Music and Spirituality
Posted on April 16, 2009
I got this email in my inbox today:
| Your Name | Justin St. Vincent |
| Your email address | ——-@xtrememusic.org |
| Subject: | Emcee Lynx: Music/Spirituality Interview |
| Message: | Dear Emcee Lynx, I hope all is well – my name is Justin St. Vincent, Editor of Xtreme Music, and a new and exciting series exploring “The Spiritual Significance of Music”. I’d love the opportunity for you to e-mail your response, around 200+ words, to the question: “What do you believe is the spiritual significance of music?”
For more information and a preview of this online portfolio, please feel free to explore Xtreme Music: where music meets spirituality: www.xtrememusic.org Blessings and Best Regards, Justin St. Vincent Xtreme Music ———@xtrememusic.org |
So I went and took a look at his website. Apparently he’s going through and systematically contacting as wide a range of musicians as he can in one genre at a time, asking them all the same question, and then posting al their responses. I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that there’s a sort of general Christian slant to his project, at least Christian Musicians were one of the first groups he did an interview set on, but I figured it doesn’t take long to write a short article like what he asked for and – worst case scenario – I get a post for this blog out of it, so I might as well put something together.
Here’s what i came up with:
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