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@AKO: I also play the keys myself and I understand where you're coming from.First,it's difficult for you to be a good musician without taking influence from these 'secular' guys.Believe me,those guys are terrible(over-good,if you'll permit it).But then,someone said something on another site that got me thinking:

You can't cook GOD's soup in the devil's pot.

That said,my own theology doesn't permit me to adapt secular songs to worship music.Why?For every song in existence,there is always a motive.Now,that motive births the lyrics and a lot of times the tune(or vice versa) and occasionally the instrumentals that come along with it but do not forget that it all starts with the motive.If the general motive of the song isn't 'religious' or inspirational,my theology tells me to steer clear of it.It's better for me to abstain than for me to use my life to find out what would be or what wouldn't. Please,note that I repeatedly say'My Theology'.Theology is ultimately a function of your sociology(who,where and what you interact with).

Now someone else raised the issue of 'Storm is over' and 'Because you loved me' being sung by Potter's House Mass Choir and Juanita Bynum respectively.On close examination,those songs were written with an inspirational thought behind them and not evil-glorification as some songs out there. 'The Prayer',made popular by Donnie McClurkin and Yolanda Adams, was earlier performed by Celine Dion and Andrea Boccelli but because the latter performed them,that did not make the songs 'worldly'.The song is inspirational and so adaptation is easier than twisting lyrics.

I might sound biased but have you picked up some Canton Jones,Kelly Price,Crystal Aikin,Da TRUTH,Izzy Houghton and co lately?Those guys have some very contemporary sounds with great lyrics and tight instrumentals for a youth church.Figuring out the whole song is quite enough work than trying to change lyrics from already established ones,

Summary:There's far more work for you to do with gospel songs than to delve into secular ones

Based on personal experience,Limewire is best for songs and that's if you're sure you've found what you're looking for and not some virus/trojan/worm posing to be your stuff. Torrents are still it,my paddy but you need a good connection,very good torrent client(i use u-torrent) and patience.

Go to BitTorrent's site and find out how torrents work and feel the steez, I'm currently downloading Underworld 3.

And if u search well,there are links to downloading these series on this site, people are really that generous.Here's some I copied from here for Heroes(well,based on those I don't have yet):


Episode 10
http://rapidshare.com/files/172017548/H310_xtr33m_.avi

Episode 11
http://rapidshare.com/files/171865882/H311_xtr33m_.avi

Episode 12
http://rapidshare.com/files/171868330/H312_xtr33m_.avi

Episode 13
http://rapidshare.com/files/201440542/n73_-_Heroes_S03E13_HD.rar

Episode # 14
http://rapidshare.com/files/201441337/n73_-_Heroes_S03E14_HD.rar

Episode # 15
http://rapidshare.com/files/201442320/n73_-_Heroes_S03E15_HD.rar

Episode # 16
http://rapidshare.com/files/201443185/n73_-_Heroes_S03E16_HD.rar

Episode 18
http://rapidshare.com/files/205026766/heroes.318.hdtv-0tv.donny.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/205024387/heroes.318.hdtv-0tv.donny.part2.rar

one more thing not added to the translations was this one I loved:

(2nd line)yiyo t'ekun yo,ki mai se t'ojo= the gentility of a tiger is not a sign of its cowardice.I'm enjoying the posts by y'all~I'm new here.