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THE INTRO:
Hello everyone. My name is Aidan Kelly and I make music under the name Glenn Quickness. I am releasing into our tiny corner of the cosmos an album called Transmissions from the Rust Belt.
I don't do music full time. I'm a union organizer, bartender, and sometimes adjunct college professor. I make music to keep me sane and spiritual in our incredibly anxious and depressing times. I cook up beats and synthesizer lines after hours of fighting with workers to demand lives of dignity. I sing melodies after long days of serving 50 year old Dad's Miller Lite's at a casino bar. I think this album reflects that. With the help of a few friends and a great producer (Jacob Kirkwood) I've finally finished a batch of tracks I'm proud of.
Since I don't do music full time I wanted to share this with family and friends while using all of the proceeds to shimmer a little bit of light in this dark world. I am using all of the money to support a cause that seems interlinked to my soul.
THE CAUSE: IMMIGRANT SUPPORT
I was lucky enough to study in El Salvador, in Central America in 2010. I got to meet and live with an amazing group of Salvadoran students and community leaders who organized around issues of justice and faith. Recently I learned that one of the Salvadoran students I had spent time with had to flee her home due to gang violence. The gangs told her she had to leave the county or she would be killed. Gang terror occurs on a daily basis and its victims are often random and innocent, like my student friend. So she fled the country to seek refuge in the United States. To flee murder and terror.
Many narratives get told about migrants coming to this country but rarely is the history of the US imperialism in Central America and Latin America spoken into the national discourse. US bombs, helicopters, guns, and training destabilized countries like El Salvador in the 1980's. The poverty that allows gangs to take power remains in the wake of the years of war.
Our response to refugees and migrants needs to be one of solidarity and empathy. We should be protecting those who flee violence not treating them like criminals or less than human. I truly believe our world's soul can not be free unless we treat the vulnerable with as much humanity as we can possibly give. That's why I am working with the IRTF (Inter Religious Task Force on Central America) to support our brothers and sisters at the border who have been subjected to horrific treatment. The money will go to shelters that give life and hope to those whose world has given little. I'm not looking to make any money back on this record. All the proceeds will be used for migrant solidarity.
I'd love for you to buy my album for $10. If you can and want to donate more thats more blankets, food, medicine, and shelter for those who need it now. If you could share it with a friend and share it on social media that would be amazing. If I got 200 people to spend $10 I would have enough for a $2000 donation. That's what I want my record to do. Bring people joy with music while acting as a tool of solidarity to those being attacked by injustice.
With love and support.
Con Solidaridad y Amor,
Aidan Kelly / Glenn Quickness
LA INTRODUCCIÓN:
Hola a todos. Mi nombre es Aidan Kelly y hago música bajo el nombre de Glenn Quickness. Estoy lanzando en nuestro pequeño rincón del cosmos un álbum llamado Transmissions from the Rust Belt.
No hago música a tiempo completo. Soy un organizador sindical, barman y, a veces, profesor universitario adjunto. Hago música para mantenerme sano y espiritual en nuestros tiempos increíblemente ansiosos y deprimentes. Cocino ritmos y líneas de sintetizador después de horas de lucha con trabajadores para exigir vidas dignas. Canto melodías después de largos días de servicio en un bar del casino. Creo que este álbum refleja eso. Con la ayuda de algunos amigos y un gran productor (Jacob Kirkwood), finalmente he terminado un lote de canciones de las que estoy orgulloso.
Como no hago música a tiempo completo, quería compartir esto con mi familia y amigos mientras utilizaba todas las ganancias para hacer brillar un poco de luz en este mundo oscuro. Estoy utilizando todo el dinero para apoyar una causa que parece estar relacionada con mi alma.
LA CAUSA: APOYO INMIGRANTE
Tuve la suerte de estudiar en El Salvador, en América Central en 2010. Me reuní y vivo con un grupo increíble de estudiantes y líderes comunitarios salvadoreños que se organizaron en torno a temas de justicia y fe. Hace poco supe que uno de los estudiantes salvadoreños con los que había pasado el tiempo tenía que huir de su hogar debido a la violencia de pandillas. Las pandillas le dijeron que tenía que abandonar el condado o sería asesinada. El terror de pandillas ocurre a diario y sus víctimas son a menudo aleatorias e inocentes, como mi amiga estudiante. Así que ella huyó del país para buscar refugio en los Estados Unidos. Para huir del asesinato y el terror.
Muchas narraciones se cuentan sobre los migrantes que vienen a este país, pero rara vez la historia del imperialismo estadounidense en América Central y América Latina se incluye en el discurso nacional. Bombas, helicópteros, armas de fuego y entrenamiento de Estados Unidos desestabilizaron países como El Salvador en los años ochenta. La pobreza que permite a las pandillas tomar el poder sigue a raíz de los años de guerra.
Nuestra respuesta a los refugiados y migrantes debe ser de solidaridad y empatía. Deberíamos proteger a quienes huyen de la violencia, no los traten como criminales o menos que humanos. Realmente creo que el alma de nuestro mundo no puede ser libre a menos que tratemos a los vulnerables con tanta humanidad como sea posible. Es por eso que estoy trabajando con la IRTF para apoyar a nuestros hermanos y hermanas en la frontera que han sido sometidos a un tratamiento horrible. El dinero se destinará a refugios que dan vida y esperanza a aquellos cuyo mundo ha dado poco. No estoy buscando hacer dinero en este disco. Todos los ingresos serán utilizados para la solidaridad migrante.
Con Amor y Solidaridad
Aidan Kelly / Glenn Quickness
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