Keaggy is still making good music.
I thought Find me In these fields was a very fine album
Have not heard any of his recent stuff, is there any thing you recommend?
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Keaggy is still making good music.
Jammed is good, for his instrumental stuff. I’d have to look for others, but I’ve not been disappointed.I thought Find me In these fields was a very fine album
Have not heard any of his recent stuff, is there any thing you recommend?
yah, 'cept for those nickelback fans apparently (their songs don't come to mind so I can't even say whether i know one). There are many bands that the music seems entirely optional. (even worse in a way is when the words seem uninspired though)A problem with Christian music, which was addressed in the video, is that many songs just sound the same. Like I can put on The Message on SiriusXM and I'd hear a song have no idea who it is and what the song is but it sounds like 50 other songs that could be played that same day. Some songs are good, many rap songs are very cheesy (I recommend NF) and some rock songs are just bland. Everyone hates Nickelback, yet many christian bands sound exactly like them.
It could certainly do with getting a bit more experimental - the music needs to tap into a new emotion to get the listener really thinking. Perhaps the book of Job written in a similar way to Nowhere Man, with a psychedelic bassline, and a sitar lead.
A lot of Christian music is high frequency and very intense - it's actually quite fatiguing. You want a nice low frequency, to just grove the listener into a hypnotic state, so that they're primed and ready to listen to the lyrics.
The only problem is you'd need a complete genius to pull it off. Cat Stevens could probably do it, if he wasn't Muslim. George Harrison if he was still alive and not Hindu. Justin Bieber - lol, not a chance.
In defence of christian music, I don't think every group out there has to be cutting new ground musically, or be experimental. A lot of christian music has been imitative though - perhaps deliberately with the idea being to provide christian kids with an alternative. Not being an expert I cannot say that christian music never contributes anything new musically, that others imitate. I think Charlie Peacock has tried to break the mold at times. I miss the genuine innovation in CCM there was during the 1990s. I recall Twila Paris broke out of the mold of safe easy listening music when Peacock came on board as her producer for Cry for the Desert - he added something fresh in the way of musical arrangments. Twila Paris had quite a following who had certain expectations of what sort of music they were purchasing. Margaret Becker also benefited from Peacock's production. I just don't know the whole christian music scene to say how rare genuine creativity is currently. But the fact that I had to go back nearly 30 years for those few examples might be saying something.