Soooo..are you always looking for what He can do for YOU or what you can do for HIM?
Can no longer separate sex from sin
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Soooo..are you always looking for what He can do for YOU or what you can do for HIM?
I always go looking for what I can do for him. That's why I go, otherwise I wouldn't. Looking for what I can do for him doesn't mean I have to be happy about it.
In fact I don't like volunteering most of the time, but I force myself to do it because that's what Christians do. What I like is irrelevant. I'm just here to be a robot and serve everyone else.
I like translating J-pop songs. I can't stand the trash and garbage we have in America. I'm also something of a geek and an intellectual. Unfortunately, I don't have any close friends, no matter how much and how hard I've tried. And my family and I have little to nothing in common.
I don't know what J-pop is. I lift heavy objects, and craft weapons. I want to know what you know, about history.
Lol..im sure God doesnt want you to think of Him as an obligation..find another church..you might be pleasantly surprised how much of a difference that can make
Japanese pop music. I don't care if it's not in English. It's at least creative compared to the tasteless drivel we have here.
I've already tried another church. And I am aware of the difference I make, by just bothering everyone else. Seriously. Whenever I'm with anyone, even my family, I always get the sense that I'm just bothering them, unless they want me to do something for them.Lol..im sure God doesnt want you to think of Him as an obligation..find another church..you might be pleasantly surprised how much of a difference that can make
And like I said, I've only known and experienced love as fulfilling obligations to my loved ones. Feelings are irrelevant.
I'll have you know, Elvis is King, and Cash walked the line. Japan may make better transistors, but no way their music is better.
That may be true, but who really listens to their music anymore? I'm talking about nowadays. And you might be surprised. Just because it's a different country doesn't automatically mean it's not better.
I'd like to see that tiny list of uncultured philistines that don't like Cash.
Problem is, in America, talent no longer matters. It costs $500,000 to break a new act into the industry, not to mention it's incredibly risky. So the industry just finds a pretty face that may have sung a couple times before on a contest, even if they weren't that good. Then they literally force you to like their music by having it played everywhere. I'm not making this up.
I don't know. I haven't listened to any new music since the year of Santana.
I can give you 7 things Japanese music does way better than American music does nowadays.
1. In Japan, melody comes first
Americans have gotten really sloppy in creating melodies. I've heard from someone who knows music theory really well, and they said that a lot of Japanese music is much more complex and sounds more interesting than most American songs nowadays do. One Japanese song can have enough melodies to make up three American songs. Even better, they actually sound good. And the fact that they can make this music commercially marketable is pretty impressive.
Before you get to the other 6 things....
Share an example of this Japanese music.
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I will never be able to get into that kind of music. I still hear the use of autotune, which is uncalled for.
Call me old fashioned, but I think the talent is in the natural human voice.
I cannot tell a lie.
I will never be able to get into that kind of music. I still hear the use of autotune, which is uncalled for.
Call me old fashioned, but I think the talent is in the natural human voice.
That's fine. Everyone has different taste. I actually don't mind some autotune if it fits the song. In Japan, autotune, when it's called for, is believed to make a song better. And I've heard these girls sing live, they sound just as good.
That's another thing.
2. More Depth and Layers
There is something to be said for a song that can be a strong, memorable song without being difficult to play or sing. However, I believe in the Western World we take this idea of simplicity in our music a bit too far. Yes, it is true that simplistic melodies based on several short motifs will often have good results. But this shouldn’t give us an excuse to restrict our musical creativity to the point where we start cutting necessary layers from the song.
I think we generally stick to fewer layers in our music here in the U.S. and Europe for a couple different reasons. First of all, we (for the most part, correctly) identify that our audience enjoys a simple, easy to follow recording. Secondly, it’s just easier and less time consuming. The flaw I see with this reasoning is that while making our melodies and rhythms easy to follow in popular music makes sense, I don’t think we should cut out on the layers. Nobody likes a thin, empty sound in a recording they paid money for. Simply put, if I can count the number of audible layers on one hand there is probably room for more.