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Posted by Professor on September 25, 2009, 10:49 pm, in reply to "Eat The Meat...Spit Out the Bone..."
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--Previous Message--
: The Pastor does have some jealousy issues.
: That is clear.
:
: You should also think about your ego issues.
: We all have "ego"...especially
: those of us who have gifts. Ask yourself,
: honestly about the amount of
: "your" music that you teach and
: why.
:
: Teaching your own, God-given music is not a
: bad thing in and of itself....But some
: writers teach their own stuff because they
: don't want to learn other stuff....We -- all
: of us writers -- have to be careful that we
: use our music with the same
: "filters" we choose to use the
: music of others.
:
: As a matter of personal choice, I do not
: teach most of the music that I write at the
: church where I serve, just so that I can
: avoid that particular issue. I think my
: current church sings 3 songs that I
: wrote...and we might sing each one once or
: twice per year.
:
: Now, I do teach my stuff at GMWA rehearsal
: and at workshops...but I'm from an old
: school of thought that tries not to let my
: good be evil spoken of....which is to
: say...that I intentionally try to decrease
: in my local assembly.
:
: I'll never forget the time I sang
: "Everything I Need You Are" at the
: Hampton Minister's Conference...The church I
: served asked, "Why haven't you taught
: that to us?" And...well...I still
: haven't. They could sing it. But I never
: want to hear, the foolishness that is
: regularly generated by our people -- from
: pulpit to pew.
:
: I can easily avoid it by not teaching it at
: home...so that's become my choice.
:
: Again, that's a personal matter -- choice.
:
: So...even in this instance...with me sharing
: my perspective...I say to you, "eat the
: meat and spit out the bone." Use what
: you can.
:
: May God bless you.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I AM A KNOWN AND RESPECTED WRITER AND SERVE
: A
: CHURCH. I WAS CALLD INTO THE PASTOR OFFICE
: ON SOME REDICULOUS ISSUES. HE SAID TEACHING
: MY MUSIC NEEDED TO BE HISTORY, ALTHOUGH THE
: MUSIC REALLY WOULD TURN THE CHURCH OUT. HE
: ALSO STATED I DONT NEED TO GET ON THE MIC
: BECUASE I AM PROMOTING MYSELF AND MY MUSIC
: THRU HIS CHURCH...I STARTED TO TELL HIM,
: THERE WASNT NO A/R PEOPLE OR MAJOR PEOPLE IN
: THE MUSIC ARENA IN HIS CHURCH, SO WHY WHO
: WOULD I BE IMPRESSING? HE SAID A MULTITUDE
: OF OTHER THINGS BUT FOR THE MOST PART STOP
: PROMOTING MYSELF AND MY MUSIC ... NEEDLESS
: TO SAY WE HAD A GUEST CHURCH THERE AND ONE
: OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH INQUIRED BOUT
: THE SONG WE SANG. I SIMPLY TOLE HER ITS
: ORIGINAL..SHE CALLD HER PASTOR OVER TO WHERE
: I WAS AND PROCEEDED TO PROMOTE MY MUSIC AND
: SAY HOW SHE WAS BLESSED BY THE SONG..HE ASKD
: ME TO COME AND TEACH IT TO HIS CHURCH. THEN
: SHORTLY THEREAFTER, HONESTLY, SOME GUY THAT
: WAS VISITING APPROACHED ME AND
: COIENSCIDENTLY ASKD TO RECORD THE SONG. I
: FEEL THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME 4
: GIFTS...SINGING. PLAYING, WRITING, ABD
: DIRECTING...WHY SHOULD I STAY IN A MINISTRY
: THAT ONLY WANTS ME TO PERFORM 1 AND BURY THE
: OTHER TALENTS..WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
:
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