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Once again, Steve and I and others have mentioned that there are dozens upon dozens of musicians out there who are Christian and who write music with religious themes, yet they don't pigeonhole themselves into the market of "Christian" music. The question I asked is why an artist would choose to do this.
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You obviously weren't reading what I wrote. They label themselves Christian artist because of...
1. THEY ARE
2. They feel that have been called to a ministry of music
3. It depends on what label you are with.
And also the facts aren't going along with your contingency that Christian music is "limiting", not when sales and interest in Contemporary Christian music is continuing to grow...
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Why do you keep bringing up Sheryl Crow? I have to say, I don't own any of her albums, and I'm not intimately familiar with her fan base or how they might react if she wrote and released a religious song. Anyway, are you implying that most fans of "secular" music would refuse to listen to a song by their favorite "secular" artist if it had religious themes? I don't think that's remotely true. If that's what you're saying, what is it that makes you think that?
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Fine, forget Sheryl (she was just the singer songwriter that kept jumping into my head)...pick ANY secular pop artist, and if they were to come out with a song specifically written about their love for Christ (not just GOD but JESUS CHRIST), you don't think they would receive some backlash?