*Chad Jarnagin

Happy 4th of July my fellow Americans. Much love, respect, and heart felt thanks to those all around the world protecting and serving these United States. 

My friend Mark is a part of a great rock band from the ATL. They are going to be on The Tonight Show on July 29th. He’s a great songwriter and guitarist. He and I were a part of a mentoring group together for a few years. Mark and his wife Stephanie are great peeps. They lived here in Franklin for a while, but moved back down I-75.

Ron Roark is one of those guys that you want thinking and working for you. He has an amazing creative palet. Ron and I first met around the youth leadership at TPC. We’ve basically been friends ever since. He works HERE.

Brock is like no one else I know. He’s another guy from the mentoring group who I met at the beginning of my Among Thorns days. He has a rad ministry and travels everywhere. He can even make you disappear.

Nate is one of my young protégé. He is another crazy talented designer, as well as a musician / worship leader. Some of these guys look like him, and have the same last name. He is getting married to Callie in about 2 weeks! Find him HERE.

There are so many other people that I am blessed to call friends that I should give shout outs to, but those will have to wait.

 I received my Westone in-ear monitors this week. I just have to give them some love. Find a dealer near you and rock out some custom molds. The ES2s are my choice. 

Go HERE to find a dealer.

Several years back, I met 3 of the 4 that now make up this band. They were all 3 crazy talented then, and NOW… crazy whack funky talented.

Paramore’s latest release “Riot” is approaching freaking 1,000,000 / platinum status. It’s actually in the 900,000s at the present. I KNOW I KNOW… I talk Paramore a lot. AND I WILL! B/C they are great at what they do, and umm… I am proud of my homies.

A couple of other homies that are getting ready to hit your ears are Joel and Luke. I have known these guys and their family almost longer than anyone I know in Nashville.

Joel and Luke are two guys that come from a talented family. You are destined to hear more from these guys. Real artists making real music. Go grab their EP. It’s great.

Their sis is pretty cool as well.

“Out of a score of great civilizations in human history, modern Western civilization is the very first to have no agreed-on answer to the question of the purpose of life. Thus more ignorance, confusion-and longing-surround this topic now than almost any time in history. The trouble is that, as modern people, we have too much to live with and too little to live for. Some feel they have time but not enough money; others feel they money but enough time. But for most of us, in the midst of material plenty, we have spiritual poverty”.

Os Guinness- The Call

I tend to have a lot of people asking me what music I am currently listening to. Lately I have been listening to a lot of podcasts, but musically, it’s a great season of new hotness. Here is one of my playlists I rock when at the gym.

Supermassive Black Hole- Muse

Kaliforn-Eye-A- P.O.D.

Chaos- MuteMath

Bleed It Out- Linkin Park

Sabotage- Beastie Boys

Window In The Sky- U2

Millstone- Brand New

Someone To Save You- OneRepublic

Bleed American- Jimmy Eat World

Exo-Politics- Muse

The Only One- Evanescence

Lovestoned- JT and Timbaland

Smile Like You Mean It- The Killers

Easier To Lie- Aqualung

World On Fire- Luna Halo

That’s What You Get- Paramore

Lost!- Coldplay

New Soul- Yael Naim

Stuck In A Glass Elevator- The Myriad

Beautiful Jesus- Kristian Stanfill

Root Down- Beastie Boys 

Picking up from the post on my friend Josh’s art, I decided to keep it rolling with some more friends.

Friendship is something I used to take for granted. I guess the more life I live I am coming to appreiciate good friends, and I’m trying to become a better one myself. Here are a few more and their sites.

Heather and Carlos might be the coolest and most creative parents that I know. Together they are also OWNING the blogosphere as the power couple of the universe. Brad and Angelina could never roll like that.  

Ryan and Patti are friends and family. We were friends, then they married, and now we are family. Ryan writes some amazing work, and makes movies. Patti can make anything. Seriously, everything she crafts is art.

William just received his MA from Fuller. This guy has a gift of conveying the hope of the gospel of Jesus in a very special way. 

Brody has lots of mad skills… “like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills”… (my first lame Napoleon reference since 2006). Seriously, Brody has fast tracked into the music industry like no one I have know. If you are a record label, artist, band, or agent and want to know some things that will help with online networking (sites / blogs, etc), GET UP WITH BRODY. 

After looking at it, all of my friends from this entry are amazing parents. I need to be taking some major notes around these peeps. Go say hey to them.

Go HERE to get a great some great music for free. I would buy this cd several times over. It is GREAT! DOWNHERE is one of my favorite bands in town!

Lead worshipers, pastors, leaders, youth peeps, and EVERYONE ELSE… You will love this record.

DO IT. do it.

I am very grateful to have the most talented and gifted friends. Some of you know of Josh Cassidy. He is an amazing all around artist… guitarist, songwriter, singer, painter, and one of the funniest guys I know. In honor of their release TODAY (USA), I saw Josh’s piece on these guys. I love it. BTW, Coldplay’s latest release might be my favorite of the band’s life so far.

Go HERE for more work from Josh Cassidy.

There are a few local places I frequent to rest, find inspiration, and recharge. Here are 3 of them…

(Main Street/ Franklin)


(my room)
(Merridees)