S3:E2 - The Devil's Tunes: SDA Views on Music

Support the Show • Did you ever get scolded for the music you played in church? We're diving into traditional Seventh-day Adventist attitudes toward music and talking about my own personal experience with music while growing up in the church. We'll also cover historical Protestant views on organs, early Adventist resistance to musical instruments, and the silly debate around Christian Contemporary Music. -Santiago Sources: SDAs didn't use instruments for first 3 decades First documented use of an organ in 1877 E.J. Waggoner "Solo singing has no rightful place..." Ira Sankey hymns called the "devil's tunes" Alma Blackmon quote re: White elitist professors Who is Heinrich Schenker and why should you care? Music Theory and the White Racial Frame Music Theory and White Supremacy Jacob Aranza Interview Rock Is Dead, Thank God IFPI 2023 Global Music Report Spotify Top Trends of 2023 Who killed the CCM industry? SDA propaganda given to me: 10 SHOCKING "FACTS" (BS) About CCM Inside Rock Music by Vance Ferrell Ted Wilson Facebook Post Seventh-day Adventist Philosophy of Music Recommended reading: The Devil’s Music - How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll 00:00 Intro 00:16 My Background with Music 06:28 Local Cultures Define Worship Styles 07:47 Protestants Hated the Organ? 10:21 Early Adventists Didn't Use Instruments 15:18 Racist Attitudes 17:58 Music Theory in the US 19:31 Rock and CCM 21:17 Anti-CCM SDA YouTuber 24:50 Inside Rock Music 28:02 Jacob Aranza, Satanic Panic Provocateur 34:18 Recap and Outro Full Transcripts, resources and more: hell.bio/notes  —  Have a story to share? Write to us, send a DM or voice message on Instagram, or leave a voicemail at (301) 750-8648‬. We take your privacy seriously: Privacy Policy  —  Twitter • TikTok • Instagram • YouTube • Facebook • r/exAdventist  — Credits: Music: Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License