(Top pic, from left) Ian Enthiado, Macklin Lacerda, Stephen Frank, Jeremiah D'silva, Jason Fernandes and Vivian D'souza of Open Secret

Contemporary Christian rock (CCM) is a genre of music that has its origins in the Church, and is deeply rooted in religion. But it's not hymn-based choral music. Nor is it gospel. It is, instead, a different medium of spreading God's message through the use of guitars, drums, a keyboard and rousing vocals. That's what we learn at a jam pad in Malad on Thursday, while listening to a band called Open Secret rehearse for its upcoming gigs.