Music is what feelings sound like

Just ran across this when reading an article about BYU's Vocal Point on NBC's "The Sing Off" (if you haven't seen it yet, check it out!!!) This show gives me goose bumps for an hour straight every Monday night. Every vocal group competing on the show has amazing talent. It is difficult to sing accapella (and oh so fun!) and all these groups have mastered it. I am proud of Vocal Point for making it to the final 8!

"I don't think that the old idea of music being the "universal language" is simply a nice thought or a clever adage from the past. If you've ever experienced music...and I don't just mean listened to or sang, but REALLY experienced music...you can begin to understand the literal power that can come through combining moving melodies with meaningful messages. If we'll allow it to, music can temporarily transport us away from what sometimes can be a harsh and seemingly impossible reality."

Quote

I found this quote while I was our ward (local church congregation) choir director and LOVED it, thought I'd share:

""And I say that the singing of the songs of Zion, though imperfectly, with the inspiration of God, will touch the hearts of the honest more effectiviely than if sung well without the Spirit of God. Sing with the Spirit of God. Love the words taht you sing."

I love this because it is so true, I have seen it in my life. Really, it goes with anything, if you teach or sing with the Spirit, you will touch more hearts than without the Spirit- no matter how perfectly it is done.