(From this photo album)
2007.02.15 Thu - Left Wanting
It's been awhile since a post. On the eve of driving back up to the Bay Area for the World Christian Conference, I have some thoughts. Well, I often have thoughts, I just forget or don't get around to getting them down. I'm finally getting around to some of it.
This morning, the Bora broke yet another coolant system pipe. Darn cheap plastic parts. The thing just cost me another $450+ today. But the car will run and will hopefully be able to take Doug Kang and I up to San Mateo. We're leaving at 5:30AM. Oy.
We're still not prepared for the music worship. We've only practiced once altogether (last weekend). Slides to be done. Sheets to be printed out. School work has taken a lot of time, as I suppose it should at this time. Oy.
Going over some of the songs, I'm realizing how little I like a lot of 'em. They leave me wanting. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but most of the current day's corporate music worship songs just aren't very corporate, musical, or worshipful. Strange. So many "I" songs, especially of the promising kind... "I will this, I am that" ...as if. A lot of these things sound the same and just don't feel like "good music". You turn on the radio and accidentally flip to a station playing the popular stuff done in churches and you'll recognize it right away. It has as a certain style, not much. CCM too is often instantly recognizable. Why is this stuff so sub-par? Why do churches seem satisfied with giving such music a lower standard to reach? If anything, shouldn't it be higher? Better? Of course, this isn't meant to be a blanket generalization. There are exceptions out there, and you can tell. How? By realizing which songs/groups are actually listened to by non-Christians. I'm not saying just "watered down" gospel stuff, but actually good music with solid lyrics. If it's good music, people will listen. If you're a master at your craft, people will respect you. Regardless. Take Michael Chang at his high point, for example. Or C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Abe Lincoln, MLK, Jr., on and on... respected. Masters of their craft. Roaring Lions.
This pic is from a few years ago just after undergrad. Ben Poon, Ben Yu, Cory Penn, & Marc Rice performing a medley of John Mayer, Third Day, & Skillet as the musical act for UC Berkeley's The Movement dance troupe's Fall Showcase. We actually started on different instruments and rotated to the current positions in this pic mid-song. Fun times.
2007.02.15 Thu - Left Wanting
It's been awhile since a post. On the eve of driving back up to the Bay Area for the World Christian Conference, I have some thoughts. Well, I often have thoughts, I just forget or don't get around to getting them down. I'm finally getting around to some of it.
This morning, the Bora broke yet another coolant system pipe. Darn cheap plastic parts. The thing just cost me another $450+ today. But the car will run and will hopefully be able to take Doug Kang and I up to San Mateo. We're leaving at 5:30AM. Oy.
We're still not prepared for the music worship. We've only practiced once altogether (last weekend). Slides to be done. Sheets to be printed out. School work has taken a lot of time, as I suppose it should at this time. Oy.
Going over some of the songs, I'm realizing how little I like a lot of 'em. They leave me wanting. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but most of the current day's corporate music worship songs just aren't very corporate, musical, or worshipful. Strange. So many "I" songs, especially of the promising kind... "I will this, I am that" ...as if. A lot of these things sound the same and just don't feel like "good music". You turn on the radio and accidentally flip to a station playing the popular stuff done in churches and you'll recognize it right away. It has as a certain style, not much. CCM too is often instantly recognizable. Why is this stuff so sub-par? Why do churches seem satisfied with giving such music a lower standard to reach? If anything, shouldn't it be higher? Better? Of course, this isn't meant to be a blanket generalization. There are exceptions out there, and you can tell. How? By realizing which songs/groups are actually listened to by non-Christians. I'm not saying just "watered down" gospel stuff, but actually good music with solid lyrics. If it's good music, people will listen. If you're a master at your craft, people will respect you. Regardless. Take Michael Chang at his high point, for example. Or C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Abe Lincoln, MLK, Jr., on and on... respected. Masters of their craft. Roaring Lions.
This pic is from a few years ago just after undergrad. Ben Poon, Ben Yu, Cory Penn, & Marc Rice performing a medley of John Mayer, Third Day, & Skillet as the musical act for UC Berkeley's The Movement dance troupe's Fall Showcase. We actually started on different instruments and rotated to the current positions in this pic mid-song. Fun times.
(From this photo album)
2007.02.15 Thu - Left Wanting
It's been awhile since a post. On the eve of driving back up to the Bay Area for the World Christian Conference, I have some thoughts. Well, I often have thoughts, I just forget or don't get around to getting them down. I'm finally getting around to some of it.
This morning, the Bora broke yet another coolant system pipe. Darn cheap plastic parts. The thing just cost me another $450+ today. But the car will run and will hopefully be able to take Doug Kang and I up to San Mateo. We're leaving at 5:30AM. Oy.
We're still not prepared for the music worship. We've only practiced once altogether (last weekend). Slides to be done. Sheets to be printed out. School work has taken a lot of time, as I suppose it should at this time. Oy.
Going over some of the songs, I'm realizing how little I like a lot of 'em. They leave me wanting. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but most of the current day's corporate music worship songs just aren't very corporate, musical, or worshipful. Strange. So many "I" songs, especially of the promising kind... "I will this, I am that" ...as if. A lot of these things sound the same and just don't feel like "good music". You turn on the radio and accidentally flip to a station playing the popular stuff done in churches and you'll recognize it right away. It has as a certain style, not much. CCM too is often instantly recognizable. Why is this stuff so sub-par? Why do churches seem satisfied with giving such music a lower standard to reach? If anything, shouldn't it be higher? Better? Of course, this isn't meant to be a blanket generalization. There are exceptions out there, and you can tell. How? By realizing which songs/groups are actually listened to by non-Christians. I'm not saying just "watered down" gospel stuff, but actually good music with solid lyrics. If it's good music, people will listen. If you're a master at your craft, people will respect you. Regardless. Take Michael Chang at his high point, for example. Or C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Abe Lincoln, MLK, Jr., on and on... respected. Masters of their craft. Roaring Lions.
This pic is from a few years ago just after undergrad. Ben Poon, Ben Yu, Cory Penn, & Marc Rice performing a medley of John Mayer, Third Day, & Skillet as the musical act for UC Berkeley's The Movement dance troupe's Fall Showcase. We actually started on different instruments and rotated to the current positions in this pic mid-song. Fun times.
2007.02.15 Thu - Left Wanting
It's been awhile since a post. On the eve of driving back up to the Bay Area for the World Christian Conference, I have some thoughts. Well, I often have thoughts, I just forget or don't get around to getting them down. I'm finally getting around to some of it.
This morning, the Bora broke yet another coolant system pipe. Darn cheap plastic parts. The thing just cost me another $450+ today. But the car will run and will hopefully be able to take Doug Kang and I up to San Mateo. We're leaving at 5:30AM. Oy.
We're still not prepared for the music worship. We've only practiced once altogether (last weekend). Slides to be done. Sheets to be printed out. School work has taken a lot of time, as I suppose it should at this time. Oy.
Going over some of the songs, I'm realizing how little I like a lot of 'em. They leave me wanting. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but most of the current day's corporate music worship songs just aren't very corporate, musical, or worshipful. Strange. So many "I" songs, especially of the promising kind... "I will this, I am that" ...as if. A lot of these things sound the same and just don't feel like "good music". You turn on the radio and accidentally flip to a station playing the popular stuff done in churches and you'll recognize it right away. It has as a certain style, not much. CCM too is often instantly recognizable. Why is this stuff so sub-par? Why do churches seem satisfied with giving such music a lower standard to reach? If anything, shouldn't it be higher? Better? Of course, this isn't meant to be a blanket generalization. There are exceptions out there, and you can tell. How? By realizing which songs/groups are actually listened to by non-Christians. I'm not saying just "watered down" gospel stuff, but actually good music with solid lyrics. If it's good music, people will listen. If you're a master at your craft, people will respect you. Regardless. Take Michael Chang at his high point, for example. Or C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Abe Lincoln, MLK, Jr., on and on... respected. Masters of their craft. Roaring Lions.
This pic is from a few years ago just after undergrad. Ben Poon, Ben Yu, Cory Penn, & Marc Rice performing a medley of John Mayer, Third Day, & Skillet as the musical act for UC Berkeley's The Movement dance troupe's Fall Showcase. We actually started on different instruments and rotated to the current positions in this pic mid-song. Fun times.
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