Jason David Carr

This should be the final version of No Other Hope. I beefed up the guitars a bit, and my friend Larry Williams added some wicked bass to it. I’m super excited because Larry’s an excellent bassist and he’s on track to record bass for some upcoming songs as well. It only gets better from here. :)

There are also two noticeable changes to the song (in addition to bass and beefed-up guitars). Can anyone spot them?

Download “No Other Hope” or stream it live:

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Lyrics are available here.

Filed under: Music, Recordings on April 4th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

• My foobar2000 theme: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=61333&view=findpost&p=695693 #
• Anyone got an Android? #

Filed under: Twitter on March 30th, 2010 | No Comments »

• Now that No Other Hope is done, I'm going to start recording "Least of These" tonight (mentioned it a while ago but haven't started it yet). #

Filed under: Twitter on March 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »

A friend of mine recently just asked me if I had any advice for her about getting married (she’s engaged to be married very shortly). I’m not sure she was looking for such an earful, but I couldn’t help but go there. I’d really love to hear what everyone’s thoughts are on it.
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Filed under: Family on March 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

It’s a little late, but it’s finally here! Those of you who attended First Church of the Nazarene in Sterling a couple weeks ago have already heard it live. This is the fourth recording for the upcoming album; give it a listen and tell me about it! :)

Download “No Other Hope” or stream it live:

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Lyrics are after the jump.
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Filed under: Music, Recordings on March 16th, 2010 | 16 Comments »

• Working on a new recording titled "No Other Hope" which features Amber, too. Should be up sometime later this week. http://bit.ly/acsZwI #

Filed under: Twitter on March 16th, 2010 | No Comments »

• Apparently, @carrjd thinks my twitter background is lame. I think it's glorious. #
• This probably shouldn't, but it makes me grin: Clackamas man exercises free speech rights by giving cops the finger: http://bit.ly/c1kjbf #
• Happiness only real when shared. #

Filed under: Twitter on March 9th, 2010 | No Comments »

I finally finished the new recording of Tribute tonight. This is the third recording ready to go for the upcoming album “Love the People, Hate the Culture”. It’s still much the same song as in the previous recording from 2005, but it’s been much improved with a full band and a counter-melody between verses.

I’ve kept the old recording up as well so you can compare them if you wish. The old recording and the lyrics are available in the previous post here.

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Filed under: Family, Music, Recordings on December 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

This is very bad news:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6905543.ece

The laws are changing to remove parental ability to opt their children out of sex education in public schools. This means that every kid in public schools, regardless of religious background or the parents’ wishes, will be taught the school’s version of sex education at 15 years old. This goes into effect in September of 2011. Thankfully, this is in Britain, not here in the US. Still, it’s a big deal.

What’s so wrong with that? Perhaps little, assuming that children will be taught responsibly. My childhood sex education experience, however, was anything but responsible. I was lucky enough to have to go through sex education at three different public schools across junior high and high school. Looking back, all three of these experiences were damaging to my health.
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Filed under: Culture, Faith, Family, Freedom, Politics on November 6th, 2009 | 35 Comments »

Reese officially turned one year old today; it was certainly an eventful day. We’re at home now and so far he’s taken something like a three hour nap due to his refusal to sleep at Grandma and Grandpa’s. ;)

These pictures were all taken by Grandpa at their house. It was Reese’s first experience eating cake and opening presents (though I’m sure he enjoyed eating cake a lot more than the presents…). Enjoy! :)

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Filed under: Family on October 25th, 2009 | No Comments »