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Author: charlie_star_uk
Date: 2006-05-27 16:35
wow!!! and it sounds SO digital doesn't it!!!
someone should have played it in instead of being programmed in....
how dreadful!! but some of it sounds ok... i could imagine it being VERY popular...
c
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Author: Markael
Date: 2006-05-28 00:53
Well, at least it keeps people familiar with good traditional hymns.
The parts that sound the best, I think, are the organ parts, because they sound like organ. And very few churches have pipe organs any more, anyway.
Still, it makes one hope that this never becomes too popular.
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Author: Bruno
Date: 2006-05-29 15:49
There's an old joke about two musicians watching a Hollywood studio 80-piece orchestra record music for a film, and one says to the other,
"Look at that! Those guys are putting a synthesizer player out of work!"
B.
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Author: diz
Date: 2006-05-30 04:34
Markael said:
And very few churches have pipe organs any more, anyway
Wow, that's a grand generalisation, if ever there was one!! On the contrary, in the city I live in (I'm talking the CBD that is) there are roughly 8 churches and of them 7 have pipe organs.
I agree, however, most "suburban" (do you Americans use that term?) churches can't afford to maintain their pipe organs, sadly.
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: Jhall
Date: 2006-05-30 13:03
Several churches in my area are hurting for organists. At least one offers two years of organ lessons to piano students in hopes of developing a "crop" of organists. We have used the digital hymnal only as a last resort. Our congregation does not like it at all!
As for any decline in live music, my friends and I performed the debut of our new band to a packed dance hall yesterday (Memorial Day). We have three jobs this summer, with the promise of many more. No, we won't be giving any CDs to local DJs!
Keep promoting live music. You can't beat the excitement of real performers!
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Author: Markael
Date: 2006-05-30 13:49
Diz,
My grand generalization was sloppily worded, in an effort to make a brief and succinct post. Certainly the pipe organ is not dead yet.
Your remarks also remind me that this bulletin board is read by people all over the world. There may be some churches in Europe that still receive public money for maintenance and properties.
It would be interesting for someone to do a comparative study of Australia and the US.
I will comment on the US. This, too, will be somewhat of a generalization because I have not done any hard research on the subject.
In the US we do indeed still use the word "suburban." Some suburban churches can't afford pipe organs; others can afford them but choose not to use them.
Inner cities tend to have older, more traditional churches that continue to use pipe organs. Often their members drive in to church from the suburbs.
One thing I can say for sure: There is not a huge demand for pipe organists.
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