The State of Christian Music

Some while ago, Todd and I got in to a discussion about Christian music. He talked about how the current state of music was good because it had simple lyrics and catchy tunes which was conducive to be sung along to.

While this may be true, it doesn't make for good music. What he was describing was Pop music, not to be confused with popular music.

Pop music is constructed from catchy music and simple lyrics. This is not to say that the music is bad but it generally lends itself to falling in to the commerial category.

There's nothing wrong with commercial music. There's nothing wrong with commercial christian music. But as someone involved in Christian arts, I would like to see these groups push music forward. Not only christian music, but music as a whole.

You look at hymms and the complex and powerful lyrics they use with rhythm and rhyme. Where has all that talent gone?

I believe there is talent out there. There are talented songwriters and musicians, but they are not heard because the record labels only want cash. Even though it's "christian" music, it doesn't mean these companies aren't greedy. That's why you have so much pop out there.