ONE and TWO!
ONE!
I felt better about half an hour after I posted that last post. Hee. I am still slightly perturbed by the fact that I don't write music that would be fawned over by indie-rock critics and hipsters, but you know, I think that this is much more a desire of my flesh than of my spirit. I mean, I will seek excellence of course, but if God wishes for me to write music that sounds derivative but comes from my heart and that He uses to change lives, therefore giving Him the glory instead of me, really, why would I want to argue? Because I want the glory. I want to write something that will usher in a new era of Christian music. I want to blow people's minds the way bands and artists like Muse, Pilotdrift, The Choir, The Cure, The Prayer Chain, Steve Morse, Dispatch, Riley Armstrong, Eisley, Switchfoot, and Cool Hand Luke have blown mine. And there's nothing wrong with that ambition, except that it is an ambition to glorify myself, not God. And that's a big "except."
Time to go back to work (sitel). Break over.
Learning to Live in Love,
Galen
TWO!
I was just invited to sing lead and play bass and/or keyboard/piano in a local praise band. I want to say yes quite strongly (think of the influence to pull people's minds further down the road of worship than the shallowness that exists and to introduce them to such brilliance as Riley Armstrong, Rich Mullins, The Choir, and some of Phil Keaggy!) . But I don't know whether it's God's will. Pray for me guys. I want this.
At the same time, I'm at a place where I won't argue or be extremely superdistraught if I don't get it.
Galen
I felt better about half an hour after I posted that last post. Hee. I am still slightly perturbed by the fact that I don't write music that would be fawned over by indie-rock critics and hipsters, but you know, I think that this is much more a desire of my flesh than of my spirit. I mean, I will seek excellence of course, but if God wishes for me to write music that sounds derivative but comes from my heart and that He uses to change lives, therefore giving Him the glory instead of me, really, why would I want to argue? Because I want the glory. I want to write something that will usher in a new era of Christian music. I want to blow people's minds the way bands and artists like Muse, Pilotdrift, The Choir, The Cure, The Prayer Chain, Steve Morse, Dispatch, Riley Armstrong, Eisley, Switchfoot, and Cool Hand Luke have blown mine. And there's nothing wrong with that ambition, except that it is an ambition to glorify myself, not God. And that's a big "except."
Time to go back to work (sitel). Break over.
Learning to Live in Love,
Galen
TWO!
I was just invited to sing lead and play bass and/or keyboard/piano in a local praise band. I want to say yes quite strongly (think of the influence to pull people's minds further down the road of worship than the shallowness that exists and to introduce them to such brilliance as Riley Armstrong, Rich Mullins, The Choir, and some of Phil Keaggy!) . But I don't know whether it's God's will. Pray for me guys. I want this.
At the same time, I'm at a place where I won't argue or be extremely superdistraught if I don't get it.
Galen