Why is Christian Music Inferior?

As a working musician for going on 20+ years now and a Christian for going on 5 years now a question has plagued me recently. Why is the musicianship, songwriting and overall quality of the music released under the "Christian" label so often inferior to that in the secular world?

In my youth, I grew up listening to a very eclectic blend of music. My dad, being a locally popular country performer introduced me to George Jones, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard. Additionally, because of his penchant for crossing genres in his music, I was introduced to country acts with a little rock flavor and also the inverse. I learned to love Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Seger, ZZ Top and the grandfathers of all three chord bar bands Creedence Clearwater Revival, with their genius singer/songwriter/guitarist John C. Fogerty.

Later, as I developed my own subjective tastes I began to delve into Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zeppelin and the like. As you might figure, I came to realize that all these great performers were rooted in the blues, which lead me to my greatest "discovery" at age 13, Stevie Ray Vaughan. My eyes were opened and I was onto something that hit me in the souls like a ton of bricks...The Blues. I was hooked and it has infected my listening habits and playing style on several instruments since then. I fell in love with Freddie King, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Muddy, The Wolf...all of 'em.

As a high school student in the mid 80's I began to hear some other styles. My classmates were into Ozzy, Metallica, AC/DC plus all the "hair bands" from the era. Poison, Cinderella, Winger. That's when I realized I was able to discern good music from bad. The hair bands were invariably bad in my book. To each his own I guess. I vaguely remember a couple of "Christian" bands from that time. Literally a couple. Petra and Stryper. That's it. And I remember not knowing much about either of them as the Christian marketing machine was not yet in motion. I remember seeing a Stryper video abnd thinking "wow, Christian hair bands are just as bad as the others."