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Free iPad.

Free iPad. By Jon Nicol   |  April 10, 2012
At the risk of sounding Zen - there is no free iPad...

Learning Versus Knowing a Song

Learning Versus Knowing a Song By Jon Nicol   |  April 9, 2012
What kind of investment does it take to move from "learning" a song to truly "knowing" it? And can you cross the line and be "over-invested"?

Why We Call It Good

Why We Call It Good By Jon Nicol   |  April 6, 2012
In honor of Good Friday, I'll be giving away my ebook, Eight Words from now till Sunday morning...

Develop A Solid Sense of Time, Part 3

Develop A Solid Sense of Time, Part 3 By Jon Nicol   |  April 5, 2012
What to do when your team can't keep time: blame it on the singers...

Great Easter Song 2...

Great Easter Song 2... By Jon Nicol   |  April 4, 2012
Gateway Church's latest album has a good one for Easter. It's called Victorious...

Great Easter Song...

Great Easter Song... By Jon Nicol   |  April 3, 2012
Great new Easter song from Paul Baloche, along with a how-to video...

Team Devotional: Restoration & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Team Devotional: Restoration & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance By Jon Nicol   |  April 2, 2012
What a '71 Honda has to do with the condition of my heart...

Why is This Song List SO BIG?!

Why is This Song List SO BIG?! By Jon Nicol   |  March 30, 2012
Has your song list gotten too big?

Develop a Solid Sense of Time, Part 2

Develop a Solid Sense of Time, Part 2 By Jon Nicol   |  March 29, 2012
Time management issues...

The Poetic Language of John Mark McMillan

The Poetic Language of John Mark McMillan By Jon Nicol   |  March 28, 2012
Do we have room in our liturgy and song lists for metaphor and lyrics that aren't always self-explanatory?

Creating Policy is More Fun Than It Sounds

Creating Policy is More Fun Than It Sounds By Jon Nicol   |  March 27, 2012
Steps to creating and implementing a "preparation policy" for the team...sounds like what every musician LOVES to do, huh?

Team Devotional: They (REALLY) Need Me

Team Devotional: They (REALLY) Need Me By Jon Nicol   |  March 26, 2012
Do you ever get the feeling the team wouldn't survive without you?

Develop a Solid Sense of Time, Part 1

Develop a Solid Sense of Time, Part 1 By Jon Nicol   |  March 23, 2012
8 Steps to Start Using a Click. Part of the Turning Your Team into a Band series...

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, 9

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, 9 By Jon Nicol   |  March 21, 2012
A presentation software that actually fits into the $29 or less toolbox...

Mistakes. Three Ways to Make Them Right...

Mistakes. Three Ways to Make Them Right... By Jon Nicol   |  March 20, 2012
Fresh off a failure, here are three ways I'm dealing with it...

Free Team Devotional: Heart Check 5

Free Team Devotional: Heart Check 5 By Jon Nicol   |  March 19, 2012
Do I feel threatened (maybe just a little?) when a new person that plays the same instrument/sings the same part joins the team?

Y?

Y? By Jon Nicol   |  March 16, 2012
Confident? Check. Cause-driven? Check. A sense of entitlement? Oh yeah...

A Review of Eight Words...and giveaway...

A Review of Eight Words...and giveaway... By Jon Nicol   |  March 15, 2012
A huge and special thanks to Chris Gambill, worship leader and blogger, for the review on Eight Words...

Creating a Great Band [Get Beyond Being Musical Roommates]

Creating a Great Band [Get Beyond Being Musical Roommates] By Jon Nicol   |  March 14, 2012
Turn your team into a band (and not a stage full of musical roommates...)

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, Part 8

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, Part 8 By Jon Nicol   |  March 13, 2012
Why you NEED this tool...

Free Team Devotional: Heart Check, 4

Free Team Devotional: Heart Check, 4 By Jon Nicol   |  March 12, 2012
Years later, I still took offense if the worship leader told me not to play on a particular verse, or (omigosh!) a whole song...

Why I'm Giving In to Policy & Procedure...

Why I'm Giving In to Policy & Procedure... By Jon Nicol   |  March 9, 2012
Developing policy and procedure sounds almost appealing to me as using corn syrup for shaving cream.

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, Part 7

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, Part 7 By Jon Nicol   |  March 7, 2012
Here's one of my top five picks in the $29 Toolbox...

Free Worship Team Devotional: Heart Check, 3

Free Worship Team Devotional: Heart Check, 3 March 5, 2012
I just worship sooo much better when I'm on stage...

Mandatory

Mandatory By Jon Nicol   |  March 2, 2012
Can we use the words 'mandatory' and 'required' with our volunteers?

6 Steps to Stop Killing Conversations

6 Steps to Stop Killing Conversations By Jon Nicol   |  March 1, 2012
What are you not hearing? And how I missed a conversation with a NY Times best-selling author...

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, Part 6

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, Part 6 By Jon Nicol   |  February 29, 2012
We're looking at two go-to tools for charts...

Free Team Devotional: Heart Check, 2

Free Team Devotional: Heart Check, 2 By Jon Nicol   |  February 27, 2012
Do I find that I'm critical of others on the team? Even just a little...?

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, Part 5

29 Worship Tools for Under $29, Part 5 By Jon Nicol   |  February 24, 2012
Two rehearsal tools: one tool to listen to tunes, and another tool to tick-off your team...

7 Deadly Things That Worship Musicians Say

7 Deadly Things That Worship Musicians Say By Jon Nicol   |  February 23, 2012
Turf-protection, talent-dependence, spiritualization of a lousy timing, etc....

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