Back2Back Radio Canada - S3E1 - Manic Drive, Matt LeFait, Interview with Quinn Throness

Season 3 Premiere – Back2Back Radio Canada 🇨🇦

A new season of Back2Back Radio Canada begins with this exciting episode celebrating the sound and stories of Canadian Christian music.

Enjoy back-to-back tracks from Manic Drive and Matt LeFait, bringing energy and inspiration to kick off the season.

This episode also features a heartfelt interview with emerging artist Quinn Throness, who shares her early journey in music, the influences that have shaped her songwriting, and an encouraging message to fellow young believers through her songs “Wait for You” and “A Good Day.”

With two songs played back-to-back and meaningful conversations behind the music, this season premiere sets the tone for another inspiring lineup of Canadian Christian artists.

Transcript

SPEAKER_06 0:10

Welcome to Back to Back, your gateway to Canadian Christian music. On each broadcast, we listen to great music and interview the people shaping the future of Canadian Christian music today. Please welcome our host, Dale Borland.

SPEAKER_02 0:30

Yes, Dale Borland here, and welcome to Back to Back Radio. On today's program, we got music coming your way from Manic Drive to Matt LeFay. Also, we've got an interview with Quinn Throneness, and that's gonna be awesome, so stay tuned for that. So let's get to the music with Matt LeFay and his great song, The God Who Sees, featuring John Waller. You're listening to Back to Back Radio.

SPEAKER_04 0:57

It's been one of those years or so. I didn't see it coming. I never cried so many tears. I know your promises that I'm held so closely. I'm feeling row me. Cause right now I'm only I'm gonna take this slow running away from the shelter of this home I've ever known. Running away, running away. Losing my strength Why has this world begun to wind into a place? I know I don't belong I'm in the desert, but your promise never left me. You're the god who seized me my pain, my tears I'm dying running So have I the fear When I know there's nothing that you death for raise me from the save me to death no light death no height It just not demo Gotta take it slow to be all this time every face I'll never ever bring the goal and everything's gonna face and the face that parades I'm safe with you Jesus It's been one of those years I didn't see you coming This is Back to Back And next up we got Beauty of the Lord coming at you from Matt Le Fay right here on Back to Back Radio There's a holy presence filling this house An unavoidable moment is now looking up I see a king who's come down All I can do is surrender The sound of angel shakes this room Only one response is all I can do I am new I am under before the beauty of the Lord the beauty of the Lord Holy is all I can speak In the beauty of the Lord You so I wanna see and cry holy holy holy ruin until you gave me Christmas button you come away trying to put my escape Just kind of the day just all the dead I am dead I am a duty and cry cry That's the sound of angels chase this room Only one response is all I can do I am when I am undone before the beauty of the Lord It's the beauty of the Lord Matt LeFay received an extensive radio play across Canada, hit top ten Canadian chart.

SPEAKER_02 8:04

He's been nominated for a GMA and a Kevin Award for Collaboration of the Year. That's Matt LeFay. To find out more, check his socials at Matt Lefey Music or check out his website, Matt Lefey Music.com.

SPEAKER_00 8:18

Now we're listening to Back to Back Radio. Singers and songwriters, if you are looking to get your music on Back to Back Radio, then you need to get connected with the gospel music industry hub. With feedback, you will find out if your music is radio ready. So connect with the GMI Hub today at gmihub.ca.

SPEAKER_02 8:38

Yes, that's right. All the artists that are played on the back-to-back radio program are affiliated with the GMI Hub. Now, Manic Drive is a band that maintains its presence through social media and digital releases and is continuing to showcase their signature edge pop sound. So, up first of their back to back, we've got their song High Life right here on Back to Back Radio.

SPEAKER_04 9:13

First verse, driving changes, no entertainers. Quick to be departed with the major focus, thinking about how we got here. I guess we won't be leaving Cause something's got me thinking of the time we talk about the eye in black toes, puffin' the check, like the upper toss, let's go. Oh my bottles, fill the people holdin' empty bottles. Living off the highlight of the highlight. Living up the highlight. Maybe I should turn it off. Next level go hard with the beat drops. I think I wanna turn it off. Uh-oh. Did I do much? Uh-oh, here we go. Gotta pick me up when it gets down door. These are grabbing my gala stay. If you stay so thief is then a bubble, feeling comfortable. Thinking that I'm getting kinda loud so Maybe I should turn it off. Next level go hard with the beat drops. I think I wanna turn it off. Uh-oh. Did I do much? Let's go to this. Tell me if you feel all right. Living up the high life.

SPEAKER_02 12:51

Yeah, with the high life, you go from glory to glory, but also there is the valley experiences. The founding members of Manic Drive, Michael and Sean Cavello, went through some dramatic experiences in the last few years. In 2020, they lost their mother. And also the guitarist and co-founder, Michael Cavello, was hospitalized with a life-threatening health issue. Not long after that, Manic Drive released a single called Thank God I'm alive.

SPEAKER_04 13:25

And we try to be strong with all this going on. We'll just try to keep trying to folks confuse how to deal with this. It's kinda message if I'm being real with you. And we try to get by, try to get by. But it's hard to disguise how we feel. But you pray to God in the evening. You're grateful that you see another day. And even though your heart is grieving, stay you bow your head and say, I don't wanna live life jaded. Don't wanna waste my time feeling victimized. Reminded of my darkest moments. To thank God I'm alive. I'm learning how to grieve. It's been a couple days since you had to leave. And I can't comprehend. I won't see you again in this life, in this reality. I'm not sure how to deal with this. I find it hard trying to find peace with it. And that's run through my head as we lay to rich. I remember the time when you said to pray to God in the evening. Be grateful that I see another day. Reminded of my darkest moments. To thank God I'm alive. Reminded of my darkest moments To thank God I'm alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, to da da do Alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, da-da-da-do-mom. I'm gonna have a son, and I'll be a good dad. He'll have love like I had, and I promise one day to teach him to never go and live life she did. Don't waste your precious time feeling victimized. Remembering your darkest moments To thank God we're alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, alive, I don't think God I love a life, a life, a life, alive, do I thank God?

unknown 16:19

No, I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live, J D. I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live, JD.

SPEAKER_06 16:33

You are listening to back to back radio.

SPEAKER_02 16:36

If you are a faithful listener to back to back radio, you know I like to do interviews. And now it's time for our interview with Quinn Throngness. Welcome to Back to Back Radio.

SPEAKER_01 16:45

Thank you. Thank you for having me.

SPEAKER_02 16:46

So your songwriting, you kind of started that at a very young age. Like around 12? Tell me about that time in your life.

SPEAKER_01 16:53

Yeah, well, I got a ukulele. I know Grace Van Derwall was super popular at the time, and you know, I was one of those ukulele kids. Um yeah, my sister threatened to throw it out, but we kept going, and I just started songwriting. I had a music teacher in my church, and she wrote songs, and so I really looked up to her. I have in my journal, like, I want to be like her, I want to sing on worship like her. And she wrote songs, and I was like, I don't want to write a song. So I tried writing a song, and obviously they weren't that great as a twelve-year-old, but I had a lot of confidence, so I would go up and play them for my church, and gradually, like, I got music lessons with this girl in my church, and she taught me and grew from there. But I always knew I wanted to do Christian music, even as a twelve-year-old, because I was just immersed in it. And of course I had to make that my own.

SPEAKER_02 18:36

I really enjoyed it. Your project needs people to do that. You have one song called Wait For, and I really like it. So tell me a bit about where that came from.

SPEAKER_01 18:45

Wait for when I was waiting for a godly man to come into my life. And I know that a lot of young Christians are waiting and wanting to wait well. And so I realized that like there was not very many songs about this. I know there wasn't really any that to what I was going through. And so I was like, what would I write for me and for all of these young Christians out here to encourage them because the world will tell you for fun, whatever it's fine, but actually like your decisions matter. Like we live for eternity, we don't live for the here and now. So just kind of to encourage believers of every age that the person who is walking in a godly manner is the person who you want to invite into your life into that covenant. I know there's the verse, 2 Corinthians 6, verse 14, that says, Do not be unequally yoked to unbelievers, for what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness, what fellowship has the darkness with the light. And what I wanted to get across here is like we wait for the person who is going to encourage us in our walk with the Lord.

SPEAKER_03 20:58

So I'll be waiting, and I'll just wait till I follow you while I'm waiting for you and all of this way. It's choosing to walk daily with my love. I wanna wait for the one that I made for and not be but in a When all of my signs gone, I wanna see I'm strong and I wasn't tossed above.

SPEAKER_05 22:18

And it's a little bit strong.

SPEAKER_03 22:35

I wanna wait for the one that I'm waiting for and I wanna be running around When all the month's time's gone, I wanna say I'm strong and I'll toss about I wanna wait for the one that all the night's time's gone.

SPEAKER_05 23:03

Wanna say I'm strong and time to do it, don't want to do Well I'm waiting for you.

SPEAKER_02 23:30

I have a song that I really like to play. It's called A Good Day. So why don't you tell me a bit about where that came from and how it came about?

SPEAKER_01 23:36

Well, I have a really great Christian community. I have so many friends here in my church, and I've been like abundantly blessed by God. Because you know the verse in Proverbs, as iron sharpens iron, so the countenance of one man sharpens another. And so when I was writing this song, I w wrote it at a place of okay, I want to write about good Christian fellowship because I didn't see a lot of songs about that. And I saw that in youth group too. As kids grow up and go through youth group, you see relationships form and friendships being born out of just the common ground of we follow Christ. And so, yeah, having Christian friends is amazing as encouragement, and they can tell you when you're doing something wrong and encourage you in that, but also have fun together, and that is like so awesome and such a blessing. So, yeah, that's where a good day came from.

SPEAKER_03 24:26

When the world's tell me how it thinks I should live, like I got something to prove. That's when I look at these friends that I've been handed, and all the people got used. Oh, I want to tell you this simple truth. Every day's a good day when I'm with you, I'm okay. Every day's a good day when we're standing for his day. I don't need this, bro. Cause I felt so much more. Every day's a good day when we're living in his grace. We don't need what they say to tell us how to live. We got a truth that never changes. We'll live a life that gives the glory to my Lord. We got a hope that never ends. Oh, I want to show you the life that he gives. Every day's I got a day when I'm with you, I'm okay. Every day's I get day when we're standing for his name. I don't need this, bro. Cause I felt so much bored. Every day's I got a day when we're living in his grace. Oh, I want to show you. We don't need the life we knew. Oh, I want to show you. We don't need the life we know. Every day's a good day when I'm with you, I'm okay. Every day's a good day when we're standing for his name. Every day's a good day when I'm with you, I'm okay. Every day's a good day when we're standing for his name. I don't need this broken so much more. Every day's a good day when we're living in his grace.

SPEAKER_02 26:36

I wanted to end off with something I thought was just a lot of fun too. In the end, that song you put together with your whole youth group and you had a blast. The video looks like awesome. So, once again, for those of you, go onto the YouTube channel, go to Quintonus, and look at this song. It's gone. In the end, it's hilarious. Guys are jumping off the stage onto the ice doing flips. It's amazing. It's hilarious. Um, so I wanted to just say that at the end. How much fun was that with the youth group making that video? And you're still probably working with the youth group, aren't you?

SPEAKER_01 27:05

Yeah, it's it's so much fun. The video was great. I was like, guys, I'm making a music video. Can you be in it? And everyone's like, yeah. But yeah, youth group is great. I love it. And it's tomorrow night.

SPEAKER_02 27:18

And nobody got hurt, nobody got hurt in the making of that video.

SPEAKER_01 27:21

No. We have a bunch of farm kids. Yeah, they're pretty crazy.

SPEAKER_02 27:26

Thank you very much, Quinn, for joining me on Back to Back Radio. It's been a real pleasure to meet you, and I'm looking forward to have everybody listen and follow you on YouTube.

SPEAKER_01 27:35

Thank you so much for having me.

SPEAKER_00 27:38

Singers and songwriters, if you are looking to get your music on back to back radio, then you need to get connected with the gospel music industry hub. With feedback, you will find out if your music is radio ready. So connect with the GMI Hub today at gmi hub.ca