Interview:

Music opens the soul to receive from a spiritual realm. Depending upon where the inspiration came from, would determine what spirit is being received. As for the spiritual side of music, the first thought that comes to mind: 1. Is music a gift from God? If that answer is “Yes” then we have to address that every perfect gift, that comes down from heaven is from God. I believe that music has a tremendous spiritual significance. 2. Adam heard the “sound” in the Garden of Eden. God “spoke” the world into existence. Scripture indicates that musicians prophesied with instruments. I believe that music has the ability to carry with it a prophetic sound, “the sound of the spirit”. Music is made up of notes, each note vibrates at a different frequency. The desk that you’re sitting at is vibrating at a frequency that you can’t hear and science has proven that even rocks with their electrons, protons and neutrons vibrate at a certain frequency. I believe the spirit of God vibrates at the highest frequency and it brings healing and life even to our bones.

“Music opens the soul to receive from a spiritual realm.”
– Greg X. Volz, vocalist in Petra (1977-1986)

First of all, I don’t believe there is a spiritual significance in music, but I do believe music is a powerful tool for a spiritual end. I believe that music can go in either a good spiritual direction or a bad one. In my case, I used it in both situations. While I was in Head East, I saw music being a powerful tool to guide and lead people into whatever I wanted to lead them into. I learned quickly that if you do it right, if you do it well – it is a very motivating tool. But what was so neat is that God allowed me to learn in that secular system and then allowed me to come in to the Christian arena and use that same power, but in a totally opposite direction, in a very Christ-like direction. We were able to use music to motivate and direct people towards the messages that God had put on our hearts through our music and what He wanted us to say. It was amazing. Also, music is very, very entertaining. You can have very pleasant sounding music that again gets across the message of the song. So if it wasn’t a powerful tool, I guarantee you that product lines wouldn’t be spending millions and millions of dollars on royalties to have music on their commercials. It’s almost self-evident. Just look around you: music is part of everything. It is a powerful tool, it just depends on how you want to use it. Do you want to use it for good or do you want to use it for bad?

“Just look around you: music is part of everything.”
– John Schlitt, vocalist in Petra (1986-2005)