Music and events

As I’ve mentioned, Q.R. Station has been recording a song called Better Than This that was inspired by Blowing In the Wind by Dylan.  The song came about as I was playing Dylan’s song and thinking about how the song still has relevance today.  So I tried to write my own modern day Blowing In the Wind and Better Than This was the result.  When SwingDoom gets in the studio and finishes the percussion on the song it will be ready for release.

The interesting thing to me is that when Dylan’s song was released a few decades ago it really grabbed a hold of people.  It made them want to change things.  I just don’t get the sense that modern day music is as successful at moving people to action.  I definitely believe that people are still moved by music.  I have no doubt that is true, and I know it is true for me.  But here we are living in a very dangerous and a very frustrating time in the life of the world, and when I turn on the radio I don’t hear that reflected in the music.  There is a song John Mayer recently released that says his generation is “waiting for the world to change”.  It’s a good enough song, but I have a bit of a problem with it.  Musicians and artists have a history of changing the world with their music and imagery -  and I just don’t like the idea of waiting for the world to change.  I think you will be waiting for a long time unless you, me, and everyone else takes responsibility for the world we are living in and sets about changing it in any positive way we can.

I hope that as Q.R. Station begins to release our music that in some small way we can change the world for the better, even if only a small number of people are listening.

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Safe Passage

Let me wish a safe journey to J, the bass-man of Q.R. Station.  J is moving to the NY area this coming week.  A great steal for NY to get J, who is just a great dude all around.  While this makes life a little more challenging for studio work, it won’t be devastating because we really have a mobile studio.  So when it comes time to record bass tracks I’ll just have to take a trip to NY to see J.  This means we’ll have to get a lot done with as few takes as possible, but our history has been that J is a one-take kind of guy.  He has a habit of nailing things very quickly.

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