All music is the same untill you put words to it.....
what if I'm smoking weed or doing heroine when i write an instrumental? do you think the spirit that's attached to the song when i write it does or does not have its stamp and influence on the song?
sometimes we tend to treat the spirit realm like its as shallow as the physical. be careful with this. we can't be ignorant of the power of the spiritual realm. nor can we pretend that there is not heavy activity going on in the spirit realm with the music of the world today.
is blues a message, or a scale? or song form?
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Aha? you act like you said something witty. blues is a message. it's the message about an individual's hardships that are submitted in song form for others to hear. when was the last time you heard a blues song that mentioned how happy someone was? now in the case of R&B, the message is not about God, it does not promote God, and generally tends to steer people AWAY from God's DIRECT instructions and prohibitions. Boys to Men may not mean any harm, but do you think that everyone listening to their songs are married? so do you think the people who aren't married, who listen to their songs, stop listening to them so they won't be led into fornication? Please. . . that's why the "bastard" baby rate is up.
oh, yeah. the "blues" scale is only called such because it was widely used in blues. it was given the name because of the kind of music it was most used in initially. as for the song form, do a little research and you'll find that the blues song form is not originally called "blues" song form, but more than likely has a more technical name which was derived long before the message of the blues was put to music.
I am a working musician. the Lord has not yet graced me with enough work in the gospel music venue to give up playing in R&B studio sessions or out on the road. I take this to mean that He has a plan for me that may include ministering in the lion's den. Just last week, a young lady came up to me to comment on how much she enjoyed how much energy I put into my performance on stage. I told her that it is all for Jesus. At first, I think this threw her. We ended up talking the whole night about church. She came out to my church on Sunday and has attended ever since.
I understand. but try this. . . pray, ask God where He really wants you to be right now. if He doesn't tell you you're in the right place, would you move? sometimes we let our lack of trust in God's ability to take care of us put us in places where God never intended for us to be. if God told you that you weren't supposed to be playing music AT ALL. . . would you stop? and just think about this. . . how often do you contribute to playing a song that is leading a listener away from God's Word? do you think that if you've done this that you are not accountable for what happens? i don't know what the message of your music is, but this is just something to think about.
did you and the lady talk about CHRIST or church? also, does this woman just attend, or has she gotten saved? God called us to win souls to Christ. sometimes we go the easy way and invite people to church. it's going to be interesting (for those left behind) how many people will still be at church if the rapture comes on a Sunday morning.
It is EASY to minister to the captive and willing church congregation, but it is our duty to minister to those that are on the other side. Music is the greatest gift (next to salvation), that God could give us to help bridge the gap.
it's funny you should say "captive and willing church congregation" because much of the congregation are still captives. it is not EASY to MINISTER to anyone. especially in the church where people refuse to believe that God still expects complete holiness in us. we don't want to hear it because that would take sacrifice and discipline. we want to do what we want to do.
music is a great gift, but it is also a huge weapon that the enemy has deceptively used to make us accepting of so much garbage that our spiritual breath stinks to God.
i'm not attacking you. it's just that "saved" people are always making excuses why we can play around with things that God has told us to stay away from. and satan is just laughing at us.