Re:How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry
by redbeard0x0a on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:12AM
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> I'm honestly not trying to be edgy here, and I'm well aware that this isn't going to be everyone's (or even the majority's) bag
We forget that people are extremely varied, there is room for everybody. An infinite God probably doesn't create only ~3 "right" ways of worshipping, living, serving, teaching, etc.
Re:How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry
by dagw on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:56AM
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This is one of those ancient church debates that goes back centuries. Should 'church' music be something that you listen to in silence and revel in its beauty or something that your participate and by doing so praise God with your voice. If you want everybody to play/sing along with gusto you better make the music easy to sing and play.
Re:How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry
by taborj on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:33AM
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As the Grateful Dead once sang - "Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right."
Re:How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry
by kybernetikos on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @05:21PM
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There may be a distinction between music that is intended to stir you as you listen to it and music that is intended to stir you as you sing it.
I realise this is a very personal perspective, but I find a lot of "secular" music better for worship: Hendrix, Led Zep, Guns 'N' Roses, Soundgarden, Hybrid, She, Pendulum, and of course plenty of orchestral and ensemble music from earlier eras. This stuff stirs my soul.
I'm honestly not trying to be edgy here, and I'm well aware that this isn't going to be everyone's (or even the majority's) bag, and I'm definitely not suggesting that Christian music needs to change for my benefit (it really doesn't). That's all totally OK: it's just me saying that after 22 years of being a Christian I know who I am.