1st Anniversary of Christian Rock
pawing through all that mainstream garbage in search of something which caught my eye, only to find out I was getting more garbage. There's really something good to be said for marketting for the Christian subculture. We need to be fed too. What would be really great is for the Christian labels, and mainstream labels which promote Christian bands, to dual-market Christian music. That way, mainstreamers wouldn't be isolated from it, and the Christian audience could know what they're getting is Christian.
Here are some more thoughts from Paul Wright, which were in a 29 Jan, 03, e-mail:
I believe my music is a window in which others can look into my life. It also gives me the opportunity to travel, meet new people, and share the gifts I have been given. Stepping back from the songs I'm recording in the studio right now I realize that there are many themes that deal with my faith. You might then consider my music Christian because of who I am. But then again my music didn't accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, I did. Music is an extension of who I am and a reflection of my heart. My relationship with Jesus is the source of my life and apart from Him I can do nothing (John 15:5). In other words, music is a by-product of my life. It can't accept Jesus because it doesn't have the capacity to be in spiritual communion like us humans do (1 Cor 2:14, Gen 2:7). It doesn't have a free will. Instead it does what we want it to do. Think about it: we push play and it starts, hit stop and it stops, turn it up and it gets louder and so on and so on...If I share other aspects of my life like my favorite pair of flip-flops or a song about a girl I'm in love with is my music still considered Christian? Absolutely! Tupac Shakur's music wasn't defined "Muslim music" although he was a confessed "Muslim". Perhaps it's because the majority of Tupac's songs wasn't in blunt Muslim terms or about the Muslim faith directly. Instead they were of earthly matter and not about Allah or any other god he served. Bob Marley was a Rastafarian but his music is labeled reggae. Although his lyrics were full of biblical content his music was defined by the style not spirit...
Regardless of labels what is important
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