Blog for Mass Communications class:
Music is a big part of the media. It can express and explain things in ways
that acting and just mere words can’t even fathom. Lyrics speak pretty true, but music can speak
just as loud. Music is an outburst of
the soul, simple as that. There are so
many genres of music so that people have numerous views and opinion of certain
songs, bands, chords, keys, and styles.
My
favorite genre of music is Christian Rock.
I love music that inspires me, and I love to jam, so two different
styles meet halfway to make a completely new style of music. My favorite band is a Christian Rock band
from Nashville, Tennessee, simply called Red.
I like their musical style that sets them apart from other groups. I’m fascinated by their unique distortions,
drop-A tuning, sweet but mysterious piano solos, and heavy guitar riffs. Even the lyrics are pretty cool. Frontman Mike Barnes tends to combine sweet
melodic vocals with powerful and spine-chilling growls and screams. Even though it may take a few times of
listening to the songs to realize it, but all of their songs reflect their
Christian roots and stance. At first, I thought
they sounded pretty scary. Then I kept
on listening to them, and now Red is my favorite band.
Red has
found success in the Rock scene, as well as the Christian charts. They have many fans from many different
cultures and religions. Red has received
a lot of respect because they have been successful in several music scenes, yet
they never forget who they are and the divinity behind their music, unlike many
other Christian bands and artists who “went secular” and seemed to fall from
grace. Red sticks true to who they are,
Christians who like to rock. As long as
they stay focused on that, they should have little to worry about.
