact will be awesome.
I also just finished recording a new song, TOnight. It was mentioned earlier in a blog, but the recording should be up soon. That is all for now!
So last week was pretty busy, I still had time to do some stuff, but overall it was just busy. The weekend was a nice little break, but man did it hit me again. I have stuff every day and every night this week. All of which are happening in Greenville, so I have to drive there every day and back from Anderson.
The weekend was great- went to go see Vantage Point with Dorothy, my amazing girlfriend of three and a half years. The movie was packed, but really really good. I was shocked by how stupid people are though- its called Vantage Point because it will show people's, wait for it- vantage point's. But every time it started over, people either laughed or moaned or something. Wow.....
Anyway- Sunday I went to record "Tonight" at Brian Reece's place. It went really good, and it was awesome to be in that "studio" environment. It should be done within a couple weeks.
This blog isn't really that entertaining, but I figured I should be in some kind of ritual for posting.
So
goodnight, and good luck
This Sunday I will be going to record my two songs "Tonight" and "The Victim." I am not going to a full studio, but a friend's house with full studio equipment. They should be ready for listening pleasure in about a month. It will feature- my vocals, acoustic guitar, prob some light electric, and maybe some drum/ mandolin. You will all definitely need to check it out.
The Nines, written and directed by John August- stars Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, Hope Davis, and Elle Fanning. The Nines is broken up into three parts: The Prisoner, Reality Television, and Knowing. They each star the same actors/actresses, and take place at the same time, and each story is intertwined with the other. This review will contain no spoilers- again- N SPOILERS- so feel free to read this and then see the movie. The Nines is a psychological spiritual fantasy. Ryan Reynolds plays in part one: Gary, a TV actor best known for his role on Crime Lab. He is under house arrest for burning down his house by accident. Part two he plays Gavin, a TV writer. It is filmed like a reality show. Part three he plays Gabe, a video game designer, who designed a very addictive video game that almost everyone played.The script was wonderful, it captivated me immediately, and I couldn't stop watching. I have ADHD, so my attention span is very short, many movies I find myself zoning in and out, or having to have subtitles to keep my attention, but The Nines kept me all on its own. The actors were brilliant, I couldn't imagine a better cast. Melissa McCarthy shined through out the whole film, making you fall in love with her with almost no choice. Onto Ryan's performance. He is best known to many of us as Van Wilder, the college student who seemed to nebetr be able to graduate but party in school. This is a very serious role, and was a very difficult role to portray. He pulled it off seamlessly.John August shows his excellence in this film. The Nines is a movie you cannot miss, you will find yourself stunned, entertained, and confused. In the end you will be questioning the world in the most positive of ways.
In the movie, "The Big Lebowski" the main tag line is "the dude abides". (if you haven't seen the movie, the dude is what Lebowski calls himself, he is a passivist, and just wants "to abide."That got me thinking- am I abiding like "the dude"? Could people call me "the dude" I would like th think that, and if u want to I wouldn't mind.
Abide is defined by dictionary.com as this: to endure, sustain, or withstand without yielding or submitting.Basically- am I accepting what life is offering me, living with the hand i've been dealt, or do I feel as though I am owed more or less. In the christian standpoint i feel that we should abide, no more, no less. we hear the phrase, to abide in christ- what does that mean? are we to just accept without yielding or submitting? without pausing or saying yes? or is there more? I don't want you to answer this in replies, because its something each person must answer themselves, in a way. Abiding for each person is someting different, because each life is different.
If you've seen the movie, American Psycho. then you probably will understand this alot more. In the movie, Paul Bateman kills a coworker of his, Paul Allen who is better than him. But Paul Allen doesn't know who Bateman is, he thinks he is someone named Marcus Habersham.
To make a long story short, and to not ruin it- it is a picture of the 80's yuppie society and how everyone wanted to fit in, and in turn it made everyone basically the same. So here it is: why would u want to blend in? Isn't it the worst when someone mistakes you for someone else, and calls you the wrong name? In the movie this happens to Bateman, when his own lawyer doesn't know him in person. No one knows anyone truly in this movie, and if you haven't seen it, you must.
Its awesome, kinda weird, but thats the point. There is one line that Bateman says, that sounds real cliche, when his fiance asks him to quit his job since he doesn't like it, and he looks at her and simply says "I want to fit in" It sounds stupid, but that is how bad it was/is. I mean, it hasn't really changed. We are still just as bad nowadays aren't we? I will admit, I hate standing out, and I don't think that is what we should strive for- that strange rebellion. But I hate conformity, even though I conform just like everyone else.
Okay, so I am moving my blog from Vox to here, and probably from facebook to here. I doubt many people will be reading this on a regular basis, but its cool. I am on myspace and facebook, the myspace is www.myspace.com/joshwilliamsmusic. Don't really know what the facebook is...
Anyway- I want this blog to be your doorway into my mind. Don't be fooled, my mind isn't some genuis superbrain- its quite the opposite, but it is very confusing. Don't get lost, becaus you will not escape it... Its sort of like a funhouse- you know, the ones that AREN'T fun!
I am 19 years old, from Greenville, SC. I am currently attending Anderson University studying Christian Ministries. I am a musician, I play guitar and sing- I write my own songs and perform them mainly over Anderson and Clemson and occassionaly Greenville. I want to be a full-time worship leader, or something involving music and my God. I want to say that God is my number one, that I am a super Christian, and that church is my passion- but I can't. At least not right now. I am human, and mess up- a lot. Sin truly is one of those things that you can't get out of on your own. I am having to learn that right now, and its hard. Why must sin be so fun? haha, i guess that question is somewhat redundant.
Thats it for now. More later
Josh
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