http://jsnowcarpenter.com Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:59:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the mind and mouth of Shaun Groves: Creative people are weird complex.  So this series is my attempt to explain us to anyone having to work or live with us.  Each statement is laid out as a contradiction.  I’m borrowing heavily from researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book Creativity: The Work and ... http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/10/06/creative-types-make-no-sense-except-to-creative-types/ So... heading down to Tyler on Saturday with the rest of evenstill to visit Rosewood Studios.  I'm really excited about this visit as this is a truly top-notch studio with great engineers.  I'll keep you all posted on developments with this and with all updates that happen with the band. http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/10/03/saturday-studio-visit/ Micah singing from Jonathan Carpenter on Vimeo. http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/10/02/micah-singing/ Over three weeks ago I had a catastrophic failure that occurred when I attempted to upgrade server-side software... I am just now back to semi-normal status with the website.  This also gave me a reason to do a whole site redesign.  I will soon be providing more information as well ... http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/09/28/and-were-back/ So much that I would like to share here... I am still writing and getting ready to do more recording... stay tuned for more details. http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/08/30/big-things-on-the-horizon/ I have been absolutely pathetic about keeping my site updated this year... I realize this.  I also have heard from several of you recently indicating that you still check in regularly only to be disappointed that there is nothing new happening here.  Let me assure you that there have been ... http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/08/07/hello-new-readers/ You want to see what despair used to look like? God allowed Job to be tested by Satan because he was "the finest man in all the earth - a man of complete integrity. He [feared] God and [had] nothing to do with evil" (Job 1:8). So, ... http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/05/04/jobs-desperation/ Download link http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/04/20/and-now-life-changes/ I was first exposed to Frou Frou (and subsequently Imogen Heap, now one of my favorites) through the movie "Garden State" (Zach Braff's (J.D. from Scrubs) first attempt at directing).  This was probably the only time that I have ever specifically wanted to see a movie solely upon hearing a ... http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/03/27/frou-frou-let-go/ The Afters are a Dallas-based band that are on the INO label (MercyMe, Skillet, P.O.D., Derek Webb, Addison Road) and had pretty good success with their first "major-label" release, I Wish We All Could Win. Their song, "Beautiful Love," became the theme song for an MTV show and they ... http://jsnowcarpenter.com/2008/03/19/the-afters-wait/