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Does anyone here like plays or usicals, music ect?😃
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Some of my favorite musical memories were playing in the pit orchestra for the plays “Music Man” and “Pirates of Penzance.”

I love to play piano, and play it for Mass on Friday and Sunday 8:00 am Masses.

I love the old hymns I used to play 40 years ago, and I like some of the newer ones.

I like classical piano music of many kinds.

I like to see lyrics to all kinds of songs, even those that used to be offensive to me, because sometimes I see good Christian messages or other interesting shared experiences buried (some not too deeply) in lyrics that repel most Christians so they don’t read them.

For example, the first time I actually paid any attention to rap music was when it was used as background music in the movie Office Space. They had one song called, "… it feels good to be a gangsta. With help from friend and slang dictionary on the Internet, I decoded these messages from parts of the lyrics:
  • cool people don’t boast.
  • cool people don’t start fights.
  • cool people don’t show off because they don’t need that affirmation.
  • cool people are at peace, because they can think deeply.
  • cool people give money and food to the poor.
  • cool people come in all shapes and colors.
  • cool people sometimes become martyrs.
  • I’m smart because I’m living for the Lord, and will have everlasting life.
There are other messages that don’t appear to be so wholesome. But I think the authors might be good fishers of men. Throw in some sex, drugs, and profanity as bait, then reel them in and feed them the real messages, even if only subliminally. 🙂

Alan
 
Cool. I’v been in Music MAn, Annie, Jungle Book, 101 Dalmations(Cruella), Cinderella, and Curentllly Joseph and the Amazing ect. Ive watched alot of plays 2
 
I love the theater and music of just about all types! 😃

I find music to be very spiritual- there was a great thead not too long ago about music that brings you closer to God. It was really cool to see that there are others out there who see a spiritual value in Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”- for I long time I thought I was the only one!! 😉
 
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I love the theater and music of just about all types! 😃

I find music to be very spiritual- there was a great thead not too long ago about music that brings you closer to God. It was really cool to see that there are others out there who see a spiritual value in Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”- for I long time I thought I was the only one!! 😉
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Music certainly has spirit. My piano teacher said, “you really can’t play music until you’ve lived.”

When I play, I imagine I’m communicating all sorts of messages with little tweaks – one note a little louder than usual, a tiny pause there, a couple staccato notes that I usually play legato – I can help them breathe at the right times (especially if they are singing) and convey other messages like passion, grandeur, beauty, tranquility, centering (Bach is great for that), playful, peaceful, agitated, etc. It depends on my exact mood when I’m playing.

That’s what you get from a performance by a human musician that you don’t from a computer that plays it “perfectly” but sounds mechanical and sterile.

Alan
 
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