Contemporary Music Resources from Frank Rasenberger

Ps 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
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COOL SONGS FOR RADIO BY OVERSEAS ARTISTS & BANDS The following is a list of songs by overseas (ie. nonAustralasian) artists/bands that are suitable for radio airplay. A significant number of the songs mentioned in this listing have little or no radio airplay – although if these songs had voices they’d be crying out for airplay because of their lyrical and/or musical excellence. No distinction is made between artists/bands that are on Christian labels or mainstream labels as this distinction has been made for too long and only serves to perpetuate a pharisaical/separatistic mindset that divides artists/bands into two camps. Artists & bands are listed in alphabetical order. This resource will be especially helpful for radio announcers. Adobe PDF
A TOPICAL INDEX OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

This is a huge alphabetical listing of contemporary songs (predominantly Christian, but some mainstream/secular artists and bands) listed under topical headings in alphabetical order.

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A SCRIPTURAL INDEX OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Listing of songs composed primarily by Christian artists and bands, which are a paraphrase of, or reflection on, particular Bible passages.
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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC COMPARISONS Comparisons listed in alphabetical order of Mainstream Artists and then comparison to the closest Christian equivalent.
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CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC COMPARISONS This resource attempts to compare Christian-label artists/bands with other Christian-label artists/bands of a similar musical style and/or vocal sound.
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COOL SONGS FOR RADIO BY AUSTRALASIAN ARTISTS/BANDS
The following is a list of songs that are suitable for radio airplay. The majority of songs mentioned in this listing have little or no radio airplay - although if these songs had voices they'd be crying out for airplay because of their lyrical and/or musical excellence. No distinction is made between artists/bands that are on Christian record labels or mainstream record labels as this distinction has been made for too long and only serves to perpetuate a pharisaical separatistic mindset that classifies and divides artists/bands into one of two camps. Artists & bands are listed in alphabetical order. This resource will be especially helpful for radio announcers.
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CHRISTIANS COVERING THE MAINSTREAM A comprehensive, alphabetical listing of mainstream artists whose songs have been covered (or *parodied) by Christian artists and bands.
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CHRISTIAN MUSIC VERSUS MAINSTREAM / SECULAR MUSIC ON CHRISTIAN RADIO
'The Light' is in my opinion one of the best names that a Christian radio station can have. It's also a big name to live up to...
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WHAT SO AND SO SEZ
Listing of mainstream/secular-label artists and bands that have been interviewed by Doug Van Pelt (editor of 'HM Magazine' formerly known as 'Heaven's Metal'). The interviews are apologetic in nature where a sharing of the Gospel takes place.
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SUITABLE MAINSTREAM TRACKS FOR CHRISTIAN RADIO
This is a listing of mainstream/secular songs that I have found suitable in my own (former) volunteer radio work on a community radio station. While not necessarily having a Christian viewpoint, they look at particular issues in a positive way. - Frank
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RECOMMENDED CHRISTIAN ARTISTS & BANDS OF A SPECIFIC MUSICAL GENRE
This is a listing of Christian artists and bands that have made an enduring mark in the world of Christian music.
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MUSICAL MUSINGS & PITHY SAYINGS
This is a listing of short sayings or statements regarding things of a musical nature that were written down as they come into Frank's head.
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MY MUSICAL JOURNEY Testimony of how God revealed Himself to Frank through His gift of music.
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RECOMMENDED CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, BOOK & FILM WEBSITES
This is a listing of quality contemporary music, book and film websites. If any of the links no longer work or you have come across another quality website not already listed, please email me with your suggestion(s) at frank.rasenberger@lca.org.au
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LISTING OF VARIOUS RADIO CALLS

A listing especially for radio announcers giving examples of various ways to announce music, the weather, the time, the radio station ID, etc.

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