Brian Maddox

 i grew up in lovely alexandria, va  just outside of our nation’s capital. i spent the better part of my upbringing in our tiny little baptist church, where my sister played piano and i sang and led the service when we were both still teens. so yes, i know all the verses to pretty much every good ol’ gospel hymn you can name. not just ‘first and last’ mind you, all of them.

though my father died when i was very young, i picked up his old guitar when i was all of 13 years old, and i’ve been picking one up ever since. almost immediately i began writing music, naively believing that anyone would care what my innermost thoughts were so long as i had put them to a tune. took me a few years to discover the truth about that.

i also spent countless hours scraping together bits and pieces of electronics and trying to make them bend to my whims. my early attempts at ‘multi-tracking’ amuse me to this day, but those feeble efforts at technical wizardry came in handy later on when, after several years of trying to ‘make it’ [whatever that means] in the music biz as a singer, i finally broke down and got a real job, as a sound guy.

thus began a 20 year journey that took me all over the world, had me working with more household names than i can even recall, and virtually wore out every cell in my body. but it was, all in all, a great way to make a living and somehow, while doing battle in those dark backstage trenches, i learned a few things. at least i hope i did.

now i find myself in the fortunate position of getting to start on a completely new life path. as creative arts director for Frederick Christian Fellowship Church, i oversee everything that goes into our sunday morning service except the pastors message. i’m the music director, the video group director, the production director, the creative team director, and sometimes even the worship leader. i am a very busy guy. i am also the most blessed individual that has ever lived, and i thank God every day for that.

i’m looking forward to having some fun with this blog and i hope that some of you will even see fit to drop me a line and ask me my opinion or advice on something. that’ll help me feel like the gray hair i’ve earned was worth it.

or not.

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