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Music Spotlight Being Danen Kane By Lisa Carter If you had asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he may have said a basketball player. He simply loved the game as a kid and focused on little else. What he became instead is a Christian music singer, musician, and songwriter taking advantage of every opportunity to give God glory through music. Danen Kane believes that music is a gift and can be used to bring healing to all those who hear it. Music has certainly been that and more to him. Through struggles and battles at different stages in life, his music has always been there as a medium of comfort and strength. Danen Kane is a believer that we are all born an original and that it’s worth it to be exactly who you were created to be. He translates this well through his music with thoughtful and inspirational tunes such as “Love Song”, and “I Need You”, from his latest album Flesh and Soul. He left behind what he thought he loved, sports, and pursued his faith more heavily and the path God had chosen for him. Once he discovered music, the kind of music he didn’t even know existed at the time, there was no looking back. Danen had found his calling. Faith Filled Family had the chance to ask Danen Kane a few questions about his faith journey and his music ministry. Here’s what he had to say:
of music? I guess musically it would fall under Pop Rock, but I think my music has subtle influences of a lot of different genres. I write in a very non-traditional way because I never “learned” how to write a song, I just wrote down what came out. My songs are honest life from a Christian perspective. I write a lot about my struggles and tend to write directly towards God lyrically. Hi Danen, thank you for talking with me. Music is something I read you didn’t really know you were into until about the age of 20 is that right? Tell us how you became fascinated with music and how it changed your life. I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin and was heavy into sports. Basketball was my love and focus and music wasn’t really on the radar at all. I’d listen to the radio here and there and also appreciated music, but as far as playing it, I didn’t have any concept of even where to start in learning an instrument. The only instruments I would see in my town were the more traditional instruments in the high school band and I really didn’t have much interest in that. When I got to college, it seemed like there was someone playing guitar around every corner. It was crazy. It was when I got involved with a college ministry on my campus that I really saw music for the first time, music being used to glorify God. I thought it was incredibly beautiful and something about it just drew me in and completely resonated with something in my heart. Wanting to be a part of that, I picked up a guitar for the first time and tried to learn. I just wanted to be a part of those worship times and help facilitate in different environments. I had no big aspirations other than that, but almost immediately I started writing simple songs that seemed to really resonate with people. God started opening doors for me to share those songs all over the place. I never saw it coming and it’s crazy to think of all the places it has taken me over the past 10 years. How would you describe your particular style I love rhythmic things, so I tend to incorporate some Latin and R&B flavors here and there, but I also tend to like the melodic tones of more British pop rock stuff. From song to song, my songwriting can change quite a bit and I like that. I don’t like listening to albums where all 10-12 songs sound like they came from the same idea. I like variety so I try to let each song have the identity I think it needs, while staying within the same relative musical realm. You state on your site, “There is a battle between flesh and spirit, a tension of living in our brokenness and our bodies and yet very much desiring God in every single moment.” Why do you feel it’s so important to acknowledge that “battle” and give ourselves permission to struggle and not try to be perfect? I think it is incredibly necessary to come to grips with our own depravity – to realize that we all make mistakes, we all struggle, and we all have different things we go to that are unhealthy. A huge part of the gospel and where it all begins is that we have all fallen short of the glory of God. We are, in fact, all in need of a savior. The Word of God says that ‘our righteousness is like filthy rags to Him.’ Our best attempt at perfection is so far from the holiness of God that we can’t even comprehend the depths of both His perfection and our lack thereof. When we start to grasp that, we start to understand that every ounce of the glory goes to Him. We start to grasp how powerful His love really is, that He forgives a multitude of sins, and still loved us enough to die for us. And the more we grasp the reality of our need for Him every single day, the more we tend to extend grace to those around us, because we look at the world with eyes of grace instead of with eyes of condemnation. The more we understand and
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