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The Question: Of your total music collection, what % is Christian? What % is Apostolic artists? Are you more or less likely to buy a home-grown Apostolic artist’s CD? Why?
The Answer: “90% is Christian and 10% is Apostolic. I would be more likely to buy a home-grown Apostolic artist's CD because some of the music that some Christian artists have out now is not the music I know. I like the old hymns.” The Answer: “While I am more likely to buy a Christian CD, especially an Apostolic artist; I do still purchase secular music. Sadly, there is little innovation in the Christian music community (at least the genres that I listen to), and some secular bands are simply better. Overall, I'd say about half of my music library is Christian music.” The Answer: “I don't have a music collection. I listen to stations on Live365. I have a few Apostolic stations bookmarked, but I rarely, if ever, listen to them. I don't like contemporary and that's all I can find in Apostolic music, without searching high and low and spending $18 a pop for CDs, which I won't do. I listen to Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, and Bluegrass Gospel. If I could find an Apostolic group that played that kind, and was actually good, I'd consider buying their CDs, but I don't know of any.” The Answer: “Christian 45-50% at least. Apostolic artists 5%. I don't know of many Apostolic artists out there that have music good enough to listen to.” The Answer: “About 1% Apostolic, because I've been burned buying recordings that are shoddy or less than professional. If I want some canned-ham music, I'll just listen to myself in the shower!” The Answer: “Almost 100% of my CDs are Apostolic artists—there's just something about a rockin’ IBC CD!” The Answer: “97% Christian artists; 2 % A/P artists. We heard it preached if we don't do it, God will use someone else. That moment passed us by in our sleep about 20 years ago—in music and outreach.” The Answer: “Total music collection? Let's break this down. Of physical music medium (tapes, CDs, etc), 90% is Christian and about 50% of that is Apostolic. Digital music (MP3s and various other formats) is 30% Christian (I'm including Christmas songs with this), and 5% Apostolic. This tells me two things—it's easier to download secular and even mainstream Christian music than Apostolic. It also tells me that maybe I'm much more willing to download secular and mainstream Christian music because no one sees the jackets. Hmm.” The Answer: “Probably 96 % Christian and 35% Apostolic. Yes, similar beliefs, but if it's music I like, then I'll get it.” The Answer: “I'd have to say 96% of my music is Christian, the other 4% would be ‘soft’ music, such as Josh Groban, Kenny G, etc. Of that 96%, I own about 7-10 CDs that are from Apostolic artists (this includes IBC old and new, Gateway, etc.). If I knew where to buy Apostolic CDs, I would.” The Answer: “Most of my stuff is Christian. A small percentage is Apostolic. But I can say that the Apostolic music is my favorite.” The Answer: “100% all Christian; 90% of those are Apostolic artists. Definitely more likely to buy a home-grown Apostolic artist CD because of the anointing of the Holy Ghost and much more likely to be ministered to by someone who is doing it for the glory of God and not doing a little changing here, changing there so that they will sell more CDs.” The Answer: “90% Christian, 10% Apostolic. I am less likely to buy Apostolic's CDs because I do not have an option to preview their music; therefore I don't know whose to buy. Otherwise, I would very much prefer to buy music by Apostolic artists. Can anything be done about this, Word Aflame Press?” The Answer: “Christian—40%. Apostolic—30%. Yes, I would; my latest purchase was Justin Hogue's brand new one.” The Answer: “Probably 90-95% of my CD collection is Christian or Gospel, but maybe only 10% is by Apostolic artists. I would consider myself more likely to buy an Apostolic artist's CD if it is a style I listen to outside of church, but that is not very common.” The Answer: “I don't really care for Christian music much anymore. I find it to be mind-numbingly boring.” The Answer: “98% is Christian; however, 0% is Apostolic. I can't find any worth listening to. No anointing. All sounds like boxed Bible school music. I'd rather poke myself in the eye than listen to it. Give me a break! Please give us some cheesy lyrics and a tune that's not generic. If you want to hear good Christian music, pick up a Fred Hammond CD or Salvador.” The Answer: “100% is Christian; 1% is Apostolic. I would choose a home-grown one, because I know them and know the walk with God that they have.” The Answer: “I don't really check what denomination an artist is before I buy or listen to their music. Who does? And where would you even find that out?” The Answer: “I'm not good at guessing percentages, but of the many CDs I have (Christian, Apostolic, Irish instrumentals, Christmas, and Classical), probably about 80% is Christian (Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, and the like). The Answer: “I would guess about 5-10% of all my CDs are Apostolic. Most of my Apostolic music is on cassette tapes. As for the last part of this little survey, if I know someone is a great singer and I like their style of music, I'll buy their CDs.” The Answer: “My music collection is 100% a Christian collection. As to Apostolic artists, about 10%. If there were more Apostolic artists, then that number would be much higher. I praise that I do not own one secular music CD.” The Answer: “About 80% of my music collection is Christian. Of that amount, 40% is Apostolic. Many times, I'm disappointed by the quality of the Apostolic artists' recording. There are one or two Apostolic producers whose quality you can trust (such as Glen Woodward's Past Twelve Studios), but many others' projects sound like they were recorded in a garage somewhere using an old cassette tape recorder.” The Answer: “65% Christian music; 10% sort-of Christian music; 15% non-Christian music; 0% Apostolic music (it's just not my thing).” The Answer: “95% Christian, 5% very carefully selected instrumental or ‘nice’ music. No secular pop, rap, rock, etc. I don't own a lot of home-grown stuff. I think we still have a way to go before we match secular album quality.” The Answer: “100 percent is Christian. I may sample non-Christian songs on the air, but I won't give them my money. About 15 percent of my collection is Apostolic.” The Answer: “5% is Christian; 0% is Apostolic. And no, cuz they're boring.” The Answer: “I have 99% Christian music in my collection. Of that 99%, probably 1% is Apostolic artists, mostly those CDs I've received for free. I am highly unlikely to buy a home-grown Apostolic CD because the style is usually outdated, stylized (like the artist is trying to hard to be cool or spiritual—whatever applies). Also, the quality tends to be inferior to mainstream contemporary Christian music artists or choirs.” The Answer: “Just estimating: 25% of my music collection is Christian. My family enjoys classical, big band, jazz, folk, and some pop. We only have a few CDs by Apostolic artists, and half of those are bootleg copies from friends. I'm usually hesitant to buy Apostolic artists' CDs because I haven't heard them first. If Christian radio stations would play Apostolic musicians, it would create a greater awareness. We have some fantastic musicians!” The Answer: “Well, my entire CD collection is Christian. I don't really see how Christians can attempt to keep their minds pure and free of worldly perspectives while listening to music that does anything but glorify God. Anyhow (another message), I will admit that a good part of my CD collection consists of denominational Christian artists. However, I prefer to listen to home-grown Apostolic artists any day. The predominant reason for this revolves completely around the anointing of Holy Ghost-filled, Jesus name baptized, holy living, and truth believing Christian. Major difference.” The Answer: Everyone should know what’s going on in the music world, especially if you work with teens. A mix of secular and Christian is just common sense, the key is to use wisdom in your selection. For an Apostolic to say there is no quality Christian music available is cheating themselves of Tonex and just as cloistered as the Apostolic who only listens to Apostolic/Christian. It’s a big world out there and much of it can be enjoyed without harm."
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