Comments for Teichler's Musical Musings http://composerchris.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Joy of the Midwest Clinic by composerchris http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/the-joy-of-the-midwest-clinic/#comment-8 composerchris Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:52:47 +0000 http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/the-joy-of-the-midwest-clinic/#comment-8 Thank you, Christine. That is very kind of you to say. Thank you, Christine. That is very kind of you to say.

]]> Comment on The Joy of the Midwest Clinic by CMM http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/the-joy-of-the-midwest-clinic/#comment-7 CMM Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:34:44 +0000 http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/the-joy-of-the-midwest-clinic/#comment-7 I LOVE the Midwest Clinic!! I also hope that many more of your pieces will be available to - and admired by- the participants :) I LOVE the Midwest Clinic!! I also hope that many more of your pieces will be available to – and admired by- the participants :)

]]> Comment on Some Great Contemporary Church Music… by composerchris http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/some-great-contemporary-church-music/#comment-6 composerchris Sat, 24 May 2008 19:22:59 +0000 http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/some-great-contemporary-church-music/#comment-6 Thanks, Bryan. It's always nice when smart people agree with me! I am surprised as well about the absence of these songs from colleges and churches. Hopefully this will start to change. Thanks, Bryan. It’s always nice when smart people agree with me! I am surprised as well about the absence of these songs from colleges and churches. Hopefully this will start to change.

]]> Comment on Some Great Contemporary Church Music… by Bryan Kane http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/some-great-contemporary-church-music/#comment-5 Bryan Kane Sat, 24 May 2008 14:51:52 +0000 http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/some-great-contemporary-church-music/#comment-5 just saw your blog so this reply is a little behind the times. I agree. I listen to their stuff a lot. The lyrics make one stop and think. And the music doesn't seem overly-manipulative that rouses one up into a frenzy. I'm (somewhat) surprised that I don't hear their stuff more, like on college chapel services or "in-the-know" churches who supposedly keep up with the latest and "greatest." just saw your blog so this reply is a little behind the times.

I agree. I listen to their stuff a lot. The lyrics make one stop and think. And the music doesn’t seem overly-manipulative that rouses one up into a frenzy. I’m (somewhat) surprised that I don’t hear their stuff more, like on college chapel services or “in-the-know” churches who supposedly keep up with the latest and “greatest.”

]]> Comment on The Current State of Church Music by Mike Scobey http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/the-current-state-of-church-music/#comment-4 Mike Scobey Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:43:44 +0000 http://composerchris.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/the-current-state-of-church-music/#comment-4 Oh my word. You put down in this blog things I thought only my wife and I were thinking. I am sooooooooooooo tired of services that bring out a chorus with one verse or two and they are repeated over, and over,...well you know. The comment about a song that could be sung about a gals latest boyfriend is right on,....why do we do this and think it touches our heart so it must be a good chorus. Oh,....and the "Praise Choruses" that should be a solo but our praise team tries to get us to all sing them "EXACTLY" together.....and hello,......whatever happened to "HARMONY"? Sorry,....you just hit a nerve with me. Don't get me wrong,...I do enjoy some of them,....the ones I can make up a good harmony part for. Thanks Chris. Mike Oh my word. You put down in this blog things I thought only my wife and I were thinking. I am sooooooooooooo tired of services that bring out a chorus with one verse or two and they are repeated over, and over,…well you know. The comment about a song that could be sung about a gals latest boyfriend is right on,….why do we do this and think it touches our heart so it must be a good chorus. Oh,….and the “Praise Choruses” that should be a solo but our praise team tries to get us to all sing them “EXACTLY” together…..and hello,……whatever happened to “HARMONY”?
Sorry,….you just hit a nerve with me. Don’t get me wrong,…I do enjoy some of them,….the ones I can make up a good harmony part for.
Thanks Chris. Mike

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