Do you like the music played at your church? Is it different than it was years ago?
I love the music at our church, and itās not just because Iām a member of the Worship Team. 
We do a combination of Contemporary Christian and old-time hymns. Weāre not flashy & thereās not a pro among us (although our guitarist IS award-winning, locally). They lead worship with hearts for the Lord and not on themselves.
I do like it, most weeks. But it changes frequently, which is a good thing I suppose-- yet that also means that sometimes I donāt like it. Each to their own.
I attend a large church with infrastructure that enables attendees to select a venue that suits their musical tastes. One could choose a traditional venue that might include organ music and old hymns, or something contemporary and a little rocky for the young crowd (the Edge) ā even a bluegrass/country venue, and so on. There are about half a dozen choices.
At the āLiveā venue, which we favor-- the music is contemporary Christian worship music-- songs by Phil Wickham, Michael W Smith, and so on, as well as original music by our own worship team-- all professional musicians. What I donāt like is the way they have turned the church service into what sometimes feels like a Saturday night concert event, complete with light effects, smoke machines, etcā¦ so unneccesary in my opinion, but then everyone has one.
20 years ago, I would have emphatically said āno.ā Thatās when I moved from a more contemporary style to a more traditional one. I missed the emotions the contemporary stuff evoked.
Nowadays, weāre even more traditional than 20 years ago, because the only musician we have (an organist) cannot play contemporary stuff. Syncopation and such is way beyond that 80-something-year-old. 
So, traditional hymns it is.
And itās okay with me. Over the years Iāve come to appreciate the depth that the hymns have. Would I rather have something besides organ music? Yes, but thatās all weāve got right now.
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I donāt really enjoy the music itself, but I definitely love the messages of the songs we sing. Which is kinda weird since Iām actually on the worship team. Our style is more contemporary, but I enjoy Skillet-style music.
Our church has some pretty incredible worship. We did this one on Sunday and it always has me in tears by the end!
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That sounds exactly like what we do at the church I attend. I am also on our Praise Team, as well as the leader for the hymns we sing. I absolutely love what we do for music-something for both āage groupsā. Our congregation seems happy with both music types. Our Pastor is young (37) and wants hymns included in our service. I (62) totally agree.
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Wow! That church is huge! Where do you attend?
Of course everything today is choruses repeated a million times, but tastes and trends change do I accept it. But sometimes I think about the little hymn and southern gospel church I was raised it. I miss the old music.
Youāre fortunate. The (Catholic) church I attended as a child had no music. Well, not exactly. There was a choir, and they sang during Saturday evening masses, but never on Sundays, and my dad was firm that Church was for Sundays. I didnāt hear any of the old-time hymns until I was well into adulthood. The saddest thing is that music is pretty much my life.
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Itās interesting to see that so many of āthe new songsā are essentially remixed or reprisals of those old songs that we know and love. I quite like a lot of them that are throwbacks. A lot of new music includes elements of old music.
Yes of course but it is like Orthodox Chant.
When I read bible, study theology etc I like this music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3MzbPAgVOU&t=1260s or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDb1NA7Wc8s&t=323s
I loved the worship music when I was in college. Late 1990s.. We had our own student lead worship servicess, twice a week. Nothing I have gone to since has captured the pure joy of the worship music at that time. It was truly Spirit lead. The heart of those kids was so God focussed that it percolated all over campus.
Unfortunately a local church leader took over the college with a vision to tighten control. In the time since I left, the University shrank, shredding curriculum. The worship groups stopped meeting altogether. Its nothing like it was, but at least they have ChikFilet.
no. contemporary usually means big corp executives with fake christians becoming big stars. one of the reasons i stopped attending new churches id tried out. they ALL sang the same new fake christian songs. very deceptive. used to move me. but now i know better.
i want to go back to my old church where they only did hymns. they have prob changed by now. havent been there in years. will find out soon.
No sir thatās not the case in Orthodox Church. The hymn etc is in 8 tone series. And the Eucharist services are read from The Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Liturgy of Saint Basil, Liturgy of Saint James etc we have a rich tradition that has been preserved over several centuries.
Yes, I do love the music where I attend, but I have only been there @ 10 years.
May I just tell you what I think about the music in any place of worship? I could easily be wrong, but I think the policy is usually that the music belongs to the ONE being worshipped, not to those making or hearing the music.
So I think our focus should be upon pleasing HIM,rather than ourselves.
I have to admit, however, that the music in the church I used to attend was very much to my liking, too, but I shook the dust off my feet and left.