re: Aggy Board OT Discussion Thread

But that doesn't work Pat.

That's like saying if George strait was really good, which he must not be because he only made country music, he would have made rap music.

That’s if you’re assuming Christian is a genre. I don’t think it is or should be considered a genre. It’s like calling Taylor Swift “break up” music. Genre is style, not lyrical content.

Making it a separate genre isolates the message, preaching to the choir you might say. If artists focus on their musical craft and include their faith in their lyrics because it’s important to them, great, it’s more honest and will reach more people.

Now you're using a double standard Pat


Country artists don't preach to the choir? Most of their music doesn't involve content that appeals to a specific audience? Most of their music if not all isn't written and performed specifically for the purpose of being marketed and played exclusively on country music radio stations?


Same goes for rock, same goes for rap. Music was specifically lyrics targeted it specific audiences that otherwise would not be successful if played to people that weren't their "choir"

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DC Talk

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TobyMac and Michael Tait are still dang good. Went to a T-Mac concert last year and it was like jumping in a time machine And Tait heads up my favorite band now (Newsboys).

Now I'm gonna have Jesus Freak stuck in my head all day

"man with a tat on his big fat belly, it wiggled around like marmalade jelly..."

Of course it will. But rap, hip hop, R&B, those are all part of the same macro level genre. Just like Techno, trans, and house music are all part of the same genre. But they are sub genres. That's how music is categorized.

I think Pat makes a good point though that you should recognize. If you label yourself as a Christian band making Christian music, you are targeting a very specific audience. I think that's what his point was, or at least part of it.

If you watch the South Park episode with Faith+1, you see an old lady come buy their CD and say "Oh this will be great for my grandkids." She isn't buying it because she likes the music. She is buying it soley because of the name Christian Rock. That was also part of Pat's point. Some people will blindly buy their music because of the sub genre label, and the artists and producers know that.

The rap music is only marketed to people that want to hear rap music and country music is only marketed to people that want to hear country music and guess what rock 'n' roll is marketed to people that want to hear rock 'n' roll music