By now the bar for new music should be so high that very few new compositions are ever heard by the general population. There would not be time to waste on most of it. It is kind of like being on a diet with a limited number of calories in a day. You are not going to waste your time eating unleavened bread when you have pizza available.
I had forgotten how much I have forgotten. Recently my children got me going on Pandora. Pandora is a music ap that lets you pick the type of music you want and tailors its selections to your preferences. It has been an eye opener. I started listening to oldies and I was shocked at how many great songs there were in the music libraries. Song after song that I had not heard in twenty years touched my ears and a nerve at the same time.
Then I tried a thread with hymns and found out how many recordings have been made by different genres of musicians and it was surprising how many of them were worth listening to. I went to the topic of Praise Music and again, the good stuff keeps flowing.
Why is it then that when I turn on the radio I get nothing but drivel? Why is it when I go to church I get nothing but monotonous sap that was written by people with a limited grasp of theology and knew three chords on a guitar? It is like going to Flemings and choosing to eat the saltines I brought with me. I think the congregation puts up with it because it allows people to spend time on their phones without missing out on anything.
To those leading the “worship teams” of the world, get an I-Pad and download Pandora. You might be shocked out of writing your next song as you bask in the geniuses of the past.
homo unius libri
Society no longer strives for greatness, but panders to the lowest denominator, whether its "common" or not.
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