Auto-tune and modern recorded music

Ahhh... be carefu Joshua, the thoughtful use of your talent and different media for various circumstances may not be the approved way ...... :laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

Thanks, Bob. I also use my pianist and organist with the choir and praise team. The fact is, I don't have a problem using any of it... as long as the end purpose is the glorification of God and the exaltation of Jesus. As soon as I (or the choir or another soloist or the praise team) become the focus, I have usurped the praise from the One who deserves it. That holds true no matter what kind of accompaniment (if any) I choose to use.

 

I have the privilege of both pastoring (preachin') and leading worship. Every now and then, I get to lead the choir. Now, it's real easy to say "no canned music" but it's not that easy in practice. We have a fairly good choir - they can sing well. Occasionally our number 1 (or only) pianist has to be gone. A poor accompanist will severely limit the choir. We often use recorded music with the choir when we need to - but not all the time. What I like even better is when the pianist plays along with the recorded music for choir singing.

Recorded music doesn't necessarily detract from the worship or draw attention away from God. If someone hears it and is overloaded with the idea that it's being used (instead of being overloaded at the presence of God), then the problem is not the recorded music, but the listener.

No, worship is not simply performance time. From a musical standpoint, it is presenting a prepared offering to God. The focus is not the singer, the music - live or recorded - but the object of our worship. The object should be God the Father.

 

Well said!

 

At times it is simply the volume of the Soundtrack that is a big problem. Adjusting the singer to music balance can make a huge difference.

All those knobs and slides on the soundboard have a purpose. A couple of people should be willing to take the time and effort to use them properly.

 

As a pianist, I hate doing that. I had to do that once (Once!) for a Christmas program because the music director wanted the extra sounds, like a cowbell for instance (yes, he wanted more cowbell ), that are simply not possible on a piano. I think live music in a worship service is better than recorded, but I'm a bit biased. :smilewinkgrin:

PS. If you got those 2 references above, you should be afraid that you think like I do. :smilewinkgrin:

 

I led a musical once back in my full-time music days where we used the soundtrack, the pianist played the piano part (which was not really in the track) and the organist doubled on the voices (and piano part when there were no voices). No cowbells! It was tremendous!

 

A good (or at least decent) sound person can take care of all that.

 

I prefer live music for solos most of the time. There are a few songs that need a track because of the style, dynamics, etc. And I like tracks for the choir on some songe. Mike Speck arrangements are outstanding. The thing that bothers me about tracks is that many(most) soloists go just a little bit flat somewhere in the song. These singers do fine with a piano but can't stay on pitch with a tape. And I realize that it is not so much that most in the congregation don't hear it but I do.