Live from the 303!  

Scott opened the show with the story of how he ended up in Cali doing work for HollywoodJesus.com.  He talked of his interviews, interesting quotes and moments of revealing about Christian artists and the music they write.  Scott and I spoke about what challenges Christian artists experience and how you decide what you’re really going to be.  Scott laid it out with some examples of old school and new school bands.

I also talked about how stale the music can be sometimes and how the good ole’ days of Newboys, DC Talk and Audio A’ have seemingly vanished and Scott hit back to say the music is pretty sad in the quality…but that it’s getting better.  I agreed.

I bemoaned the lack of good rockin’ soul music and the sad traffic of break out bands that fade and come in and out with the times.  I personally think the Christian Music world is not based on money but more on service to God and making good music.  The environment isn’t really setup to let the creative juices marinate.

Scott broke it down inch by inch for us and brought some examples into the mix for us as we theorized about how the world outside Christian Music makes their money (cursing, money, sex, etc) and how those within do it through good lyrics and a positive message.

We also broke out the Father’s day thoughts and Scott waxed poetic about things of the fatherly nature and how faith has played a roll in fathers.  I talked about my father and ended up calling the show early because I was crying so that’s gotta say something about how I feel about my father and all he’s done.

Listen to the show and see what you think.