Open Up the Doors - Music in the Modern Church - Mark Evans
Contextualising Contemporary Congregational Music
Open Up the Doors - Music in the Modern Church - Mark Evans
Mark Evans [+]
Macquarie University
Mark Evans is Head of the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University and is co-editor of Perfect Beat - The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture. He has published articles on a range of topics, including: the use of sound in the 'Matrix' films; copyright; CD-Rom; Christian music; rock journalism; and country music in Australia. He is also a pianist and has recorded and performed in various contemporary styles.He is the author of Open up the Doors: Music in the Modern Church (2006) and editor of the Encyclopedia of Film Music and Sound (Equinox, forthcoming).
Description
The historical development of popular music studies has been thoroughly documented elsewhere, and need not be restated here.1 What is relevant is to note the various points at which contemporary Christian music trends intersect with those of popular music generally, and more specifically, how they enhance and contribute to debates within the eld of popular music studies.