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2 years ago today the “Buggin” music video dropped! Such a fun song and album. Hoping to do the album songs live this Spring and Summer because we never really got a chance to perform it for folx

Hey Friends and Fam — We love you! Want to support some crazy artists through these crazy times? If we get 10K people to LIKE our Q Brothers FB page, we can start to monetize views on our upcoming videos for our kids album. please SHARE this video and tell your friends to LIKE Q Brothers on FB! This vid features all the incredible submissions for our album cover contest — from kids (and adults) all across the globe! Humbling and amazing. Keep your kids bumping the video and kill some homeschooling time! . We love you. Stay safe!

Been getting hit with memories from when I was 10-12 years old…

I make electronic music as Javid Music Party. Javid is my middle name, given me by my grandmother on my father’s side. My dad was born in India and raised in Pakistan. As I was growing up, whenever we visited my relatives in Karachi, I was always fascinated as we rolled through the streets there. It was so different. So beautiful. So rich in spirit and so poor in “riches”. I have not been there in over 25 years, but the memories are strong. Whenever we’d visit, we’d cop the latest and hottest pirated cassette tapes, which were always associated with the popular films of the time, and we would bump that Bhangra, baby!

Over there, films and albums have always been pretty synonymous. It happens over here too, but not nearly to the same extent. But it did happen here in the U.S. in 1986 with the classic film Stand By Me. I will forever associate that movie with its incredible musical soundtrack. I cannot emphasize strongly enough the influence that music had on my life. The Golden Oldies 🙂 My parents were like, “You like this music? This is our music!”
I guess it’s kinda like how my nieces dig Led Zeppelin, or The Pixies even, or Tribe Called Quest. That’s our music! Hahaha. It’s beautiful how music works like that. I’m grateful to witness the cycles, the “return on investments” so to speak.

Anyway, I recently couldn’t get the bassline for the title track of the 1986 movie out of my head, so I thought what the heck, lemme remix this thing with a cover of my own!

And speaking of covers, I am very aware of how un-cool the cover image is for this track, hahaha. I bring it up because it was an issue for me. As Javid Music Party, I am tempted to try to keep everything on the digital streaming platforms as cool as possible, image-wise. But the artwork I chose for this track is an ode to my 10 year old self, and to my brothers. And to my best childhood friend Danny Sullivan, who I played basketball with at the park in Chicago EVERY single day. And to the boombox we brought with us to bump the music as old as our parents. And to the kids who laughed at us for doing so. And to my Mom and Pops, who played so much of their music for us growing up. It’s also a shout out to the original poster for the film, and to the countless Bollywood music tapes we had with covers made in the early days of photoshop. I call the track Stand Bhai Me instead of Stand By Me because “bhai” means brother in Urdu. I hope you enjoy the track! https://open.spotify.com/track/5jH5L9EAMx4yTncx5qac84?si=e56f6f1ff854434b
And if you haven’t peeped the movie in a while, it’s most definitely worth a re-watch right about now.

Love, g

I come from what often feels like the last generation of true record store rats. Crate Diggers, Milkcrate Moles. Bargain Bin Beavers (okay, I just made that one up…but you get my point). There are still of course a few record stores – often a small section of your local bookshops – that still sell vinyl fresh out the sleeve (support your local Ma & Pa brick and mortar stores!). But One of things I miss most was getting to know my guys and gals across the counter who worked there. Who I could nerd out on the latest west coast post punk record, Verve or Blue Note Records vault reissues or the spankin’ new miami bass and atlanta booty shake tapes, fresh out the trunk of a young entrepreneurs Caddy Seville.

I would spend hours going down aisles of music. Intentionally trying to lose myself in the enigmatic, desperate sounds that I came across. Well…here’s a little post (that might be recurring) about those beautiful rabbit holes I would dive into with the aid of my friends behind the counter and a little bit of curiosity and a lot of open mindedness

I was listening to the great band The Sylvers a lot recently and thought to myself “what are some other jammin’ songs by incredible family bands?” Here’s a little taste of what I was digging on when I took a dive. If you think of some other dope songs by family bands, get@me!

Postell (aka POS)

The Sylvers – We Can Make It If We Try

DeBarge – I Like It

The Roches – Hammond Song

Audio Two- Top Billin’

Staple Singers – Let’s Do It Again

Almost two years after all of our lives were inexorably changed, I find myself reflecting most about my shift in perspective.  Where panic and uncertainty once flooded my consciousness after each new week brought another creative and monetary cancellation to our company, I now can breathe and be ok with chaos in a way I once could not.  Part of that comes with spending so much time with small children over these months and learning to flow with them and say “yes” instead of trying to control their impulses but this thing has taught me above all to focus on the things I CAN control and NOT the things I CAN’T.