Dan Lucarini

I was given a book to read by one of my good friends. This book was written by Dan Lucarini and is titled Why I Left The Contemporary Music Movement. First I want to give a few historical facts. Mr. Lucarini started his music career in the Rock and Roll industry. He was a song writer/musician/vocalist. When he became a Christian when he was 23. After his conversion he found it hard to give up his rock music. However, he was able to fill this void with CCM. He became heavily involved in praise & worship and became a worship leader in the church he was attending. He says in this book that CCM and P&W music is divisive and the cause of many church splits. He was a part of three or four splits and blames CCM and the worship team’s lack of communication for all of them. He based this on the fact that CCM caused a huge rift because they wanted to quit singing traditional songs and leading a traditional service. He talks about the basis of CCM and the culture it is born out of. He claims that CCM P&W is based on immorality and selfishness. He is currently not involved in the music ministry of his church because he unintentionally brings this style to the music and he doesn’t believe this is the kind of worship God wants. In fact, he pretty much says that CCM P&W is not worship. Here is a man who was a part of this music culture and is now condemning it. I have not listened to CCM for a long time and have never enjoyed P&W. The main reason I didn't listen to these/this style had nothing to do with religion. It was more I just didn't like it anymore. In conclusion, I highly recommend the book. It has given me a different perspective on music in general.