Music…

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My whole day today has had music poured over it non-stop. There’s a lot going on right now that excites me.

Adele’s 21 continues to DESTROY on the album sales chart. Still selling 100,000 copies A WEEK since it’s Feb 11, 2011 release. That’s just in the USA. Last week, as usual, she had the #1 album moving 123,000 units. The #2 release was Drake’s Take Care album which sold 43,000 copies. A respectable amount in this climate, but nowhere near Adele. It’s truly a phenomenon.

What I love about Adele is that she is real. It’s that simple. No auto-tune, no studio tricks, no marketing stunts. Just authentic, heartfelt performances. While the music industry continues to push the latest sexed out singing cheerleader, Adele is trumping their best efforts. Beating them badly in fact. They wonder why no one is interested in their processed, disposable novelty acts.. I hope that there are more Adele quality artists out there that we’ll be hearing from soon.

Jeff Irizarry and Christian Rowe chillin' backstage


I was able to attend WinterJam tonight in Evansville, Indiana. For those uninformed, WinterJam is a multi-artist tour that doesn’t do tickets; they charge a suggested 10 dollar offering at the door. They typically fill the building… and I do believe that tonight’s show was the newly opened Ford Center’s first “sell out”. It was great to see some friends that I hadn’t seen in awhile and even my sometimes jaded self really enjoyed the show all around. Pete Furler is sounding great with a solo band with some old friends. I met Kari Jobe who I had worked with but never met face to face. To sum it up, all the artists that I saw were great at what they do.

But the OMG of the night was Skillet.

How a rock show is meant to look and sound!

It was the first time I had seen Skillet since they became a “mega-band”. I was rocked! Watching them pour themselves into the show (along with a healthy dose of old school pyro to keep you energized) was inspiring to me. I consider it a sincere honor that vocalist John Cooper is a Guardian fan and he’s doing things at a level that we never came close to. No doubt there is someone in tomorrow’s next big thing watching them on tour right now and feeling that call to “get it done”! It certainly hammered down my thought that Guardian next record needs to be an absolute stellar album. We owe that to the audience and to ourselves. We owe that to God.

Anyway, it’s after 3:00 am, I had some work to get done from my “sick day” yesterday. It’s time to unplug.

Good night friends!

Let’s be a light!

jamie

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Hard Pop…

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Legends.

jamie

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Drive by post…

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  • Been working my tail off the past two weeks. Truth be told, It’s been tough. On the positive side, I learned some new skills and made a new friend. Props to Stephen Roberts who has mad skills in web programming. He’s also a killer jazz musician!
  • I’m both nervous and excited about making a new Guardian album. Details real soon. I want it to be our best album ever. I know better than to compete with our legacy, but I’m gonna’ give it a shot!
  • I am considering a job offer. A gig that is right up my alley. I’d be super stoked to have it. But it’s going to disrupt life as we know it in the Rowe house. It’s a major decision that I’ve gotta make soon… It keeps me up at night.
  • I wish Google had been invented when I was young. Right now I’m thinking of a specific anti-rock sermon I heard as a teen. I could have went home and googled the claim and found out it was urban myth. But the evangelist passing through told it as fact. I love that you are a google search away from separating fact from fiction.
  • Heather is pretty sick right now. Insanely strong flu bug got her.
  • I need to go to sleep

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    Beauty for all!

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    Watch this…

    Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

    You’re welcome! :-)

    jamie

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    The power of Christ can change anyone…

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    I do believe that when someone answers the call of Christ, he makes them a new creation.

    I saw this clip today and it made me feel something inside along the lines of “THAT’S GOD IN ACTION!!!” when I saw it.

    I’ve known that Blackie Lawless (from the band W.A.S.P.) had an encounter with Christ…but to see this in action fired me up. For those uninformed, W.A.S.P. were considered a highly occultic band. One that I saw mentioned everytime someone was doing an anti-rock sermon back in the 80′s. God has changed the heart of Blackie Lawless. He is my brother in Christ. He has had what the world has to offer and determined that God’s ways were better.

    LINK: http://youtu.be/xd0IyFN6YNY?t=22s

    The hard rock scene can be pretty dark. When people come to see Guardian, they know in advance we are Christians. We speak freely about our faith. With W.A.S.P. it’s  somewhat different; To me, this is kinda’ like “Tebowing” times 10. I hope this encourages you as much as it does me.

    God wins!
    jamie

    Edited to add: The audio after the prayer is pretty rough. Sounds like noise cause it’s on a cell phone. The verbal intro was what I wanted seen here.

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    Happy Birthday…

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    Today was my “Foxy Chica’s” birthday…

    I am sincerely blessed to be married to her.

    Fact.

    Happy Birthday Heather Rowe!

    jamie

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    The recording business isn’t the same these days…

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    Check out this info-graphic on how many sales/streams you need to earn minimum wage.
    Click here to see the info-graphic

    If you have an artist whose music you enjoy, they are likely doing it just for the love of music. Maybe think about buying a ticket to their live show, buying a shirt, sticker, etc. as a way to say thanks! The days of making a record and earning a living off of that alone are definitely in the sunset phase.

    jamie

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    Every song starts somewhere…

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    The Guardian EP, “Three To Get Ready”, has been out for a few weeks now. We were stoked with how much positive feedback we have gotten on it. Surely a sign that we need to make more new music for 2012.
    One of the songs on the EP that seems to be connecting well is “Reaching”. I have my original idea for the song that we used to jump from and arrange into what you hear on the EP. I recorded this in my kitchen (as an iPhone voice memo) last summer. When we were going through our ideas for the EP, I had actually forgotten that I had submitted this. Was glad I did. I thought it would be neato to play the memo here for you to hear. Every song starts somewhere..this is the birth of “Reaching”:

    Just keep on reaching idea…

    If you haven’t already, head over to iTunes and get the ep now!
    Guardian on iTunes

    Holla!

    jamie

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