Funny… God has called me to a church that, quite frankly, is a whole different approach than what we do here at Expressive Worship. I realized it this Sunday as I was singing. I don’t think it’s wrong… it’s just different.
We don’t have a platform or a stage. In fact, our musicians are off to the side and 50 feet away from where the focus is. We read the songs out of a bulletin or a book, and nobody leads. Fascinating!
On the other hand, [Read more...]
Maybe this comment resembles the obstacles YOU face in putting together a worship set…
“Playing in a worship band is more like an amateur house band for a dance club than a touring band. It’s nice when you have time to arrange your stage movements, but we don’t usually have time to work the arrangements that hard. We barely have time to make it through working on the basic musical arrangements of the songs. How can you build a great 15 minute set in a 2 hour rehearsal?“
For most worship teams I’ve talked to, it’s pretty common to be dealing with limited rehearsal time. The answer to your question then, is… [Read more...]
“Don’t forget what God’s already told you!” Isaiah 46:9; Psalm 77:11; Psalm 105:5
Forgetting the things the Lord has already told you – promises, dreams, revelations, scripture verses – is a HUGE mistake.
Forgetting causes our hearts to grow faint. We begin losing [Read more...]
“We don’t entertain, we worship.” That’s the main resistance we get from worship artists and … [Read More...]
I was ready for two days of work with a band in Baltimore. I wondered how it would go, because … [Read More...]
The time has come for Nashville and Christian music to have a school that will give in-depth … [Read More...]
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