Praise And Worship ... For Real
So, it's official, Mr. Young is taking the band director job at Vinita. Good luck sir, you taught me well.
But on to other news...there isn't any.
Today was good, I went to 314 with Renee. It was pretty much a huge tease since I didn't get to play. They had a band from New Hope there, they were a good praise and worship band, which is what ColorBlindRed is meant to be, but they were much different. I'm guilty of not making praise and worship what it should be. But in saying that, I'll have to bring down Alex and Luke with me. I think that sometimes we try too hard to be liked musically. We put solos and breakdowns in almost every song and forget to concentrate on what's important: praising God. As a p&w band, we have a mission: bring listeners to a praise and worship zone that bring them closer to God. We did that at Falls Creek last year, and the feeling I got afterward was a huge reward. I enjoyed doing it, and I felt like I had accomplished something. Since then we've gotten more talented, which is a gift from God, and in turn we should have used it to make the PRAISE and the WORSHIP better...not to make people like us a little more because we sound like one of their favorite secular bands.
The band I heard tonight was no Taking Back Sunday, Nickelback, or Hawthorne Heights (those three were picked at random, and in fact, I'm only a big fan of one of them), but they led every single person in that building into a heavenly state. They were closer to Jesus, and I want to be able to do that. Sure, we could do it at church camp, but just about any band could do that. The Christ-like energy that flows through Falls Creek is enough to make anyone feel like they're going to leave that place and become the next martyr for Christ. I want to be able to take that kind of energy everywhere we play and let it flow freely. I'm just a simple drummer, I haven't even begun to tap into what God has for me, but I do know what I need to give back to him...and in my last month as a member of CBR, I'm gonna try to give him all I've got.
But on to other news...there isn't any.
Today was good, I went to 314 with Renee. It was pretty much a huge tease since I didn't get to play. They had a band from New Hope there, they were a good praise and worship band, which is what ColorBlindRed is meant to be, but they were much different. I'm guilty of not making praise and worship what it should be. But in saying that, I'll have to bring down Alex and Luke with me. I think that sometimes we try too hard to be liked musically. We put solos and breakdowns in almost every song and forget to concentrate on what's important: praising God. As a p&w band, we have a mission: bring listeners to a praise and worship zone that bring them closer to God. We did that at Falls Creek last year, and the feeling I got afterward was a huge reward. I enjoyed doing it, and I felt like I had accomplished something. Since then we've gotten more talented, which is a gift from God, and in turn we should have used it to make the PRAISE and the WORSHIP better...not to make people like us a little more because we sound like one of their favorite secular bands.
The band I heard tonight was no Taking Back Sunday, Nickelback, or Hawthorne Heights (those three were picked at random, and in fact, I'm only a big fan of one of them), but they led every single person in that building into a heavenly state. They were closer to Jesus, and I want to be able to do that. Sure, we could do it at church camp, but just about any band could do that. The Christ-like energy that flows through Falls Creek is enough to make anyone feel like they're going to leave that place and become the next martyr for Christ. I want to be able to take that kind of energy everywhere we play and let it flow freely. I'm just a simple drummer, I haven't even begun to tap into what God has for me, but I do know what I need to give back to him...and in my last month as a member of CBR, I'm gonna try to give him all I've got.
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