Yes. I'm talking about worship music that's not just a bit loud---but uncomfortable, disturbing, even painfully loud. And this cannot help people to worship God, even in conducive times.
John G. Stackhouse Jr. mentions in his article five sound reasons to tone down the volume when leading worship, and I want to share them with you:
1. Cranking up the volume is just a cheap trick to add energy to a room. Don't use sheer noise to compensate for a lack of talent. Do not compensate for mediocrity by amping it up to MEDIOCRITY. Continue to learn, improve, and harness your skills so you can be at your best even in moderate sound levels.
2. When your intonation is not very good—and let's face it, most singers and musicians are not anywhere close to being in perfect tune—turning it up only makes it hurt worse.
3. The speakers and equipment in most church systems cannot take that much energy through their small, old magnets and cones, especially from the keyboards, guitars, bass, and kick drum. So we are being pounded with high-powered fluffing and sputtering—which do not induce praise but distraction.
4. Consider that you might be marginalizing older people. Learn to choose songs that all generations in church can musically relate and connect to.
5. Musicians—every one of them, including the singers—are accompanists to the congregation’s praise. Commonly, we do it by making six band members louder than a room full of people. But a church service isn't a concert at which an audience sings along with the real performers. Remember, that God is our only audience and we are all worshippers. Let the congregation participate in true worship as the team performs the role of leading and supporting them.
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