About Me
- About Me: It's (mostly) all on http://www.ericpazdziora.com
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- Nicknames: E-Paz
- Nationality: Polish, Irish, Swedish, German (Pennsylvania Dutch), and possibly a bit of Czech.
- Religion: Jesus.
- Heroes: Ken Medema. Edwin Childs. R. A. Torrey. Ron Hutchcraft. C. S. Lewis. Andy Kaufman. G. K. Chesterton. Sir Malcolm Arnold. George MacDonald. My dad. Olivier Messiaen. Freddy the Pig.
- Interests: Jesus. My wonderful wife Carrie. Worship. The Bible. Theology. Prayer. Music (all aspects, especially composition). Piano. Books. Historic Christian Writers. Writing. Literature. Fairy tales. Poetry. Humor. Bad puns. World Music. Missions. Legos. Ethnodoxology. Hymnology. A few more things, I think, but they elude me at the moment.
- Expertise: If you ever want original music for something you're working on, drop me a line.
- Occupation: Freelance Composer, Church Musician, Copy Editor
- Industry: Music
- Website: http://www.ericpazdziora.com
Music
- Favorite Artists: Ken Medema, Morten Lauridsen, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Daniel Barenboim, Glenn Gould, Leif Ove Andsnes, Art Tatum, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Sir Malcolm Arnold, Graham Kendrick, Paul Halley, Carrie Pazdziora, John Michael Talbot, Marty Goetz, Michael Card, Edwin T. Childs, Johnny Costa, Fred Rogers, Robin Mark, Keith & Kristyn Getty, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Pink Martini
- Favorite Albums: Anything by artists above. And the Ratatouille soundtrack.
- Favorite Genre: Classical, Irish trad, Whatever Pink Martini does, Anything that can be used in Worship, Any kind of Hymns
- Favorite Songs: Nishmat Kol Chai. There is a Hope So Sure. Jesus, I am Resting. I Got Plenty of Nuttin'. U Plavu Zoru. Those are just random picks.
- Songs for Roadtrips: ...Have you ever seen "Elizabethtown"?
- Songs I hate: Pretentious contemporary worship songs. Rivers do not flow over the mountains and the sea, I did not feel the mountains tremble, and I'm not going to dance in the river. Oh, and "From a Distance... God is Watching Us...."
- Guilty Pleasure: You know that weird dissonant 20th-century music everybody complains about? I love it.
- Songs I repeat the most: I can listen to Pink Martini all day.
- Band I wish I was in: Pink Martini
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Fiddler on the Roof, The Incredibles, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Little Dorritt, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Unbreakable, The Truman Show, The Wind in the Willows, Hook, Shop Around the Corner, God's Outlaw, Chronicles of Narnia, Clocks, Elizabethtown, Ratatouille
- Favorite Actors: Kristen Wiig, Abbot and Costello, Johnny Depp
- Favorite Directors: Brad Bird
- Favorite Soundtracks: Ratatouille. Most of John Williams. Anything by Malcolm Arnold.
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
- Movies I can watch over and over: Ratatouille
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Johnny Depp, because then people might actually be interested in watching it. (Seriously? A film about me? Intractably boring.)
Television
- Favorite Shows: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, The Andy Griffith Show, Smallville, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Stargate SG-1, Frasier, Monk, Jeeves and Wooster, House M.D., Monty Python (when they stay clean), Law & Order, The Cosby Show, Dick van Dyke, Pushing Daisies
- Favorite Channels: MEtv, PBS kids
- Favorite Reruns: Actually, most of the above.
- Most Addictive Show: Tough call
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Ewww.
- Characters you relate to: Rob Petrie, Frasier Crane, Mr. Rogers
- Favorite Theme Song: "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...."
- Show I Secretly Watch: Super Why.
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Mr. Rogers
Contact Info
- AIM: Madcomposer1
Books
- Favorite Books: The Bible, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Freddy the Pig Series, What the Bible Teaches (Torrey), The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, What's So Amazing About Grace?, The Everlasting Man, Orthodoxy, Mere Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Screwtape Letters, (... let's just say anything at all by C. S. Lewis...), The Gifts of the Child Christ, Phantastes, My Utmost for His Highest, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Da Jesus Book
- Favorite Authors: R. A. Torrey, Walter R. Brooks, George MacDonald, C. S. Lewis, Oswald Chambers, J. R. R. Tolkien, G. K. Chesterton, Alvin Plantinga, Josh McDowell, Jonathan Sarfati
- Favorite Genres: Apologetics, Humor, Fantasy, Classic Literature
- Favorite Characters: Jeeves and Wooster
- Recent Reads: See "Currently Reading"
College
- School Name: Moody Bible Institute
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 2005
- Attended: 2000 - 2005
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Sacred Music - Composition Emphasis
- Minor(s): Bible
- Greek: ΑΒΓ
- Sports: What?
- Organizations: Chorale, StuCo, Tuesday Night Prayer
Food
- Favorite Dishes: Mac and Cheese and Turkey Delight
- Favorite Junk Foods: Pizza
- Best meal ever: South African steak
- Foods I hate: SDR
Video Games
- Games I Play: Messing with people's minds and trying to seriously confuse them before springing a hideously bad pun.
- Consoles: Super NES! And, anyone remember Odyssey 2?
- Favorite Characters: K. C. Munchkin
- Gaming Alias: Player 2
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Pac-Man
- Most Addictive: Invasion of the Space Invaders from Outer Space!
- Proudest Achievements: Winning the composition contest for the orchestral... oh, in gaming? Nothing to be proud of.
- Favorite Soundtrack: Super Mario Bros
- Clans: O'Rourke, on my grandmother's side.
Travel
- Places I love: Ireland, France, and a cozy library.
- Places I've been: South Africa, Norway, Sweden, England
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Your light shines, even when you do not, even when not see. You can hide you from yourself, erasing all your candles, all your lamps; with veils covering your blue stars, overcast with heavy clouds your skies to him neither the moon nor the sun can be seen ... But when you distracted by secon -
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