104.2: Hip-Hop…just a little too ratchet
94.1: Country…just, no.
89.3: Christian…boring
98.1: Pop…now that’s some good music.
Why is mainstream Christian music such a bore? What sets it below many other music genres? Why can’t Christian music sound just as good as other genres?
I often have to search hard for interesting, unusual Christian music. Most of the “Contemporary Christian” music I finds sounds just like the last 50 songs I listened to. They use the same chords, with the same elongated rhythms, with a guitar, a piano, a main vocalist, a drummer, and some back up vocals. Why can’t more Christian artist, if you can call them that, break out of this mold?
In Christian music, the spirituality is communicated through the lyrics. The rhythms, chords, and notes have no bearing over the religious content. So why can’t a Christian song have the attractive sounds of pop music with the foundational lyrics as they have now?
Some artists have tried to venture out of the stigma; however, even then, they have yet to cut the string binding them into the stereotypical Christian music genre. There’s now a intermediate pop-Christian genre that is just stuck right between creative, original songs with Christian lyrics.