How did I get from point ‘A’ to today? A new friend recently pointed out that I must have a lot of experience and education. She suggested I write down a list of the jobs and education that I’ve accumulated over the years – so for those of you who ever wondered how I got so opinionated in so many different areas here’s a list that might help explain. It’s not in chronological order, but rather by location. All the Mt. Pleasant and Columbia stuff took place by the time I was eighteen and the remainder took place over the fortytwo years following. What a long strange trip it’s been, and continues to be. Making out this list helps me understand why many folks see me as somewhat opinionated. And as far as the formal education part goes I dropped out of college four times prior to my nineteenth birthday. My first degree was conferred when I was thirty and the second when I was thirtyseven – both while working full time with a child and a wife on board. The kids are grown and the wives are gone and the beat goes on…
| Skills and Positions |
Source | Main Location |
| Band Member – The Gopher Broke Band | Bobby Don Bloodworth | Blue Ridge, GA |
| Web Master | Bobby Don Bloodworth | Blue Ridge, GA |
| Band Member – David Price and the Price Tags |
Traditional Country Drummer | Centerville |
| Commercial Plumber | Commercial | Columbia |
| Bookstore stocking and sales clerk | CSCC | Columbia |
| Monsanto Slag Furnace Cleaning | Manpower | Columbia |
| Victor Carolina Kiln Cleaning | Manpower | Columbia |
| Cook | Maury County State Fair | Columbia |
| Tow Motor Driver | Phelps Dodge Aluminum | Columbia |
| Cook | Rose’s | Columbia |
| Food Counter Clerk and Cook | Rose’s | Columbia |
| Stock Boy | Rose’s | Columbia |
| Cook | Shoney’s | Columbia |
| Curb Cook | Shoney’s | Columbia |
| Computer & Software support (always) | for friends and family | everywhere |
| Bass Player | Now | everywhere |
| book collaborator | Now | everywhere |
| Drummer | Now | everywhere |
| DVD Editor – Now | Now | everywhere |
| Guitar Player | Now | everywhere |
| Mandolin Player | Now | everywhere |
| Photoshop Editor | Now | everywhere |
| Singer | Now | everywhere |
| Cameraman – Now | YPOM Digital | everywhere |
| eBay sales | YPOM Digital | everywhere |
| Mastering Engineer – Now | YPOM Digital | everywhere |
| Musician – Now | YPOM Digital | everywhere |
| Producer – Now | YPOM Digital | everywhere |
| Publisher – Now | YPOM Digital | everywhere |
| Video Editor – Now | YPOM Digital | everywhere |
| Web Site Designer – Now | YPOM Digital | everywhere |
| Audio Visual Library Tech | University of Tennessee | Knoxville |
| Cook | Boxwell Scout Reservation | Lequardo, TN |
| Survey Crew Instrument Man | Winsett Simmons etc. | Memphis |
| Survey Crew Leader | Winsett Simmons etc. | Memphis |
| Survey Crew Rodman and Chainman | Winsett Simmons etc. | Memphis |
| General Laborer – Manpower | Laborer | Middle Tennessee |
| New Motorcycle Assembly | Honda of Montgomery | Montgomery |
| Draftsman – traditional lead and ink | Rail Road and Trucking Axel Plant | Montgomery |
| Band Member – The FunKings | Drummer and Vocalist | Mt. Juliet |
| Webcaster | FunKings from Slim’s basement | Mt. Juliet |
| Band Member – Slim and Ric Monstagrass | Mandolin and Vocals | Mt. Juliet |
| Paper Boy route delivery | Banner/Tennessean | Mt. Pleasant |
| Paper Boy street sales | Banner/Tennessean | Mt. Pleasant |
| Stock Boy (first job) | Couch’s | Mt. Pleasant |
| Tricycle Assembler | Couch’s | Mt. Pleasant |
| Tobacco Cutter/Hanger | Farm Worker | Mt. Pleasant |
| Band Member – The Hangmen | High School Dance Band Drummer | Mt. Pleasant |
| Band Member – The Teacups | High School Dance Band Drummer | Mt. Pleasant |
| Band Member – HLHS Marching and Concert Bands | High School Music Program Drummer | Mt. Pleasant |
| Bag Boy | Lovett’s | Mt. Pleasant |
| Salvage Crew | Lovett’s | Mt. Pleasant |
| Flyer Delivery | Western Auto | Mt. Pleasant |
| Soda Jerk | Wright’s | Mt. Pleasant |
| Sound Systems Installer | Alan Rumbaugh | Nashville |
| Sales Auditor | American Ace | Nashville |
| Steepelton’s Nashville | billiard table technician | Nashville |
| MCI tape machine, console and automation repair |
Blevins Audio | Nashville |
| Adult Leadership Training Instructor | BSA | Nashville |
| Assistant Scoutmaster | BSA | Nashville |
| Boy Scout Knots Instructor | BSA | Nashville |
| Cub Scout Den Leader | BSA | Nashville |
| Eagle Board of Review Member | BSA | Nashville |
| Merit Badge Instructor | BSA | Nashville |
| Webelos Den Leader | BSA | Nashville |
| Wood Badge Permanent Patrol Leader – Owls | BSA | Nashville |
| Wood Badge Trained Assistant Scoutmaster | BSA | Nashville |
| Order of the Arrow Brotherhood Honor Camper |
BSA | Nashville |
| Pathfinder Award | BSA | Nashville |
| Checkout Auditor | Cajun’s Wharf | Nashville |
| Head Waiter | Cajun’s Wharf | Nashville |
| Limo Driver – English Rolls Royce | Cajun’s Wharf | Nashville |
| Waiter | Cajun’s Wharf | Nashville |
| Actor in Hot Tub Commercials | Cal Spas | Nashville |
| Hot Tub Salesman | Cal Spas | Nashville |
| Audio Doctor Synth and Amp Technician | Carlos Sound | Nashville |
| Dry Wall Framer | Commercial | Nashville |
| Interior Painter (new construction) | Commercial | Nashville |
| Pre-fab table carpenter | Commercial | Nashville |
| Electrician | Commercial, Residential | Nashville |
| Band Member – Three Way Split | Contemporary Country Drummer | Nashville |
| Band Member – E. L. Smith Band | Country Music Drummer | Nashville |
| Cook | Dalt’s | Nashville |
| Baby Sitter – the unpaid unappreciated variety |
Daughter | Nashville |
| Wood Shop forms builder and prototyper | Davis Cabinet Company | Nashville |
| Audio Engineer | Denny Music Group, YPOM Digital | Nashville |
| Studio Manager | Denny’s Den | Nashville |
| Showroom Sales Rep | Direct Buy | Nashville |
| College Instructor Studio Electronics at Belmont | Fill-In for Kevin Nimmo | Nashville |
| Band Member – Fresh Air Band | Folk Rock Original Music Drummer | Nashville |
| Ice House on 8th | grinding giant ice cubes | Nashville |
| Recording Studio Designer and Installer | Homestudio Consultants, Tree International | Nashville |
| selling beer and bags of ice | Ice House on 8th | Nashville |
| Cajuns Wharf Rolls Royce | Limo Driver | Nashville |
| Promotional Drawings Artist | Mac White Records Belmont work study | Nashville |
| Record Promoter | Mac White Records Belmont work study | Nashville |
| Elec. Dimming Ballast course creator and trainer |
MagneTek / ULT | Nashville |
| HID Troubleshooting Course creator and trainer |
MagneTek / ULT | Nashville |
| Neon Transformer troubleshooter site inspector |
MagneTek / ULT | Nashville |
| Technical and Catalog Customer Service Trainer |
MagneTek / ULT | Nashville |
| Technical Application Consultant | MagneTek / ULT | Nashville |
| Technical Field Rep (National and International) |
MagneTek / ULT | Nashville |
| Technical Troubleshooter | MagneTek / ULT | Nashville |
| Technical Engineering Services Rep | Magnetek/ULT | Nashville |
| Studio Tech | Many Studios & Blevin’s Audio Exchange | Nashville |
| Assistant Engineer to Milan Bogdan | Masterfonics | Nashville |
| Audio Digital Remote Control Designer | Masterfonics | Nashville |
| CD-ROM Premastering Researcher | Masterfonics | Nashville |
| Chief of Technical Services | Masterfonics | Nashville |
| Digital Editing Assistant to Milan Bogdan | Masterfonics | Nashville |
| Patch bay designer and builder | multiple audio and one film studios | Nashville |
| Assistant cameraman | Nascar Marty Robbins 400 | Nashville |
| Computer & Network Tech | Nashville Business Machine Company | Nashville |
| pyramid scheme sales rep | National Safety Association (NSA) - | Nashville |
| Banquet Houseman | Opryland Hotel | Nashville |
| Bellman | Opryland Hotel | Nashville |
| Valet | Opryland Hotel | Nashville |
| Bellman Bus Driver | Opryland Hotel | Nashville |
| Wardrobe Assistant – Manpower | Opryland Theme Park | Nashville |
| Homestudio Consultants, Inc. | President | Nashville |
| Photographic Album Sales Rep | Pyramid Scheme | Nashville |
| Carpenter | Residential | Nashville |
| Land Scaping | Residential | Nashville |
| Waiter | Sailmaker | Nashville |
| Commercial Restaurant Food Prep | Shoney’s (Danner’s) Commissary | Nashville |
| Cook | Shoney’s (Danner’s) Commissary | Nashville |
| Audio to Film Synchronization Engineer | Soundshop | Nashville |
| Audio Circuit Designer | Soundshop, Independent | Nashville |
| Circuit Board Design, Layout and burning | Soundshop, Masterfonics | Nashville |
| Audio and Digital Device designer | Soundshop, Tree, Masterfonics, Spotland | Nashville |
| Waiter | Spats | Nashville |
| voiceover studio tech (advertising business) |
Spotland and Archer Productions | Nashville |
| Studio Furniture and Rack Designer | Spotland Productions | Nashville |
| Recording Studio Maintenance Engineer | staff at various recording studios | Nashville |
| High Speed Tape Duplicator Maintenance | Tape Factory, Spotland, Al Jolson’s | Nashville |
| Cook | TGI Friday’s – Elliston Place | Nashville |
| Food Prep | TGI Friday’s – Elliston Place | Nashville |
| Band Member – The Dusters | Top 40 Show Band Drums and Vocals | Nashville |
| Band Member – Whiskey Creek Band II | Top 40 Show Band Drums and Vocals | Nashville |
| Band Member – Whiskey Creek Band I | Traditional Country Drummer | Nashville |
| Assistant Scoutmaster | Woodbadge, Advancement Chairman | Nashville |
| House PA Sound Mixer | Woodmont Baptist Church | Nashville |
| Live TV Broadcast Announcer | Woodmont Baptist Church | Nashville |
| Live TV Broadcast Sound Mixer | Woodmont Baptist Church | Nashville |
| Live TV Cameraman | Woodmont Baptist Church | Nashville |
| Publishing Administrator | Denny Music Group, YPOM Digital | Nashville, everywhere |
| Dry Wall Hanger | Commercial | Nashville, Franklin |
| Carpenter’s Helper | Commercial | Nashville, New Orleans |
| Dry Wall Finishing | Residential | Nashville, New Orleans |
| Dry Wall Hanger | Residential | Nashville, Tampa |
| Exterior House Painter | Residential | New Orleans |
| Piano Mover | Residential | New Orleans |
| Hay Bailer/barn worker | Farm Worker | Pegram |
| Electronic Technician | Recording Studios | Southeastern US |
| Chain Link Fence | Installer | Tampa |
| Laundry worker at Spa in Florida | Spa Complex Industrial Washing | Tampa |
| McDonald’s Survey Team | Manpower | Tullahoma |
| College and Schools of Hard Knocks | Source | Location |
| College Student | Belmont College / University BBA 1981 | Nashville |
| College Student | CSCC dropout three times | Columbia |
| College Student | Nashville State Technical Institute AET 1987 | Nashville |
| College Student | University of Tennessee dropout once | Knoxville |
| Student due to job position | Commercial Wiring of Alan Rumbaugh | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Electronics of Kevin Nimmo | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Electronics of Randy Blevins | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Engineering of Benny Quinn | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Engineering of Chuck Ainley | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Engineering of Ernie Winfree | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Engineering of Gene Eichelberger | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Engineering of Glenn Meadows | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Engineering of Jim Lloyd | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Engineering of Mike Bradley | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Engineering of Milan Bogdan | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Film Productions of Thom Ferrell | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Otari Tape Machine Training | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Ben Holland | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Bil Vorn Dick | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Bob Montgomery | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Brad Shapiro | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Buddy Killen | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Craig Deitschman | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Eddie Kilroy | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Gene Clark | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Jimmy Bowen | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of John E Denny | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Jon Schullenberger | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Nick Archer | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Norbert Putnam | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Pat McMakin | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Productions of Tony Brown | Nashville |
| Student due to job position | Solid State Logic Technical Training | Los Angeles |
| Student due to job position | Studer Tape Machine Training | Nashville |
