Category Archives: music

Video: There’d Never Be a Christmas Without Jesus

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: December 19, 2008
Michael Fischer, the (now former) worship pastor at my previous church, has released an album of Christmas songs, including this original composition, which had a nice brass accompaniment that we used to play but he chose not use in the recording:
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Does dissonance disturb you?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: November 16, 2008
Be sure to check out Greg Willson’s blog for a pair of excellent posts on using jazz to understand Christianity and the freedom of our lives within and outside creedal boundaries: Creeds and Freedom or The Jazz Rhythm Section and the Soloist When We Play Wrong Notes
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Idiomatic English: poems vs hymns

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 7, 2008
Bryan at ΚΑΤΑΓΡΑΦΑΙΣ posted last week on the ISV’s use of rhythmic poetry in the New Testament, citing the examples of the Christ-hymns in Colossians 1:15-20 and Philippians 2:5-11. He included the text for the latter: Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus: In God’s own form existed he, and shared [...]
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Weird worship meme

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 15, 2008
Subtitled: “ElShaddai, I’m crazy to do what you say and go somewhere if your Ghost is not there!” David Ker tagged me and several others with a “weird worship” meme, which evidently focuses on bizarre worship song lyrics. In addition to David’s original post, there have been a number of great replies, including this from Peter [...]
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I, rubato

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 14, 2008
HT: Dee-Ann Durbin (AP) for the post title [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5KbRwHg6zA] Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony to warm response DETROIT (AP) — The lights dimmed, the sold-out hall grew hushed and out walked the conductor – shiny, white, 4 feet 3 inches tall. ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony [...]
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