These are the deep kinds of questions.
The kinds I didn't start asking myself... at least when it came to my music, my compositions... until I realized how important it was to use the talents and experiences I'd received to "compose the gospel," as I'm always saying to myself (don't think I've ever really said that out loud before...)
I mean, really consider, what will it be like?
When we get there?
What will we be held accountable for?
Here's the question weighing heavily on my mind.
The same question that weighed heavily on Anton Bruckner's mind... that autistic composer who loved God most! (if you missed that post, you can read/listen here).
"Sometime I will have to give an account of myself. How would the Father in Heaven judge me if I followed others and not Him?"
An applicable question in all walks of life.
But Bruckner centered every note he composed in his long life on this important question.
I have nothing against music that's NOT intended for worship or sharing the gospel. I love a whole lot of it!
But when it comes time to write something with this intent, how seriously do you take it?
How seriously do you think Father in Heaven takes it?
I'm pretty sure he expects great things from us, especially when he's given us such great blessing of music, of expression through music, and the ability to spread our music to many, many ears and hearts.
Take a listen to the opening of the 3rd movement of Bruckner's 8th symphony. Each time I hear it, I imagine a private conversation with the Divine. The pulsing heartbeat. The long soothing voice of the unison violins.
These are the kinds of questions we'll ask ourselves and each other inside the Latter-Day Composer Club.
And we'll get down into the weeds of what makes heavenly music like this Bruckner movement really tick. And even more important, how you can borrow and use similar techniques when you next write a hymn arrangement, primary song, hymn, or another piece for church.
This is where the REALLY juicy stuff happens. And you don't have to have a stack of music degrees to understand or participate.
The only requirement is a desire to spread the good news with whatever musical abilities and experience you have.
If that sounds like something you could put your mind and heart behind, consider joining the waitlist for the grand opening of the Latter-Day Composer Club coming very soon.
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Enjoy a little more Bruckner!
Doug