Personman - Latest Comments on Christian Music, Part Deux http://personman.com/?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 dizzygirl30 [Visitor] in response to: Christian Music, Part Deux Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:21:03 +0000 dizzygirl30 [Visitor] c808@http://personman.com/ <p>this discussion is refreshingly mature.</p> <p>i used to work in the &#8220;Christian&#8221; music industry and at times it can be very depressing and sobering.</p> <p>alot of times, the high ups at the labels aren&#8217;t Christians at all, so many decisions are not spirit led- they are to make a buck like anyone else. not that there is anything wrong with making money, but sometimes, Jesus is simply left out of the equation all together.</p> <p>someone below posted about Dimestore Prophets- may i shamelessly plug the old lead singer&#8217;s latest band?</p> <p>check out Tremolo-</p> <p><a href="http://www.tremolomusic.net" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.tremolomusic.net</a></p> <p>cheers,</p> <p>T</p> this discussion is refreshingly mature.

i used to work in the “Christian” music industry and at times it can be very depressing and sobering.

alot of times, the high ups at the labels aren’t Christians at all, so many decisions are not spirit led- they are to make a buck like anyone else. not that there is anything wrong with making money, but sometimes, Jesus is simply left out of the equation all together.

someone below posted about Dimestore Prophets- may i shamelessly plug the old lead singer’s latest band?

check out Tremolo-

http://www.tremolomusic.net

cheers,

T

]]> http://personman.com/christian_music_part_deux#c808 skittles [Visitor] in response to: Christian Music, Part Deux Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:59:36 +0000 skittles [Visitor] c807@http://personman.com/ <p>Rob is rather a pursuer of decent Christian music and has a set of mixes that introduce a pretty wide variety of artists. He also has a pretty cool set of Springsteen mixes and some awesome 80&#8217;s mixes. He even has a couple blend mixes (like the driving songs mix which has mostly 80&#8217;s songs with a few Christian songs related to driving interspersed). </p> <p>My point is, and it was made before in another post, that to be Christian doesn&#8217;t have to mean listening only to what is marketed to a Christian audience, but to listen with a Christian worldview continually laying our preferences on the altar to be sure they are not holding us back from closeness to God. I have had times where I&#8217;ve needed to refocus and &#8220;fast&#8221; from secular music for a time, not because it is evil or wrong to listen to it, but because my heart was drifting toward it in a way that wasn&#8217;t healthy. Other times I&#8217;ve been challenged and uplifted by the very same music.</p> <p>A couple artists I like that haven&#8217;t been mentioned are Dime Store Prophets and Mark Heard&#8211;though sometimes Mark Heard&#8217;s music can be a bit cheesy. I&#8217;m also a fan of Jeremy Garringer&#8217;s songs if he would ever get someone else to sing them so you could understand the words&#8211;and then come out with an album.</p> <p>One thing to keep in mind is that like any artist, you&#8217;re probably not going to love or even like every song on an album, but it seems easier to be especially hard on Christian artists for the duds.</p> <p>-Beth</p> Rob is rather a pursuer of decent Christian music and has a set of mixes that introduce a pretty wide variety of artists. He also has a pretty cool set of Springsteen mixes and some awesome 80’s mixes. He even has a couple blend mixes (like the driving songs mix which has mostly 80’s songs with a few Christian songs related to driving interspersed).

My point is, and it was made before in another post, that to be Christian doesn’t have to mean listening only to what is marketed to a Christian audience, but to listen with a Christian worldview continually laying our preferences on the altar to be sure they are not holding us back from closeness to God. I have had times where I’ve needed to refocus and “fast” from secular music for a time, not because it is evil or wrong to listen to it, but because my heart was drifting toward it in a way that wasn’t healthy. Other times I’ve been challenged and uplifted by the very same music.

A couple artists I like that haven’t been mentioned are Dime Store Prophets and Mark Heard–though sometimes Mark Heard’s music can be a bit cheesy. I’m also a fan of Jeremy Garringer’s songs if he would ever get someone else to sing them so you could understand the words–and then come out with an album.

One thing to keep in mind is that like any artist, you’re probably not going to love or even like every song on an album, but it seems easier to be especially hard on Christian artists for the duds.

-Beth

]]> http://personman.com/christian_music_part_deux#c807 danny [Visitor] in response to: Christian Music, Part Deux Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:42:02 +0000 danny [Visitor] c806@http://personman.com/ <p>I saw that episode. Pretty funny.</p> I saw that episode. Pretty funny.

]]> http://personman.com/christian_music_part_deux#c806 gringo [Visitor] in response to: Christian Music, Part Deux Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:22:57 +0000 gringo [Visitor] c805@http://personman.com/ <p>this reminds me of that one southpark episode where cartman starts the christain group &#8220;faith +1&Prime;</p> this reminds me of that one southpark episode where cartman starts the christain group “faith +1″

]]> http://personman.com/christian_music_part_deux#c805 Trix Daddio [Visitor] in response to: Christian Music, Part Deux Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:56:13 +0000 Trix Daddio [Visitor] c804@http://personman.com/ <p>Someone once said that there is no such thing as christian music, only christian lyrics. I personally am waiting for more christian lyrics that aren&#8217;t put to music that is less than listenable. It is getting better, as more money is being thrown into the &#8220;Genre". However largley it is still mediocre. I wonder if this is because anytime you have a captive audience the thought is &#8220;We&#8217;ll just make it good enough, and people will buy it, because it&#8217;s christian&#8221; I am a huge music fan, and i enjoy music for the &#8220;music&#8221; and occasionally someone writes a lyric that blows me away, but it is still largley about the music for me. i also think that christian artist get pigeon holed into wirting only about God, and can&#8217;t write about love and heartache and sing the blues! We&#8217;re are not always happygo jumpy!</p> <p>Trix</p> Someone once said that there is no such thing as christian music, only christian lyrics. I personally am waiting for more christian lyrics that aren’t put to music that is less than listenable. It is getting better, as more money is being thrown into the “Genre". However largley it is still mediocre. I wonder if this is because anytime you have a captive audience the thought is “We’ll just make it good enough, and people will buy it, because it’s christian” I am a huge music fan, and i enjoy music for the “music” and occasionally someone writes a lyric that blows me away, but it is still largley about the music for me. i also think that christian artist get pigeon holed into wirting only about God, and can’t write about love and heartache and sing the blues! We’re are not always happygo jumpy!

Trix

]]> http://personman.com/christian_music_part_deux#c804 Cole [Visitor] in response to: Christian Music, Part Deux Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:27:40 +0000 Cole [Visitor] c803@http://personman.com/ <p>I once heard if you don&#8217;t listen to El Shaddi each morning first thing and then again after lunch, then you really don&#8217;t love Jesus.<br /> Or maybe I didn&#8217;t, but I got burned out on that song (and most christian music) after church camp in 5th grade.</p> I once heard if you don’t listen to El Shaddi each morning first thing and then again after lunch, then you really don’t love Jesus.
Or maybe I didn’t, but I got burned out on that song (and most christian music) after church camp in 5th grade.

]]> http://personman.com/christian_music_part_deux#c803 danny [Visitor] in response to: Christian Music, Part Deux Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:08:41 +0000 danny [Visitor] c801@http://personman.com/ <p>Or, say, pledged your undying love to them on the world wide web.</p> Or, say, pledged your undying love to them on the world wide web.

]]> http://personman.com/christian_music_part_deux#c801 jaeroplane [Visitor] in response to: Christian Music, Part Deux Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:57:22 +0000 jaeroplane [Visitor] c800@http://personman.com/ <p>I don&#8217;t see anything wrong with listening to secular music if you approach it with the Biblical principle that anything that enters in can have an effect on the heart. I can never give up secular music, but there was a time when I had to sell some CDs because they were having such a negative effect on my life.<br /> I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion (and this is just my conclusion) that I can listen to secular music, but I have to be careful about what I endorse, especially to non-Christians. I lvoe Fugazi and will until the day I die, but I think that I would be compromising my image as a faithful disciple if I wore a Fugazi shirt (there are none, actually) and advertised them to everyone I know.</p> I don’t see anything wrong with listening to secular music if you approach it with the Biblical principle that anything that enters in can have an effect on the heart. I can never give up secular music, but there was a time when I had to sell some CDs because they were having such a negative effect on my life.
I’ve come to the conclusion (and this is just my conclusion) that I can listen to secular music, but I have to be careful about what I endorse, especially to non-Christians. I lvoe Fugazi and will until the day I die, but I think that I would be compromising my image as a faithful disciple if I wore a Fugazi shirt (there are none, actually) and advertised them to everyone I know.

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