February 26, 2007
Oh my has it been 5 months since my last entry. I suppose anyone who was reading this regularly has probably left.  Well since September 26 quite a bit has been happening.  Let's with Driven we had another concert after the Saginaw Spirit hockey game at the Dow Event Center.  This time it was held in the blue line room which was very nice.  Then we did a concert at the Hartley Nature center for the Holy Spirit Parish youth group.  Then we did a concert at The Father's Heart Ministries in Midland.  We also did worship for them in the morning and Craig preached to their congregation. They are a fantastic group of people.  Then for personal reasons I took a few months off from the band.  I played for our church's Leadership conference in December.  I decided to come back to Driven just last week.  I am real excited about that.  Our former rhythm guitarist Brad decided to come back as well.  It has been great having him around again.

September 26, 2006
This was one crazy week.  Craig and I sang and played music approximately 21 times in 8 days with performances and practices combined.  It was a blast though let me tell you. First we performed a great 4 song set at the Christian Celebration Center in Midland Michigan. Then we left their went to orchestra practice for Living Word, this was on Friday.  Then we did worship on Sunday morning and evening at Living Word.  Then on Monday evening we had another practice for the upcoming conference at Living.  Tuesday night we had practice and then the conference. This continued every day and ended on Friday evening.  On Saturday then the band traveled to Bad Axe Michigan and did a concert at a family fun festival.  Then Craig and I again did worship at Living Word on Sunday.  The conference at Living Word was awesome.  David Huff came and played with us a couple of nights and he also performed a couple of songs of his new CD.  Daniel Eric Groves and his band also came one night.  This is the first time I got to meet them and they are a great bunch of guys.

August 29, 2006
Vassar Battle of the Bands. On Friday Driven participated in a battle of the bands in Vassar Michigan on our drummer Kory's birthday.  Happy birthday bro!  Personally, I thought we were certainly one of the better if not the best band. However, due to the crazy way they did the voting we did not win.  They basically had a jar for each band and the audience was supposed to deposit quarters in the jar of the band they liked the most.  Well the band that was performing after us had more quarters in their jar than we did and they hadn't even played yet.  So, I suspect a little foul play.  hahaha.  We did receive quite a few compliments from the other bands as well which is always nice to hear. :-)

August 15, 2006
On Thursday last week our band Driven performed at the Unity Festival in Muskegon Michigan.  It was an awesome time.  Lincoln Brewster was performing on the main stage around the same time that we were performing on the lake stage. This was probably the only bummer part, because I am a big Lincon fan and would have loved to see his concert.  Kory's family came and helped with the CD table.  Here's a small clip of yours truly "getting down" on our last song.  Clip.

August 8, 2006
Even though this wasn't one of my events I did want to mention that 2006 Invasion was completed last week. As before the band Invasion came and lead worship every night.  It was a great time.  A lot of teenagers experienced a touch from God. You can visit www.invasion.net for more information. I was blessed extra this time, because my friend Alvin (the bass player from invade) brought his AQ signature 5 string bass. It was a very sweet playing instrument.  It was also good to see, Greg, Andrew, Shawn, Brian, Devin, Tracy and new comer Darrel again.

August 1, 2006
Ah, Beachfest what can I say, it was an experience to remember.  :-)  Special thanks to Ron for organizing the event.  I hope the aftermath wasn't as bad.  I suppose anyone who's reading is probably saying, "what are you talking about."  Well, let me give you a little scenario.  There were 30 bands that were going to play on July 29, 2006 in Caseville, MI.  Ron, who is a great guy by the way, organized this whole event.  He started in February by writing letters getting permission, etc.  Well, when the day finally arrived and the bands were progressing through the day.  He began to get complaints on the loudness and there was a mild rainstorm that blew in for about an hour that caused some problems. So, toward the end of the night is was only getting worse.  That's really too bad because I thought it was a great idea for an event.

July 25, 2006
Well we just finished our summer "mini-tour" with Craig Lang and Driven.  We drove to Front Royal, Virginia Wednesday night last week.  Thursday evening we performed our first concert. Then Friday morning we lead worship and then in the afternoon we had another concert.  I was able to meet the bass player from Sonic Flood.  They were playing later in the evening after Tree63.  We then drove through the night back to Midland, Michigan.  Craig and I then performed at a Free Market at our church on Saturday.  Sunday morning we both assisted with the morning worship and then we drove up to Charlevoix, Michigan for a concert in a bandshell at a park off of main street in Charlevoix. It was so beautiful up there. Our new drummer Kory did a great job at his first concert with us in Virginia, however Kory had to go to New Jersey after our concerts in Virginia. So, we asked this guy Mark from Flint, Michigan if he could fill in up in Charlevoix. Mark said he was willing.  We ended up having a great time with him too.

June 27, 2006
Yesterday David Wells once again graced us with his presence. *wink* *wink* David. David is a great guy and this time he brought his wife and youngest son.  Myself, Brian, Greg, Chris, Jerri, Sue and Craig all backed him up and played a couple songs off of his new CD titled "More Love, More Power." www.davidwellsonline.com  We also did a few songs that we already knew, however David asked us to change keys, so that he could more easily flow with the song.  It was slightly difficult but not unbearable, kind of fun actually for a change up.

June 18, 2006
On June 16th, Craig Lang and Driven lead worship for a mens meeting at the Bay Valley Christian church in Bay City, Michigan.  We had a great time and I think they did too.  haha.  The meeting was in their youth room upstairs at their church.  And let me tell you this was a cool youth room.  They had a very nice set up for the stage and being a youth room the had pool tables, a foosball table, a ping pong table.  They also served pizza and pop before their pastor came up and spoke to the group about being a father.  It was a great time.

June 5, 2006
On May 28th, the band Driven lead worship for Living Word North in Bellaire Michigan.  We lead for both their A.M. and P.M. services. It was a great time.  This was the first time that our new drummer Kory played live with us.  He did a great job.  Bellaire is a beautiful area as well.  Pastor Klooster taught in the morning session and Craig ( www.craiglang.net ) taught on worship in the evening service.  Joel helped out with some photos and set up, great job Joel. It was a blessing being up there.

March 22, 2006
This past weekend we were in Charlevoix Mi at the Family Faith Church with Pastor Arp.  Starting Saturday morning Craig taught 2 workshops on worship and then in the afternoon session each of us from Driven talked a little bit about the different practical aspects of worship.  And then Pastor Arp spoke a few minutes about his perspective as a minister and a musician and what a minister would like from the band.  Then in the evening we had a concert. It went very well.  The next morning we joined up with their worship team for their morning service.  It was a great time.  Keep going forward Caleb. :-)

March 14, 2006
Last week our church hosted the National Holy Spirit Conference (www.marktbarclay.com). Pastor Chris Holland from Indianapolis came in and led the worship.  It was a great time. Pastor Rick Lopez from Westbranch, Mi came and joined our team on with his acoustic guitar.  David Wells (www.davidwellsonline.com) joined us as well and we actually performed a couple of his songs.  He is a fantastic trumpet player. It was great to see some friends from around the country that we don't get to see very often, Bruce from San Diego and Tim from the Cleveland area.

February 23, 2006
Welcome to my new site.  I plan on posting information on here dealing with lessons, concerts other things.  Feel free to contact me.