How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry
I&#x27;ve been playing in worship groups for +20 years now and I&#x27;m currently leading the youth band in a very small church and here are two things that I&#x27;ve been noting recently:<p>Hillsong&#x27;s music and most &quot;mainstream&quot; music that come from white english-spoken megachurches have lyrics that talk about &quot;grace&quot;,&quot;love&quot; and &quot;God accepting you as you are&quot;. While the themes on worship music coming from South America (and I think black churches in US too) are more about &quot;Joy&quot;, &quot;Freedom&quot; and &quot;God, the mighty warrior defeating his enemies and delivering his people&quot;. I found that really interesting.<p>The other thing is that even while Hillsong&#x27;s and similar music is very shallow and simplistic, it is becoming increasingly difficult to perform with simple, cheap instruments. So small and poor bands like ours lose appeal against the ones in megachurches with lots of instruments, talent-pool and technology.<p>I, for one, I&#x27;m embracing this and going for a rock-punk attitude for my little worship band.