Why does Christian Pop Music always sound the same?

Question

I can identify Christian music so incredibly easily... or well, I am pretty certain that I can identity a song as being 'Christian' in nature just by how it sounds...

Now, is there a common/standard key or progression in Christian Pop that is similar to the standards of Blues/Country/Bluegrass?

Since the early days of church attending to now, it sounds all the same...

Notes... Keys... Progressions... Scales... ?

Anyone? Christians should know this right?

Can anybody read? simple question turned propaganda... Blues has a certain progression of notes. Bluegrass has a certain progression of notes. Country has a certain progression of notes.
I am certain that Christian pop (the stuff you typically hear in CHURCH) has a certain progression of notes.

Answer 1

Yep!!!










Wahoo!!!!

Answer 2

I don't find that to be true at all of Contemporary Christian music. If you have a favorite secular sound there is a similar Christian group/band/solo artist.

Heavy Metal? Stretch Arm Strong,Norma Jean, Living Sacrifice
Hard Rock? Skillet, Day of Fire
Pop? Third Day, Newsboys, Superchick, Barlowgirl, Aarron Schust, Nichole Nordeman, Chris Tomlin, Relient K
R&B? Out of Eden, the Katinas, Virtue, the Winans
Rap? dc Talk, TobyMac
Country/bluegrass? try the Issacs, Del Way and you'll find many of your favorite country artists have made gospel albums as well.

Experiment, try something new!

~edit-Typically the music played in church on Sunday from the hymnal is refered to as sacred or traditional, Christian Pop implies modern music. And yes, I will agree with you on that much of the traditional church songs do sound the same because many of the "favorites" were written around the same time period. However a good arrangement can "spice up" any song.~

Answer 3

Most Christian music nowadays is in the key of G or D since it's easiest to sing. Many (maybe most) of the chord progressions are simply G, D, E, C or similar. It's terrible.

In the 90s, there were still several creative Christian bands that didn't follow all of the cliches in music and lyrics, but by the mid 2000s, most of those bands had broken up or changed their style, and since '10, virtually every song you hear on Christian radio is some of the worst possible crap that could come through your ears. A COMPLETE lack of creativity and an almost complete lack of talent on their part.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Umm...well, a lot of genres sound the same. How many hip/hop artists/rappers, have actually used the same lines and beats in their songs? How many times did Britney Spears re-release the same song with different lyrics (only to have someone like Samantha Mumba, Willa Ford and Jessica Simpson release an almost identical song with slightly differently lyrics as well)

The same with "punk" rock groups, I can rarely tell when one song ends and the next begins.

Answer 6

and yet the words are all different

unlike the duff ,duff that all sounds from the same machine
you would be supprised that satan uses the same theory to put negative stuff into our own music

it sounds the same but the real music is in good words.
christian music spans 2000 years ,i am amased you found the pop of christians so easly ,but restricted to so few years
as to historiclly be a mere blip
you should not go by sounds
its about the words
the words are the same through time
we just spin it to a divergent vibe
same result too.

Answer 7

Try listening to a variety of Christian Radio Stations (online and on the radio) instead of just one. If you already do, then I guess you are right about them all sounding the same to you. But if Christian pop sounded like country or blue grass, it would not be called Christian pop, it would be called Christian country. And if it sounded like blues, well, Christian songs are usually happy, why would you want it to sound like blues?

Answer 8

To me the problem is Pop Music....it all sounds the same.

I personally like a lot of the Christian rock bands, though I've always liked rock anyways. The music (musicians) are so much better than 10 years ago.

Answer 9

Actually, there's lots of difference in Christian pop music. Probably just as much as in secular pop music. It goes throug phases. I love Michelle Thumes (sp), and I'm not even Christian. But she was more popular a few years back. Then there's Petra and others. I stopped paying attention a little while back, but there was lots of difference... perhaps it's more homogenized lately?

Answer 10

I listen to reggae, to r&b, blues, jazz and others, all christian music. When is the last time you went and checked it out actually?

Answer 11

for example country, rock and other types of music have a similar sound too.