quoted 1 line If there aren't any words, what makes their music represent Christianty?> If there aren't any words, what makes their music represent Christianty?
Just some thoughts...
It seems to me that everyone has some sort of platform. Even those who
adamantly swear they have none... to them, that IS their platform. So for a
Christian making IDM-ish music, their "platform" should hopefully be one
which shares the knowledge of a real relationship with a very real and
living God.
quoted 1 line Too bad they're just as elitist as everyone else.> Too bad they're just as elitist as everyone else.
The very message of Christianity is quite inclusive, not exclusive.
Representations to anything else are misrepresentations if anything. My
point with that is that an "elitist" Christian is not very Christian. JMHO.
Also, any electronic musician has plenty of opportunity to convey some sort
of message; even if the music has not a single word or phrase anywhere in
it. There are often printed materials, (CDs, Posters, etc.), There's the
web, videos, or live shows, or even when you meet him or her in person on
the street, or after a show.
There are a ton of IDM artists who play with all kinds of messages of one
kind or another from Meat Beat Manifesto to Richard James. So what's wrong
with a person who chooses to communicate yet another aspect of our humanity
through music; man's relationship to God?
I think we should expect it.
-matT
nashville.tn
np://amon tobin/4 ton mantis - bonobo mix
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