#steemchurch
God is not dead, yet, God is no longer how we perceive him. The religious dynamic has shifted from that of a passive following to something that is more hands-on. This is due to the shift society has experienced; people have grown increasingly impatient, leading fast paced lives and so no longer have the time to sit down and be preached at. People want to put their ideas and beliefs in motion as fast as they can.

With the release of Led Zeppelin’s new album, I have been thinking a lot about what I call universal bands –like Led Zeppelin –that have fans that transcend geographical boundaries and whose music is as relevant now as it was years ago. Music has always been associated to spirituality: most religions include hymns or chants of some sort. Music is a very relatable means of communication, getting people to unite and sing together, creating a unique human bond for the duration of a song. Music’s ability to make people come together has a parallel in the way people join together and practice their religion—for a very long time, music was once made only for the purposes of religion. As music develops and progresses, artists always inspire themselves with the genres they have once heard and incorporate the sounds of these genres, making them their own. This process over time is what has lead genres of music to organically develop in and out of each other. Because of the use of music in religion, a lot of musicians draw inspiration from religious music, or from the meaning of religion.