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 …
I’m always keen when I’m made aware when a new instrumentalist or singer comes on the scene. Those who know the person(s) usually make comments like: “You should here Jason play guitar – he’s amazing!” Or “Kylie sings like an angel – you have to hear her !” You’ve no idea how often I’ve heard …
Last week I suggested the need for every serving musician, to spend a little time each day during the week, on their instrument, honing their craft. The problem is, most don’t! So, here’s the issue… You can’t maintain what you don’t maintain. In other words, you can’t expect to stay at a level of …
It was Sunday night after church and I was having dinner with a surgeon. My long service leave had just begun, and he asked what my plans were. For one, I told him, I wanted to regain sharpness in playing piano as I had some recording sessions planned and I wanted to be at my …
I want to continue on this theme of writing for your home church, as I’ve had a few conversations with people over the last couple of weeks regarding their desire and struggles. It’s a universal theme – “how do I write songs that other people want to sing?” So this week, I want to encourage …
I can remember the situation quite clearly. My lead pastor came to me, told me he was going to preach on Isaiah 64, and that it would be helpful if I could write a song that would encapsulate the message and truth of that passage. I had less than a week to do it, a …
