Category Archives: music
Does dissonance disturb you?
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
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
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
HT: Dee-Ann Durbin (AP) for the post title
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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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Approaching Trinity through music
Greg Willson recently posted some thoughts on whether it’s appropriate to represent the forms of Christ and/or the Trinity through music:
So, in relation to the humanity and deity in Christ- we can say they are completely 100% there and yet still compose one Person. It’s as if two violins playing in front of you, sometimes [...]
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Before you leave church on Sunday…
As I attempt to recover from an onslaught of work, snow and continued sniping over written indiscretions, allow me to make a humble request for the coming weekend:
If your Good Friday or Easter service includes music or other performing arts that touches you and heightens your perceptions in these days of remembrance, will you take [...]
Odd bits of trivia: Lincoln Brewster, Jewel and me
For being from such a small town that Homer, Alaska (aka “the cosmic hamlet by the sea”) is, I find myself with at least nominal connections to two well-known hometown musicians: Lincoln Brewster and Jewel (Kilcher).
Lincoln Brewster was one year ahead of me in school, though my memory of him fades significantly after elementary school. [...]
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Buddy Greene
HT: trumpetmikey
What can I say? I’m a sucker for musical virtuosos…
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Check these links out too:
“God Is With Us”
“Jonah And The Whale”
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Video: There’d Never Be a Christmas Without Jesus