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TAXI Road Rally 2018

Jonathan Cain, Lifetime Achievement Award
Keynote Interview, Part 4

Interviewed by Michael Laskow
Speaking of fans, what does it feel like to stand on
a stage and look out at 50,000 people that are
there to hear you guys.
Well, here's the thing. When you are part of the
creation, when you've put in all that time and effort
and thought, and you have pored over these
songs-every bar, every word that you kinda had to
come to some decision about-and then you get
that kind of approval from fans, album after
album, song after song. Escape and Frontiers had
four Top 40 hits, each one of them, and were selling
200,000 units a week. That's a big responsibility. So
all of a sudden, you're almost like a Knight of the
Roundtable, like the King Arthur days, you know,
when you get knighted, and now you have to go
fight for your country. So that's your responsibility.
We are gatekeepers of an era, Journey is. We have
an era like a 10-year window, and we like to represent it as really darn good stuff. So for us to go play
our sound, and make it sound only like we can...
Because Journey is one of the best rock bands in the
world, and I happen to be a member. It's like flying
with the Blue Angels. That's what it's like.
So when you're up there, all you think about is all
the people that have schlepped all that way to see

you, got babysitters, had to park their car, had to
walk, had to make an effort, been on Ticketmaster,
whatever they did to get there, you're gonna give
them the best that you can give them, right? You're
gonna make it sound as good... you're gonna be as
good as you can be. And that's not unlike any
Major League baseball player or NFL star. When
they get on the field, it's to win. And every night we
go out there and we are gonna win, and we have
that positive mindset that we are gonna be great,
and they're gonna talk about it when they go home.
That's what we want to leave them with. So we've
had a reputation of being a hardworking touring
band, and giving people a lot for their money's
worth.
And this next year, folks, we are going out with
Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders! Just sayin'! For
10 years I've asked those guys to come out. She
thought we were a lounge band; she didn't know.
So she showed up at one of the baseball stadiums
and stood by the monitor and was just like, "Oh, it's
rock & roll." It sure is! So she's onboard. We're
gonna have a great year next year, I'm really excited.
Because it's different music. You know, we have different textures, the band doesn't have the same
sound. We went out with Def Leppard a couple of
years ago, and whenever they would open up, man,

our fans would be worn out.
Some people have poked fun at Journey for being a
yacht-rock band, and I think that you finally got
the last word. "Don't Stop Believin'" was in the last
moment of The Sopranos; 12 million people saw
that ending! And then again, not long after that, it
was in Glee. How did that feel?
Well, you know, it's funny, because they always dismiss "Don't Stop Believin'" as a forgettable pop
song. But I knew there were layers in that song that
were deeper. And when you put the dramatic situation-the atmosphere of Tony [Soprano] and his
family slowly coming in... And he needs a feel-good
moment right here, so he's looking at the different
songs, then he hits our song. Well, lots of things
start coming-"Some will win, some will lose,
some were born to sing the blues. A movie never
ends..." it goes on and on. "Working hard to get my
fill, everybody wants a thrill." Well, that was Tony.
And he was sayin' goodbye one last time to his fans
with that song. That was his sayonara/"See ya"
song, "Don't stop believin'" in a lifestyle.
So as a co-writer of those lyrics, it became a deeper
song, and I was proud when those lyrics were being
recited during the scene. I went, "This is deep."
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That One Instrument Mic
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Creative Miking Techniques for Flute, Snare, Piano, and more!
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Samar Audio Design AL95 Passive Ribbon Microphone
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