Why, oh Why is most CCM the same old 4/4 - "four on the floor" rock beat with the snare on 2 and 4 and the kick on 1 and 3, with an 8th note pattern on the hats or ride? Or a slight moderation thereof?
It seems most CCM is full-throttle common time (4/4) with the same old rehashed Christian lyrics.
Why aren't the "stars" of CCM striving for more cutting edge music, like, 6/8, 5/4, 9/8 with a Jazz feel, or heck, even good old 12 bar Blues or Spiritual?
It pains me everytime I have to play, MOST CCM songs are the carbon copy of the song right before it.
Or better yet, some knucklehead took "Amazing Grace" - a sacred hymn several hundred years old, and fit it into a rock beat. What's up with that!? Is it all to appeal to a "younger" generation of worshipers?
After playing in p and w bands for over 5 years, it's a bit disturbing to realize the genre hasn't moved forward one bit. What someone wrote 5 years ago sounds the exact same as someone writing now. There is no innovation, no improvisation, etc.
It's like the Waylon Jennings' hit "It's the same old song, fiddle and guitar, where do we take it from here...."
It seems most CCM is full-throttle common time (4/4) with the same old rehashed Christian lyrics.
Why aren't the "stars" of CCM striving for more cutting edge music, like, 6/8, 5/4, 9/8 with a Jazz feel, or heck, even good old 12 bar Blues or Spiritual?
It pains me everytime I have to play, MOST CCM songs are the carbon copy of the song right before it.
Or better yet, some knucklehead took "Amazing Grace" - a sacred hymn several hundred years old, and fit it into a rock beat. What's up with that!? Is it all to appeal to a "younger" generation of worshipers?
After playing in p and w bands for over 5 years, it's a bit disturbing to realize the genre hasn't moved forward one bit. What someone wrote 5 years ago sounds the exact same as someone writing now. There is no innovation, no improvisation, etc.
It's like the Waylon Jennings' hit "It's the same old song, fiddle and guitar, where do we take it from here...."
