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Originally Posted by webe123
I agree with what most have posted....it is not necessarily wrong to listen to music other than christian that does not have bad lyrics or messages.
My father asked me to do a concert at his work on my classical guitar and I was going to play some James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot and Jim Croce! (We had to cancel the concert, because they were having some troubles with one of the people that donated money trying to run around and tell everyone else what to do, even though they did not have the authority to do it. I practiced those songs for an entire WEEK...only to have that happen...LOL!)
But guess what? NONE of those guys I mentioned are christian artists! But it was the type of setting in an art gallery that they wanted some older music that everyone knew by just playing the chords...like "fire and rain" for example by James Taylor.
The manager was amazed that I knew those older songs and could play them. But what she didn't know, was that I grew up with those songs on the radio in the 1970's when they came out! (though I was not playing guitar back then)
And that included Led Zepplin, The Eagles (which were my favorite secular band) and a lot of others. I used to have reservations about even using distortion on my guitar in church when I first was baptized with the Holy Ghost, but times change.
I do not think you can ("fruit inspect" ...not judge) a persons spirituality by music they have on their ipod.
Though I do have a lot of gospel music and know a lot of older gospel songs...I also know a lot of secular music and can play it also. That used to make me feel like I should just try to forget about that side of my life, but God has given me a peace about my past and now I can incorporate some of what I have heard into my playing now. And still use it for God.
I have done all kinds of hammer on's, string bends and other things on guitar that years ago, I would never have even attempted because it was just not the thing to do in church.
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Rock on, Dude!! I'm with ya!!!! What guitarist, worth his weight in guitar strings, doesn't know how to play Stairway to Heaven? Most Christians just won't admit it, though.
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