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TheWhoFreak
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Would anybody think it’s weird if I said I think I may be in one of those Christian heavy metal bands someday? Sorry, but I love to tell this story and I really would like some (name removed by moderator)ut on it.
OK, so I was at a Youth Conference in South Carolina last June, and we were meditation on Psalm 139: 23-24
Fast forward 2 weeks later to family vacation in SC:
I was praying on the beach about this, and I had a vision of a person (I think it was on older version of me) with a band behind him, playing an amazing solo infront of 60,000 or so people in a packed stadium. I kept pressing into this as the days went on and God eventually revealed more and more of the vision.
Fast forward 3 months later, near end of summer break:
I was praying about this vision, and at the end I saw a spinning newspaper (like in the old cartoons) with the words “National Sensation” and “Household Name” repeating themselves in my head.
I’ve also noticed seemingly secular experiences have added to this including:
-I’m taking Psychology/Sociology classes next year and think that this will help me when writing lyrics to choose what words to use to evoke certain feelings and responses
-I’m really good at guitar
-I can play drums, all manner of percussion, and a little keyboards
-I have 2 songs written and people really liked them
Your thoughts?
Btw, for band names, I thought of Creeping Death OR Agent Orange
OK, so I was at a Youth Conference in South Carolina last June, and we were meditation on Psalm 139: 23-24
As I was doing this an image of me playing guitar popped into my head (among other things:blush: ) and I wondered if my guitar playing was sinful. I talked with my youth leader about this and he said that it wasn’t in sin, but that maybe God was trying to tell me something. So I prayed about it some more, and I had this feeling that God wanted me to be in a band.
Fast forward 2 weeks later to family vacation in SC:
I was praying on the beach about this, and I had a vision of a person (I think it was on older version of me) with a band behind him, playing an amazing solo infront of 60,000 or so people in a packed stadium. I kept pressing into this as the days went on and God eventually revealed more and more of the vision.
Fast forward 3 months later, near end of summer break:
I was praying about this vision, and at the end I saw a spinning newspaper (like in the old cartoons) with the words “National Sensation” and “Household Name” repeating themselves in my head.
I’ve also noticed seemingly secular experiences have added to this including:
-I’m taking Psychology/Sociology classes next year and think that this will help me when writing lyrics to choose what words to use to evoke certain feelings and responses
-I’m really good at guitar
-I can play drums, all manner of percussion, and a little keyboards
-I have 2 songs written and people really liked them
Your thoughts?
Btw, for band names, I thought of Creeping Death OR Agent Orange
). Heavy metal is not inherently evil (unless it’s bad 
), but the music industry is very evil - I know, first hand. It is very easy to be lured into sin - “seduced” - when you’re surrounded by sin, and temptation. So I hope if you’re going to pursue this you will make sure you have a strong foundation of faith, and always remember to put God’s will before everything else, so you don’t start down that slippery slope. And avoid the regular industry as much as possible. If you’re very good at guitar then I would say you should definitely find a way use that gift, along with your other talents. And how about a good Christian sounding name for the band? Something like “Risen” (which is already taken). Good luck to you, and you can PM me if you want to learn from some of my experience. 