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Toward a Theology of Independent Music - Kevin Erickson from 2009-04-13T13:39:09
What is independent music? Where did it come from and why does it matter? Can creative choices about the production and distribution of art be spaces of cultural & social change as powerful as the ...
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When the Last Days Come - Micah Lott from 2009-04-13T13:28:40
Over the past two decades, John Darnielle of the The Mountain Goats has crafted a remarkable collection of songs, distinguished by lyrics of high literary quality. One notable feature of Darnielle’...
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"Don't Let Me Explode"- Matthew Carillo-Vincent from 2009-04-13T13:12:43
In linking our struggles in faith with the rigid demands of gender, The Hold Steady’s 2005 album Separation Sunday offers a conversation about ethics and empathy as a new way of thinking through th...
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Hot Soft Lights - Erin Keane from 2009-04-13T13:01:05
The Hold Steady’s songs explore the struggles of ripping highs and exquisite, sketchy lows of clever kids, townies and a host of apocryphal characters in their hungry—and often violent—search for g...
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Hell Yeah! - David Horace Perkins from 2009-04-13T12:45:07
For creators and performers of American or Southern Gothic music, symbols of stereotyped Southern religion—emotionally charged revival, errant preachers, the amen corner, mourner’s bench, serpent h...
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I Be's Troubled - Stephen J. Nichols from 2009-04-13T12:34:55
Blues music, with one foot in the church and the world of the African American spirituals and another foot in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta, exhibits a profound theological interpretat...
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Music + Faith + Commerce? - Trey Many from 2009-04-10T18:07:45
In this workshop, Trey Many discusses the odd impact of having one’s faith associated with their music career, mainly focusing on Christianity and its role in popular music. Topics include the demo...
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The Language of Faith - Tim Regan-Porter from 2009-04-10T17:25:05
How do we talk about faith to those outside the faith community, as well as within it, in ways that promote understanding? It’s not just the vocal firebrands of “the religious right” that alienate....
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Music&Meaning - Robert Nordling&Benita Wolters-Fredlund from 2009-04-10T15:06:54
We are saturated with music, and not only from what we intentionally listen to. Advertisements, sound tracks, commercials, car radio, our iPods set on shuffle as we work out…all these sources of mu...
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Gender Inequities, Community and Change in Electronic/Dance Music - Rebekah Farrugia from 2009-04-10T14:50:39
This workshop will examine the everyday assumptions, language, actions and texts that situate women on the margins of electronic/dance music (E/DM) culture. Drawing on five years of interviews with...
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How to Write a Great Song in Five (Not So) Easy Steps - Over the Rhine from 2009-04-10T14:32:33
Every songwriter has to determine some criteria for doing his or her best work. How do you know if your own songs are approaching what you actually care about as a writer? Detweiler and Bergquist t...
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Junkyard Orchestration - Nathan Johnson from 2009-04-10T14:17:29
This workshop provides a behind-the-scenes look at composing music for independent film. Using audio clips and images from his recent original scores for the acclaimed neo-noir film Brick and the u...
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“Clenched Fists, Black Eyes” - Mary McCampbell from 2009-04-10T13:55:12
In this session, Mary McCampbell examines the role of anger and lament in the music of The Sex Pistols, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, The Psalters and Sufjan Stevens. McCampbell also...
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Worshiping Worship (Worshiping Ourselves) - Lenny Smith from 2009-04-10T13:37:13
A young college student is walking across campus, holding hands with his sweetheart. “I am beginning to think you really don't know me. After all, I have needs. I study all week and by the weekend,...
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Kenneth Thomas Interview by Chris Mills from 2009-04-10T13:12:12
In a conversation moderated by local DJ Chris Mills, Thomas talks about his story, spirituality, his work as a DJ and the communal nature of dance music.
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A Junkyard Journey - Julie Lee from 2009-04-10T12:46:44
Julie Lee is a visual artist as well as a singer and songwriter. She studied painting from the age of eight, but has found her voice as a collage artist in the junkyard, taking from the old and dis...
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Radio Gaga - Jude Adam from 2009-04-10T12:28:30
Is radio still the key to getting music to the masses, or a dinosaur killed off by the digital age? Tips on how to get your songs heard (and played) by taste-makers and radio programmers and how to...
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Loving Christ, Hating Christian Rock - Jessica Hopper and David Bazan from 2009-04-10T11:42:20
Music journalist Jessica Hopper and David Bazan (Pedro The Lion) discuss his lyrics, coming up in and out of the Christian music scene, reframing his faith in music and what it's like to be an arti...
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Taking It to the Streets - Jacque Rhodes from 2009-04-10T00:12:49
Would you be surprised if you picked up the latest Snoop Dogg CD, flipped it over to read the titles and found a track called, "Jesus Is My Lord and Savior?” It is common practice, and even expecte...
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Can"Christian"Music be Saved? - Grant Elgersma from 2009-04-09T17:22:31
One might argue that words are ill-equipped to capture what music is, which is the reason people are drawn to musical experience in the first place…so why try to stamp music with any kind of label ...
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Thank God the Music Industry is in Trouble - Charlie Peacock from 2009-04-09T16:57:48
Long time recording artist, and former music industry executive Charlie Peacock reflects on the seismic changes in the music industry and their effect on the creation of music. Peacock contrasts ol...
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Is it Really so Strange? - Bifrost Arts from 2009-04-09T16:26:39
This workshop critically examines the relevance of sacred music within popular culture, and in particular, pop music. Pensak and Wardell briefly survey the history of hymnody and sacred music with ...
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Church--But for the Grace of God, There Go I - Baby Dee from 2009-04-09T15:27:07
An interactive, musical conversation with Baby Dee moderated by Adam Wolpa, professor of art at Calvin College.
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Spare Change in a Stradivarius Case - Joan Van Dessel from 2009-04-09T14:02:15
The primary objective of this workshop is to offer leading questions that encourage musicians to explore how they might further integrate practical aspects of their faith with their artistic intere...
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Creation, Fall, Redemption, CCM - Terry Mattingly from 2009-04-09T13:36:05
Want to start a war? Try to work out an authoritative definition for this all too common term, "Christian music." Nearly two decades after Amy Grant recorded "Baby, Baby," Christians can still work...
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Creative Journey Toward the City of God - Makoto Fujimura from 2009-04-09T11:18:06
Makoto Fujimura shares from the process of his art, his writing, his experience with church planting projects and the founding of International Arts Movement to discuss the role of creativity in cu...
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Survival of the Freshest - David Dark from 2009-04-09T10:32:32
David Dark leads a discussion on our understanding of prophetic traditions, broadly defined, and how the reworking (or remixing) of words and images is part of the crucial task of actually receivin...
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Jesus is My Mixtape - Cathleen Falsani from 2009-04-09T09:23:21
Cathleen Falsani had her first epiphany at age twelve while listening to U2's song "Gloria" for the first time in a friend's living room. And, not unlike Rob Gordon in High Fidelity, she can trace ...
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The Forms of Excellence - Andy Crouch from 2009-04-08T22:18:44
Andy Crouch lectures from the piano at the Festival of Faith & Music 2009.
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Craig Finn Interview by Marty Garner from 2009-04-08T19:01:23
Music journalist Marty Garner interviews The Hold Steady's Craig Finn.
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Hope on a Tightrope - Cornel West from 2009-04-08T18:50:41
Dr. Cornel West speaks at the Festival of Faith & Music 2009.
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Lupe Fiasco Interview by Cornel West from 2009-04-08T16:10:39
In an historic first meeting, Cornel West interviews Lupe Fiasco at the Festival of Faith & Music 2009 at Calvin College.
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