tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post5455823617676078750..comments2023-06-04T02:29:39.106-07:00Comments on The Jet City Filter: Music and GodMatt MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182324976310198460noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-7965738719684463662010-05-19T13:07:00.226-07:002010-05-19T13:07:00.226-07:00I know this comment is over a year after you poste...I know this comment is over a year after you posted this, but I just recently found your blog and have been blessed by it.<br /><br />I would just like to say, as a writer (I write poetry), I know exactly the feeling. It is even to the point that sometimes the closer I am in relationship with God the more inspiration I have for poetry, which are mostly about nature, that He created. It's all just kinda cool how it works.<br /><br />Right now I'm in a dry spell and just feel particularly uninspired. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever write a good poem again.<br /><br />I guess I will just have to resort to prose journaling, blogging, and commenting on year-old blog posts.<br /><br />God bless!<br /><br />-AliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-8590752929302202272009-03-02T05:11:00.000-08:002009-03-02T05:11:00.000-08:00Scottish people are the best!(Coming from another ...Scottish people are the best!<BR/><BR/>(Coming from another person that is mostly Scottish)Nichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02078079076341559168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-69372141997321281362009-02-28T21:47:00.000-08:002009-02-28T21:47:00.000-08:00Great post, Macdonald.Great post, Macdonald.ianbauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808730296450881862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-2228123086673835352009-02-27T22:36:00.000-08:002009-02-27T22:36:00.000-08:00wow this is the first time i've read this blog...m...wow this is the first time i've read this blog...my bff sent me the link (she commented before me). i'm sort of hopeless when it comes to writing music, or even singing in tune, but i can totally relate to God speaking through music. i love how you pointed out that music has been such a major way of communication throughout the bible, because i've had some people tell me that the only way of communicating with God is through prayer. but i know thats totally not true. you know that feeling of God being in a song, or more like in the music? you can't deny that God is speaking to you. <BR/><BR/>well, since its my first comment, thank you so much for you music. no, i definitely do NOT count as a colleague, since i play viola, not guitar or piano or drums or anything in that sense, but you have also earned my deepest respect with your music. i'll try my hardest to be there on the 21st (and go to my first tcc concert!) : )<BR/><BR/>~brittanyBrittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150796601402901480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-79593408761127889012009-02-27T22:10:00.000-08:002009-02-27T22:10:00.000-08:00wow... as josh said... "its so weird to how we rel...wow... as josh said... "its so weird to how we relate to some of these same things. i have read every blog on here and you were already somebody that i looked up too and now it makes it even more true." lol sure, maybe i'm 10 years younger than you, and maybe i've only been writing real music for like, 2 years, and only have like 10 decent songs, but no one i've ever known really seems to get all these ideas... <BR/><BR/>people've asked me how i write songs before too... but you're right it IS magic, something happens and then somehow, it just starts playing in your head... "the entire song flooded my brain. It's an odd thing when this happens. I can hear every instrument in my head working together, and the entire structure of the song is born." like that. sometimes you just can't get it all out fast enough, or don't have the ability to record what's playing in your head (i only play the guitar and piano, and violin)... and then other times it's just one part: a piece of lyrics, a drum beat, a title, a bassline, some weird effect...<BR/><BR/>and i can remember being in like 5th or 6th grade when all i wrote were 60 second pieces i called "minuets" haha, dozens of times i'd go to bed thinking oh, of course i'll remember it when i wake up tomorrow, it's so simple. and then i'd wake up and it'd be gone and i'd be so mad that i didn't write it down earlier. i only have 4 of those left now... but i've also been in the place where i'm trying to figure out some new song and then get interrupted; my mom'll come in and tell me to do my homework, or that i have to go to dinner... and i'll "be a jerk, and in the process of being one, loose some good ideas", snap at her for interrupting me, only to regret it later... <BR/><BR/>and about communicating with god through the music- it might sound kind of weird but that's how god speaks to me most, through music. either what i'm listening or what i'm playing. times come when i can't express myself to him through words anymore i'll bang my complaints into the piano, and he'll answer me through them... and then like you said all of a sudden he'll be gone...<BR/><BR/>regarding what you said about taking credit for songs that people like, that touch people, too... it almost feels like an undeserved compliment sometimes because it... wasn't your fault, it just came. yet it feels so good to just take that compliment, "to be noticed as something special", to get completely blinded by my own pride... and "deep down I know I'm really not as talented a musician as I should be, and if these songs stop coming I'm screwed."<BR/><BR/>well i appologize for how huge this comment is, but... though i love all of your blogs, this one in particular got me very excited haha :D i doubt i count as a peer or a colleague but matt, just so you know, you've earned my deepest respect...<BR/><BR/>i will definetly be there on the 21st. :)<BR/><BR/>~mariejohnny4eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058312070517364919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-64000909866174052292009-02-27T00:07:00.000-08:002009-02-27T00:07:00.000-08:00its so weird to how we relate to some of these sam...its so weird to how we relate to some of these same things. i have read every blog on here and you were already somebody that i looked up too and now it makes it even more true. the gift that god has blessed you with is a tool that many do not have. and for most, it can not be learned. i recently took up snowboarding and sometimes it really sucks because i will get my ideas while i am up on a hill. everytime i am up on that mountain i am looking down at all of those beautiful trees and the great landscape while smelling that fresh northwest air (yes i know that was basically from a simple seed) when i am up there i find myself in a time of a lot of prayer. a lot of hope. i find myself doing a lot of thinking about things such as what am i doing with my life? what can i improve? and i usually ask myself how good is my relationship with god? as great as i think it might sometimes be, he might not think the same. i know i am not a model christian but i sure try. it is different to not have believing parents or anything. but matt, i hope to play a show with you someday, that would be amazing. you are a great person with a very talented gift.<BR/><BR/>i will see you march 21st.<BR/><BR/>p.s. can you play far from home PLEASE??<BR/>p.p.s. can you guys play a simple seed again like you did at pierce? that would be amazing. ya i am one of the three that skip said we were crazy awesome. we sang and screamed to everything. especially when robbie is holdin that F i believe it is if i remember right and then he fingerpicks out the solo in medisin. that is just a beautiful moment. i dont know why i said that like you dont know that already.<BR/><BR/>anyways,<BR/>god bless.<BR/>-josh-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-70984669631527889752009-02-26T21:13:00.000-08:002009-02-26T21:13:00.000-08:00Amen to everything Smuddleglum said. You have a Go...Amen to everything Smuddleglum said. You have a God-given gift Matt, and I am so glad you use it to give to others. I hope you consider giving glory to the Giver as well.. (im sure you do) You've blessed my life, and may yours be blessed too.John Youngshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700174065343320400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198999559571921458.post-44186462259000568132009-02-26T20:37:00.000-08:002009-02-26T20:37:00.000-08:00Hey Matt, I'm glad it seems you've found a calling...Hey Matt, I'm glad it seems you've found a calling in music. I know when I first listened to some of the songs on TSC last year I was pretty much 'crap how does this guy know the story of my life'. By 'some' of the songs I mean everything but 'Everything' ;) although even that was relatable in a satirical sense. Keep using that gift of yours, I doubt the next meal is very far away. <BR/>Oh and I'm glad it's not just me who finds inspiration in fleeting thoughts that seem to blink out of memory almost instantly. If even half those forgotten lines had been penned down...smuddleglumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148498405660555653noreply@blogger.com