Here are the answers to your questions, Dave. But first I'd like to clear something up: The fundamentalist isn't my friend. I don't even know him/her. I just go on fundamentalist websites sometimes to find out what exactly they think is wrong with rock. Anyway:
1. I'm assuming you mean the band. About that, I am quite excited. One of my friends is quite the musician, it will be fun. Right now though, I am at a very beginner level in my guitar playing, but I like sonic experimentation, so I was just invited to help out with little stuff for now, I guess. Although later I'm sure I will get more involved in music with my friends. I will probably never be a pro 'rock star.' My one friend whom I mentioned earlier, the main man in this project, has been to a few places with his current band, and he'll probably go further with music than I will. However, if we get something going, I'm sure I'd love a little travel to a few shows and stuff. I don't think it's dangerous, considering the type of music we play. Sure, it's 'rock,' but it's softer, kind of strange sounding, 'nerdy' rock, I guess. A kind of indie-rock if you know what I mean. I'm pretty sure my friends are free of drugs and sex and stuff like that, the venues my friend has played at have just been little things like a church hall venue, a little
college place, and a few little festivals devoted to that type of indie music. (Although he did tell me a funny story about one of his shows, where after he performed, a guy wearing all black, leather jackets and stuff, approached him to talk. My friends music is kind of psychadelic, spacey. Like I said, he doesn't do drugs, but people who do are often attracted to this type of music. Anyway the guy said that he's done a bunch of drugs, and that my friend's music was really 'amateur' in that regard. Creepy.)
So no, I don't think it will be dangerous at all, especially since our parents would accompany us to every show we'd happen to play.
2. If I learned that rock was music straight from the devil, harmful to the soul, meant for pagans, then yes, it would. I'll be honest, I'd be quite sad if I heard this. I mean, I've listened to music all my life. If you think about it, it's rather unavoidable. TV jingles could be considered rock, along with theme songs, mainstream radio, music playing in stores. So yeah, it would change my life if you want me to be honest which I'm sure you do.
3. Hmmm... Well, even though their words scare me, like I just said, contemporary music is everywhere. I'm less likely to listen to my mp3 after listening to a Baptist preach against rock, but my family'd think I was crazy if I told them to turn off the car radio because it was evil! I think it'd be quite hard to train myself to hate this stuff. Even when I'm scared of music, like right after I hear that it's evil, I'll still talk with my friends about different bands and odd time signatures [
] and such.
And finally, about question four: I don't know, and I think that's my problem. But, I did take Ninny's advice from earlier. I 'handed over my music' to God, and I haven't lost interest. I may have done it wrong though, if there is a proper technique.
Thanks for the help.
Mbwa