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Re:How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @12:39PM (#18284944)
Organs were widely used in chapels and then churches from the 9th Century onwards. Bach was working in a musical and technological context that was already centuries old.

Meanwhile Hillsong is repackaged millennial pop/country/hints-of-EDM with all rough edges sanded down to a glossy frictionless finish. It's slick and corporate and essentially parasitic on popular music stylings, visual imagery, and performance tropes.

There's nothing nerdy or edgy about it (unless you include some of the criminal allegations that surround Hillsong - which everyone probably should).

So I think comparing it to the output of a technical genius like Bach is pushing the truth envelope a little too far to be completely convincing.

Re:How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry by gtycomb on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @01:26PM (#18285419)
About Bach's involvement and contributions in organ building technology of his age, the point of view comes from here discussed at length:

"Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven" by John Eliot Gardiner. He is a reliable source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eliot_Gardiner

A detailed comparison with modern music comes from a recent author whose name slips my mind. He taught at Columbia University, a journalist, his entire book is on the relationship of Bach with all kinds of recorded music in digital age.