It sounds angsty in print, but it wasn’t.  It’s a legit question, ‘cause the day is coming…in fact, it might already be here. It’s been a good run (I’d say a good 10-12 years, starting somewhere around the first One Day)…but it’s coming to a close.

So what now? What’s next for worship music?

Keep in mind, U2 and Coldplay carried the torch for so long because their style lends itself well to corporate worship, not just because they are ridiculously popular.

So what’s next?

Four thoughts:

1. even though the band at our church can play anything, for a style to become mainstream it has to be playable by non-professionals.
2. It will probably sound a lot like the ‘secular’ music on the ‘cool kid’s’ iPod in the youth group.
3. It just might have a multi-cultural flare.
4. keep in mind, most of the music we play in church today would have been considered outrageous a decade ago.

It might sound like:

1. Death Cab for Cutie
2. Modest Mouse
3. Arcade Fire (currently the #1 album in iTunes)
4. Linkin Park (currently #3 as an overpriced pre-order)

…or maybe that’s just wishful thinking, because those are some of my favorite bands.  It’s an awfully white group though, isn’t it?

But since about half of you sit at your computers and listen to bands I’m not even cool enough the know the names of, I want to hear your ideas…

Leave a comment and tell me: what’s next?