Episode #31

Thank you so much for listening to this episode with Keith! I've enjoyed mixing his music, and I hope that you can glean some good insights out of this episode. Thanks!

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro / his testimony

7:10-Involvement of Scripture

8:15-My personal salvation testimony

11:42-How he got into music

15:02-"Flirting" with Christianity

16:40-Summer at Ellerslie

18:50-My Grandpa Murray's testimony

21:35-Parable of the workers / Prodigal son

24:35-AI in electronic music / tipping point

27:35-Humanity driven by narratives

30:40-The Christian life under the blood

35:15-Trusting God's plan / relating to Peter

39:00-We can all fall to pride

41:00-Derek Prince

44:00-Outro / final thoughts

Episode #30

Mark is an amazing friend and musician, and connecting with him over electronic music has been nothing but a blessing. Especially in the second half of this video, we wrangle with the tension between the possibilities of EDM and the tradition of Conservative Christian music philosophy. I've felt the tension of the debate and I hope that this episode is yet another step in the right direction.

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro

1:13-Story of growth in God and music

4:45-Taking initiative / intro to electronic music

8:50-Curation of family music standards

15:40-Functionality of electronic music

20:35-Stigma of electronic music being oversimplified

23:43-The potential of the DAW / AI in the DAW

28:50-The place for AI / human attention span / Epic

39:50-Human need for stories / God's image in us / Ecclesiastes

46:20-Electronic music vs. conservative Christian values (an intro)

50:15-Romans 14 / association / loving your fellow Christian

55:20-On separating worldly and unworldly / defining worldly

1:05:12-James 3 / music relating to contexts of Scripture

1:11:30-Music is like food

1:14:11-Every genre has strengths and weaknesses / EDM / CCM

1:18:20-"Beats are wrong" "The beat is too loud"

1:23:35-In context of worship in the church

1:28:44-Releasing music / philosophy / my approach to electronic music

1:33:50-On other people's conscience and offending others

1:37:15-Theological bottom line

1:42:00-Outro / podcast goal / debate bottom line

Episode #28

Isaiah is a young, powerhouse, prolific violinist and composer who has high standards and deep thoughts. This was a lengthy episode, so for your context, the first hour breaks down his work, and the second hour dives into some broader philosophy, so you can do with that what you will. Please enjoy!

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro

1:23-Since the last episode (concerts/opportunities)

2:33-Composer symposium in Austin, TX

9:40-"I don't like most of what I do" / writing peaks

13:10-Writing music using expectations / prolificacy

17:55-Reminiscence / Evening With the Composers

1:00:40-Book of Job / love / brokenness / sacrifice

1:05:45-On Job's friends / spiritual warfare

1:09:10-Connecting Job's story to music

1:14:00-God using opportunities / outcomes / motivations

1:20:00-God's omniscience / The Gospel

1:28:20-Connection to musicianship / modern music industry / prayer

1:33:45-Writing "new" music / conveying beauty / contrast

1:37:40-True beauty / interestingness

1:44:27-No one will say your message like you

1:49:25-A rebuttal of only beautiful music matters

1:54:40-Truth, beauty, "good music", benefits of genres

1:58:33-Isaiah's example

2:03:33-Outro