WTF is "worship" music?

[Greenfuz]

I'm sure it varies between churches. Our stuff kind of sounds like post rock.
Acoustic Guitar, keyboards, lead electric, rhythm and looping/ambience electric (me), bass, and drums with vocals coming from the bassist, keyboardist, and we have a female vocalist sometimes as well

As far as songs go, we do almost entirely covers of other songs

I demand to hear what a post rock hymn sounds like

[Uncle Grandfather]

Isn't all music ultimately inherently Spiritual???

not "worship" music, and nothing against cults but...

[sonidero]

Cults Have Spirit, Why Don't You, Cults Have Spirit, Who's the Fool???

[Uncle Grandfather]

Cults Have Spirit, Why Don't You, Cults Have Spirit, Who's the Fool???

baa

[sonidero]

I know for a fact that you are into weird shit so I'm taking that with a grain of Bath Salts...

Source Fam. had something going though... If you wanna hunt down those old vinyls like you do pedlols, lemme know...

I just think the current trend of what is "Worship" is not something that JWD...

[Greenfuz]

Yeah. That seems like it could potentially be a real poisonous mindset.
Dual Verellens to 8 15s does sound pretty glorious, though.

Amen.
In His name we slay.

[neonblack]

Get thee behind me, haters.

[wafl]

So as someone who was raised roman catholic with italian immigrant parents i'm soo confused as to what you guys are talking about.
What you're telling me is there are churches.... with guitars and pedals and shit?

[D.o.S.]

I'm sure it varies between churches. Our stuff kind of sounds like post rock.
Acoustic Guitar, keyboards, lead electric, rhythm and looping/ambience electric (me), bass, and drums with vocals coming from the bassist, keyboardist, and we have a female vocalist sometimes as well

As far as songs go, we do almost entirely covers of other songs

I demand to hear what a post rock hymn sounds like

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WYnSFqh6k[/youtube]

[Hyphen Nation]

Maybe I am old, but I always thought this was worship music

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOzhbj1BVOU[/youtube]

[goroth]

I like that this thread careens between honesty, openness, irony, mockery, seriousness, jest...

I dunno but I reckon a thread like this could easily have got into a shit fight on another forum. Well played ILF.

[BitchPudding]

That's an ode to our Pagan ancestry...

You know the familiar image of the heart <3 is what we have ingrained in our sub conscience from when we were apes and we only banged from behind... When you are procreating and you look down from behind that's the image you see...

Music is all about our most primal instincts, one of which is God and a higher power...

I always thought hearts looked like an upside down ass. Butt that's just me.

[sonidero]

Butt that's just me.

When you're there and it's the perfect heart, there is absolutely nothing better on the face of the Earth...

It's a powerful thing...

[PeteeBee]

The band Ascend the Hill has an album where they just cover hymns in a post rockish sound, but still have the traditional melody pushing through. I think the album is just called Hymns... could easily be wrong. I don't really enjoy the singers voice, but that is it's own thing entirely.
I sometimes get in funny conversations with people in my church regarding music. We just switched from not having an electric guitar to having one, and he also has a full pedal train 2. Lots of strymon, nothing noisier than a full drive 2. Somehow his using effects mattered to a few people. It was surprising to me. We all have ways we approach our spirituality with countless factors effecting every step along the way. The goal as I see it is just making powerful and impactful praise songs for as much of the congregation as possible. If it were just people like me in the church, there would be loads of fuzz. Fortunately it is a diverse community, so the music has to be much more neutral. No point in going to a church where everyone thinks exactly the same, so logically the music has to have many a stylistic compromise.
Sorry for the ramble...

[KaosCill8r]

Obligatory:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AMHve4U3JA[/youtube]

This is all I think of when it comes to worship music
Write a normal rock song. Then change the word baby to Jesus and you will have hit worship song. And all black people have a bass guitar in their basement and can play it instinctively.
One of the funniest South Park episodes.