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Mbwa:
Alright, I really have been reading the Bible more, and I've tried to focus more on the deeper spiritual aspect of things rather than the outright physical aspects, and I've been pretty content with 'worldly' music, doing my best to let God lead my through my troubles.  However, I just heard something from a fundamentalist that's really bugging me, more so now because I believe that I may soon be joining a band/musical project, and maybe there are others here who worry about this same issue.  The band is with my friends, we won't be playing spiritual music, but now I can put something to use that I've learned here: although our songs won't necessarily be about God, as a Christian and an artist, the Lord is behind everything I do, whether it is directly about Him or not.  Still, here's what's been bugging me from the fundamentalist:  he says rock music may be related to paganism.  Think about it.  The beat of rock music ultimately came from blues/jazz, which was the music of the African slaves in America.  They brought over their music from Africa, where they used that beat to dance to animal spirits and such.  Isn't there a verse that says "Learn not the ways of the heathen" or something?  I know in asking this, I'm relying on humans again, and not God, but I think I could get some help here, especially from musicman, who I hear is the resident.... music man.

Sorry for the trouble. :-[

Ninny:
Well, dude it seems as though right from the start you have forgotten that Sunday worship and the majority of Christian customs was borrowed from heathenism!! Don't lose your focus, Doggy! ;)
Remember that in order to control the people the church leaders instill fear into their flocks! They want you to believe that everything you do that is against what they teach is a sentence to Hell! FOCUS!
Now, that's all I have to say about that! Like I've said before others here are more eloquent than I am and can put it so much better.  ;D
Hugs,
Kathy  ;)

Jackie Lee:
King David danced for the Lord I believed he played a harp also, or maybe it was a flute. ???
I have no idea what the beat was though. :D
Read Psalms 148 and 149.

Dave in Tenn:
Play everything in 3/4, or at least put the accents on the 1's and 3's.  It's that back-beat that stirs up the heathen in you.

Also avoid synchopation...it's full of bad juju.  If you want to keep people from the evils of dance, play prog rock.  On second thought, trying to dance to 13/16 or something that swings from 9/8 to 5/4 would make the audience at least temporarily insane. 

I might have a more serious answer for you later, I just wanted to lay the law down right now.

aqrinc:


OH DAVE  :o ??? :-\ :-X; i always thought it was 1 an 2 an 3; why miss 2  ???
unless you, don't like bass strumming or steel drums. ::)

george. ;D

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