Dutkiewicz

Who is Adam Dutkiewicz you may ask? He is a the multi-talented muscian, producer and flamboyant heart and soul of the Metalcore band "Killswitch Engage.' He is one of my heroes. Why would this rather foul mouthed musician( his stage personna may offend, even I cringed) be a hero. It has to do with my musical taste. I love sweeping melodic/harmonic metal music. Think early Zeppelin meets Boston (ironically where AD was trained) with rather angry (Metallica) influences, paying close attention to how guitar, drums and really good vocals (although the screaming for me is optional, but hey, its "for the kids" as they say) work together into a melismatic rainbow of sheer musical delight.



Adam Dutkiewicz is on the forefront of production of this so called "nu-metal" which inspires my workouts, and makes me glad I am a child of rock and roll. Just think, Adam was born a couple of months before I graduated from Wittenberg, when I was preparing to enter the world of theological education. Thirty two years later as I stood protecting myself from a rather fierce mosh pit listening to one of Dutkiewicz's most successful productions, fellow Massachusetts natives, "All That Remains" at, yes, "The Club Zoo" I was enraptured by my favorite of their songs "This Calling." I thought to myself, not many have this calling, in fact. I'm grateful to God that I do.



oops gotta run time to rehearse for my tenor roll in Camille Saint Saens' Christmas Oratorio.( He was the Dutkiewicz of his day!)