There are good ways and better ways to introduce new songs… The scenario is… you have a new song that the band and singers have rehearsed, and you are about to premier that song to the church at large. How can you do this best? What can you do to make the ‘take-up” as smooth …
One of the big challenges, especially in a church that’s going through some transition, is the music. “How do we play the new music”? is a question I’ve been asked many times. Those who struggle most seem to be keyboard players – more specifically – “piano” players whose hands have only graced a proper piano. These …
One of the biggest challenges facing worship leaders and musicians that support them is how to segue from one song to another without ugly and abrupt interruptions. It’s not always easy nor automatic. But it is a skill that you can & need to acquire because the fewer the distractions in worship, the better. The …
We are just a couple of weeks out from Christmas, and the shops as usual, are often way ahead of the church when it comes to playing the well known Christmas music. One of the challenges we have as leaders of worship and music directors, is how we can make this Christmas something special and …
Over the years, the speed of a song, not to mention keeping any song at a consistent speed, has been one of the biggest challenges of any worship team. Currently, I’m hearing the need for more praise or uptempo songs – the need for people to be joyous in their praise, especially when we live …
Is there a difference between a worship band and a worship team? I was really challenged by my associate pastor with this recent question. She had spoken with an old friend who commented that they had a worship band at their church, rather than a worship team. I’m not sure what she meant by the …
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In the last blog, I began our problem solving by dealing with drums playing in time, and singers beginning a song on time. In this blog, I want to tackle some volume issues that come from the stage. One of the biggest problems with bands is the volume – mostly, too loud! Here’s three key issues …
Over decades of working in worship ministry situations, there are a whole lot of random issues that are common to many teams. These are wide and varied – anything from tech problems, to musician challenges, worship leaders issues… the list is endless and yet common. So what I want to do over the next couple …
In the last blog, I began to look at how many people should be in your worship team. Is bigger better or is smaller better. One of the key challenges with a church that is transitioning into a more contemporary culture, includes how they might do worship, and with that, the challenge about how the …
One of the questions I’m asked from time to time is… “How many people should I have (on stage) in my worship team?” This is a very difficult question to answer because every church is different… Different cultures. Different sizes of congregations. Varying availability & capability of your musicians. Varying needs of the music (does …
