Do you ever stop to think how music has swept its way into every corner of the modern life?
Wake to the Clock radio, turn your second radio on while you have breakfast. The iPod comes out for the train ride to work, unless you are lucky enough to drive to work, where you get to just crank out the car stereo instead! We find some online station to listen to at work (making the most of out broadband connection) then iPod it home, before sitting back & having a glass of wine as we listen to something to sooth us after a long day at work.
If you are my 1 year old niece, you also get baby tunes to help you go to sleep.
Has it always been this way? Surely not. Recorded music is not that old! What did people do before iPods, walkmans, or (heaven forbid) car stereos?
I was thinking. Is this the effect of movies on the modern mind? Are we so used to songs that are there to evoke emotion in the central themes of our favourite movies that we feel we need the same to act as markers in our own lives.
Music is no less important to Church goers. Singing is an important part of what believers do as they come together to celebrate life in Christ. That said, we all to often seem to separate our “music life” from our church music. What we sing on Sunday night is rarely what we listen to and hum along with on Monday-Friday.
This is why is was so awesome to have Revive to play at Church on both Friday night (youth group) and Sunday (church). It doesn’t hurt that I am mates with Dave & Ty (and totally dig Rich and Mike). They are also a totally rockin’ band & a bunch of awesome dudes. It is great to see heart-felt Christian lyrics mixed with hard-core guitar licks that can be enjoyed by Christians & non-Christians alike.
In the sound track of life, they are finally playing my song!
Rock Rock on!
Mike launches more than just drum solos! Don’t tell my ministers son about the trike abuse though…
Tim Goldsmith 