Judas’ Kiss, with intro turned around

I’m a Christian child of the 80’s.  As such, I had the More Power To Ya album as a teen.  That album had a song titled “Judas’ Kiss” that had an interesting intro.  It was obvious that speech (or something) was being played backwards.  This was a tongue-in-cheek (and backwards) message from the band to the […]

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A New Law

Apparently, I’m about 2 1/2 years late discovering this little gem of a tune by an artist named Derek Webb. It’s called “A New Law” and is on his “Mockingbird” CD. I had not heard of him before finding this song, nor have I listened to any of his other music yet. But this song […]

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Christian Contemporary Music

As a teen, I was a big listener of CCM. I kept up with the latest releases of most of the artists out there that I enjoyed. It was the “soundtrack of my life” so to speak. I viewed the music as a form of entertainment that would occasionally even touch me or convict me […]

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Changing older hymns’ tunes

I was searching the ‘net for a chord sheet for the hymn “And Can It Be.” My church sings this song using the redone melody/arrangement by Bob Kauflin instead of the traditional melody. Why is that? Is it a good idea? I found some web postings suggesting this isn’t a good idea.

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