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Archive for January 2008

January 21st, 2008

U2 3D IMAX Concert Experience

There’s always been plenty of discussion to go around that talks about Bono and his faith and music. Undoubtedly his music has religious symbolism and meaning. There are lyrics he has that are very powerful and some of his viewpoints don’t align very well to my own. I do think he’s done lots of good […]

By User ImageJason Bean -- 4 comments

January 20th, 2008

Today’s Worship Set

We’re continuing our sermon series this week on “BLING” and had some great music. Our worship band started off walk-in with “Money, Money, Money” and it sounded like the real group was on stage playing. Our worship band members are so talented and just work well and compliment each other as they play.

Beautiful One
Friend […]

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January 19th, 2008

Aly and AJ - Artists that are Christian Succeeding in Mainstream

Notice the headline didn’t state “Christian Artists”, in this recent news article Aly & AJ state that they’re really not interested in being labeled Christian artists, they prefer to be inclusive.
Q: A couple years ago, you were up for contemporary inspirational artist at the American Music Awards. Do you consider yourselves a Christian music […]

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January 19th, 2008

Looking at Christian Music from the Inside

Does the name David Bach ring a bell with you? What about the song “Sweet Mystery“. Ahhhh, Guardian! I was first introduced to the group by my friend Dan in college. He had the “Miracle Mile” album and my favorite tracks from the song were:

“I Found Love”
“Sweet Mystery”
“The Captain” […]

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January 17th, 2008

Top 10 Christian Music Songs This Week - 01/14/2008

Wow! 2008
oops! that has a whole different meaning for Christian Music fans doesn’t it? I’m not referring to the CD compilations.
Can’t believe it’s already 2008. Let’s see how the top songs start panning out this year.

MercyMe - God With Us
Casting Crowns - East To West
Chris Tomlin - Amazing Grace (My Chains Are […]

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January 15th, 2008

David Phelps on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

I sat down tonight with my kids to watch one of our favorite shows, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on ABC. The episode we were watching was about the Woodhouse family in Colorado Springs. Their daughter suffered from a disease where she couldn’t feel pain and couldn’t control her body temperature. She would be at risk […]

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January 13th, 2008

The Christian Independent Alliance by Indieheaven

If you’re an independent Christian artist, more than likely you’ve heard of Indieheaven.
Indieheaven is a Christian independent musicians resource alliance dedicated to the advancement of independent Christian musicians and the independent Christian music scene.
Indieheaven partners with its members to help them increase the scope of their music missions, providing tools, mentoring, community, and […]

By User ImageJason Bean -- 1 comment

January 13th, 2008

Barlow Girl says no to crossing over

Now here’s a good review of one of the acts that’s appearing in Winter Jam 2008, Barlow Girl. This article talks about their success in mainstream music radio along with bands like Relient K, Switchfoot and Lifehouse, but the articles shares that Barlow Girl isn’t interested in crossing over.
“They can cross over to our […]

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January 13th, 2008

Winter Jam 2008 Concert Coverage

The Roanoke Times newspaper/website had a good story about the Winter Jam 2008 concert that was in town on Saturday night at Roanoke Civic Center.
They were on their way to the Roanoke Civic Center for Winter Jam 2008, a Christian rock-and-pop-themed music festival whose fans filled up the center’s parking lot one full hour […]

By User ImageJason Bean -- 2 comments

January 12th, 2008

Robbie Seay Band - American Idol New Season Commercials

It’s been a good year already for some Christian artists to get some spotlight on some major media outlets. Earlier we had Derek Webb and Caedmon’s call in an episode of Grey’s Anatomy, and now we’ve got Robbie Seay Band helping promote the new season of American Idol.
Robbie Seay Band was a little caught off […]

By User ImageJason Bean -- 1 comment