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Many times, when a church hires a music director, they get college trained vocal majors or performance majors. That was the way to go if you were trying to run a choir but the face of CCM has shifted heavily and you need a leader with actual real world rock band experience to properly pull off rock band based CCM stuff like you hear on the radio. Most colleges don't teach that and frankly, finding a rock musician who is dedicated enough to spend the time required to lead a group of people is not easy. On top of that, finding one who can work well with the pastor to make music fit the message...that is really tough.

The days of the lame CCM stuff is over. A lot of great stuff has come out in the last 10 years. The problem is, most churches buy from places like Word Publishing and Lileanas Publishing and by the time it hits a book, it is old news.