Okay, so this one is for all the “gaming” nerds out there……guys like me! My wife and I are expecting our first child in a few weeks and she told me today that she was going to buy me a “dad” gift.

So my question to you all: which is better, the Playstation 3 or the Xbox 360? Which one would you buy and why?

Let the debate begin………

-wes

-wes

More job perks. We love baseball and have come across some players that are big MM fans. For some reason, they are even enamored with what we do as crew. This is a photo of some of the pitching staff of the Detroit Tigers.

I love baseball season!

Anybody out here on the road would tell you that the hardest part of this job is leaving your family at home while you travel. I have a wife (Natalie) and a 3 year old daughter (Ella). My wife made a calendar for Ella to look at. It shows the days I will be away and the days I will be home. The days colored green are days that I’m away. The pink days are days when I am home. Ella wakes up in the morning and asks Natalie if today is a “pink day” or a “green day”. They both make their way to the kitchen and check the calendar to see what color day it is.

Hopefully it’s a Pink Day!

- Ryan

1st installment of “Interesting Band Facts” features Barry on stage, and takes a look at why his guitar amp faces backwards every night.

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A lot of people have expressed interest in what type of instruments the guys use on stage each night. This is the first installment of Mercyme’s “gear.” Feel free to comment with more questions. Blessings,

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In this photo you cn see the second of two power crash cymbals that Robby uses.
In the upper part of this photo you can see his 18” Paiste cymbal, and on the left
side is his 14” Paiste high hat setup.

Robby’s snare is a custom made Yamaha Anton Fig model and uses a DW snare
as a backup. The first day of every four day run, each of the toms and snare get a fresh Remo
drum head. The snare gets a Coated Ambasador Contolled Sound head and the
toms both get Coated Emperors.

Robby uses all Paiste cymbals. He uses a 20” heavy ride cymbal which is seen
on the left side of this photo. The cymbal on the right is a 19” power crash Paiste.
Robby only uses two DW toms on his kit which can be seen on left (12”) and the
right (15”) of this photo.

Robby’s kick drum is a 20” DW with Remo Poker Stroke 3 drum head.

The throne is a Roc-N-Soc. He uses 5A and 9A Regal Tip sticks.

These are just some photos of the finish on the kit.

Hey Guys, These are some pictures from last nights show in West Virginia showing you the LED video wall we currently have out on Winter Jam. Ryan, our Visual Director, is seen in one of the pictures watching the wall from side stage and making sure everything looks right.

He is responsible for all of the cool video you see at all of the Mercyme concerts. It is his job to edit the content and decide what type of video he will use on each tour to enhance the set.

See you guys tonight in North Carolina…….Go Tar Heels!

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