...and you thought YOU were busy? Movers and shakers, meet Jarrod Norris...you're new biggest inspiration. If you were anywhere near the heavier side of the Christian music industry this chapter has become you're new version of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon game. Jarrod Norris of Deadself Recordings has been involved in something you are into. He was Deadself Records and made a comp called "Blessed Be This Killing" off of which you've probably heard something: Eso-Charis, Seasons In The Field, Pensive, Shockwave, Societys Finest, Overcome, xDisciplex, Spitfire, and so on. Jarrod has been involved with Fighting Academy, Legions Will Fall, Indwelling, Overcome, Beg For Life and Beast Of Burden. Jarrod Norris toured with Living Sacrifice, Embodiment and Eso-Charis. He's the guy who put our that infamous first Eso-Charis 7". But onto the important stuff...

Jarrod's life totally changed the day his son Judah was born with Down Syndrome. He says it was then that he realized the calling he had on his life. It gets real from this point on...kinda makes music seem so irrelevant. He keeps a blog as a dad, teacher, coach and advocate for people with Down Syndrome and guest writes on Modern Day Dads. It's because of his son that he went to school to become a special education teacher. Then Jarrod won Teacher Of The Year for Yuma County, Arizona of 2013. (Obstacles don't seem to bother him very much.) This award landed him a position to be on a board of members to improve on a lot of things like the local playground. He now coaches for the Special Olympics. Come hear the story of the hardcore kid gone good. All his links/follows can be found below. Follow this guy. Be inspired to teach. To advocate. To include.

Chapter 14 links:

Jarrod's super dad/coach/teacher blog: http://justlistenharder.blogspot.com

Jarrod Norris writes for Modern Day Dads: http://moderndaydads.com

Modern Day Dads feature + recent article:

http://www.moderndaydads.com/the-defective-child-guest-post-by-jarrod-norris/

He wrote a Living Sacrifice "Ghost Thief" review: http://shedmyskin.com/2014/01/living-sacrifice-ghost-thief/

Follow Jarrod on IG: @just_jarrod (personal Instagram) and his blog here: @justlistenharder (professional Instagram)

Beast of Burden stuff: http://beastofburden.bandcamp.com/releases and @beastofburdenhardcore on Instagram

Jarrod is brand new to twitter. Follow big sexy at https://twitter.com/jolly_jarrod

Chapter 14 Music:

High On Fire: "The Black Plot" from Luminiferous (2015, like...this week...)

Petra: "This Means War" (Don't hate. Appreciate.)

Legions Will Fall: "Holding Fifteen People at Gunpoint" from "Killing In Slow Motion" EP (never released) circa 2001

Overcome: "Alone In A Crowd" from the album The Great Campaign of Sabotage on Facedown circa 2011. (Jarrod comes in with guest vocals at around the 2:00 mark to the end of the song, the low end stuff.)

Beast of Burden: "Broken Fingers" demo available on Bandcamp. Circa 2015.

All the time stuff:

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Stephen's musical podcast journey: http://thetouristtrap.net

Trav's drumming discography site: http://mynameistrav.com

Listen to Unteachers (Stephen and Trav's band): https://unteachers.bandcamp.com

Trav's rock band: http://halfbomber.com