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I have a question about church music, hymns and songs..are they just songs people have always sung and whats this I hear about nowadays you have to have a license to sing a worship song in public or has this just been the case for any song 'performed' in public you have to pay a music publisher?
Singing to God, praising him, worship him never came with any monetary price attached in the Bible...just wondered what this was all about (especially going into a christian book store and just seeing rows of christian music you can buy just like ordinary music - where does the money go, for each CD you buy..straight back to the church and the needy people or in 'christian' music publishers hands?
Don't really understand all that especially as once went to a christian music festival and it just sounded like ordinary music but maybe with christian sounding lyrics. I thought it would be more I don't know..uplifting, spiritual or convicting and actually preaching the gospel but it doesn't seem to be, and I suppose its nice to have songs about people's personal journeys and struggles but maybe thats just different from praise music.
Also theres lots of songs sung by just ordinary people who haven't labelled themselves as a 'christian artist' or 'christian band' who sing great songs to God, am wondering if maybe a lot of this music is more packaging then substance. Especially when in some cases you can't even understand the words when it gets drowned out by the beat or the music. Also I have heard some great choir music, but it seems many christians these days would rather prefer rock n roll and squealing guitars to being still and silent and sing in harmony like angels in a choir and the words really mean something rather. To me when I hear that and sing with others like that I get that sense of God's presence, like how heaven would be on earth. I love singing but I don't like it when I'm singing and the band or whatever drowns out the voices and you can hardly hear yourself.
And I know lots of older folk don't like it and complain sometimes the music is too loud and hurts their ears at some of these churches. I'm not elderly but I tend to agree with them, I've found it seems like being at a concert with 'christian' celebrities on stage and worshipping THEM (in some churches) rather than being with God and worshipping HIM.
What do others think?
Singing to God, praising him, worship him never came with any monetary price attached in the Bible...just wondered what this was all about (especially going into a christian book store and just seeing rows of christian music you can buy just like ordinary music - where does the money go, for each CD you buy..straight back to the church and the needy people or in 'christian' music publishers hands?
Don't really understand all that especially as once went to a christian music festival and it just sounded like ordinary music but maybe with christian sounding lyrics. I thought it would be more I don't know..uplifting, spiritual or convicting and actually preaching the gospel but it doesn't seem to be, and I suppose its nice to have songs about people's personal journeys and struggles but maybe thats just different from praise music.
Also theres lots of songs sung by just ordinary people who haven't labelled themselves as a 'christian artist' or 'christian band' who sing great songs to God, am wondering if maybe a lot of this music is more packaging then substance. Especially when in some cases you can't even understand the words when it gets drowned out by the beat or the music. Also I have heard some great choir music, but it seems many christians these days would rather prefer rock n roll and squealing guitars to being still and silent and sing in harmony like angels in a choir and the words really mean something rather. To me when I hear that and sing with others like that I get that sense of God's presence, like how heaven would be on earth. I love singing but I don't like it when I'm singing and the band or whatever drowns out the voices and you can hardly hear yourself.
And I know lots of older folk don't like it and complain sometimes the music is too loud and hurts their ears at some of these churches. I'm not elderly but I tend to agree with them, I've found it seems like being at a concert with 'christian' celebrities on stage and worshipping THEM (in some churches) rather than being with God and worshipping HIM.
What do others think?