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Originally Posted by rgcraig
From the article -- now that is just sad. Here's a man that admits it's just emotion sometimes and that he controlled it.
"I was the piano player in a service one night several years ago; we were singing some old Pentecostal worship chorus..."He Set Me Free" or something similar...people were going nuts. At one particular place in the chorus, I would do one of my little Jerry Lee "Killer" runs, and the congregation would "worship" even more frantically. I watched with complete detachment (I wasn't feeling a thing) as "my" music controlled the temperature of the congregation. Almost like a scientist in a lab out to prove a theory, I went into a very passive mode of playing for about two passes of the chorus...the worship toned down, the shouters quit shouting, the jumpers quit jumping...and then, at the appropriate time, WHAM! I did my little "Goodness gracious, great balls 'o' fire!" run and hit the keyboard wide open...The place went absolutely berserk again."
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I play the organ every service and I have watch how people respond. If I want to I can to some extent control the worship service. If I keep building and squealing the organ they will worship harder and louder. If I slow it down and go into what I call the Baptist style they will quieten down. Mu
Music is a great part of our service and it can be a great asset or a hindrance.
Who you have in control of the music is very important.
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