From the 2024 Archive
Christian Music Does Not Have to Sound Inspirational
Faith contains tension, boredom, grief and uncertainty. The production vocabulary can contain them too.
An inspirational surface can become a genre obligation: bright harmony, clean resolution and a final chorus arranged to prove that the difficult feeling has been successfully defeated.
Faith does not always resolve on schedule. A minor key can remain minor. A lyric can stop before the answer. Production can acknowledge anxiety without turning it into a cinematic obstacle course.
Hope sounds more credible when the record has made room for everything hope is being asked to survive.
