Re: What do you dream of accomplishing as an organist
Sorry, I don't agree. Find a church that appreciates your talent, continue to present new and exciting ideas to them, accept criticism from the old lady in the back who hates Bach and pronounces the word fugue as two syllables, and just keep doing your thing. From my experience church music turns bad because church musicians turn bad.
Example:
For whatever reason the organist leaves. Because it is often difficult to find a person who can actually play the organ an interim is hired. He may not use the pedals or doesn't know what a unison off is... and who needs pistons when I have a goovy pedal on the right that magically brings on a mess of stops.....
He soon begins to use the organ for the hymns only. Piano/ synth for everything else.
Something goes wrong with the organ. Maybe we shouldn't fix it... He only uses the piano anyway!
Ooops... console is in the way of the praise band. Better cut the cord so we can expand the trap set. And those neat holes in the wall, where all those squishy metal stick things were... what a great place for the projector screens and speakers that we now need to amplify the the choir, guitars, and.... the keyboard.
{church music didn't die here... just the church musician}
BTW, If you need a good church job, come to Western PA! I can give you a list of churches thirsty for the sound of their pipe organ and someone who can control it!
Sorry, I don't agree. Find a church that appreciates your talent, continue to present new and exciting ideas to them, accept criticism from the old lady in the back who hates Bach and pronounces the word fugue as two syllables, and just keep doing your thing. From my experience church music turns bad because church musicians turn bad.
Example:
For whatever reason the organist leaves. Because it is often difficult to find a person who can actually play the organ an interim is hired. He may not use the pedals or doesn't know what a unison off is... and who needs pistons when I have a goovy pedal on the right that magically brings on a mess of stops.....
He soon begins to use the organ for the hymns only. Piano/ synth for everything else.
Something goes wrong with the organ. Maybe we shouldn't fix it... He only uses the piano anyway!
Ooops... console is in the way of the praise band. Better cut the cord so we can expand the trap set. And those neat holes in the wall, where all those squishy metal stick things were... what a great place for the projector screens and speakers that we now need to amplify the the choir, guitars, and.... the keyboard.
{church music didn't die here... just the church musician}
BTW, If you need a good church job, come to Western PA! I can give you a list of churches thirsty for the sound of their pipe organ and someone who can control it!
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