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Last night, Trey Ossenfort joined our MYF praise band. I had no idea that he could play guitar, drums, and sing. I mean, he's no Dave Grohl, but he really is good! Anyway, we performed pretty well last night with him on drums, which is good because a lot of people showed up for youth group.

For some reason, his joining the band has really gotten me pumped up about praise band. I had a meeting with everybody in the band after MYF and we talked about how we all wanted to stop being mediocre and start really being good. So, we have agreed to start practicing thirty minutes earlier every Sunday, and we'll probably do some additional practices periodically.

Additionally, we are going to start playing more secular music with Christian undertones, so that the youth group can better relate to the songs. Next time we play, we're going to do Radioactive by Kings of Leon, and then Trey and I are going to do a duet of the General by Dispatch. If you look hard at the lyrics of those songs, you can see that they could be interpreted having a Christian meaning. I might throw another song in there, but I'm not sure yet.

I am just so fired up about music right now. I spent the last hour and a half arranging Radioactive. I really hope it sounds good!