[ArrogantBustard]

My dear young lady, you're starting to get me wound up on one of my pet peeves. If I start ranting and raving, please don't take it personally. And in the interests of full disclosure: a) I studied classical piano for several years, but don't pretend in any way to be a professional musician. b) Mrs. Bustard is paid to do church music, so I'm somewhat plugged in.

It's the music business lingo,
Words mean things. A Church is not a Theatre, a Sanctuary is not a stage. Churches and theatres may both be wired with electrical audio equipment and have definable acoustic characteristics; that doesn't make them the same thing. I think it's a sign of, at best, sloppy thinking to use theatrical language when perfectly good eclesiastical languange exists. And yes, old Churches have great acoustical properties. Gee, I wonder why...

I've been looking at copyright notices in missalettes (and Music Issues) for many years. I've noticed the same thing. Can we say "Follow the Money"? And every few years, they revise the lyrics to advance the agenda of the feminists and the anti-God crowd. And renew the copyright.

Hypocritical indeed. ""Music ministers" are specifically told that Mass is not a performance." They sure don't act like it. And no, I'm not talking about those who make good (often, but not always "classical"¹) as a "Communion Meditation". More like the ones who insist on cramming their chorus and downbeat-combo-band into the sanctuary; a poor fit both geometrically and liturgically.

AB

1) I use the term very loosely.

[Desdemona]

Okay, okay. So what is the appropriate lingo? Nobody's ever told me.

Listen, for the record, I don't believe in cheating musically. I don't use a mike. The day I need one in an enclosed space is the day I hang it up.

I don't believe in Communion meditation songs. This time should be silent.

[ninenot]

AB: speaking of follow the money--ever notice that ICEL has its clammy little hands on MOST of the money???

Why do you think they don't want to give up???