Large A,

I dig your vibe. I went and checked out the webpage. Never heard of Phil Kreaggy though. Looked him up and he seems to be in line with your kind of music.

My music style fluctuates between intensely personal story songs in a folk medium (harry chapin's my favorite), and daringly (I think) perverse comedy tunes. When I am in a band, they seem to come and go so easily for me, I'll do nineties indie rock (think Pixies).

I have to admit though that, like you, one of the big reasons I'm so passionate about songwriting was religion but in a different way. For me, I had my dream girl picked out back when I was in college and watched our relationship change gears over religious issues.

Long story really short;
She=jewish...
me=only a little jewish...
we=no more...

It's been the basis for a good six songs (three comedy, three intensely personal) and a musical I'm writing so the anguish and critical thinking has paid me back in kind!

Anyway, I'm interested in CCM stuff but have no experience in openly Christ embracing modern music. Do you find it difficult to communicate your message? (Please don't be offended on this one but...) so many people lump evangelizing Christian music with the kind of nagging telemarketers do, how do you find people willing to listen?
I won't lie to you, I'm relatively self centered when I write but only because I feel like if I write honestly about myself, maybe a little of my life's experience will resonate with the listener. Most songwriting books I've read suggest that all an audience wants to hear is someone explain their own life. To speak for them so that can relate to it and say, "hey! that's me!"

Well, now that I've asked such a good question, I wanna sit back and hear your answer. Tell me, if you will, how you get people to listen on such a touchy subject? (also, please excuse my verbocity. I carry on sometimes... [Linked Image])

Miles Maxwell
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