“The Feedback Loop” Articles

“There’s a calmer and more controlled feel to Born and Raised.”

“Maybe we need to start telling more stories.”

“Bloom encourages us to dig deeper into our memories and even find a sunny place to rest our heads.”

“Sometimes I wonder if we don’t hear enough about the struggles of seeing those beliefs and lofty dreams lived out in daily life.”

“Ultimately it’s unclear what purpose Wounded Healer was made for. It’s tongue-in-cheek tone seems too silly for congregational worship, while the lyrics seem far too much like Christian worship cliches to be enjoyed by those outside the Church.”

“Is this the beginning of a creepy new trend to keep celebrities alive for as long as we please?”

“In a single day we are presented with the all the big choices that reveal our inner character: between faithfulness and lust, truth and lies, heaven and hell, life and death.”

“Have you ever thought about what the phonograph replaced? About what recorded music replaced?”

“No matter how different people are on the outside, on the inside we all feel a lot of the same emotions and go through a lot of the same stuff.”

“In our local churches we, as the congregation, should be thinking deeply about the music we play in worship to God because it really does matter.”

“It seems that in our culture when someone wants to be “artistic” or “creatively daring”, they usually end up doing something that will offend church-goers — which, let’s just admit, is no big challenge.”

“Old Ideas”‘ simplicity and focus on songwriting feels refreshing.

“Marketing, branding, image, and production are not just afterthoughts in our musical culture.”

“I’m of the persuasion that the way we recognize and receive a medium like music or film is as important a cultural product as the art itself”

Some of Luke’s most anticipated music releases of 2012.

“This is what’s on my mind heading into another year of music-listening.”