After class on 9/16, I have been playing around on the different websites provided as options for producing music. I have found the most comfortability and flexibility with the website Beatmaker. With very little ability and knowledge in the music-producing topic before this class, this website offers a wide range of possibilities for simplifying the… Continue reading Virtual Music Producing

When I was a sophomore in high school I got a guitar for Christmas. Throughout the years, I have learned how to play solely in order to sing with the music I was creating. The songs I enjoy singing are contemporary worship songs that basically only have 4 chords, G, D, Em, and C with… Continue reading Learning Guitar

I have found the discussion on how Creation relates to music interesting. In class and in our text, it is discussed how when God created the Earth in the Bible, it was “formless and void;” he essentially created it out of nothing, because He is God. In this sense, the creation of music relates to… Continue reading Creation as it Relates to Music

This is going to be a shorter blog post today, but here it goes. I really like the guitar function on Garageband. It could be really useful for background/secondary guitar. The auto-play feature is really nice. I like that they have pedals and different types of guitars for different types of music. I wish that… Continue reading Music Creation

Today (09/16) in class we explored different websites and apps that can be used to create music. I was not aware of how many there are. I have only used a couple before, such as GarageBand because it comes with my IOS devices and I was curious what it was. I have also had a… Continue reading Music Creation

Chanting seems to be an odd way to read the Bible. I could not imagine a church chanting through the book of Psalms in today’s world. However, with some historical context, the chanting actually makes a ton of sense. It was common that many individuals back then could not read or write. Being well-educated was… Continue reading Why did ancient churches chant?

After today’s class, I explored the many different music apps that we talked about in class. All of them were very different and allowed for some alternate form of expression and ways of making music. It showed the vast range of music creation and development, even if some of the apps were ones I would… Continue reading Music Apps

A question often asked within the church is what kind of music truly brings glory to God? It can often times be hard to know what kind of music God truly wants us to praise Him with. The reality is, and this can be seen within this particular reading, is that God does not have… Continue reading What kind of music best glorifies God?

The book of Psalms is the most famous and admirable example of music in the Bible. The writers of the Psalms used their lyrics as a vehicle to communicate with their God. The writers wrote songs of praise to God to express their joy to Him, they wrote songs of questioning to express their doubts,… Continue reading Psalms are Praises!

Since we have started discussing instruments and playing with the apps today in class, it has been a sort of revelation. I am hearing the sounds individually in my head and it sounds like the sounds on the computer. I am sure that people who actually know music always experience this but it is still… Continue reading Listening to music in free time