Everyone's Entitled to My Opinion: About Dialing it Down
Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 09:39AM 
But deep in the recesses of my iPhone, where no one can see my music collection, I have a playlist of gentle music. At my desk, I put in the ear buds and secretly dial it down. The fools--they think I'm still rocking it out! But God lives in the still small sounds, too.
So if you promise not to let this get back to the hometown gang, I’d like to recommend quiet music for quiet times:
- Chant, The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. These guys have been rockin’ it old-school for 1500 hundred years. Careful--people might mistake you for a closet Catholic.
- Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church. Still quiet music, until the chimes and bells go nuts. These guys get a little rowdy--the Benedictines to the south think of this music as punk.
- Love Came Down, Brian Johnson. A thousand years and a ten thousand miles from the monks comes an album from the Jesus Culture rockers. Don’t even call it unplugged. It’s sweet and gentle, and a pathway to His presence
Reader Comments (7)
Nice post. And so true. I think everyone needs to dial-down... in many areas of life. One of my favorites for dialing it down, musically speaking, is James Galway, flute player extraordinaire from Belfast, Ireland. I love anything he does, but I especially love the albums he's done of movie theme songs.
Thanks, Amy. Yes! I need to add James Galway to my gentle playlist--don't tell anyone!
Very good! I agree (and not because I'm an aging and hearing-impaired boomer). But, I prefer Sinatra or Emmylou Harris.
I have the Russian collection too, and I love it, but you're right, the chimes and bells grow out of proportion sometimes!
ha!
I adore the "Love Came Down" album. It's a great one to soak to.
I have the Russian collection too, and I love it, but you're right, the chimes and bells grow out of proportion sometimes!
ha!
Nice post. And so true. I think everyone needs to dial-down... in many areas of life. One of my favorites for dialing it down, musically speaking, is James Galway, flute player extraordinaire from Belfast, Ireland. I love anything he does, but I especially love the albums he's done of movie theme songs.