Why should Armin and Markus have all the fun? Come on, Wippenberg, hook me up.
Release!
Update: nearly one month later, the track is now released. Today is October 7th!
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Archive for Music
Phil Wickham’s Free Singalong: Download Now
You can download Phil Wickham’s latest album Singalong at his web site. The album features 15 songs recorded live and, honestly, creates a really nice chilled, acoustic, worshipful atmosphere…all for the cost of zero dollars. It’s got classics like Nothing But The Blood, Come Thou Fount, How Great Thou Art, I Have Decided To Follow Jesus and It Is Well With My Soul as well as songs I’ve grown to love like Messiah (cf. Phil Wickham – Messiah).
While the album is a free download after signing up for his newsletter (which is well worth it and a small thing to ask in exchange for free music), the files are 128kbps m4a, a format which might not play well on some computers and/or mp3 players. So, I converted the album to mp3 after I downloaded to make it slappable onto my mp3 player. Hopefully this isn’t a problem for anyone.
Thanks, Phil!
Letter from God to Man
Though confused and unbiblical theologically, this song is worth listening to and accompanying video worth watching (video becomes rather graphic towards the end [not safe for children]). I trust you’ll find it at least interesting. The video, while not the official music video, is one man‘s telling interpretation and artistic depiction of the mash-up bearing the authorial name Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip.
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Heilig, Heilig, Heilig, Heilig ist der Herr!
Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist der Herr!
Heilig, heilig, heilig, heilig ist nur Er!
Er, der nie begonnen,
Er, der immer war;
Ewig ist und waltet, sein wird immer dar
Allmacht, Wunder, Liebe, Alles rings umher!
Heilig, Heilig, Heilig ist der Herr.
Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord!
Holy, holy, holy, holy is He alone!
He, who had no beginning,
He, who always was;
Eternally is, and reigns and will be evermore
Almighty, wonder, omnipresent love!
Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord!
Praise for SEBTS’ Mendelssohn’s Elijah
This is going to be one of those entries where I wish I knew more about what I wanted to talk about than I actually do. So, don’t let me give you the impression by posting this that I know more about classical music or Mendelssohn or Elijah. But this I kataphorically do know: praise for SEBTS’ production of Mendelssohn’s Eljiah tonight. The timpani rumbled the pews. The sopranos found all the notes. The little boys in front of me rattled their coloring pencils. Another little kid chanted almost on beat, “Come on, concert. Go faster.” At two hours the frosty chapel did become slightly less homey than my couch, but the demulcent instruments and voices lent their softness to the pew on which I sat. Overall, a delightful experience hearing the narratives of Elijah’s life, ministry and ascension put to such moving music by a full choir and orchestra.
Of course, what would a concert be without a bootleg? I bet Mendelssohn’s never seen a bootleg before. Anyways, praise for Dr. John L. Davis and tonight’s uplifting performance of this masterpiece. I bet you’ve never heard Binkley Chapel like this before:
Phil Wickham – Messiah
Look, the road is narrow and hard to find
With secret battles inside our minds
Who can last
God we need your strength to find
Your light to guide us into the night
You’re our only chanceMessiah, Messiah, Messiah save us
Run, I want to run to your open hand
But father I can barely stand
On my own
Now, like the children of Abraham
We’re reaching out for the promised land
For our home
You are our only hope
You are our only hope
Around the World: Heater & Together
Neat video concept of going around the world, dancing to two sweet house tunes:
Christian Music as a Genre
Some excellent posts I’ve recently stumbled upon address what I’ve been feeling toward contemporary Christian music. The distaste I have for the “genre” has slowly been developing, but in recent months has made leaps and bounds towards halitosis.
I greatly enjoy the humble critique of contemporary Christian music in the following post entitled: “How to Think Biblically About Christian Music” posted at Said At Southern, a blog for Southern Seminary bloggers. I can’t be bothered to point out all the memorable quotes from the post, so just read the post, and be prepared to think about this “genre” we call Contemporary Christian music. One thing I will mention from the article is the point that is made that Christian music has become all about the content, or message, and less about the music. Consequently, this “genre” called Contemporary Christian music is the only genre that isn’t actually a musical genre. Well put.
I said “excellent posts” in the first sentence above, so I should now mention a second post, or blog rather. Bad Lyrics Make Bad Theology is a blog dedicated to really taking a look at the many praise and worship/contemporary Christian songs making their rounds on the radio and in churches. I concur with the assessment of the praise and worship song Above All. It’s got a great tune and starts out powerfully, but completely drops the proverbial ball with the phrase, “you took the fall and thought of me above all.” The song starts out exalting Christ–”Above all powers, above all kings”–and then turns decidedly anthropocentric in its ending line, putting me above all. Such a shame.
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