My friend Jake told me this a couple of weeks ago, that has really hit me lately. He said it was a quote from this movie that I've totally gone blank on the title at the moment. Any who, this is the quote:
"To play intense you have to transpose silence into music"
I love this quote. What it means to me is that music is not seeing how fast you can break your strings by playing to hard, or how destroyed you can make you fret board by going completely ape-monkey on it, or making your music sound like BAD jazz by playing such a mixture of notes so fast that you cant hear anything.
it means that you should feel music, that you should WANT to listen to it, carefully and quietly. If you're not aware my number one favourite guitarists is J.J. Cale. He was born in 1938 and was one of the originators of the TULSA SOUND. This sound is a very loose genre drawing on blues, rockability, country and jazz. I love it. It is laid back but experienced is the best term. J.J. Cale hits every note well. but he doesn't destroy his fret board, instead he plays nice well-timed simple solos that blow me away.
I think as worship leaders in our church we have to be able to worship God through our instrument. At home and on Sunday on the stage. it IS OK for the lead to do a guitar solo. but make it sweet, make it appropriate and make it honour God, praise him with your music, for he has gifted you with the capabilities of playing for him. Worship is playing for God. Worship is playing to serve the congregation.
Transpose the silence of God into Music.
Music made by God, Music played for God.
Just a thought...
Have a great one
Shaun
"To play intense you have to transpose silence into music"
I love this quote. What it means to me is that music is not seeing how fast you can break your strings by playing to hard, or how destroyed you can make you fret board by going completely ape-monkey on it, or making your music sound like BAD jazz by playing such a mixture of notes so fast that you cant hear anything.
it means that you should feel music, that you should WANT to listen to it, carefully and quietly. If you're not aware my number one favourite guitarists is J.J. Cale. He was born in 1938 and was one of the originators of the TULSA SOUND. This sound is a very loose genre drawing on blues, rockability, country and jazz. I love it. It is laid back but experienced is the best term. J.J. Cale hits every note well. but he doesn't destroy his fret board, instead he plays nice well-timed simple solos that blow me away.
I think as worship leaders in our church we have to be able to worship God through our instrument. At home and on Sunday on the stage. it IS OK for the lead to do a guitar solo. but make it sweet, make it appropriate and make it honour God, praise him with your music, for he has gifted you with the capabilities of playing for him. Worship is playing for God. Worship is playing to serve the congregation.
Transpose the silence of God into Music.
Music made by God, Music played for God.
Just a thought...
Have a great one
Shaun
