When I was a kid, my parents made me listen to Classical music like it was going out of style. Which is funny, because it obviously had. But now I appreciate them for doing that. They made me take piano lessons, and study about the lives of the composers who created the music. Which was fascinating, because let’s be honest, Lady Gaga has got nothing on some of the weirdness of those old fellas in white powdered wigs.
In a world where Jay-Z and Coldplay are the Chopin and Vivaldi of the day, we are missing something vital in our music (I actually like Jay-Z and Coldplay), but there is something that is missing. In a world where most Worship songs consists of G,C,D, it’s good to be reminded that there are songs that have lasted centuries.
That some music has a soul.
My favorite part of this video is where Banjamin Zader talks about finding just the right E chord. That no other variation of that chord could fit, because that particular chord was like coming home.
There is a resolution that music, well done music gives us, that nothing else can. It helps us hope into a better ending.
Thanks Benjamin Zader for reminding me of that.
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