First a qualifier: My hearing has been terrible for years. I have two Cochlear Implants so my opinions could be prejudiced......In another post, Link addresses the amplitude of music during prayer and prophecy. This is a less 'spiritual' application, because it seems to be across the board.Growing up there is nothing I enjoyed better than 'guitar picking' and singing. Either in the church or entertainers. i.e. Chet Atkins guitar or Dean Martin singing. The music instrumentals NEVER drowned out the vocals. Love songs, either to God or my Girl, I wanted to hear the words, the music was secondary.Garland Page & Dud Smith at the Valdese, NC church, stands out in my mind from the past. They blended like the Everly Brothers between verses you could hear the guitar, no amplification, as Garland seemed to pick with every finger on his right hand.I have Grand sons who sing and play professionally. When they sing for us at home with an acoustic(?) guitar I understand some of the words to songs they have written, but on the stage or CD, all I hear is the STRUMMING or beating of guitars and drums!Do you understand the words to songs whey they are sung now (If they are not projected on a screen)?????Do any singers still sing like Vep Ellis, T.N. Ward, Bill Waters, etc? Some facts but mostly just my
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