Christian musicians should not recycle themes from the WORLD whether they came from the church or not. The reason is because its already been tainted. Example: Making your clean clothes dirty, and putting them back with the clean clothes. If the clothes had minds of their own, would the clean begin to question themselves because the unclean now dwells with them? The bible says let there be a difference BETWEEN clean and unclean. And I am fully aware that I am speaking against something that has been excepted by some mainstream gospel artist and musicians, but HOLINESS is still right. We have a connection from on high which no other style of music carries. That's why gospel artist and musicians can sing and play many different styles. But, have you ever noticed that no matter how hard some secular artist try, they never make it in gospel music like they did in the world. Why? When you answer this question, you will then answer why licks and loops shouldn't be taken from the world and put in gospel music.
Man even tho I like your drumming I cant agree with you on this one.....You're giving more power to Satan and you dont even know it!!! Isnt God bigger and more powerful then Satan!? We all know the answer; Yes!!!! IF you take something that was meant for evil take it and turn it around for good and use it for the glory of God who has gained the victory!? God!!!!
Your example of: Making your clean clothes dirty, is not a very good one when it comes to this topic! Lets look at this from a spiritual standpoint. If the blood of Jesus has cleansed us, the Holy Spirit baptised us and has taken away our old man at the point of acceptance , then we are ALL clean (as Christians)(from a Spiritual standpoint NOT human)....Its the spirit man (the heart) that matters!!! If the tune is the same as a secular song but the words and heart are giving praise and honour to God then so what!!!! GOD BE PRAISED BY IT!!!! AND you never know who came off the street heard it and listened even harder to the words because they recognized the tune!!!!!
Lets look at some Church History. We consider Hymns to be some of the most holy praise and worship songs ever!!!! Right!? Even the stanch stuck up white people who feel that our music is all that noisy jungle music LOVES their hymns....Let me teach you something. The tunes for hymns came from the popular music of the era, its even said that some of the tunes for hymns came from old drunken tavern (bar) songs...The reason for this was so the people going to Church could ALL sing along and participate in the worship service!!! Again another good example of the unholy being used and made Holy!!!
Now if what you're saying is true then you need to stop celebrating Christmas and Easter;
Christmas December 25th was the "Victory of the Sun-God" Festival in the pagan Babylonian world. In the ancient Roman Empire, the celebration can be traced back to the Roman festival Saturnalia, which honored Saturn, the harvest god, and Mithras, the god of light; both were celebrated during or shortly after the winter solstice (between the 17th and 23rd of December). To all ancient pagan civilizations, December 25th was the birthday of the gods -- the time of year when the days began to lengthen and man was blessed with a "regeneration of nature." Moreover, all of December 25th's Babylonian and Roman festivals were characterized by 5-7 day celebration periods of unrestrained or orgiastic revelry and licentiousness.
Easter; Easter is not a Christian name. It is Chaldean (Babylonian) in origin - the name Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven. The name Astarte, as found on the Assyrian monuments by the noted archeologist Layard, was the name Ishtar. The worship of Bel and Astarte was introduced very early into Britain, along with the Druids, "the priests of the groves," the high places where the pagans worshipped the idols of Baal. In the Almanac of the 1800's, May 1st is called Beltane, from the pagan god, Bel. The titles Bel and Molech both belong to the same god. Sunrise services are for the worship of the Pagan Sun god - ONLY! Jesus was resurrected while it was still DARK!
John 20:1, 1.The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
So please rethink!!!!!